Chapter 510: Chapter 185: Waiting to Be Bought, Academy Faction Fat Pigs!_3

Cheng Ye immediately understood that he had misunderstood the other party’s background, not expecting such people in the refugee phalanx.

Because just as he pondered for a moment, the man’s cooperation level suddenly increased by several points, jumping to over 20%.

"50 people, 100 more Happiness Coins, that’s 5000 Happiness Coins."

"Really dare to think..."

Cheng Long only left him a little over five thousand Happiness Coins, and these people asked for so much right off the bat.

Do they really consider themselves that important?

Cheng Ye gave a signal, and the guards immediately understood, saying to the man, "Please leave."

"Inspector Cheng, please reconsider, how about 80, 80 Happiness Coins?" the man shouted somewhat unwillingly, but Cheng Ye’s expression didn’t change a bit from beginning to end.

Once he left, Cheng Ye turned to Link, "Is this allowed?"

"If you privately promise them rewards, it’s a violation; but if you exchange funds with your initial points, it complies with the assessment regulations," Link had obviously expected this and answered immediately.

It seems that when screening refugees initially, this was considered, and not just completely honest people were selected into the phalanx.

This by itself is a test, after all, the people allocated to Satellite City in the future can’t all be obedient.

The young and strong are indeed willing to work, but it’s not feasible to offer the same reward to everyone. Now that someone is making additional demands, it isn’t surprising.

As soon as the first man left, the second person stepped forward promptly, also to "sell" something.

However, the price was much cheaper, only 50 Happiness Coins per person, and they could help Cheng Ye select people from the refugee phalanx according to his requirements, whether they needed construction skills, strong vigilance, or quick work, any requirement could be met.

Of course, it would cost extra.

"Damn, these people are really realistic!"

When the person was driven away, Wang Kang couldn’t help but complain, "If we had that much funding, we wouldn’t need to hire them! We could just go to the Buffer Zone and get community people, much more enthusiastic than them."

The 100 Happiness Coins promised by the checkpoint weren’t enough; an additional 100 had to be added, and for special abilities, an extra 50-100 as well.

Calculating by daily wage, it would be 100 Happiness Coins a day, do they really think it’s a road to riches?

"Don’t rush, this might be part of the checkpoint’s test too."

Cheng Ye found it amusing.

He was too familiar with the tricks of manpower agencies; during his university years, whenever he went out for work-study during winter and summer vacations, he would run into these unscrupulous agencies.

Quoting one price to the factories and another to the workers, they just profited from the difference.

The so-called bringing 50 able-bodied young men to help, or providing personnel with special abilities, are they really his own people?

Not necessarily.

Most likely, after securing a promise of payment here, they would go back to the refugee phalanx to recruit.

By then, even if they drew 20 Happiness Coins per head, without doing anything, they could easily earn a thousand.

Looking around, the other inspectors encountered similar situations; manpower agencies were coming to them too.

Some refused without thinking, while others were arguing with the agencies.

Among them, the High-level Inspectors were more, perhaps because they were more used to dealing with all sorts of ruffians, and they didn’t reject this method.

This involves the art of negotiation.

The existence of agencies is to avoid some troubles; if the goal can be achieved at a reasonable price, it’s not a bad method.

After dealing with over a dozen frenziedly self-promoting agencies, an inspector finally couldn’t hold back, stood up and took a loudspeaker to the front of the stage.

Cheng Ye glanced over, unexpectedly, the first one to stand out was Zhao Jia, who had called him before.

"Wanzi Town is recruiting! We need two hundred willing and able-bodied young men, and besides the basic salary, each person will receive 30 additional Happiness Coins as a reward. Wanzi Town has a safe location, with little infected body or mutant creature activity nearby, it’s the best place for building a Satellite City. During the assessment, we will ensure everyone’s personal safety..."

The rest were basically empty words, no one cared, but the "extra 30 Happiness Coins" line immediately caused a stir in the refugee phalanx.

They say great rewards bring out the brave.

In an instant, over fifty able-bodied young men stepped out of the phalanx and went to the shade to sign up.

Seeing this, the inspectors under the other sunshades stopped hiding and stood out one by one to shout.

Before the High-level Inspectors made a move, the Low-level Inspectors first opened the situation in the most direct way, and one identity badge after another was distributed.

It seemed everyone had a tacit understanding, no one offered more than 30 Happiness Coins, depending on the terrain, it ranged from 20, 25 to a maximum of 30.

Moreover, the recruitment of young men was very uniform, all two hundred people, not pulling five hundred young men into the team at once, which also took into account the issue of initial points.

To meet the additional rewards for these people, one had to work on the points, finding families with children and the elderly to fill this gap.

In just over ten minutes, the phalanx had reduced by over four thousand people.

Of six thousand able-bodied young men, less than two thousand remained on the sidelines, not rushing to sign up.

"Brother Cheng, should we also..."

"No rush, didn’t you see those High-level Inspectors haven’t acted yet?"

Cheng Ye replied, feeling a bit emotional, indeed it was straightforward thinking from the Academy Faction, always considering things in an ideal way.

Why did the High-level Inspectors prefer to negotiate with agencies rather than calling out to recruit high-priced personnel themselves?