Joy of Labor

Sometimes, a person will suddenly have an epiphany, as if... suddenly understanding many truths they didn't understand before. They begin to change their lifestyle and work style, constantly breaking through their past image in ways that are hard for people to understand, and step by step reaching the peak.

We call this process "human awakening".

In fact, it's not just individuals, like humans, who can awaken; the collective consciousness of human societies can also experience a collective awakening, which we call "social awakening."

This is a process of rapid change in awareness of the problem. It starts with the awakening of a few people, but then it spreads to more people. This awakening is like a "virus" that is rapidly replicating, spreading, and rampant within society! Ultimately, it will trigger a qualitative change, which is what is happening in Nagaril right now.

Although Nagaril Youth Party is considered an illegal organization and its members are being arrested across the country, some of the things they have brought, some of their slogans, and some of the changes they have brought have influenced the entire society.

This society has embarked on a process of awakening, a process that is irreversible. If this awakening process is forcibly suppressed, this place will eventually become like the Amelia Region, a battlefield for one nation.

There is no profit to be made. The ideological and armed conflict between the locals and the outside forces will destroy everything here.

Furthermore, Nagaril's complex wilderness environment gives the locals a greater advantage in the fight, making them difficult to eradicate completely, and the ultimate losers can only be the Federal.

Lin Qi was very clear about this: the victor could not be the Federal, unless the Federal was willing to completely wipe a race off the face of the earth through a new round of extermination operations, as they had done in the past.

However, this does not align with the Federal Government's self-image in the international community, and they will not agree to the United Development Company doing so. Ultimately, the only possible outcome is a complete defeat for the Federal government.

Although National Awakening is unstoppable and irreversible, it can be guided. This requires some people with "leadership qualities" to step forward and become role models in the process of social awakening.

Just like the social awakening that the Federal once experienced, from barbarism to civilization, from fragmentation to integration, some very important people and events played a key role.

Gardon would be a good choice. Among the other young people in the area, Gardon is probably the best one. This is not to say that Gardon is really impeccable, but compared to other mixed-race children who are more timid and don't even know a few basic principles, Gardon is obviously the only choice.

In previous reports about him, both locals and foreigners clearly knew more about him than about others. People always have preconceived notions and impressions. Compared to those they were unfamiliar with, Gardon was more easily accepted on a special emotional level.

As for how to control him...

Actually, there's no need to control him at all; just let him move forward on the only path.

By then, he will have become a role model and spiritual guide for the young people of Nagaril, and this awakening society will be able to enter a form that is more in line with the interests of the Federal, more mature, and more profitable, just as Lin Qi the designer envisioned!

This is how capitalists changed people's perceptions of businessmen and capital, and this same approach applies to Nagaril.

Back home, sitting on the open-air balcony and watching the throngs of tourists on the distant beach, Lin Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere in Nagaril is getting quite hot now; the temperature today is at least 26 or 27 degrees Celsius, and he has even changed into a short-sleeved shirt.

The intense sunshine has brought many tourists to Nagaril, giving people an extra destination this year: its long coastline and golden beaches.

They can bask in the sun during this cold winter, enjoying all the pleasures that can only be enjoyed in summer.

The entire beach was almost entirely filled with foreigners, with only a few locals, and even among them, they were mostly scantily clad women.

The existence of these people does not actually bring any turmoil or change to society. On the contrary, the existence of these skilled women has made outstanding contributions to maintaining social order.

Of course, there are still some issues that need to be addressed, such as the current sudden "Marriage Craze," where some local young women are pursuing foreigners and engaging in long-term relationships. Some of them are now pregnant and insist on marrying foreigners. Similar incidents have occurred at Lin Qi's construction site before.

In such matters, Lin Qi would not side with the foreigners. Since they were the ones who couldn't control themselves, they had to choose between sacrificing money or sacrificing people. This also added a lot of positive "reputation" to Lin Qi locally.

Unlike other foreigners in the past who always thought that foreigners were right, he handled these foreign-related incidents from a very fair perspective, and some people had a fairly good impression of him.

For example... the short young man driving for the transport team, with his thick eyebrows and big face, immediately reminded people of positive characters in some movies and TV shows.

