Chapter 195: Chapter 195

With someone setting the example, the tacit understanding between inspectors formed extremely quickly.

Just by exchanging glances, they instantly understood the meaning conveyed in each other's eyes.

Come if you want, don't bother if you don't.

Especially a group of first and second-term inspectors who already knew their hopes of competing for contracting qualifications were slim, they simply gave up completely.

Want to earn money from inspectors? Fine. Cooperate properly with the evaluation, and you'll get what you should.

But if you think you can use the opportunity given by the Inspection Station to make things difficult for inspectors, do you really think Happiness City's inspectors are Buddhas enshrined in temples, to be manipulated at will?

"Brother Cheng, didn't we say we only wanted families, not single young men?"

Wang Kang was recording on the side. After distributing badges to the 12 brothers Bao Dashan had brought over, he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

They were far less reliable than families with children like Lin Xiaoshan's. At least those people had done hard work and lived practical lives.

"The situation may have changed..."

Cheng Ye carefully observed the changes in the formation. After a long while, he finally exhaled, "I suspect the families with children and elderly in the formation are all traps set by the Inspection Station."

"What?" Wang Kang was startled.

"Don't be surprised. Look in the direction of my forty-five degree angle. That family wearing dark brown clothes, especially their elderly and children, don't they seem unfamiliar at all?"

Following the direction Cheng Ye indicated, Wang Kang lowered his head slightly and observed with his peripheral vision.

Sure enough, though it was clearly a family of seven, there was distance between the adults and the elderly, and the children were even farther from the elderly.

The two elderly people, about sixty years old, sat stupidly in chairs with vacant eyes, as if their minds were wandering elsewhere.

"There are quite a few families with children and elderly in the migration wave, that's undeniable. But how could there be so many standard families of 'three men, two women, plus two elderly'?"

"Out of twenty thousand people, even if they only account for 25%, that's five thousand people, which works out to over seven hundred families!"

Cheng Ye had found it strange from the beginning. After this round of testing and observation, he was increasingly certain of his judgment.

Setting aside the restriction of three men and two women, it would be extremely difficult to select even five thousand people.

Moreover, the families selected might not agree to participate in the evaluation. Anyone who could truly maintain a seven-person family definitely had maxed-out risk resistance. Why would they risk going to a satellite city for a few Happiness Coins?

Forget assembling 700 families, even assembling 200 families of 1,400 people would be nearly impossible.

"So their purpose is to interfere with the inspectors' choices?"

"It's possible, but maybe I'm overthinking it."

Cheng Ye didn't speak in absolutes. His gaze subtly shifted toward the North Station.

He didn't know if Ding Yishan was currently observing the changes on the field, but clearly, due to his unexpected rise, the inspectors present all seemed to have realized where the problem lay.

Using 3x points as bait to interfere with judgment, if inspectors considered things idealistically, they could easily fall into a big pit.

Fortunately, each team had only recruited two hundred young men so far. Reacting in time, there was still a possibility of turning things around.

Of course, it was only a slim possibility.

Since they had already opened the door to recruiting with extra compensation, closing that door later, others weren't fools. Why would they do the same work for less pay?

"So our next plan is..."

"Prioritize recruiting families with children, especially these families from the mines. The children of these people can basically function as 0.7 of a laborer. They can endure hardship very well, and they hold full expectations for a better life."

Cheng Ye paused, his tone contemplative, "But we must control the numbers. Calculating based on four-person families, we can recruit at most 75 households."

75 households, exactly 300 people.

When introducing things to that group earlier, he hadn't overlooked the two children Lin Xiaoshan had brought.

The children seemed shy and reserved, but their eyes were surprisingly clean. They had most likely been born and raised in the mine, never venturing into the wilderness in their entire lives.

Whenever he mentioned phrases like "food in abundance," "safe home," "warm even when it rains," "stable positions in the future," or "bright and clean work environment," the light in those two children's eyes simply couldn't be hidden.

If Dapo Town were already stable, these children would become the main force of new blood, the most well-behaved batch of workers.

But now they were going to participate in an evaluation and face wilderness threats directly, so he had to think clearly:

The children weren't afraid of hardship and could fully handle various odd jobs, but someone had to shield them from the cruelty of the outside world and carve out a safe zone for them to contribute.

So 300 people was already the limit, no more.

"Additionally, I originally planned to have direct contact with the refugees to find families with adventurous personalities to serve as the satellite city's patrol team. That way both loyalty and capability would be guaranteed."

