Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 354 The Right Path of Humanity
After a quick breakfast, the group officially set off for the island.

Those with technical skills should be assigned technical jobs, and those lacking a specific skill should be assigned appropriate tasks that are within their capabilities.

Ouyang and several of his teammates arrived at the dock, took out prefabricated slabs of various sizes from the containers, loaded them onto trucks, and delivered them to the designated location.

The land has been leveled, and neat rows of concrete blocks are arranged, with water, electricity, and drainage pipes all laid out clearly.

None of them had ever used this before, so they had no idea where to start. They could only watch videos and try to assemble it. Fortunately, the parts were all standard and there was no technical difficulty. It was similar to building with blocks. After figuring out the order, the group worked together to assemble and tighten the parts. In just one morning, they assembled a two-story building that was more than 30 meters long.

The internal water and electricity connections take a while, otherwise it could be done even faster.

Besides prefabricated houses, there are also container houses. At first glance, this thing looks like a shipping container with doors and windows, but once it is delivered to a leveled land, the side panels are unfolded and fixed, and then water and electricity are connected, a dormitory with water and electricity, and a private bathroom, can accommodate more than 24 people is built.

The internal appliances and wiring are all pre-installed at the factory, saving a lot of time.

The former has the advantage of more floors and saves land, allowing more than twice as many people to live in the same area, but it is more time-consuming; the latter has the advantage of being fully prefabricated and saving labor, but it occupies a large area and has far fewer people to live in.

Ouyang couldn't say for sure which was better, but with the same seven or eight people and the same morning, only one prefabricated house was assembled, while a whole area of ​​container houses was completed.

When we arrived on the island, it was still an empty space. By noon, it had been filled with a large number of container houses. A large group of compatriots who had just disembarked from the ship were being assigned to their new homes under the direction of the management.

As Ou Yang and his colleagues were passing by after work, they happened to hear a loud female voice questioning them with dissatisfaction: "You're a perfectly good family. You lived separately on the ship, so why do you have to live separately now that you're ashore? Why can't you live together?"

The staff patiently explained, "We're sorry, but our resources are limited. To save space and accommodate as many compatriots as possible ashore, we can only put them in the dormitory. We will definitely make arrangements again when things are less strained..."

"Isn't this just being a busybody?" Zhu Yiming commented with dissatisfaction. "There are still so many people on the ship who can't get off, why are you nitpicking here?"

Those who built the houses still have to go back to live on the boat, so who can they complain to?

"Try to understand," Lu Wei said with a sigh. "Your family is right in front of you, but you have to squeeze in with strangers, with no privacy at all. Who would feel comfortable that way?"

"I cannot agree!" Zhu Yiming insisted. "Don't you know what kind of environment this is? Such good conditions are already quite good!"

That's absolutely true. Even though all we have are prefabricated houses and shipping containers, is where we live really the most important thing in this situation? A safe environment is the most crucial factor!
Over the next few days, everyone worked from dawn till dusk, often staying up all day long, and each person got tanned by more than one shade.

Although it was very busy, the work was truly worthwhile. Payment was made daily, with fair and honest treatment for everyone, and even the wages were on par with those in China, without any reduction.

Speaking of this, Zhu Yiming was full of dissatisfaction.

Ouyang belongs to the emergency response team and must carry weapons, ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.

However, the emergency response team does not leave their posts. Instead, they work as assistants when there is no work and respond to emergencies when there are. Their duties include, but are not limited to, helping fellow citizens, maintaining order, mediating conflicts, and most importantly, guarding against locals.

In short, the emergency response team is a jack-of-all-trades; they go wherever they are needed.

He's far more impressive than Zhu Yiming no matter how you look at it.

But as the saying goes, the work wasn't for nothing. He got paid for his help, and he got an extra pay for emergencies, and even more for emergencies. Zhu Yiming was so jealous that his face contorted with envy.

But his health wasn't good enough, so he couldn't join the emergency response team at all.

As the project progressed, more and more people were transferred from the ship, and the once desolate island gradually became more populated.

One evening, as people were leaving work and passing through the K7 district, they suddenly saw a group of people gathered together, with a heated argument coming from the center.

As it was their duty, Ou Yang and the others immediately went over. When the onlookers saw that it was the emergency response team, they immediately made way for them.

Before they even got close, they heard a woman shouting in a condescending voice, "Didn't we agree to go back? You're just going to abandon us in this awful place? The food and lodging are terrible. Tell me, how is this place any better than before? Why did I even come to this hellhole with you..."

