[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-622":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1887432,2510,"Chapter 622: Preparation for the Grand Opening","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-622",622,"\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun arrived in the logistics office in the afternoon, Houqin handed Xiaoyun the same picture that Yueyue had shown earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Yiming’s report, he pointed out the increasingly higher number of zombies every block he tried to clear within Shenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had cleared the majority of the outer area of the city, with only the western side of the city center itself being the only area left remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, he didn’t request reinforcement or anything. The only thing he asked for was the increased supplies of artillery shells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear to Xiaoyun that Yiming was going to attempt to blow up the corrupted building, or at least create a line between the safe area and the death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, what are we going to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing. We’re going to stay put... But put Yiming’s request in a higher priority if he requests any other supplies. That’s all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin nodded, accepting Xiaoyun’s order as she quickly noted it down on a piece of paper before Xiaoyun had a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Houqin, do you know how many people know about this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, most of Yiming’s army would likely know about it at this point. But it hasn’t been publicly disclosed to anyone else yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good... Try to keep it down until next month. I don’t want this news to interrupt the upcoming grand opening, do you understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the biggest hurdle out of the way, Xiaoyun shifted his attention to the smaller problem he had set for Houqin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How’s the gender bias report? Have you found anything different with it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin remained silent as she sat still for a second before walking over to her cabinet to take out a piece of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, this is the list of disciplinary actions I have taken against the staff who were mentioned in the report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I already have a talk with the rest of the logistics department to fix it... I’m sorry that this happened under me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her bowing down in apology and admitting fault, Xiaoyun was a little surprised as she didn’t attempt to argue back at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So all of the findings in the report were true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Some of the female staff showed some biases toward... a certain gender. But I already removed the biggest offender from their positions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good... No need to be tough on yourself over this. Just be more careful in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, is there anything else you need to report to me before the weekend break?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great. Also, I might be gone from the logistics department for the next week. Just call me if it is an emergency you can’t decide on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Houqin nodding in a chowledgement, Xiaoyun exited the logistics office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weekend quickly flew by as the final week of June arrived. The temperature had dropped back down to what it was when the month started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still hot enough to sweat after standing underneath the sun for five minutes. But nowhere hot enough to cook eggs in broad daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a drastic increase in people going to Guangzhou, with every single hotel and apartment near the city center being filled with visitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were from the other cities Xiaoyun controlled, but some were outsiders, traveling traders who didn’t have citizenship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the different cities, there was a record level of companies signing up with the government, all advertising on the streets looking for workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A business boom, as Liuqian described it. Every citizen who had just the smallest amount of wealth was trying to make it big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they had to do was hire enough people, own a factory that was almost offered practically for free by the government, and make some product that was sellable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering how big the shortage was in consumer products, every product that was made was instantly sold in stores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drastic population increase had just created a massive market demand, not to mention the stimulus that Liuqian and Yuqi had created as an extra boost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every refugee was getting free money with no strings attached—ten NRC credits per day per person for the entire week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this wasn’t coming without a cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The government’s inventory started rapidly decreasing, with more and more companies and factories requesting various raw supplies to make more products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single harbor under their control, every cargo container was emptied. Everything was being given away to meet the increased supplies quota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jobs were being created left and right. Even the government was forced to expand to keep up and required employees to work overtime to meet the financial boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unemployment had, for the first time since Guangzhou was first cleared, dropped to a record low of 10% across all cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of these boosts were set up for the biggest event, the one place that was about to open at the end of the month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We actually managed to rip the entire Shenzhen stock exchange over to here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun questioned in shock as he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Workers were setting up a massive pile of machines on different parts of the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the entire thing. But most of the important functions to set one up... It took a lot of money to get a salvage group to risk sneaking these out of Shenzhen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi answered as she looked a little puzzled by the sheer amount of units that needed to be installed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them continued walking past the various sections of the building, they could see blue-collar workers renovating the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further up the floors, they encountered rows upon rows of white collar workers sitting in cubicles, setting things up for tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we delay it until tomorrow?\" Xiaoyun raised his concern, feeling the workers were being pushed to their limit trying to catch up to the deadline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the news and the advertisement stated at the end of the month. We can’t delay this, or else everything will be pointless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking up to the fifth floor, the two of them were a little surprised as they met someone who they didn’t expect to be there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Nami, what are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi curiously asked as they approached her cubicle, which was surrounded by a bunch of men all wearing glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just helping set up some of the equipment... What are you two doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nami answered back, all of the men quickly dispersed back to their cubicles the moment they realized who the two of them were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But weren’t you a bank teller? When did you work with technology?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, the entire Securities Regulatory Commission is short on staff, so Liuqian promoted me to be a project manager here since I have some computer science knowledge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of the two questioned it, but they felt a little weird seeing Nami, a short woman, working with a bunch of men with receding hairlines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck with your new job,\" Xiaoyun murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them let her go back to her work and headed towards the staircase, all of the men instantly surrounded her cubicle once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shifu Nami, you know the governor and the co-governor?\" One of the men curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course... Anyway, I got the thing working now. You guys can check if your computer shared information with the local server.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shifu Nami, how do you know them? Can you introduce me to them?\" One of the man with their head almost bald asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep dreaming. Everyone, go back to work. We still have a lot of things to do before tomorrow comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nami dismissed everyone from her cubicle, her mind felt a little excited as she looked at the people working below her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the chance to prove myself...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun and Yuqi arrived at the top floor, they were met with a old man, chatting with Liuqian on a coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak of the devil, here they are... Let me introduce them to you. This is the governor. Mr.Chen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon, Mr.Governor.\" The old man murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this is the young student I was talking about earlier. She’s the co-governor, Mrs.Chen, but you can call her Yuqi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are they married together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really have a sharp eye. Yes, they are married... Oh, I almost forgot to introduce him to you guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s one of my co-workers back at Tsinghua University. You guys can call him Doctor Lin, or just Old Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s the best person I could find as the head of the Securities Regulatory Commission. He has years of experience in this field.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice to meet you, Doctor Lin,\" Xiaoyun said out loud as he reached for a handshake with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to call me Doctor Lin. Just call me Muxie, or just Old Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the short handshake, Yuqi quickly walked up to give him a handshake before they took a seat across from Muxie and Liuqian.\u003C\u002Fp>",1510,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","1990e31e945dd34b8584d87f11ec29fced8eaaa17493e052c6dc261e294754e6","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-817","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-667",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]