"But from the looks of it now, the people the Inspection Station screened and sorted for us seem to have very fixed personalities. These families are all the honest, hard-working type. It might be very difficult to find the kind of people I want."

"So we can't just passively sit here waiting for them to come and be screened. We need to change our thinking about the patrol team: recruit a baseline of 50 young men. Calculating 16 people per team, rotating between two shifts requires 32 people, three shifts require 48 people. 50 is just barely enough."

Regarding the young men, Cheng Ye's thinking was very straightforward.

Rather than exploiting their labor, it was better to take advantage of the fact that they were alone, without ties, and eager to establish merit.

After all, none of them had attachments, and they all wanted better lives.

Fine then. They didn't need to work themselves to death, just go to the most dangerous positions for duty patrols. Taking extra compensation for that would be no problem.

But if he sent honest people with families to drag along to the patrol team, they had attachments. When it really came time to fight for their lives, they would inevitably hesitate.

"Then the remaining 150 people, we'll give to couples?" Wang Kang nodded, following his train of thought, "Actually we could also increase the young men to 100, but then the point pressure would be greater. With 50 people, just in terms of protecting safety, it should be enough."

"Right, as long as the labor is sufficient. Dapo Town's terrain won't have any heavy labor cleanup tasks, and besides..."

Cheng Ye paused. When that time really came, the Action Points he'd saved would have a place to be used.

As long as there were no real-time proctors, using some Action Points could smooth over the slight gap in labor. There was completely no need to drag along a bunch of young men.

With fewer people, they'd be obedient. With more people, the two of them couldn't manage them anyway.

Of course, it would be great if he could bring some militiamen from the community, but he didn't need to think to know it was impossible.

If militiamen could follow along for construction, the talent that other high-term inspectors could bring would only be greater. Even low-term ones, if they threw money around, could recruit a bunch of thugs willing to risk their lives from the shantytowns.

Then it wouldn't be about competing over who could settle refugees better, but about who had deeper pockets.

"We won't take any families with children and elderly at all. Since they might be traps, there's no need to test them."

Cheng Ye made the final decision.

This was also why he hadn't done personnel allocation from the beginning.

If he could choose from the entire refugee formation, he could definitely pick out a bunch of large families willing to follow.

But choosing only from people provided by the Inspection Station, he had to consider a bunch of extra factors and couldn't just think about Dapo Town's future development.

Once he obtained contracting qualification, there would be plenty of time to come back and recruit more preferred personnel.

"Understood, Brother Cheng. However you say to do it, that's what we'll do!"

Wang Kang nodded emphatically, then joked with a smile, "Following Brother Cheng is great. If I had to sit here making these decisions, my head would definitely swell from thinking!"

"Your task isn't just registering information and distributing badges here. I'll explain one more time for the second round. After that, you'll be the one giving presentations to the third and fourth rounds!"

"No problem!" Wang Kang agreed readily, "This isn't that different from us learning to sing or tell stories anyway. It's all just chatting with people. Whether I say something right or wrong, there's always a chance to smooth things over."

"Good, keep this mental momentum!"

Cheng Ye nodded with satisfaction.

By now, more and more people had gathered around. The legion had simply brought over four armed pickup trucks to help maintain order.

There were at least a thousand people queuing on site. With only 500 spots available, it was obviously impossible to let everyone in for interviews.

According to Cheng Ye's requirements, Big Dragon had already started the first round of screening at the perimeter.

The core screening standard was family-based, but it was explicitly stated that seven-person families were not wanted.

As soon as this rule came out, many large families waiting in line were immediately stunned. Voices of doubt immediately rose from the crowd, "Why won't you let seven-person families in? We work no worse than anyone else!"

"What nonsense!" Big Dragon came up from behind with his people. With a glare, he retorted, "Only you're allowed to pick inspectors, but inspectors aren't allowed to pick people?"

His gaze swept over the crowd, precisely locking onto the man who had led the outcry, "You there, weren't you just eliminated by us for wanting extra compensation? What are you yelling about now?"

An embarrassed smile flashed across the man's face. He grabbed the woman beside him and quickly retreated to the back of the crowd, not daring to make another sound.

Cheng Ye's gaze had been following the two people's figures the whole time.

Sure enough, after leaving the queue, the two walked straight toward another inspector's recruitment point.

