Unfortunately, few people in District 25 considered them a resource worth using... For one thing, District 25 already had a surplus of manpower. Under such extreme conditions, capital always had nothing to fear.
What the conglomerates needed were talented people who could raise their ceiling, not employees who could shore up their floor. The latter were important too, but in a place like District 25, anything easy to obtain was invariably cheap. That was precisely why these "refugees," whom District 25's Administration Department had brought in at great expense, held little appeal for them.
If they had not contracted hotspot syndrome, these "high-quality talents" from Huacheng might still have been a resource the conglomerates competed over... District 25's Administration Department could also have added a dazzling achievement to its officials' résumés.
But the accident during the journey through the Wasteland had completely ruined what should have been a plan that benefited all three parties. Their supposed "achievement" had instead become a death warrant for District 25's Administration Department. To cut their losses in time, they had been forced to abandon these Huacheng People, sacrificing them to lessen their own responsibility.
Naturally, these Huacheng "refugees" living in the Slums had also become those officials' biggest headache.
Yet these matters had little bearing on Jonas... Hotspot syndrome might have been a flaw others could not overlook, but to him, it was utterly insignificant.
"If possible, have the intelligence department gather information on this... Then I'll have to ask you to compile detailed information on these people, Miss Eiffel."
This was a major undertaking, one that would be difficult to complete in a short time... But there was no particular rush, so Jonas could slowly review the information on these Huacheng People and identify the more valuable employees among them.
As for the