Anxi Province, Xijing City.
Inside a noodle shop.
Yang Fan took a few bites of ran and suddenly felt a gaze from beside him.
He instinctively turned his head and imdiately saw a male custor at the neighboring table quietly sizing him up.
Yang Fan imdiately smiled and nodded to greet him.
The male custor’s gaze locked onto the phone on the table and asked, "Buddy, is that a Super Crystal Battery phone?"
The so-called "Super Crystal Battery" is a kind of black technology battery developed from a primordial material called "Energy Copper," obtained by Great Xia from mining the Celestial Mountain.
Phones equipped with Super Crystal Batteries were officially launched and sold not long ago.
The biggest selling point of this new generation of phones is the battery life; even the entry-level version boasts an astonishing one-month duration.
Yang Fan nodded and said, "Yeah."
The male custor gave a thumbs-up: "Aweso!"
Everyone knows that the lowest configuration of the Super Crystal Battery phone costs as high as 8000 Xia Yuan.
Due to limited production capacity of the phones, purchasing them requires special shopping vouchers, so those who can get the new phone now are really sothing.
Yang Fan casually ca up with an excuse: "The company’s benefits are pretty good."
The male custor curiously asked, "Buddy, how does the Super Crystal Battery feel to use?"
Yang Fan smiled and said, "It beats the whole world!"
He didn’t elaborate on how exactly it "beats" the world.
Because there are a ton of review videos online, it’s hard for ordinary people not to see them, so he didn’t bother to jabber on.
For example:
A guy with too much free ti put his newly acquired Super Crystal Battery phone in a freezer at minus forty degrees.
And froze it with water for a whole day and night.
Then when he took the phone out to thaw, the battery still had 100% charge, not a single bit less.
This shows that aside from the battery, the other phone components were also specifically designed for low temperature environnts.
The male custor also looked proud: "Great Xia technology leads the world!"
Ever since the Age of Calamity arrived, this phrase has been ntioned more and more often, and more and more people agree with it.
Yang Fan skillfully changed the subject: "I often travel on business to various cities, and I feel like there’s more snow accumulation in Xijing City, unlike other cities where snow removal is more diligent."
This is a slightly sensitive topic.
The male custor chuckled: "Buddy, you have a good eye, you quickly spotted the problem."
This guy paused, then answered the question: "Because the waters here run deep."
Yang Fan speculated: "Is soone making money?"
The male custor nodded vigorously: "Our City Hall outsourced the snow removal work."
Yang Fan instantly understood the implications.
Take Linjiang City as an example.
Linjiang City adopts a unified official arrangent thod.
That is:
The officials release temporary snow-clearing positions through mini applications to the entire city, organizing citizens to sweep the streets.
Participants can receive so compensation; though not much, it at least solves the problem of basic needs.
This way, on one hand, officials have enough workforce, and on the other hand, many unemployed people can find work.
Xijing City, however, is different.
This city adopts the outsourcing thod, providing room for manipulation.
In certain stages, so people can reap substantial profits.
And in the actual execution stage, it ans so of the funds intended for snow removal are embezzled.
With less money, fewer people are hired, and naturally, the snow removal efficiency decreases.
This is the fundantal reason why the city is filled with snow everywhere.
Yang Fan couldn’t help smacking his lips: "At this ti, these people have so nerve."
The male custor shook his head: "The people here have never been cowardly."
Yang Fan asked again: "So, does that an many people are involved?"
The male custor made a gesture: "A lot of them, almost every community has several labor companies."
Yang Fan nodded lightly.
It’s conceivable that the controllers of each labor company are all so-called connected individuals.
So layers of this city have already completely rotted.
The male custor seed to have opened a soul box, suddenly asking a question: "Buddy, in your city’s community, there isn’t a snow removal fee, right?"
Yang Fan’s eyes flickered for a mont, shaking his head: "No."
The male custor pointed downward: "Here, every household is forced to pay thirty yuan a month for the snow removal fee, it’s disgustingly annoying."
Yang Fan agreed: "Their manner of doing things is indeed too unsightly."
He asked: "Isn’t anyone dealing with it?"
The male custor retorted: "Who would deal with it? Many people have complained, but the City Hall says funds are seriously lacking, yet they are actively collecting money."
Yang Fan remained silent.
Thirty yuan is a rather clever figure; the amount isn’t much, and most residents wouldn’t fuss over it.
However, with so many people in a city, it adds up to a large sum of money.
The person who devised this money-making sche was indeed quite sly.
He thought of things in the Dream Realm and muttered to himself: "No wonder Xijing City would cause such a ss, resulting in the deaths of so many innocent people."
The reason he ca to this city wasn’t to whimsically eat a bowl of ran, but because of a tragedy that occurred in the Dream Realm.
And the root of the tragedy was directly related to the snow removal fee.
Yang Fan asked again: "What would happen if you don’t pay the snow removal fee?"
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