In this so-called "large family," there wasn't even a shadow of an elderly person or child. They were clearly a couple pretending, fishing in troubled waters here.

If this wasn't specially arranged by the Inspection Station, then these two people were very likely "bad seeds" influenced by the Walker. They had lost normal human thinking and were purely bad.

"Did the Inspection Station deliberately screen these kinds of people in, so that in a controllable environment, they could first let low-term inspectors get familiar with methods for dealing with refugees?"

Cheng Ye thought about it.

The batch of third and fourth-term inspectors with contracting qualifications were all veterans from the Great Development Era. They only needed to come outside the city for a tour to have a general understanding of refugees and know what methods to use to respond.

But low-term inspectors hadn't experienced these things. The second batch satellite city evaluation happened to be a training opportunity.

Compared to holding study sessions in the grand theater, this kind of real combat scene obviously had more educational significance.

"No wonder they call it on-site, real combat training."

Cheng Ye suddenly understood, "Even if you ultimately can't get the contracting opportunity, you can still gain some growth experience. At the very least, don't be as naive as you are now."

Different positions meant thinking about different things with different priorities.

He was pondering Dapo Town construction, how to attract refugees, and how to win the competition.

Ding Yishan, Harlin, and other station chiefs had to consider contracting point coordination, personnel arrangements, and the cultivation of low-term inspectors.

Everyone had their own "tasks." After thinking about it, Cheng Ye didn't alert the guards to have those two troublemakers arrested.

Given the current situation, the inspectors had awakened and united.

Although some partner groups might be eliminated at the personnel selection stage, this completely reversed the previously passive situation.

However, these matters had nothing to do with him.

The second round brought in 5 families. These four-person families could be recognized as genuine families at a glance.

Three of the families came from Iron Rock Mine. They were all honest families like Lin Xiaoshan's.

Cheng Ye simply called over Lin Xiaoshan, who had already received his badge, and had him accompany the explanation.

The other two families, one was a small family from a nearby settlement. Their risk resistance ability should be quite good, and their attitude was extremely respectful.

"Inspector Cheng, my name is Sun Dazheng. I'm a carpenter from Tumo Settlement. My wife, child, and I can all do carpentry work."

The man was nearly fifty years old, but his wife was only in her early thirties.

This was normal. Having this kind of pairing could actually indirectly prove that Sun Dazheng's abilities were indeed strong enough.

However, one of his children was 11 years old, a girl, and the boy was only 9 years old. Thin and frail, he definitely couldn't do any heavy work, which was why the father mentioned their technical value first.

"Inspector Cheng, my name is Sun Xiaozheng. I can also do carpentry! And I can make hunting traps!"

When Cheng Ye looked his way, the little boy added in a small voice, carrying a hint of timid pride.

Cheng Ye was amused, "Your father is called Sun Dazheng, and you're called Sun Xiaozheng?"

"The lord helped us choose our names. Xiaozheng has good talent, much better than mine."

Sun Dazheng hurriedly explained, but then his expression darkened, "Tumo Settlement was destroyed by an infection wave, and the lord died too. We hid in the surrounding area for some days. We happened to run into the migration convoy and followed them all the way here."

The two places were over 300 kilometers apart, not far, but traveling on foot would take most of half a month. It really wasn't easy with two small children.

Cheng Ye made note of this family, then looked at the last household.

Unexpectedly, it was a four-person family from neighboring Yueye Sanctuary City.

This family clearly understood the ins and outs of Happiness City's Inspection Station better. Without asking anything, they said they wanted to join Dapo Town, obviously understanding the weight of the surname "Cheng."

Unfortunately, they only knew the surface and didn't know how desperately Inspector Cheng had struggled to survive before. Official source ıs 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵

But as things stood now, with the unique setup he'd laid out plus the halo of family background, in the eyes of these uninformed refugees, he was indeed the optimal choice.

"Pulling on this tiger skin really has saved a lot of trouble."

Cheng Ye laughed inwardly, "That's fine too. The Cheng family's prestige will continue to extend and flourish in my hands."

He stood up and brought the five families to explain the policies again.

Lin Xiaoshan followed beside him. Learning from Bao Dashan's example, he played the supporting role, both praising Dapo Town's advantages and using his own choice to reassure everyone.

As expected, all five families chose to stay, immediately adding twenty people.

"Xiao Kang, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll handle the initial personnel screening."

"Don't worry!" After two batches, Wang Kang had already learned the gist of it and readily agreed.