After Nagaril Youth Party was declared an illegal organization, the entire Youth Party was disbanded and then reintegrated into society.

They would contact each other periodically, instead of gathering together all day as in the past, in order to reduce the threat that Youth Party posed in the eyes of the rulers.

Once this period has passed and people's impression of the Youth Party has faded, they can reappear under a different name.

So at this time, the Youth Party Leader in the Mengwu Province was driving for Lin Qi's transport team. He had quickly mastered driving skills after studying at the technical school that Lin Qi had set up.

Actually, driving skills are not difficult at all, not as difficult as people imagine. As long as you don't panic and don't think of it as a hurdle, it's very easy to learn.

He has a name that is almost forgotten, and has even been forgotten by some: Akumali.

At that moment, he didn't have any grand ambitions in mind; he was just working diligently. As a skilled worker, his daily job was to drive trucks and join a fleet of vehicles to transport materials to various locations, and that was how it always was.

He doesn't need to load or unload anything himself; he can just sit in the car and wait. This job pays him 80 cents a day, settled in Federal Sol.

Whenever the stevedores looked at him with envy and jealousy, whenever he gave his employee number to the accountant who was settling accounts at night and received his salary of one dollar and eighty cents from the accountant, a kind of happiness that he was unwilling to admit would grow in his heart!

This is the erosion and fraud of the people by foreign capitalists, the exploitation of the local labor force. But he can't bring himself to hate these foreigners. Instead, he has an urgent desire to face the truth, or rather, a joy he has never experienced before: the joy of reaping the rewards of labor! In the past, there weren't many such jobs in Nagaril. Apart from those with stable jobs, most people who wanted to work would go to the city's labor market every morning and wait for employers to arrive.

If you think this will allow you to find a job and earn money, you are sorely mistaken.

The market for these short-term, temporary jobs isn't actually that big. While some people do come to recruit temporary workers every day, the demand is so small and the supply is so high that the competition is incredibly fierce! This chaotic competition for work often results in unpaid work, with only one or two meals provided, rather than actual compensation, money, or anything of equivalent value.

You might think it's not worth it, but some people are willing to do it. The employer just needs to stand there and wait a while, without saying anything, and those who need work will voluntarily reduce their payment method from "paying wages" to "a full meal".

Everything happening here right now, everything that the short-statured Akumali is experiencing, is full of new and exciting feelings. As long as he works, he can get paid, and he likes this feeling very much.

He even had a desire to work for these foreigners indefinitely. If he could just hold on for another month or so, he would be promoted to level two and earn a weekly wage of 13.50 yuan. If he were level three... level four...

He is now somewhat confused, Youth Party headquarters tells them that these foreigners came here to oppress and exploit the people here.

They pay wages, every day, and never withhold wages, whereas the local lords never did. This puzzled the short-statured Akumali, who didn't quite understand.

After the transport was completed, the vehicle was parked in the parking lot for maintenance.

From the convoy Captain, Akumali learned that these trucks were actually trucks that the Federal had already phased out. The Federal had larger trucks with greater carrying capacity, but they were not being transported here.

These trucks have been working for the Federal for a long time and are not in particularly good condition, so they need to be inspected after each job to ensure that they don't break down on the way for the next transport.

Impulsive and Irritable Young Man are not allowed to drive cars. His driving is stiff, or to put it simply, he is very nervous, so he was not able to become a driver.

However, he achieved good results in the car repair training. He has a certain talent for auto repair and now he has become partners with the short-statured Akumali, who is responsible for inspecting the condition of this car.

Just as he was lying on the ground inspecting the already damaged drive shaft, several police officers suddenly appeared beside him and walked towards him.

Akumali realized something was wrong a little too late. He wasn't as alert as before, and he hadn't done anything recently, which made him unaware of the danger when he first saw the police.

He only realized how dangerous his idea was when the police quickly walked towards them.

He kicked a tire, and the police officers noticed his action and immediately ran over.

The impulsive and Irritable Young Man was caught red-handed by several police officers as soon as he got out of the car.

He struggled and shouted, "Why are you arresting me?"