Song Lan very much agreed with Yueji's suggestion.

As a long-time household creature, Marathon is no different from his natural enemy.

The second zone is not far from the first zone, and in the midst of small talk, the plane slowly landed on the rooftop tarmac of a high-rise building.

As soon as she got off the plane, the whole city gave Song Lan a very strong sense of depression - the city was so crowded that at a glance, the skyscrapers were all next to each other, and only some narrow gaps flowed for pedestrians and vehicles to pass.

The use of space in the First District has reached a staggering level, and in order to make it easier for more people to pass, the top architects in the coalition government have built "highways" in mid-air, outlining several roads specifically for hovercars.

Looking up at the sky, even the clear blue sky was almost obscured by the empty boats.

Some of these airboats have published important instructions from the council, as well as advertisements or job postings from some companies.

The four were greeted by a middle-aged woman in a professional suit and skirt, and she painted exquisite makeup, which perfectly fits people's imagination of corporate women.

But in reality, her real identity is a secret agent of MI7.

"Welcome, you can call me Natalie, that's my name when I work."

The middle-aged woman took the initiative to introduce herself.

It's one of the most common names for coalition governments, and it's both familiar and not impressive, and it's clear that Natalie seems a little reserved when she meets them.

After all, for them, the old men of MI7, they have not yet adapted to the CP0 department that suddenly appeared, and they have to meet the executive officer of the highest operational department in front of them.

Despite the implication that the Supreme Operations Department and them belong to two systems and do not interfere with each other, the image of Sector 2 has long been circulated in MI7, and each of them has carefully "reviewed" it several times, and they all know that the new CEO is a real ruthless character.

Single-handedly, dare to call out in the second district and the entire Iris consortium.

It sounds more like a plot in magic to them, but it's really happening right now before their eyes.

I think that at the beginning, MI7 lost many excellent agents in order to investigate the intelligence inside the Iris Foundation.

"You must be Mr. Rob Lucci."

The executive was easily recognizable, and intelligence indicated that he always had a human-speaking vulture standing on his shoulder.

Natalie was surprised to see that the vulture seemed to be looking at her with an assessive look, and after about three or four seconds, she looked away with some disappointment.

"It's me."

Song Lan nodded.

Natalie's appearance changes the atmosphere between the four, and the atmosphere of pleasant communication on the plane is gone, replaced by serious silence.

This is also the first impression that MI7 gives to everyone.

"I'll introduce you to the department's new location."

Natalie settled down and diligently introduced the building to several people, "This is Galaxy Transport, one of MI7's properties, and we have prepared a lounge where you can rest during the meeting...... If you have travel plans, you can always call a hovercar through room service, and if you need it, here are the procedures and related documents that we have prepared. ”

Walking into the company, Natalie handed over the four briefcases of the same specification to the four people she had prepared.

Inside the briefcase was a laptop, as well as work documents from Galaxy Transport.

These identities have been written into the network, and from now on, one of their identities can be a company employee, after all, disguised identities are the norm in MI7 life, and every time they go to a new place, they have to live under a different identity, and everything that happened in the past has nothing to do with them.

And now, she is a company assistant named Natalie, helping the four of them in the operation of the first district.

"If you have any needs, feel free to contact me, and I will do my best to solve any problems you have in District 1."

"Good work."

The lounges for several people are located on the same floor, and the facilities of the rooms are very luxurious and functional, no less than those of the second arrondissement accommodation.

When she came to the big city, Song Lan realized more intuitively the backwardness of the infrastructure of the 17th district, and even the hotels built for the rich in the downtown area were far away from here.

Just when he was lamenting the level of material life, Lu Xiang had already sorted out his personal belongings and entered his room.

"How does it feel?"

She glanced out the window.

This is the 72nd floor of the Galaxy Transportation Company, but the outside is not an endless view of the First District, but another skyscraper of the same height as theirs, through the one-way glass, they can still faintly see the scene of the company working opposite.

It's 13:12, and for the company, it's only the beginning of a busy day.

"It's depressing, isn't it?"

This is also how Lu Xiang felt when she first came to the first district, when she was just standing in the outer area of the city, looking at the "bustling" metropolis from afar, and she understood that she did not want to live in this kind of place in the future.

And for a salted fish like Song Lan, who fishes at work, arrives late and leaves early, and just wants to lie down when he returns home, the first district may be the most unsuitable city in the world for him to live in.

Song Lan nodded, and asked curiously, "Where do these people usually live?" ”

When they had a bird's-eye view of the city through the windows of the plane, they couldn't find any areas like residential areas, and even the infrastructure such as schools and hotels was pitiful.

"Living in the company, of course."