There were still three hours until the evaluation deadline. Time wasn't abundant, so they had to pick up the pace.

Cheng Ye simply set up three layers of screening. Big Dragon screened the first round at the outermost layer, he screened another round, and finally Wang Kang confirmed the quotas.

With this arrangement, efficiency immediately improved.

In just over an hour, over 300 badges had been distributed, and all 75 households were finalized.

Among them, 49 came from the mines. All were honest people willing to work diligently, perfectly filling the basic labor force.

The remaining 26 families, 17 came from surrounding settlements. Most of them had some skills or survival abilities.

The final 9 families all came from surrounding sanctuary cities. Their cognitive abilities were clearly a notch higher than other families, and it was obvious they had come purely for "Cheng."

Cheng Ye wasn't averse to this. Generally speaking, these "clever people" were actually easier to win over as confidants.

The higher the level of education, the stronger the ability to assess situations.

Once Dapo Town really started operating, they would be least likely to easily move to other satellite cities and start over.

"Alright everyone, listen to me!"

Cheng Ye clapped his hands. The three hundred-plus people gathered around the sample house immediately quieted down.

"For the next half day, I'll invite three veterans from Happiness City's Pioneer Corps to teach everyone wilderness survival skills that can save your lives at critical moments, as well as pioneering experience that can be used in Dapo Town."

As Cheng Ye spoke, he pointed to the pickup parked nearby.

Upon hearing this, Elder Song and the other two, who had been dozing in the truck bed, perked up. They pushed open the doors, got out, and strode over.

Having watched for so long, Cheng Ye's methods became increasingly unfathomable, yet this also made them increasingly firm in their original judgment.

"Everyone welcome Elder Song, Elder He, and Elder Zhou!"

Before Cheng Ye finished speaking, thunderous applause already erupted from below.

Refugees who had struggled in the wilderness understood too well what "life-saving skills" meant.

Moreover, the three district elders' faces were simply too convincing. To have lived to such an advanced age and be so highly regarded by Cheng Ye, they must have real skills.

Amid the applause, Elder Song stepped onto the temporarily erected platform and cleared his throat, "I won't waste words. Dapo Town's terrain isn't too complex, but there are several key points to remember: First, during the rainy season, soil slopes easily collapse. How do you judge? Look at the grass on the slope. If there's fresh soil at the grass roots, that means it's loose. Get away quickly..."

His speech wasn't fast, but every sentence hit the crucial points.

The people below listened extremely carefully. Several women simply led their children back a bit, letting the men crowd closer, afraid of missing a single word.

No one expected Cheng Ye to have prepared this segment as well. In comparison, this made the vague promises and meager Happiness Coin compensation offered by other inspectors fall into an inferior category.

It even caused the inspectors under awnings 31 and 30 to curse under their breath, but after cursing, they felt secretly frustrated.

How could they not have thought of such a simple method to win people's hearts from beginning to end?

Fortunately, no matter how capable Cheng Ye was, he could only recruit 500 people and wouldn't compete with them.

The location he was participating in for contracting also didn't conflict with theirs. The unlucky ones were Rocook and Garcia.

Otherwise, with such a formidable opponent nearby, what evaluation, just go home and sleep.

Under awning number 21.

Although Rocook and Garcia hadn't spoken, the atmosphere under the awning was as heavy as impending rain.

Comparing the lively scene of over a thousand people queuing at number 32, their side also seemed to have quite a few people, with dozens in line.

But the problem was that a third of them were slippery labor intermediaries. The rest who came over opened their mouths asking "how much extra compensation can you give?"

Asking would have been one thing.

The key was that after asking, these people shook their heads and walked away with disappointed expressions that said "comparing shops, yours won't do," making Garcia's teeth itch.

"We're not going to fail to recruit even 500 people and be eliminated in the first round, are we?"

Looking at the box still containing at least 400 badges, Garcia's face turned iron-blue.

He wanted to have the guards chase these intermediaries out but was afraid that after offending people, recruitment would be even harder. He was caught in a dilemma.

"Not that bad. You're at least a second-term inspector. How can your performance be worse than those first-tiers?"

Rocook withdrew his gaze from staring at awning 32, somewhat uncomfortable as he asked rhetorically.

Garcia didn't dare speak, only showing an expression that said "if you're so capable, you do it."

"You go type. I'll speak, you write."

