Chapter 111 Renata's "Hell"
Today's experience was as bizarre and beautiful as a dream for Zeli, Chuck and the slaves.
They were about to step into hell, but they met an angel at the gate of hell.
The angel not only saved them, but also took them to heaven - Piltover.
Levi and his group flew to Piltover, to the Hextech .
When she got off the plane in Piltover, Zelle took a breath and felt the difference between this place and Zaun:
“The air here… is so clean.”
The air was so sweet and fresh, and strangely luxurious. She was completely shocked.
The people of Zaun need to wear breathing masks to smell the clean air, but the people of Piltover can enjoy it every minute.
She had seen clearly from the air how prosperous Piltover was during her previous flight.
It’s so nice here.
"Do you want to stay?" Levi asked.
As soon as he saw the expression on Zeli's face, he knew that she had suffered the kind of mental shock that all Zaun people would experience.
The huge gap between the urban environment and living standards of the two cities will shock every Zaun person who comes to Piltover for the first time.
After the shock, a few Zaun people will deepen their hatred for Piltover, but more people will be completely conquered by Piltover and try their best to stay here and integrate into the city.
Levi was somewhat curious about which type Zeli would be.
"If you want, you can stay here and work like Chuck. The door to Piltover is open to you."
"I..." Zeli thought for a moment and answered, "No, I still want to go back to Zuan."
"For your family?" Li Wei asked, "What if I help you bring your family over?"
Zeli hesitated for a moment longer: "I still want to go back to Zaun."
"Why?"
"Because I want everyone in Zaun to live a good life like the people in Piltover." Zelie answered thoughtfully: "This way, there won't be more people like Chak who were sold to the factory by their families."
Levi was slightly shocked to see that this 14-year-old girl could say such words.
He couldn't help but laugh with satisfaction: "Haha, Zeli, it seems that you have understood the booklet after all."
Levi said no more.
Because he didn't need to waste any more time to recruit this talented girl to join the Leader.
She is already a little trendsetter.
"Everyone, please go in first." Li Wei turned around and greeted the rescued slave workers: "It's time for dinner, and the factory cafeteria should also be open for dinner."
Many of these slaves were obviously suffering from chronic malnutrition. What they wanted most was definitely a big meal to fill their stomachs.
"I will take everyone to have a good meal first, and then arrange work and accommodation for everyone."
"Thank you, Lord Levi!" Chuck and others replied excitedly.
"You don't have to call me 'sir'..."
"Yes , Lord Levi!"
Levi: "..."
In the past month or so, he had actually gotten used to this situation: "Forget it, you will understand later."
"The cafeteria is over there, let's go eat first and fill our stomachs."
"Yeah!" Chuck and others nodded gratefully.
Zeli couldn't help but touch her stomach, thinking that she had been eating black bread for more than half a month, and was looking forward to the legendary Piltover delicacies.
And soon, before they had even taken a few steps...
A canteen chef dressed as a cook was walking towards the factory gate, holding a pot of steaming paste.
"Hey, is that for us to eat?" Zeli had already smelled the fragrance.
Although the pot of "paste" looked yellow and sticky, it was very much like the dark cuisine of the Ganges specialties.
But the people of Zaun have never had any requirements for the color, aroma and taste of food. Being able to fill their stomachs is enough.
This pot of paste is not only large in quantity, but also very fragrant.
There is even a smell of...
"The taste of meat!" Zeli's eyes lit up instantly.
She was the most lively and the least disciplined. She licked her lips, swallowed her saliva, and pounced on him with shining eyes like a hungry wolf.
"Huh?" The cafeteria chef who was carrying the basin was stunned.
But Zeli had already taken the food bowl first, put it gently on the ground, squatted down and scooped it up with her hands. She scooped up a mouthful of "paste" and put it into her mouth without any image.
This is how the poor people in Zaun eat, and no one thinks it is dirty or ridiculous.
"Wow - meat, there is really meat!"
As soon as Zeli tasted it, she knew that there was real meat in the porridge.
She quickly came to her senses and waved to Chuck, "Chuck, come here! There's meat in here!"
Chuck and the slaves rushed forward excitedly.
"This..." Levi and Seraphine looked at it with subtle expressions.