They implied that they thought the evacuation meant returning to the mainland, but it turned out to be completely different, and they never expected to be dumped in this godforsaken place.

Ou Yang and the others sensed something amiss and inquired with the onlookers. They learned that the couple arguing were a husband and wife. The husband's surname was Zhao, but his given name was unknown. He was a new immigrant, while the wife was a native-born second-generation immigrant.

When the pandemic broke out, the husband persuaded his newlywed wife Anna to give up their comfortable life and evacuate the United States.

The wife thought the evacuation would be a direct return to the mainland and kept fantasizing about being warmly welcomed back to the University of Tokyo. Instead, they lived in a centralized accommodation for several months, then drifted on the ship for a while. After finally getting off the ship, they ended up on St. Vary Island.

The gap between fantasy and reality broke this sophisticated wife's defenses, and this wasn't the first time she had argued with her husband.

Not only that, this woman also had several companions in similar situations. A group of men and women with unbalanced feelings gathered together, complaining about their fate and others. Just now, they were even helping the woman criticize her husband.

The group whispered among themselves and all agreed that the matter was quite tricky and difficult to handle.

Advice should be offered, but even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes. Therefore, it is essential to master the appropriate methods for offering advice.

Before they could come up with a plan, the woman, who was still angry, suddenly noticed the emergency response team members outside the crowd. She abruptly shifted her focus, first criticizing the emergency response team members, then belittling everything on St. Vary Island, and finally even escalating to attacking the evacuation of overseas Chinese and the University of Tokyo.

Ou Yanghuo charged forward, then suddenly roared, "Shut your dog mouth!"

When a couple argues, they might say anything in a fit of anger, but how can we tolerate someone publicly smearing Dongda University?
The woman was taken aback, then her eyebrows furrowed, and she pointed at Ou Yang with a teapot gesture: "You..."

A few clueless fools who couldn't see the situation even helped her attack Ouyang.

"What do you mean, 'you'!" Ou Yang slapped him away, showing no mercy. "Do any of you have any conscience? Have you ever seen what it's like inside the epidemic area? If it weren't for the higher-ups taking you ungrateful wretches out, you would have all died in the epidemic area long ago. And you're still here cursing? You eat from the bowl and then curse your mother. You don't know how to be grateful at all. Are you even human? Did your mother raise a placenta?"

His voice was like a thunderous roar; his roar alone actually drowned out the voices of a group of women.

"You, you, you..." The woman was furious, pointing at Ou Yang and jumping up and down.

She had never been insulted like that before, not even once in her life.

"You, you, you, what do you mean, 'you'!" Ou Yang continued to yell, "If you're so disgusted, why don't you go back to your Milijian? Nobody keeps you here in their way."

"What kind of attitude is this!" Anna was furious.

"I've already been very polite, and I haven't beaten you up because I'm well-mannered, I've wasted so much breath on you!" Ou Yang said indignantly. "I'm just superfluous, why am I arguing with a placenta!"

"That's great!" Zhu Yiming was the first to applaud and cheer.

"Good, well said!" the onlookers cheered loudly.

Anna completely broke down, blushing and speechless. "How can you be like this?" another woman stepped forward, supporting Anna as her chest heaved violently. "How can you talk like that? Are you even a man?!"

"Whether I'm a man or not is none of your business, and who do you think you are!" Ou Yang retorted without hesitation.

Seeing that they had incurred the wrath of the crowd, the rest of the accomplices dared not speak again. However, two of them still joined the fray regardless of the consequences and were thoroughly scolded by Ouyang. Only when the men and women slunk away did Ouyang reluctantly withdraw his magic.

The onlookers cheered, and Ouyang bowed in a gesture of thanks to everyone for their support.

After leaving, Lu Wei remarked, "Don't take it to heart. There are all kinds of birds in a big forest. No matter where you are, there are troublemakers who have nothing better to do all day and are always fussing over trivial matters."

"Some people just can't be spoiled!" Ou Yang said, still furious.

"In my opinion, these people are just idle. We must discipline these bad apples!" Zhu Yiming suggested with dissatisfaction.

Lu Wei nodded: "It's time to do something about it."

"How do we manage it?" Ou Yang asked.

They can't hit him, they can't scold him properly, and it doesn't escalate to the level of illegality or crime.

“Of course, we should follow the mass line!” Lu Wei blurted out.