After pondering for a moment, Rocook waited until Garcia was in position before saying in a deep voice, "Dapo Town possesses uniquely favorable geographical conditions and is highly competitive among all satellite cities. It is an optimal location that all parties are watching. The announcement regarding Dapo Town construction contracting qualifications and recruitment matters is as follows: Units currently qualified for contracting are numbers 21 and 32, with number 32's recruitment quota limited to only 500 people."

"Those interested in participating in Dapo Town construction should register as soon as possible. All of number 21's construction plans will align with number 32, and all policies have no significant differences. Due to limited quotas, priority will be given to family unit applicants. Young and able-bodied applicants must pass relevant reviews before being selected. Interested parties are encouraged to seize this opportunity and register enthusiastically!"

Garcia's hands paused on the keyboard. He looked up at Rocook, "Doesn't that make us people eating leftovers?"

Rocook sneered, "Turn around and look. Others want to eat but don't even have the qualifications!"

The Eastern office clerks standing behind them couldn't hold back and nearly laughed out loud.

Fortunately, they'd all received professional training. They quickly reached out and pinched their thighs. The pain made them grimace, finally suppressing their laughter.

Garcia noticed the movement and glanced back at the two office clerks.

Seeing them with lowered eyelids in a pose of "eyes on nose, nose on heart," his iron-blue expression finally eased slightly.

The flyers were quickly printed, a full hundred sheets.

"Distributing flyers to people over there doesn't violate the rules, does it?"

"It doesn't." The nearby office clerk quickly answered, "As long as you don't personally enter the refugee formation to make contact, it's all within the allowed rules."

"Then good. Go distribute these flyers to the people queuing at number 32."

Garcia was delighted and immediately directed the office clerk to go with four guards.

This eager display made Rocook shake his head inwardly.

On the surface, the Inspection Station only seemed to have Eastern and Western camps fighting, but in reality, there were already several factional cliques secretly, a complete mess.

Currently, there were four main factions: Radicals, Conservatives, Academics, and Emergents.

The first two were mostly high-term inspectors, while the latter two were mainly low-term ones.

The Radicals wanted to push the Inspection Station to restore its former glory and regain great power.

The Conservatives focused on practical matters, advocating building high walls, accumulating abundant grain, and slowly proclaiming sovereignty.

The Academics emphasized using science to prevent and control infection sources, trying to get the Inspection Station to switch to the technological inspection model currently used by all super sanctuary cities in the Xinghuo Alliance, abandoning the outdated manual inspection model.

However, these three all had the Inspection Station as their main body. Only the Emergent faction had different principles.

Garcia was one member of the Emergent faction.

They wanted to unite talented people from other administrative systems to enter the Inspection Station, transforming it into a massive system encompassing research, industry, manpower, production, military force, and other fields.

Of course, that was the public statement. To put it bluntly, it was just a faction that wanted to align with other administrative systems.

Though it wasn't clear which faction Garcia was close to, this brainless appearance really resembled those hotheads from the Transcendent faction.

If he continued being this brainless, he'd never hope to advance to third-tier in this lifetime.

Watching the office clerk walk over to number 32's queue and begin distributing flyers.

After a bout of commotion, over a hundred people really did start walking toward number 21.

Garcia quickly sat up straight, trying his best to appear proper, though he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

The first to queue was a couple. The man stepped forward excitedly and said, "Sir, my name is Chang Wen. This is my wife, Hu Yun. We're a family of seven and want to join your team."

"Oh? Where are your family members?" Garcia's heart leaped with joy, though his face remained impassive.

"They're all waiting in the formation! My parents can work, and the children have eaten bitterness since childhood." As Chang Wen spoke, he pointed toward the formation. A middle-aged man and woman immediately waved in response, with three youths about fifteen or sixteen standing beside them. They all looked like they could contribute labor.

"Your parents are that young? The children that mature?"

Garcia frowned slightly, "Identity proof? Let me see."

Chang Wen quickly pulled out a slip of paper with "Seven-Person Family" written clearly on it. Below was the Inspection Station's screening mark.

With this mark, they could get triple points, and all seven people looked like laborers.

Even if the ages were a bit strange, they had been screened by the Inspection Station, so it had nothing to do with them.

However, just as Garcia was about to agree, Rocook, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly coughed lightly, "You two, were you in the first batch to go to number 32?"

"Hm?" Chang Wen was stunned, then awkwardly smiled, "Sir has good eyes!"