Lu Xiang replied in a reasonable tone, "The company has prepared a dormant warehouse for employees, but most of them will not go to the dormant warehouse to rest, so they will take a nap on the desk when they are tired, and continue to work after waking up." ”

"Dormant chamber?"

"Well, haven't you seen the ads that were popular for a long time a few years ago?"

Lu Xiang was a little surprised, she felt that with the frequency of Song Lan's watching TV, he should have seen most of the advertisements.

"Didn't you come to the 17th district a few years ago? I didn't dare to be so passive at that time. ”

The matter is somewhat delicate.

For a long time, Song Lan felt that he was a traverser, and his new life was almost the same as when Lu Xiang was transferred to the Seventeenth District, and after learning about the characteristics of his abilities later, he was not sure if the traversal had actually happened, or if it was just a side effect of his abilities.

The only thing that is certain is that a few years ago, when the previous department head was in office, he was still a hard-working worker.

Hearing this, Lu Xiang narrowed his eyes and sneered, "What? Seeing that I am easy to speak, I gradually reveal my true nature? ”

"This ......"

Song Lan was speechless for a while.

Once again, he realized what it means to be in trouble.

Fortunately, Lu Xiang has never been a person who likes to worry about trivial matters.

Anyway, Song Lan is lazy at work, and sooner or later she will have to make up for it elsewhere.

She glanced at Song Lan deeply, then walked to the wall and gestured on the wall with her hand, "It's probably a device of this size, there is a pull-out bed with restraint straps on it, and after lying down, the hands and feet are fixed to avoid rolling after falling asleep, and after the employees lying on the bed are pushed in, the sleeping chamber will release hypnotic gases to help them fall asleep quickly." ”

Lu Xiang still remembers that the advertisement said that this is a scientific way of rest for human beings in the 22nd century, and with the help of scientific means such as medicine, they only need to sleep for 4 hours a day to be 100 times more energetic.

But she thinks the real reason is simply because the hibernation chamber maximizes space savings.

The company no longer needs to arrange dormitories for employees, "a room as large as this can provide rest for 40 employees at the same time." ”

"Have you tried the dormant chamber, how effective is it?"

"I tried it a few times before when I went out on a mission at school, but I couldn't move my hands and feet, and the bed board was so hard that I couldn't stand it."

The only benefit may be that it does help some people with insomnia.

Anyone who enters the hypnosis chamber will fall asleep immediately.

"I don't feel as good as hugging worms......"

Song Lan said to herself, no wonder Medell's company people who have lived in big cities are very fond of hugging insects, and he thinks that if hugging insects can be mass-produced and listed, there should be a lot of money in a place like the first district.

However, he must state that every time he has back pain, there is a reason.

"It's better to hug the worms, if there are hugging bugs, they don't need to leave the office."

Lu Xiang concluded, "In short, transferring to the first district means that you need to give up almost all your personal life time, such as the people in the opposite building, many of whom have not left the company for weeks." ”

This is one of the reasons why the buildings of the 1st arrondissement are so compact.

Despite its large population, transportation is not often needed, and for a long time, companies have been working to make their employees more dedicated to their work.

"Can they endure such a life?"

"Because of the huge loan to be repaid, I should have mentioned to you that most of the company's employees need to undergo prosthetic transplant surgery to facilitate their future work when they join the company, and the cost of these prosthetic transplants will be deducted from their monthly salary in the form of loans, and for ordinary employees, about 10 years of work for the company should be able to repay this expense."

Lu Xiang thought for a while and said, "But they can also refuse to work for the company and return to those peripheral cities with a high crime rate, earning a meager salary every day and risking being robbed by criminals." ”

At least in the first district, they don't need to worry about facing the most vicious criminals while they are in the company.

And the company will indeed provide them with a good salary, enough for them to support their families.

Although they don't have the opportunity to enjoy the high salary they have when they work for the hours they work, many people's families have been changed because of this job.

In the words of the company's managers, it's all their free choice.

"As far as I know, although the work is very stressful, there is a very tight supply of jobs in District 1, and only a very small number of people get the opportunity to come and work here."

She didn't know much about the company's internal system, but the company's top management obviously developed a set of effective management and competition methods, so that countless people flocked to it in order to get such a life.

Song Lan also came to the window, standing beside Lu Xiang, looking at the cookie-cutter scene outside the window.

Here, everyone's lifestyle looks pretty much the same.

Looking at the people who were buried in their work in the office, he finally remembered where this familiar feeling came from.

The whole Zone 1 looks like one of those management games on the market.

For the gamers, the employees of the company are like some cold numbers, and what they need to do is to properly manage these numbers and maximize the value they create for the company.

Perhaps in the eyes of company managers, the whole world is like this.

(End of chapter)