The news that the Zerg would attack the Demon City spread quickly.
The first thing that caused a stir was in the Magic City. In a certain community, community residents were gathering together to discuss.
"Have you seen the news? The Zerg will attack here!"
"We've become a dangerous place here now!"
"What should we do? Do we need to evacuate?"
"My grandson's school has been notified that classes will be suspended and will be changed to online classes at home!"
"Everyone is waiting for notification! The nearby shelters are being arranged! Every household will be accommodated!" the neighborhood committee aunt explained patiently.
"Now we still need to recruit some volunteers to help with emergency resettlement and shelter material processing. If you are healthy and have enough time and energy, please sign up!"
The neighborhood committee aunt held the registration form and looked at the audience.
Now there is an urgent shortage of manpower, and the original manpower has been sent to the seaside to garrison and build the Great Steel Wall. And the community also needs volunteers to help maintain order.
The audience was silent for a few seconds, and she was extremely anxious. Today, the street office informed her that this community would need to recruit at least twenty volunteers.
"Isn't anyone signing up?" she appealed again. At this time, a strong man stood up and said, "I have lived here all my life. This is my home. When my family encounters difficulties, I still can't." Can you ignore it?"
"I'm still on the winter swimming team and my health is acceptable. I'll sign up!"
After saying that, he stood up and took the initiative to get a registration form.
"Uncle Wang is right. Can we not worry about our own family affairs?" Several aunts stood up and said, "Although we are old and cannot build projects like young men, we can help with publicity and registration. The job is still possible!”
Seeing them stand up, more people stood up.
A young man said: "Although I am not a local, I live in Shanghai now and haven't found a job recently. I will sign up for one too!"
The neighborhood committee aunt smiled and said: "When this period of time passes, aunt will help you introduce a job!"
"I'll sign up for one too!"
"Old Zhang, why haven't you come to the neighborhood committee office yet? We are looking for volunteers now. I have already signed up. Come quickly!"
One by one, they stood up and signed up. Because this place is entering a state of emergency, many companies have announced that they can work from home, and with those retired people, there are many people who are free.
"Come on, register one by one!" The neighborhood committee aunt smiled from ear to ear.
"Uncle Liu, you are too old, so don't be a volunteer!"
Uncle Liu's eyes widened and he said in dissatisfaction: "I can go up to the eighth floor in one breath without any trouble. Who says I can't do it?"
"Enough, enough! There are enough places." said the neighborhood committee aunt, "Let's do this, I will give priority to those who are in good health. I will also apply for other applicants to see if there are no suitable jobs."
Originally, their community needed to recruit twenty volunteers, but within a short time, three times as many people had signed up!
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Magic City, Electrical Group. This is one of the largest enterprise groups in the country's manufacturing industry, with multiple businesses including power stations, power transmission and distribution, heavy industry, rail transit, electromechanical, and machine tools.
When the news came out, the top management of the electrical appliance group immediately held an emergency meeting.
"Colleagues, everyone should have seen the news! Magic City is about to be in danger!" President Yuan Han said, "Everyone, think about it quickly, what should we do?"
"Are we going to stop production and work?" someone said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Han glared at him and said, "Our group is responsible for manufacturing a large amount of industrial equipment. It is urgently needed now. How can we stop production?"
"If the Demon City fails to stop the Zerg, what kind of business will we have?"
A senior executive said: "I suggest that all other orders be stopped immediately and that all efforts be made to provide industrial products and machines for the construction of defense projects!"
"It is too difficult to do this. Some workers are no longer willing to continue working and ask to stop work and go home. We also need to coordinate materials and construction. Under the current situation, it is difficult to do anything."
"No matter how difficult it is, how rare is it to go over and fight the Zerg?" Yuan Han slapped the table and said, "That's it, I'll mobilize the staff!"
He immediately organized a staff meeting, where tens of thousands of employees gathered together.
Yuan Han made a speech: "Dear employees, not long ago, Xuanwu executives informed that the Zerg will attack the Demon City! This city will face the most dangerous moment in history!"
"I know that many of you are not in the mood to work right now. You want to stop working and want to go home."
