Not to mention that this money has to come out of the employer's own pocket.
Matt strode closer, raising his thick hand high to land on Su Wei's shoulder.
Even through the thick down jacket, the strength belonging to the old worker was still heavy.
"You're a more honest employer than most I've ever met."
Matt withdrew his hand.
"Because of what you said, I'll risk my life to ensure the quality of this construction."
Su Wei nodded slightly, without saying anything more.
He turned and walked toward the silver Chevrolet Silverado parked in the snow.
He opened the rusty car door and got into the driver's seat.
Turn the key.
The Suoluode spewed out a cloud of black smoke from its exhaust pipe, its tires crunching over gravel as it sputtered away from the construction site.
2 PM. Emerald Lake Territory.
Su Wei parked Suoluode in the open space beside the cabin and got out of the car.
He walked through the snow onto the wooden porch and pushed open the heavy door.
The temperature inside was only four degrees Celsius.
The ashes in the fireplace had long since cooled, emitting a chilly, charcoal-like smell.
Cotton Candy rushed down the stairs from the second floor, its four white paws sliding wildly on the floor.
It drifted sideways for half a meter before crashing headfirst into Su Wei's leather boots.
The little fox clung to his trouser leg with its front paws and stood up on its hind legs.
Its pink nose kept nuzzling against Su Wei's legs, and it made rapid, whimpering noises.
Su Wei took off his down jacket and hung it on the antler-shaped coat rack by the door.
He walked to the fireplace, squatted down, and pulled two pieces of split pine wood from the woodpile.
He then took a few more pieces of curled birch bark and stuffed them at the bottom before striking a match.
The ignition source quickly swarmed into the orange flames, and the heated pine resin bubbled and crackled.
The room temperature began to rise slowly.
Su Wei stood up and walked to the long solid wood dining table in the center of the living room.
He moved the wooden chair aside and sat down.
Open the silver laptop.
He unzipped the camera equipment bag and removed the memory card from the Sony FX3.
He then inserted the memory card into the card reader port on the side of the computer.
Tens of gigabytes of 4K video footage were quickly loaded into the editing software's media library.
The screen showed a frozen Emerald Lake.
Su Wei, dressed in a dark gray down jacket, brandished a black tactical axe.
The moment the ice broke, the dark lake water surged upwards, and ice shards splashed directly onto the lens surface.
These scenes of violently breaking the ice are extremely intense.
His left hand rested on the keyboard shortcuts, while his right hand controlled the mouse.
Drag the cursor quickly across the timeline to begin slicing.
A white envelope icon suddenly popped up in the notification center in the lower right corner of the screen.
Accompanied by a crisp system notification sound.
A new email notification has been sent.
From: Emily.
Su Wei stopped what he was doing with his left hand and moved the mouse forward.
The cursor landed precisely on the white envelope icon, and the index finger pressed the left mouse button.
The email interface fills the center of the screen.
Against a vast white backdrop, there was no unnecessary small talk.
There was no salutation, no signature, and not even punctuation.
In the bolded theme bar at the top.
There are only five characters.
Certification passed
Chapter 228 A Heavy Endorsement
The cursor is hovering over the white envelope icon.
The cold light from the screen illuminated Su Wei's profile.
The email body was completely white.
There were no electronic attachments, nor were there any complicated official document formats.
Only in the subject line did five bold black characters appear: "Verification Passed".
Su Wei removed his right hand from the mouse and picked up the black phone next to the keyboard.
Swipe your thumb across the screen to bring up your contacts and tap Emily's number.
A long beep came from the speaker.
Physical distance introduces a delay of about half a second.
The call was connected.
A deafening roar of machinery filled the receiver; it was the sound of a heavy snowplow scraping against the icy road.
Emily's weary voice drifted through the wind.
"All the materials have been approved."
"All the documents have been approved and stamped; the final process was completed just thirty minutes ago."
Su Wei leaned back in his chair.
The passive effect of Homestead Shelter) is silently operating within the territory.
The temperature inside the cabin remained stable at 23 degrees Celsius, and mental and physical fatigue dissipated rapidly.
"From submission to stamping, it was three months faster than the usual process."
Su Wei said.
This efficiency is astonishing, completely breaking the rule of state agencies' usual sluggishness.
The sound of the snowplow on the other end of the phone subsided; she seemed to have taken shelter from the wind.
"Because I didn't follow the standard submission procedure at all."
"I took your information and went directly to the private office of the head of the guild's ecological review department."
"That person in charge is named Logan. He holds the title of senior advisor at the Anchorage Institute of Wildlife Behaviour, so he's a senior colleague of my mentor."
"I've retrieved all the raw data from the biological population surveys I conducted on Kodiak Island over the past three years, and attached them as an appendix to your club's ecological planning document."
Then I signed my name in the guarantor section.
"The three most time-consuming on-site audits were simply bypassed by Logan using his special approval authority."
The only sound in the cabin was the faint crackling of pine wood burning in the fireplace.
Su Wei did not speak immediately.
This is not a simple exchange of favors.
This is a rising young scholar who, with all her academic experience, has given absolute endorsement to an empty hunting ground.
If the club's operations are disrupted by an event that damages the ecosystem.
Or the falsification of qualifications may be discovered during the review process.
Emily's academic future in the North America ecological research community will be completely wiped out.
Logan dared to stamp this document not because he recognized Su Wei's plan, but because Emily's signature.
"This favor is way too heavy."
"One Manchu Han Imperial Feast isn't enough; I need three. The main dishes must include braised pork belly and sweet and sour pork."
"The main and side ingredients must be top-quality ingredients that you hunted yourself. I want to eat two bowls of rice."
"I've written down the menu."
Su Wei responded.