Chapter 203 Ms. Shirley
Ms. Shirley watched as the families of the operators calmly accepted the placement of the women, and a smile continued to bloom on her face.
There are about 600 women resettled by the city hall, most of whom are young women aged between 14 and 30, and a small number are middle-aged women aged between 30 and 37.
After all, the city of Innadli is a parish city of the Orthodox Church, and child prostitutes under the age of 14 are not allowed to appear there. Of course, if someone marries a girl under the age of 14, the church will not interfere.
Women who used to work in bars or lower-class brothels and whorehouses are happy to embrace a new life without having to entertain guests, but those who used to work in clubs may not be so happy.
Many young women who thought they could continue to enjoy their lives with their beauty were unwilling to accept the resettlement by the city hall. Some people also found that their lives were very "hard" after accepting the resettlement and made excuses to leave. Ms. Shirley, who was in charge of the resettlement, did not stop these two types of people and let them go openly.
Ms. Shirley understands very well that it is difficult for people who are used to a life of luxury to return to a normal life unless they suffer enough. Just like Phoebe in the past, she not only did not think that working in a sensual environment was a torture, but instead believed that she had enough capital to thrive among men.
Young girls always make the mistake of taking a man's patience and fleeting affection when playing with cats and dogs as the capital for a good life.
How long can we enjoy this kind of patience and pampering?
Shirley herself was once a practitioner, and she knows it very well... After the age of 20, the lavish customers who are most willing to spend money will alienate you; when you are 25, the level of your customers will drop significantly, and any bad customers may appear; if you reach the age of 30, you have to be grateful to anyone who takes care of your business.
But there is no use saying these things. Unless a person falls once, he will not understand how painful it is after falling. Ms. Shirley does not think that she is a great being who can save everyone. She just needs to try her best to do what she can and try her best to help those who reach out to her.
Just like the Grim Reaper who appeared outside the window that night and pulled her hand.
"Shirley!"
While Ms. Shirley was reminiscing about the past, Phoebe, whom she had just remembered, trotted over from the other end of the street.
"What's wrong?" Shirley came back to her senses.
Phoebe, who once had extremely beautiful long platinum curly hair, had her hair cut like Mr. Rex's, leaving only short stubble sticking to her scalp. Her once fair and delicate face was tanned as dark as Mr. Rex, and even freckles appeared on it.
Although her image has changed drastically, the pride in this proud girl's bones has not changed much , and she is still in high spirits.
"Ms. Zhao has something urgent to do, so she has to go to the Environmental Sanitation Bureau to take charge of the recruitment work." Fei Pi, whose eyebrows still have some of the beautiful colors of the past, said breathlessly, "You know I can't deal with people who talk too much, I'll take care of this side for you, you go over and take a look?"
Shirley wanted to sternly accuse Mia of always being picky about the tasks assigned to her, just like she did with Ms. Mia. But when she thought about the number of workers the Environmental Sanitation Bureau was going to recruit, she could only helplessly say, "Okay, remember not to curse casually and don't be too aggressive."
"I never curse at anyone casually. I only curse when someone provokes me." Fei Bi said dissatisfiedly.
"How dare you say that!" Shirley rolled her eyes at her, waved goodbye to Mrs. Hank, and hurried away.
It has been more than a week since Mr. Rex took over the city of Innadri. During this time, he has completed the rectification of the local security team.
The first step was to separate the prison system from the city's law enforcement team, renaming the prison in the West City District as the Detention Department, and placing it under the management of Mr. Hal Maxwell.
Next, the city police chief was abolished, and his authority was transferred to the sheriff's office. The newly appointed sheriff's deputy chief Jimmy and his detectives and sheriffs will be responsible for the internal stability of the city.
As for the original city police headquarters...it was assigned to the Environmental Sanitation Bureau that was being established.
The Environmental Sanitation Bureau of Innadri City has the same positioning as that of Westram, which is to provide resettlement jobs for the elderly unemployed in the city. The salary of eight silver coins is not a very good treatment, but the extra breakfast and lunch provided as well as the daily necessities regularly distributed are enough for the elderly unemployed to support themselves.
When Ms. Shirley arrived at the former city police headquarters, now the Environmental Sanitation Bureau, she saw hundreds of elderly people (average age 40-55, which is considered old in this world) crowded together at the entrance of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau, each of them eagerly looking forward to getting inside, but no one dared to step through the door.
This is easy to understand. After all, the City Police Department is not a cold office. Its headquarters is built magnificently. Even if the sign of the City Police Department has been removed and the former officers of the City Police Department are now cleaning sewers every day, ordinary citizens do not have the courage to run in.
Seeing that the crowd had blocked the gate tightly, Ms. Shirley simply raised her hand and shouted to the crowd: "Citizens, please don't block the gate of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau. Our City Hall Environmental Sanitation Bureau will start recruiting for the public today. Please make way for the applicants!"
The citizens looked back and saw Ms. Shirley in the City Hall uniform, and hurriedly made way.
"Hey, don't be in a hurry, disperse slowly, don't push! Gentleman over there, slow down, be careful not to bump into people!" Ms. Shirley quickly switched to the mode of maintaining order.
Organizing the crowd to make way in an orderly manner, Ms. Shirley walked through the crowd and onto the steps. She turned around, smiled at everyone, and said, "Citizens, are any of you here to apply for a job?"