"Then why didn't you join number 32?" Rocook's voice was emotionless.

"Number 32 doesn't accept seven-person families! They only want four-person ones!"

"Is that so?" Rocook turned his head. After getting confirmation from the office clerk, he immediately felt suspicious.

Seven-person families got triple points. This Cheng Ye actually directly gave them up?

He couldn't quite understand, but seeing the long queue behind them and Garcia's impatience, he didn't say more.

Seeing this, Garcia immediately said, "Have your family members all come over."

"Yes, thank you, sir!"

Chang Wen left his wife to hold the spot and ran back to the formation, soon bringing over "the family."

But this group looked very unfamiliar with each other. The elderly, adults, and children each formed their own faction, as if they'd been temporarily assembled.

"Could it be that these seven-person families were all forcibly combined by the Inspection Station?"

Rocook pondered secretly, the more he thought, the more something felt off.

Especially after glancing toward number 32, then shifting his eyes back to the long queue behind, he simply stood up and said, "I'm sorry, we also don't recruit seven-person families."

"Hm?" Garcia had just taken out seven badges from the box. His hand froze in mid-air before reflexively pulling them back.

The Chang family's expressions changed dramatically. First disbelief, then full of indignation. Just as they were about to speak, they were stopped by Rocook's gaze.

The nearby guards saw this and immediately understood, instantly surrounding them.

"You..." Chang Yun opened his mouth, his fist clenched tight, but in the end, he still led his family away.

However, turning back from the side, their eyes were full of the venomous hatred Garcia himself was all too familiar with.

"Was that necessary?" Garcia opened his mouth.

"It was necessary." Rocook shook his head lightly, "Although I can't say what exactly feels wrong, since he doesn't want these seven-person families, we... also won't take them."

"Competing on the same stage, his advantage lies in these clever ideas and methods, which we don't have. But our greatest advantages are familiarity with the wilderness and construction experience, which he also doesn't have."

"To beat him, we need to find ways to leverage our strengths and avoid weaknesses. The people we recruit should stay as consistent with his as possible. That's to our advantage. If we accept these seven-person families, there will be too many variables."

"Mm, what you say makes sense."

Since Rocook had said so, Garcia stopped overthinking and immediately had the guards pass down the new rule.

Curses immediately erupted from the queue, but perhaps because Cheng Ye's rule had already set precedent, others actually felt that the consistency between both sides made them more enthusiastic.

Wang Kang had just finished leading a group through the explanation. He drained a jar of cool water and said breathlessly, "Brother Cheng, they're poaching our people over there!"

"It's fine, let them poach." Cheng Ye counted out eight badges and handed them to the young men who had just been selected. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of awning 21 driving out the seven-person family. He couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile.

"Copying me to this extent?"

He felt somewhat speechless yet amused inwardly.

People's hearts couldn't be held by slogans alone. They needed real, tangible methods and prospects.

He had prepared for so long precisely to have the confidence to say he could hold onto these families who had come to join him, to have the conviction and plans to lead this group in spreading out construction.

If Rocook came up with some clever tricks, he might still be wary. But copying him step by step ...

What was that saying again?

Those who learn from me live, those who imitate me die!

"Xiao Kang, there are still seventy people left. Push hard, let's try to finish early!"

Cheng Ye stood up and moved his shoulders. The "Little Black" badges in the box were running low. At this rate, they could finish distributing them in another hour.

Meanwhile, the crowd listening to the three district elders' lecture nearby grew larger and larger. Questioning voices occasionally rose up. The scene was lively yet orderly.

Compared to other inspectors being pestered to exhaustion by intermediaries and looking utterly weary, Cheng Ye turned his head. His gaze met the two Western inspectors under the adjacent awning.

Perhaps benefiting from his side's momentum, quite a few people tired of queuing simply switched to try their luck at number 31. At the moment, there were also two or three hundred people queuing in front of the awning.

The two Western inspectors under the awning happened to look up and met Cheng Ye's gaze head-on.

They were first stunned, then smiled helplessly and shrugged their shoulders.

Those slightly upturned corners of their mouths seemed to say "stop scolding, this is our level," and also seemed to frankly admit "buddy, you really have the skills, we're impressed."

Cheng Ye couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, this was how realistic things were within the system.

Everyone took sides as they took sides, factional struggles as they struggled, but truly capable people could ultimately cross over those twists and turns and earn the respect they deserved.

This inspector work was truly getting more and more interesting!