"I think so too. I also have a wife and children. As long as I want, I can leave immediately and go to a safe place inland."
"But I can't leave!"
"Why? Because our Electrical Group is one of the largest machinery and equipment manufacturers in the country, and we are in Shanghai!"
"I, as well as the president and manager here are gone, how can this factory operate? Now the defense project is still in urgent need of our machinery and equipment! Who will produce when we are gone? Are we going to let the people of the Magic City face this in a physical body? To the Zerg?"
"So the entire management team and I decided to stay and continue to persevere!"
"I also hope that during this emergency period, my colleagues can stay as much as possible to ensure the continuation of production! During this period, those who continue to persevere will have their wages increased five times! Are you willing?"
The employees were silent. From a personal point of view, everyone now wanted to leave this dangerous place.
But they know better that once they leave, machinery manufacturing will inevitably be affected.
Soon, someone shouted: "I want to stay! My education since childhood told me that there is a country first, and then there is a home! Those soldiers are willing to go to the front line. We are in a safe factory, so what are we afraid of?"
"I'll stay too! If I leave at this time, wouldn't I be considered a deserter?"
"The Zerg haven't come yet, so what are you afraid of! Brothers and sisters, stay and continue making!"
"I want to participate too!" Some people secretly refunded their tickets to go home, while others, with a heavy heart, sent messages to their families, saying that they could not leave for the time being and that they were safe now.
"Okay! Then we will fight in the factory!" Yuan Han shouted, "All other orders will be stopped, and the losses will be borne by the group!"
"Now use the highest load to manufacture all the machinery and equipment needed for front-line projects! Start work!"
"Start work!" Tens of thousands of employees rushed to their posts!
Similar scenes are happening in steel groups, pharmaceutical companies and other companies.
Even companies not in Shanghai have issued similar announcements.
A logistics company announced: "From now on, all the materials in our warehouses in Magic City will be donated free of charge as long as they are needed for emergencies! In addition, we will be obliged to allocate resources from across the country for Magic City!"
An Internet company announced: "We will donate 10 billion to Shanghai to help carry out related defense tasks!"
A food company announced: "We are urgently allocating food and donating it to Shanghai!"
An automobile group announced: "We are transforming the production line and will produce related machinery and equipment needed for defense!"
A difficult one, P Plus support! The whole society is responding!
In the central region, an engineering team has just completed its work, and the contractor Gao Zhuo is paying wages to the workers. After receiving the wages, everyone can end more than a year of hard work and go home to rest for a while.
"Dali, what are you going to do with your salary?" Gao Zhuo handed a stack of money to a dark-skinned worker and asked with a laugh.
"Of course I'm going home to see my wife!" everyone laughed.
Dali looked serious and said, "I'm going to the Magic City!"
"Going to the Magic City? Are you crazy?" someone said, "Didn't you watch the news? The Zerg are going to attack there! Everyone is running now, what are you doing there?"
"Yes, I remember your family is not from Shanghai, right?"
"I know." Dali said, "They said there is an urgent need for workers there right now. I don't have any other skills. It's okay to put in some effort."
"Are you crazy about money?" said a worker. "If the Zerg really comes, we might be in trouble!"
"It's not about money!" Dali said, "I don't need a salary. I wanted to be a soldier before, but I didn't. Now that I have the chance to go to the front line, I must go!"
"If everyone doesn't go, what if the project cannot be completed? Are we waiting for the insects to come ashore and kill people?"
After that, he stopped explaining, took the money, and walked out.
Everyone fell silent. Gao Zhuo lit a cigarette and cursed with a smile: "Dali has never read a book, and he still has this consciousness!"
"Grandma, Dali, please wait for me!"
Dali asked: "Foreman, what's wrong?"
Gao Zhuo stood up and said with a smile: "I have a car, I will take you there with me!"
"Foreman, count me in!" A worker stood up and said, "Dali and I are fellow villagers. If he went to the Magic City and I didn't go, the villagers would scold me to death! I'd better go together!"
"Go, go, I'll go too! I happen to be short of money. I heard the wages there are very high. If you work hard, your bicycle will become a motorcycle!"
