Everyone was stunned. Most people understood the principle that nothing good simply fell from the sky, but understanding it did not mean they could stay rational. That was a common failing among humans.
Pu Yunchuan said to himself, "According to the latest policies they announced, any citizens willing to join them will receive a villa in a high-end community in a First-Tier City or elsewhere, a luxury car worth fifty thousand dollars, and a guaranteed high-paying job with an expected annual salary of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Doctors, engineers, PhDs, and senior researchers will be guaranteed annual salaries of three hundred thousand dollars. During periods without work, they'll receive three years of basic wages, with eighty percent of their guaranteed salary paid every month... Do you really think these free benefits are normal?"
Everyone fell silent. Only Hou Jiaojiao, the girl from earlier, spoke quietly. "Senior, you're right. Benefits like these really do seem impossible. They're probably tricking us into going over there and then refusing to honor them. Once we've taken their nationality, won't they be able to say whatever they want?"
"That's not necessarily so..." Pu Yunchuan sighed. Under Isabelle's influence, Pu Yunchuan had learned a great deal more about politics and had become much more clear-sighted when considering matters.
"Unless their brains are full of water, they wouldn't dare publicly renege on a law they announced like this. Their country would be completely ruined. The competition this time is fierce, and they aren't the only ones trying to recruit the Central China Players. Even if they planned to burn the bridge after crossing it, they'd at least have to wait until there was no hope left in the City Election. Besides, the Five Great Cities aren't the end. Mars is so vast—how could there