"Church of the Sun?"

Zhou Jinru's first impression was of the homeless shelter in the suburbs of Longmen, also called a church school. They believed in the only true God on earth, and their emblem was the sun.

But it is not a religion that can cut open other people's heads for their beliefs. With their relaxed and tolerant attitude, even if someone comes to make trouble, they will most likely entertain them with good food and drink, and then send the infidels away with gifts.

If you dare to cause trouble, you will most likely be served by the Guards Bureau. The big shots in Longmen donate money and materials every year. Even the Rat King has warned you not to allow underground forces to open a church near the church school.

Lucille stared at the square plaid patterns: "I didn't expect you to really recognize these patterns."

It took her a long time to come back to her senses, with a complicated expression: "There are many regions and races in the world that believe in the sun. For example, the Huangsha tribe in Sargon believes in the sun god. Unlike the Sun Church, they believe in the sun and the earth.

and water flow.”

"You know so much."

"I am also a normal blood demon after all, not an idiot like Warfarin."

Warfarin is not an idiot. Frankness is her unique way of life.

Zhou Jinru didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, and pointed to the pattern on the door: "Does Kelsi know this?"

"She should know, but she may not know the specific meaning."

The landlady regained her energy and patted Zhou Jinru on the shoulder: "You did a good job, do you want me to give you some compensation?"

"Here comes a box of pure source stones."

"You're dreaming!"

But Lucille burst out laughing and stared at the patterns reluctantly: "What kind of situation do you think would make people carve these on the wall?"

Zhou Jinru sighed: "In the face of an irresistible large-scale disaster, civilization is at risk of being cut off. At least one generation will die. There will be gaps in writing, history, technology, etc. Those who foresee the coming darkness in advance will pass on everything they can.

Carve it on the stone to preserve the fire of civilization, or become the tombstone of civilization."

His voice was almost inaudible as he spoke the last few words.

But Lucille shook her head: "Don't think too much, this is not a tombstone, let's go out."

When Zhou Jinru walked out, he thought of Tuduo, the Taiyue base, and the deep sea.

"Human beings are brave."

Kelu Xier, who walked out of the workroom first, asked doubtfully: "What did you just say?"

"I said this is not voluntary labor. You should at least give me a reward."

Zhou Jinru took the initiative to change the topic and asked for benefits.

When talking about benefits, Lucille crossed her hands in front of her: "I have already given you benefits, -99% benefits, no more."

"No, that's our code, we can't mix it up."

Zhou Jinru made up his mind to hit Kelu Xier's Qiu Feng, and took a step forward reluctantly. The landlady couldn't help but retreat, and accidentally bumped into the glass cabinet, and the drink placed next to it rolled over into the corner.

(Too, too close~)

But Lucille's cheeks were slightly red. She had long heard that Warfarin said that if the blood demon got too close to the doctor, he would be attracted to his breath, and if he came into contact with his blood, he would not be able to help it...

"Don't come here again, no~"

The landlady subconsciously stretched out her hand to push Zhou Jinru away, pressing her weak hands on his chest, with a hint of refusing to welcome him.

Zhou Jinru stopped. He saw that something was wrong with Kelu Xier's state, so he took two steps back to give enough space.

"Really, I lost to you, why should I stand so close to you."

Sounding like she was complaining, Lucille held the cabinet, took out a stack of coupons from the box at hand, and pushed it to Zhou Jinru.

"that's it?"

Zhou Jinru looked through the coupons and found that the total amount was not much. Even if it was Kelu Xier's mercy, was this mercy too cheap?

But Lucille hummed and said, "It's almost done. Don't squeeze me any more."

That's all, it's better than nothing. Zhou Jinru accepted the coupons with satisfaction and went back to distribute benefits to the operators.

After leaving the purchasing center, Zhou Jinru went directly to the conference room. He had no time to wander around on the road. When he arrived, he happened to walk in with Amiya.

"Where is the Doctor?"

Faced with Amiya's curiosity, Zhou Jinru took out the voucher from his pocket like magic and waved it in front of the little rabbit: "It's not easy to make profiteers bleed. Let's do it together later?"

The little rabbit's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

The conference room was full of people. In addition to a few old people, even the heads of the equipment department and engineering department were here.

Amiya is sitting in the first place, with Kelsi on her right and Zhou Jinru on her left, looking like a mature leader.

In the first third of the meeting, Warfarin, who stayed on the ship, reported the situation, and the agent from the purchasing department explained the amount of material reserves.

