"Hm?" Chang Wen was taken aback for a moment, then awkwardly laughed, "You have a keen eye, sir!"
"Then why not join number 32?" Luokukeâs voice was devoid of emotion.
"Number 32 doesnât accept seven-member families! They only want families of four!"
"Is that so?" Luokuke turned his head, received a confirming reply from the staff member, and felt puzzled.
The points for a seven-member family are triple, yet Cheng Ye just gave up on it?
Why?
He couldnât figure it out, but seeing the long line behind and the impatient Garcia, he said no more.
Seeing this, Garcia immediately said, "Let your family come over."
"Yes, thank you, sir!"
Chang Wen left his wife to hold their place in line and quickly ran back to the formation, soon bringing his "family" over.
But this group seemed quite unfamiliar with each other, with the elders, adults, and children forming their own groups, almost like they were put together temporarily.
"Could it be that these seven-member families were forcibly put together by the checkpoint?"
Luokuke pondered secretly, becoming more convinced that something was amiss.
Especially after glancing at the number 32âs direction and then back at the long queue, he stood up and said, "Sorry, we also donât accept seven-member families."
"Hm?" Garcia, who had just taken out seven badges from the box, froze, then instinctively put them back.
Chang Wenâs familyâs expressions changed drastically from disbelief to indignation, just about to speak when Luokukeâs gaze stopped them.
The nearby guards caught on immediately and surrounded them.
"Please leave."
"You..." Chang Yun opened his mouth, fists clenched, but ultimately left with his family.
Just before leaving, he turned his head, his eyes filled with a bitter resentment that was all too familiar to Garcia.
"Was that necessary?" Garcia opened his mouth.
"It was necessary." Luokuke lightly shook his head, "Although I canât pinpoint exactly whatâs wrong, since even he doesnât want those seven-member families, we... shouldnât either."
"In this competition, his advantage lies in those ingenious ideas and methods, which we donât have. But our greatest advantage is our familiarity with the wilderness and construction experience, which he doesnât have."
"To beat him, we have to find a way to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. Recruiting people similar to him is beneficial to us. If we take in these seven-member families, the variables would be too great."
"Mm, what you said makes sense."
Since Luokuke had said so, Garcia didnât think further and immediately had the guards pass down the new rules.
The line erupted with curses, yet perhaps because Cheng Yeâs rules dominated first, others felt the consistency of both sidesâ approaches and became even more enthusiastic.
On the other side.
Wang Kang had just finished explaining to a group, drank a jug of cold water, and gasped, "Brother Cheng, theyâre trying to undermine us over there!"
"Itâs fine, let them dig." Cheng Ye handed over eight badges to newly selected youths, catching a glimpse of booth 21 expelling a seven-member family and couldnât help but smile.
"Copying me to such an extent?"
He felt a bit speechless yet amused.
Human hearts canât be won over with slogans; it requires real methods and promises.
After such long preparation, he had the confidence to bind these willing families, with the assurance and plans to lead them into construction.
If Luokuke had some tricks up his sleeve, he might have been wary. But this step-by-step mimicry...
How does that saying go?
"Imitate me and you will live, resemble me and you will die!"
"Kang, thereâs only seventy people left. Work harder, letâs finish early!"
Cheng Ye stood up, stretching his shoulders. The "Hei" badges in the box were running low, and at this pace, they would be all handed out in an hour.
The crowd listening to the three Elder Quâs lectures was growing larger, with questions popping up now and then, creating a lively yet orderly scene.
Compared to other inspectors who were tangled with intermediaries, looking frazzled and exhausted, Cheng Ye turned his head, locking eyes with the two Western inspector under the neighboring canopy.
Perhaps benefitting from his momentum, many queuers, tired of waiting, simply switched to booth 31 to try their luck, and now there were two to three hundred people lined up there.
The two Western inspectors under the canopy looked up and met Cheng Yeâs gaze.
The two were initially stunned, then helplessly smiled and shrugged.
Those slightly upturned lips seemed to say, "Donât blame us, weâre doing the best we can," while also seeming to concede, "Friend, you are truly capable, we admit it."
"Keep it up!"
Cheng Ye couldnât help but chuckle.
Indeed, the system is this realistic.
People choose their sides, and factions fight, but those with real capability will ultimately navigate through the complexities to earn the respect they deserve.
This inspector job is getting more intriguing!
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