Zhu Yiming hadn't figured it out yet, and Ou Yang seemed to understand but not quite.

The answer is simple: grassroots matters should be handled at the grassroots level. Just mobilize the masses to establish neighborhood committees.

On the one hand, we must stabilize the situation; on the other hand, we must control public opinion and eliminate destabilizing factors.

Everyone suddenly realized that this method was indeed simple enough, and it had stood the test of time. The effect could not be described as good, but it was outstanding.

Putting aside everything else, the strength of the Chaoyang masses is proven in real combat.

Lu Wei added, "To put it bluntly, it's just that the psychological gap is too big, and they deliberately pick fights to vent their dissatisfaction. These kinds of people deserve to be taught a lesson!"

He didn't say exactly what happened, but Ouyang and Zhu Yiming understood.

The minor incident was quickly forgotten by Ouyang. In the following period, Saint-Va Island was changing every day, with more and more people coming to the island and the necessary grassroots organizations being established and improved.

Initially, a rationing system was implemented on the island, but it could only guarantee the residents' basic needs, ensuring they wouldn't freeze or go hungry.

There's no other way; Sanva Island is too far from the mainland, and there are many other places that need supplies from the mainland, not just Sanva Island!

To begin with, the University of Tokyo has always taken the evacuation of its citizens seriously. In emergencies such as war, coups, and major natural disasters, the university typically covers the evacuation costs, including chartered flights or ships. Evacuated personnel only need to cooperate and do not need to pay any fees.

Therefore, when deciding to evacuate citizens, the authorities did not consider the cost, but rather prioritized the safety of lives at all costs, rather than how much money was spent.

But the number of our compatriots in the Americas is as high as 6.4 million—note, not the United States, but the Americas!

Although the University of Tokyo issued a timely warning, not as many compatriots responded immediately as expected. Many people either took a chance or hesitated.

According to incomplete statistics, more than one million people have been successfully evacuated so far.

Although there are many people, they only account for 16.2% of the Chinese community in the United States.

Another very real problem is that we spare no expense in the evacuation, but we cannot return to our homeland for the time being and can only be resettled on the spot. How do we pay for the food and shelter for the people and animals?
One or two people are nothing, but hundreds or thousands are a different story, not to mention millions. The daily consumption is astronomical.

While a million people might not seem like much on their home soil, compatriots in China have their own jobs and sources of income, but those who have been evacuated have lost their property and economic resources, and there are simply no basic conditions for employment here.

Therefore, how to solve the living problems of evacuees has always been the top priority for management personnel.

Why send some people back to work on filtration equipment after evacuating them?

One very important reason is to reduce costs by making money from rice and then subsidizing consumption.

Some people only see the unmanned transport ships delivering supplies to Americans day and night, but they don't notice that the unmanned transport ships are also delivering massive amounts of supplies to their compatriots who are evacuating from America.

The products sourced locally are mostly various kinds of rice, flour, cooking oil, canned goods, and other food and instant food products, with the main selling point being large portions that are filling.

In fact, the United States is not short of food at all. The United States is the world's largest food exporter, and even if half of its territory is lost, it still has no shortage of food.

South America also has many grain-producing countries.

The problem is that food from epidemic areas is something everyone avoids like the plague; who would dare to eat it?

Of course, the cost of evacuating personnel is not entirely borne by the local area; everything that can be resolved locally is resolved on-site.

For example, sea fish.

Several large fishing boats were sent over from above, which not only enabled them to be self-sufficient, but also allowed them to sell any surplus catch to Lao Mi.

Whether it comes from the local area or elsewhere, it is provided for free, but the consumption of millions of people is fine in the short term, but in the long term it becomes a bottomless pit that can never be filled.

Therefore, after arriving on the island, the supply method changed from a rationing system to a dual-track system.

Simply put, we should arrange as much work as possible, starting with all the necessary staff, such as the head chef, the vegetable preparer, and the cleaning lady.

Residential area maintenance and repair work; sanitation workers.

Various jobs at the dock, handling and loading/unloading of materials.

There are also infrastructure projects that are growing in scale but are always short-staffed.

All those assigned to work would have their rations cancelled after receiving their wages, and would instead purchase goods normally. Moreover, the wage level was quite good, and they lived better than under the rationing system.

While encouraging self-reliance, the rationing system was maintained. However, lying down could only guarantee that one would not starve; to have a better life, one had to work.

Absolute egalitarianism is a huge pitfall; the right way to live is to work harder and earn more!
(End of this chapter)