"Reporting in, president!" Sushang stood at attention and reported to Yan Huan:
"Everything's normal here. No unfairness detected!"
"Good. Stay alert!"
"Yes, sir—!!"
Meanwhile.
Dan Heng's gaze was calm.
"You mean that now the Fleeting Starlight belongs to us, the Star Rail Express has to pay the wages of everyone aboard?"
"Yep." March 7th nodded.
"There are so many of them. I nearly went numb when I realized it."
"I don't think we need to worry." Dan Heng patted the plunger in his hand.
"The Fleeting Starlight generates revenue. As I see it, that should be enough to cover the staff's wages."
"That won't work." March 7th looked pained.
"Yan Huan insists the old prices were too high. He wants to make the facilities affordable."
"Like a drink that costs thirty thousand—he wants to sell it for thirty. That way ordinary people can afford it."
"Hm?" Dan Heng considered this.
"In that case... there really wouldn't be enough to pay the staff."
"But we could lower their wages."
Dan Heng explained:
"If revenue falls, their wages naturally have to fall too."
March 7th sighed.
"But how many people would accept that?"
"Five hundred thousand this month, five thousand the next..."
"I feel like anyone would quit."
"Then hire a new crew." Dan Heng remained composed.
"Yan Huan simply wants to turn an exclusive luxury airship into an affordable place ordinary people can enjoy."
"If so, lower wages are unavoidable."
"If the current staff can't accept that, then they aren't suited to this place or to our vision."
Dan Heng added calmly:
"Besides, there's something else that worries me."
"What?"
"Some of the original crew are bound to be spies for The Family."
"Now that this ship belongs to the Star Rail Express, we must at least make sure its crew