Finally, the canteen chef who brought the bowl couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahahaha... this is dog food for feeding the factory guard dogs. What are you fighting for?"
"The cafeteria is still over there!"
Zeli, Chuck: "..."
The two children froze in an instant. The slaves were shocked and embarrassed.
They stood there awkwardly like children who had done something wrong, not knowing what to say.
And just at this moment...
Levi walked over slowly.
He squatted down without caring about his image, just like Zelie and Chuck, scooped up a handful of dog food and put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it naturally, and then said:
"There's nothing funny about this."
"Just two months ago, we ate worse than dogs."
The hard times for leaders actually only lasted for one or two weeks.
With the investment from the Medarda family, the profits from the listing of game cards and Walkmans, and the extra money from Seraphine's debut performance, Leader is no longer short of money.
Although the workers' living standards are not as good as those of the local residents of Piltover, they are much better than those of the previous Zaun apprentices and Zaun people.
"But we can't just live a good life ourselves and then turn around and laugh at our poor relatives in Zaun," Levi said.
"President..." The canteen chef's face flushed: "I, I didn't mean it..."
"I know you didn't mean it."
"That's why it's scary." Levi sighed slightly.
The cafeteria chef is also from Zaun, and he has absolutely no ill will towards Zeli, Chuck and others.
He just instinctively and naturally thought it was ridiculous for people to eat dog food.
But for the people of Zaun, what's so funny about this?
He could laugh out loud only because, without realizing it, he was no longer a Zaun.
“So I’m worried:”
"We are now living a good life, with fish and meat for every meal. Can we still maintain the good practices we had at the beginning?"
"Everyone says we should get closer to the masses, but if our food and accommodation are different from those of the masses in Zaun, will we still be able to think the same as the masses after a long time?"
In fact, this problem is not serious at present.
However, after the financial situation of Leader improved, some people began to propose to Li Wei that the salary and benefits of Leader cadres should be increased to make them clearly different from those of ordinary workers.
Levi has also been hesitating these days.
After all, in terms of contribution, the contributions of many cadres are no less than those of scientists and extraordinary people.
Since they are to be paid according to their work, why can't they get a little more since they have put so much effort into the leader's career?
So Levi was also struggling with this.
But now, this little thing made him firm in his determination:
“Leading cadres must be pure idealists who have no demands for material conditions. They can be given appropriate material rewards based on their contributions, but their overall level of treatment must not exceed that of workers by much.”
"Otherwise, with a high salary, people will think about high allowances, high bonuses, villas, luxury cars, special products..."
"As long as you can convince yourself with the excuse of 'pay for work', these material rewards will seem reasonable."
"Ultimately, sooner or later, we will become like we are now, a group of people who are completely out of touch with the public in terms of the way they think."
Li Wei took the opportunity to bring up this topic, and also wanted to use this opportunity to convey his opinions.
His every word and action is now being watched by everyone, and whatever he says or does will spread throughout the meeting in an instant.
Those who wanted to fight for excess benefits for cadres will naturally stop bothering him after knowing what happened today.
"I understand, President!" The cafeteria chef nodded seriously.
Zeli, Chuck and the slaves were all stunned, as if they couldn't believe that there was such a strange organization in the world.
There is actually such an "Alchemy Baron" who can squat on the ground and eat dog food with the slaves so openly?
How could there be such a "gang" where senior executives only receive salaries that are almost the same as those of the workers?
Is this still the real world?
Those who came into contact with the Leader for the first time simply couldn't believe it.
But they couldn't help but reveal a look of longing in their eyes.
Even Renata, who was tied up tightly and brought here all the way, had a complicated expression.
"What?" This surprised Levi:
Could it be that the noble character of the Leader could even influence this ruthless Alchemist Baron?
"No." Renata replied with an unpleasant expression: "Can you help me take off the mask?"
"It's so disgusting here. I feel like vomiting..."
Levi: “…”
"She really wants to vomit." Seraphine added, "She seems to hate our style."
"Just standing here makes her feel like she's in hell."
Since Seraphine said so, then Renata must really have this "disease".
"Okay then." Levi decided.
He had originally planned to hang this kindhearted person on a street lamp after using her.
But now, he didn't want Renata to die so easily:
"Let this girl participate in labor reform from now on, and let her learn Jana Thought every day."