Lucille didn't come, but her intention had already been conveyed. Even if Rhode Island purchased a large amount of supplies in St. Martin and filled the warehouse, they would still have to continue purchasing there after they got back the frigate in Victoria.

With the increase in permanent personnel, daily consumption has also increased significantly. Therefore, in addition to a certain internal circulation, they also need to re-formulate route plans.

This is not a big problem, because before planning to go to Victoria, Zhou Jinru and Amiya were already re-planning the route.

In the future, we will basically no longer conduct long-distance routes. As a pharmaceutical company, we will appear more in the sights of various countries.

"I will come up with a feasible plan for countries to continue to increase investment. I will focus on studying it at the next meeting. Now let's move on to the next topic."

Zhou Jinru glanced at Amiya, who nodded, straightened her chest slightly, and her crisp voice echoed in the conference room.

"The Ministry of Personnel received an application for employment. The applicant's name is Lyudmila, codenamed Regicide, and a former cadre of the Integration Movement..."

The meeting lasted until the evening. When it ended, Zhou Jinru sat there with a tired look on his face and did not move. Even though he was a doctor from Rhode Island, there were some things that he could not force himself to do.

Regarding Lyudmila's recruitment, there is a lot of controversy within Rhodes Island. On the one hand, senior officials doubt her true purpose. On the other hand, the Intelligence Department focuses on the latest trends of the Integration Movement and believes that it should not be related to the Integration Movement.

Getting too close, the common opposition of the two parties almost made Zhou Jinru give up.

It's just an illusory possibility, and he shouldn't continue to insist on it.

Amiya abstained from voting. In fact, she was unwilling to let Lyudmila join the job. She did not object in person out of trust in the doctor.

“Compromise and balance are what really drive people crazy.”

Zhou Jinru leaned back in his chair and recalled the last scene of the vote. A vote that should have abstained stood on his side. 4 votes in favor, 19 votes against, 2 abstentions, and the vote passed.

Because the last person to raise her hand was Kelsey.

Normally, Kelsey does not participate in internal voting. She abstains from voting most of the time, but this time she helped him pass the vote in an unexpected way.

This means that he owes Kelsey a big favor, and at the same time he needs to make greater concessions to several people in charge who strongly oppose it. For example, the funds for new equipment cannot be blocked for other reasons, such as establishing a new equipment.

New offices should be given sufficient freedom until the next major event is voted on.

"I'm really eating Kelsey's soft rice."

He stood up dumbfounded and saw Amiya waiting for him at the door.

"Doctor, did you want to give up at the last moment today?"

Facing Amiya's question, Zhou Jinru rubbed his stiff facial muscles: "Yes, I was the last person to ask for a vote. I was prepared to be rejected. I didn't expect Dr. Kelsey to vote."

Unexpectedly, Kelsey directly overwhelmed the internal opposition with one vote.

In other words, from that moment on, Lyudmila is considered an operator of Rhodes Island, unless she voluntarily leaves.

Amiya thought for a while and said, "This is really tiring."

"This is the norm. The so-called leader is to constantly seek support between compromise and balance, and ultimately achieve the right goal."

If Amiya becomes a dictator in the future, Zhou Jinru feels that he will be so ashamed that he hangs himself.

"Does the doctor think today's decision is the right one?"

She was asking about her views on the regicide. Until now, Little Rabbit had not understood what Zhou Jinru wanted to do.

Zhou Jinru said as he walked: "We need to redefine the integration movement, define those who are oppressed to the point of being unable to survive, those who are desperate, and distinguish between real thugs and sinners who are willing to change their past mistakes. This will help resolve fundamental contradictions and infect people."

The conflict between infected people and non-infected people.”

"Distinguish which are the real enemies and which are the real friends, unite the real friends and attack the real enemies."

He stopped and looked at Amiya: "If the current integration movement starts a war, which side should we, who are also infected, stand on?"

Amiya bit her lower lip. There would never be another weird incident like Tallulah leading people into the city. When the integration movement forces everyone to take sides, they will no longer have a chance to survive and will inevitably be involved in greater disputes.

, even though they are a neutral pharmaceutical company.

"Don't worry yet, Tallulah is gathering strength, and we have more time."

…

…

The next day.

Lyudmila did not expect that she would become an operator of Rhodes Island so quickly, so when she received the news, she was stunned in place for ten seconds.

Are your Rhode Island audits so lax?

She was obviously ready to pack up and go home, but now she was informed that she could move into the operator dormitory. Should she leave?
To be continued...