Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

In the end, Xiaoyun changed his position, opting to approve the funding request to expand the police force in Guangzhou.

As he moved on to the next document, he was getting hungry. So he put down the paper and made a piece of bread.

Just as he was about to eat it, the door suddenly opened.

"Geez, what has gotten into you? You're in the office so early today." Yuqi commented as she walked into the office.

"Just wanted to get work done."

As Xiaoyun quickly finished the bread and turned his attention back to the paper, Yuqi looked at the paper lying on his table.

"You already read these?"

"Yeah."

Yuqi looked a little surprised but said nothing as she sat back down and started looking around.

Meanwhile, Xiaoyun had moved on to the fourth department, the judicial department.

Besides the number of court case statistics, an interesting note caught his attention.

It requested judicial change, specifically to have a separate court for Guangzhou rather than having all court cases be heard in Luoping.

The goal was to reduce the travel needed and the constraint on the police force to travel back and forth in some cases constantly.

After thinking for a second, Xiaoyun rejected the request as it required too much funding for a few court cases that were barely worth the cost.

Most of the cases that the police had caught didn't even need to go to court, considering how minor the infractions were.

The police simply detain them for a few days before letting them go, only needing to bring them to court after repeated offenses.

Moving onto the next document, it was from the Department of Construction.

Xiaoyun was a little surprised as it didn't ask for expansion or anything. Instead, it was just asking for work.

They simply had a giant working crew that didn't have much assignment besides basic road repairs.

Most of the city was still intact, with the damages auctioned off to private construction businesses.

As Xiaoyun sat in his seat, he started reading through all the suggestions that the department had listed.

However, all of the projects cost a lot of money. But having them do nothing also costs money.

"Yuqi, do you think it's a good idea to rebuild the metro between the cities?" Xiaoyun suddenly asked.

"Um... I mean, it sounds good in theory. But that would cost way more than what we can handle right now."

"But what if we just re-use the old rail in place? Surely it can't be that expensive, right?"

"Probably. But then, it would only connect Foshan and Guangzhou. Not to Luoping."

"That's fine... Better than having the construction crew doing nothing."

"Actually, maybe we can allocate some resources to building a railway to Guangzhou."

Yuqi answered as she put her work down, looking back at Xiaoyun with a serious face.

"What changed your mind all of a sudden?"

"I just feel that if we connect all three cities, it can promote easy inter-travel and make it a lot easier to move cargo around."

Xiaoyun thought for a second, then nodded in agreement.

"But which part of transportation do we want to restore?"

As the two turned their attention to the map, they saw that metro stations were connected throughout all of the cities under their control.

But at the same time, there was a railroad that could carry both people and cargo, but with much more restricted locations.

They couldn't choose both as the number of workers needed would double, not to mention the sky-high cost.

"Xiaoyun, I have an idea... Why don't we do both, but we raise money through stocks?"

"Stocks?"

Xiaoyun fell into silence for a second as he immediately understood what Yuqi was trying to imply.

However, he was a little hesitant, knowing that his own company had gone public and that he was forced to deal with all the pressure for profit.

"Don't worry. It's not like we're making a stock market. Think of it more like a bank investment for dividends only."

Yuqi's idea started to appeal to Xiaoyun, as the idea of not being pressured by the investors sounded perfect.

His brain quickly realized how plausible the plan was, considering how much people were saving in the banks.

With higher inflation, everyone would, in theory, want to spend more money on investing something higher than the basic bank rate.

"How much should the dividend be?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"I don't know... We're going to need to talk to financial experts and the banks about that.

How about I schedule a meeting with them tomorrow, and we request the construction crew to begin surveying the two rails." Yuqi suggested.

"Sure. That sounds good to me."

As Yuqi quickly pulled out her phone and started making phone calls, Xiaoyun turned his attention back to the reports.

In the sixth report, the fire department didn't request anything and didn't have anything significant.

Everything was running smoothly, besides the environmental complaint from the bombing smoke that lasted a day.

Next, the agricultural department was the most important document as it was much thicker than the others.

Opening to the first page, it was good news, as the food production growth continued from last week's report.

The overall growth in April was about 30%, and as he flipped to the next page, he was a little surprised.

It was a detailed plan to eliminate food insecurity within three months and be able to export food in mass.

First, the main solution was to massively utilize the fish ponds on the rural sides of Foshan and Guangzhou.

There were already a lot of pre-existing ones that were abandoned in various towns and villages.

Second, it was to continue the farming expansion, with continued mechanization of farming to reduce the need for people.

Xiaoyun thought of rejecting that idea, as there were too many people with too few jobs currently.

However, after reading further down, he quickly realized why the detailed plan stray away from individual farmers.

There were already enough people farming, with almost ten thousand. The biggest issue was the various factors outside of farming.

From lack of fuel to run the machines to transporting the food in time to avoid rotting, it was all just logistical issues.

All the low-yield issues were resolved, from selective breeding to eliminate bad yields to controlled pesticides.

"Fuel, fuel. Where the hell am I supposed to get fuel in the South?"

Xiaoyun murmured as he tried his best to think of a solution. But the only solution he could think of was for him to make oil nonstop.

But it was only a matter of time before it raised several eyebrows and suspicion, especially at the plan's required amount.

"There is actually oil in Guangzhou. Don't fall into the misconception that only Heilongjiang has it."

"Wait, really?"

Xiaoyun immediately turned over to Yuqi, grabbing onto her shoulder in excitement as he asked it again.

"Yes, really. You're lucky we live in the Pearl River Delta. It's literally the only province in the South that produces oil.

But the only issue is that we need workers who know how to run it. Not a single person has reported that work experience."

"They probably think it's not that important... Wait, have you tried putting it in the newspaper?"

"Why would I put it in the newspaper? I already have everyone's job experience in stats——wait!"

Yuqi immediately stood up as she quickly realized what Xiaoyun was trying to imply.

"You're a genius, babe! Muah!"

As she kissed Xiaoyun on the forehead, he quickly wiped it off before turning back to the paper.

"You keep reading these reports yourself. I'll go contact the newspaper owner myself."

"Okay!"

---

As Xiaoyun arrived at the Luoping Daily, the security guard immediately led him to the boss.

"Good morning, Mr.Governor."

"Good morning... Shen Wen, right?"

"Yes... Is there something I can do for you, sir?" Shen Wen curiously asked as he took out a small piece of paper.

"Can I buy an ad to be put in your newspaper?"

Shen Wen thought for a second, then quickly nodded in agreement as he took out his pen.

"What do you want to advertise about?"

"Just want a hiring position—anyone who has experience managing anything oil-related, like oil rigs or refining oil.

As long as they have any kind of experience, or even if they are fresh out of school, that's fine. Just as long as they have knowledge on the topic."

After Shen Wen nodded, Xiaoyun took out a small check that he had made himself recently.

"Just tell me how much it cost, and I'll pay for it."

"No, no, sir. You don't need to pay for this."

"Everyone else is paying for it. Don't give me special favor like that——"

'No sir. I really mean it. No one pays for job listing ads. Everyone can request to have their job listing for free."

Seeing Shen Wen's face looking fully serious, Xiaoyun awkwardly put his check back into his pocket.

"Well, thank you for putting it up. I really appreciate it."

"No problem, sir. I'm honored to attribute to Luoping's cause."