"Can they use my garbage truck?" the driver of the garbage truck asked.
"Foreman, don't you give me a chance to make money? I won't work with you next time!"
Looking at the faces that were tanned by the sun, the foreman Gao Zhuo cursed: "You even threatened me! Okay, don't regret it after you leave. I'll discuss it with the other foremen. Let's form an engineering team." Let’s pull the construction truck over together!”
"Tonight, we will leave overnight to go to the Magic City!"
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In the north, in a certain public security office hall.
The receptionist watched as an old man wearing a janitor's clothes and a mask hurried in.
"Sir, how can I help you?" the receptionist asked.
The old man put a small cloth bag at the window and said, "Please pass this on."
After saying that, he left directly.
"Hey...hey, sir, you didn't take anything with you!" the receptionist shouted quickly, but the old man had already disappeared.
She curiously opened the small bag and looked at the contents inside. She was shocked. There was actually a dozen banknotes inside. Judging from the thickness, it was probably tens of thousands of dollars!
"Why did you leave the money here? Is it a lost item that you found? There is no message left. What should I do?" She was worried, but she saw a small note in the bag.
It reads: "A total of 34,000 yuan is my personal savings. Please donate it to Shanghai Magic City. Thank you!"
"More than thirty thousand!" the receptionist said in surprise. Looking at the old man just now, he was just an ordinary cleaner. How many years would it take for him to save so much money?
She could even imagine the scene of the old man frugally living and working hard to save money. And he actually donated all the money directly without leaving his name!
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At a roadside stall, a group of middle-aged people were drinking and dining.
Among them were the wealthy boss, the security guard who had just gotten off work, and the greasy-looking uncle.
There were eight people in total, clinking glasses.
"Does everyone know about what happened in Magic City?" Uncle Feng Yang asked.
"We all know it!" Everyone nodded, "The Zerg are coming, and that side has become the most urgent place!"
"The whole country is making preparations, and our company was just organizing donations to the Magic City!"
"Yes, the crisis is coming!" Feng Yang drank a glass of wine and said, "I plan to go to the Magic City!"
When everyone heard what he said, they all asked in surprise: "Did the organization issue a recall order?"
All of them are soldiers who have been retired for more than ten years and are also comrades-in-arms.
"Not yet!" Feng Yang said, "I have been paying attention to the news about the Zerg. Looking at this situation, it is only a matter of time before they threaten humanity. By then, the country will definitely need us!"
"Brothers, do you still remember our days in the army?"
"Of course I remember! We were only eighteen or nineteen years old at that time, and we practiced hard there every day!"
“Lao Li, I’m going to bunk down!”
"Stop talking, I still remember the smell of your feet! Once you finish training, the smell...is just terrible!"
"Hahaha!"
"Almost twenty years have passed and we have become greasy middle-aged men." Feng Yang said with emotion.
"Yes, everyone is getting married, starting a business, and having children!"
"My belly is so big. When I was training before, I also had eight-pack abs!" Rich boss Shen Li touched his beer belly and sighed.
"Old Feng, our physical fitness is not as good as before!"
"I know, but I still want to go to Magic City!" Feng Yang said, "Although the organization has not recruited me yet, I can be a volunteer! I can go to the engineering team or anywhere else!"
"Have you decided?" everyone asked.
"Well, it's decided! My wife and I have already agreed!" Feng Yang said solemnly, "The ticket has been bought, tomorrow morning at 6:30!"
"I want to go too, but with my current physique, I will only cause trouble for them!" Shen Li sighed helplessly, "It seems that I have to lose weight this time!"
"I also have to go back and discuss it with my wife!"
"I really envy you. I really want to go to Shanghai, but I still have a job. Our unit also produces emergency supplies. I can't leave here."
"Lao Feng, good job, brothers all support you!"
"When I lose weight, I will definitely join you!" Shen Li said.
"It doesn't matter, as long as everyone still remembers what we said before we retired!" Feng Yang raised his glass and said, "Brothers, let's shout out together."
Everyone raised their glasses together and shouted in unison: "If there is a war, we will be called back!"
The wine glasses clinked together, and there was a hearty laugh.
