In fact, Ryan has indeed given the highest price he can afford.
As a newcomer who just joined the team, Yang Jie's salary is the same as Elena and Rock.
What surprised Yang Jie was that the other members of the team did not express any objections to this, but instead felt a little happy to accept it.
This also made Yang Jie feel once again that he, as a car mechanic, was really valuable.
But whether it's worth the money or not, it doesn't make any sense to Yang Jie now.
For him, it doesn't matter if he has more or less money. The main thing is that the members of the Akainu team are quite reliable. Even Rock, the most talkative and lively person, will not let go at critical moments.
And they have good character.
The wilderness at night was relatively peaceful. Except for the occasional howl of unknown animals, there was no sound.
After spending a peaceful night together, the Akainu team embarked on their journey again, rushing to the old port.
After the off-road vehicle drove into the afternoon, Yang Jie clearly felt that the air was becoming a little humid, and there were gradually more vegetation along the way.
When he arrived at the entrance to the city on the north side of the old port, Yang Jie could even smell a little bit of the salty smell of the sea.
Old Port is the largest independent free city in the southwest of the wasteland. It is also the largest cargo distribution center and trade center in the southwest.
On the pier not far from the north entrance to the city, dozens of small diesel cargo ships of different sizes and emitting black smoke shuttled through the port, unloading batches of goods and taking away batches of goods.
It is said to be the largest in the southwest, but when Yang Jie saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed - the entire dock and city were dirty, messy and small, and there were no tall buildings worth mentioning. They were not as good as the unknown one in his hometown. fourth-tier small cities.
Outside the entrance to the city are shacks that can barely be called "buildings."
Skinny, half-clothed people were sitting or lying on the ground, watching numbly as Ford SUVs passed by them.
lifeless.
This was Yang Jie's only feeling when he saw these "slums".
The only ones who were still somewhat energetic were the children chasing behind the off-road vehicles - they were also wearing tattered clothes, with almost no muscles in their limbs, and long-term malnutrition made their head-to-body ratio look extremely weird.
Looking at these children, Yang Jie understood for the first time how connotative the word "skinny" really was.
"Are these the civilians of Old Port?"
Yang Jie was a little unbelievable.
"No, they are 'poor people', not even people from Old Hong Kong.
They have no money, no strength to fight, and no skills to settle down, so they can only live outside the old port. "
Listening to Ivan's words, Yang Jie suddenly thought of the club owner's experience of going to the Gulf of Aden and the photos he had been shown.
After Ivan finished speaking, he slowed down so that the children could keep up with the SUV.
When they arrived at the entrance, while waiting in line to enter the city, Elena got out of the car and said something to the soldiers guarding the entrance, and then handed over a silver coin.
The soldier glanced at it, put the silver coins in his hand into his pocket with a smile, then turned around and took out a cloth bag filled with black bread and a small bucket of slightly turbid water from the warehouse.
"Did you see that? These black dogs even have to hold on to relief food in their hands."
After a few people got out of the car, Rock crossed his arms on his chest, looked at the soldier who handed the bag and water to Elena, and said to Yang Jie with a sneer:
"You are like a bastard, and you have to scrape off even the little bit of wealth that the poor have."
Yang Jie didn't reply, but silently watched Elena carrying food and water towards the group of children who were looking at her eagerly.
As soon as Elena opened the bag, the children rushed forward.
They scrambled to take out hard and dark pieces of bread from the bag, which were not much bigger than their fists, and stuffed them into their mouths eagerly.
In Yang Jie's impression, Elena has a cold temper and a bit of a bad temper. But the girl was not annoyed at all when this group of children snatched away everything in her hands.
She just let the children crowd in front of her, squatted down, opened the bottle of water, and fed it to the children who were choking on the black bread.
The girl looked at the children in front of her, slightly raising the corners of her mouth, and a smile appeared on her always cold and calm face.
This was the first time Yang Jie saw her smile.
Shaking his head, Yang Jie sighed slowly.
To be honest, the scene he saw now was more shocking than the dangers he experienced a few days ago.
As a person who lives in peaceful times and enjoys all the conveniences brought by modern life, he has never seen such a scene.
In the past, Yang Jie only knew a little about it from the news and from the club owner.
It is far less powerful than the impact of personal experience.
Having enough food and clothing is a very common thing for Yang Jie, a time traveler. Even in the past few days after time travel, the Akainu team has never been short of food and drink for him.
When he truly saw the living conditions of people in the wasteland, the ability to empathize deeply in people's bones made him feel a little uncomfortable.
To be honest, he couldn't bear to watch anymore.
"I remember we still have a few boxes of cans, right?"
Seeing the group of dirty children wolfing down the black bread, Yang Jie asked hesitantly:
"How about leaving it to these children?"
"You'd better not do that."
Ivan shook his head and stopped Yang Jie:
"It will kill them."
As he spoke, he gestured towards the poor people approaching slowly in the distance, then pulled the gun bolt and looked coldly at the relatively sturdy men.
When the men saw Ivan loading the rifle in his arms, they immediately stopped approaching.
They looked at Ivan hesitantly, and then looked at Elena aside, their eyes filled with hunger and greed.
Looking at the poor men who wanted to come forward but were hesitant and only dared to linger around, Yang Jie's heart sank and he nodded in agreement with Ivan's words.
"Okay, don't think so much. You will encounter this kind of thing often in the future."
Seeing that Yang Jie didn't look good, Ryan patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Let's go, I'll take you to go through the formalities for entering the city and proving your identity."
In order to prevent poor people from entering the city, the inspection of entering the city in Old Port is very strict.
To obtain the qualifications and identity certificate for entering the city, you need to have a guarantor who lives in Old Port, and you need to answer every question of the visa officer in detail.
Of course, you also have to pay the indispensable fifty old Hong Kong silver coins.
The guarantor was of course Ryan, and the person who paid for Yang Jie was also Ryan. When Yang Jie got a piece of paper with the stamp of the Old Port from the visa officer's window, Ryan took Yang Jie to apply for identification.
"I'll just pay the money for you, it's not too much."
"Thanks."
"This is what I should do."
Ryan shook his head and said with a smile:
"I am your boss, so naturally I have to help you with these most basic things."