People stared at each other for a long time before an old lady summoned up the courage to speak up: "Ma'am, is it true that anyone who is over 40 and unemployed can come and try?"
"Yes." Ms. Shirley nodded vigorously so that everyone could see her nodding motion, and said loudly, "The work of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau is to keep the city streets clean. This is a job that requires patience and perseverance. Young people can't do it, so we need older people with more experience and knowledge."
The first step to building a trusting relationship with someone who lacks self-confidence is to help him or her build self-confidence.
These citizens who came to try their luck after hearing the propaganda from the newsboys (hired by the city hall) were delighted when they heard that the Environmental Sanitation Bureau required patience and perseverance rather than more physical strength.
Before the crowd started to stir , Ms. Shirley said loudly: "We need a lot of sanitation workers to participate in the work. If you are willing to join us, please look at the people around you, let the older people go up the stairs first, and the younger ones stand back and line up, and come in one by one to sign up!"
"That old gentleman, please go up the stairs first. The gentleman in the blue striped shirt over there, please let the old lady behind you go forward first..."
Ms. Shirley single-handedly organized 400 people who had never known what order and discipline were to enter the hall in an orderly manner. She pinched her throat which was a little sore from talking loudly for a long time, and quickly walked to the registration point set up on the left side of the hall.
The registration point is located in the side hall on the left side of the hall. Yesterday, Ms. Shirley and Ms. Zhao came to set up the recruitment venue.
After seeing the situation in the conference hall, Ms. Shirley felt a surge of anger rising from the bottom of her heart.
There were people in the venue. There were three men in formal suits and bow ties. Two of them were standing by the window chatting, and one was making tea.
The situation at the gate could be seen from the window, but none of these people were interested in paying attention to the citizens who had gathered there. They all went about their own business quietly.
It was not until Ms. Shirley brought in the citizens who came to apply for the job that these people walked slowly to the registration desk and sat down.
Ms. Shirley suppressed her anger and did not show any obvious surprise. She just carefully organized the citizens to line up in front of the three registration points and register their names, home addresses, family members, etc. one by one.
Except for a few who left because they didn't want to do the job anymore, almost all the officials and clerical staff below the section level in the city hall remained in their positions.
These people are basically useless, and that's what everyone who came from Westram thinks... Even Fei Bi, who still has big problems dealing with people, is better than these guys who just want to get by.
"Forget it, it's just a one-month salary for these guys." Ms. Shirley, who seemed calm on the surface, was annoyed thinking in her heart, "Once we train our own people, we'll let these idiots go home and eat themselves!"
After taking over Innadri, the City Hall did not make many drastic changes to the city of Innadri.
It’s not that Rex... No, it’s not that Ji Tang and Zhao Zhenzhen’s reform mentality has changed. On the one hand, there is really no one on hand, and on the other hand, there are still a lot of projects underway in Westham, and none of them can be left behind - transferring clerks such as Shirley and Fei Bi and Patton’s group of operators to preside over the operation of the City Hall, and leaving Jimmy’s group of security guards here to be responsible for the city’s security, is already the largest personnel transfer allowed by the national team. If more people are moved, Westham’s industrial zone will be in trouble.
Due to various reasons, the current city of Innadli has not changed much from the period when the Bartles family ruled.
At least in the eyes of ordinary citizens, apart from the first day when he wiped out more than 90% of the illegal and disorderly dens in the city, the new lord Rex has not made any major moves since then.
As for the closure and closure of more than 80% of bars, all casinos and clubs, and the vast majority of brothels, the impact on ordinary people... is actually not that big.
The city of Innadri is different from a town like Westram that has no industry. It has relatively developed handicrafts and a barely passable manufacturing industry... no, a processing industry.
After years of tireless land annexation by the nobles, nearly 50% of the fertile land in the entire Innadri territory has been concentrated in farms throughout the territory, and at least 20% of the land belongs to the church. These highly concentrated lands produce considerable grain every year.
In addition, all the towns and villages in Innad’s territory were “fiefdoms” of nobles. Every year, these nobles had to collect taxes on behalf of the great lord Bartles’ family, and the grain was also highly concentrated…
The large and small factories that line the North City factory area mainly process and produce various non-staple foods in addition to dairy products and fur products: flour made from wheat, sugar made from corn, oil squeezed from soybeans, and various types of alcoholic beverages made from wheat and corn are the flagship products of Innadeli's local industry.
The local grain self-sufficiency rate is on the red line, but it is actually a production area with grain processing products as its flagship product, which is also very Indian...
Although it is a pain in the ass, the local grain, oil and non-staple food processing industry does provide tens of thousands of jobs. Unlike Westham, where many families have to make a living by providing cheap services in the red-light district, it can be said that there are pros and cons.
Without relying on the red-light district for a living, ordinary citizens cannot be said to have a deep connection with the red-light district "industry".
Including the North City factory area with the highest employment rate, the average monthly income of citizens who account for more than 80% of the city's total population does not exceed 20 silver coins. The vast majority of the lower-class citizens do not have the spare money to go to bars, casinos, and play with women. The men on the street can take out a few coppers after work to buy a glass of rum and order some fried soybeans, and have a drink with others while bragging, which is considered a relatively easy life.
As for the new lord taking over the city police and prison, stopping the access control in the central city, forcing the former city police chiefs to clean the sewers, and sending batches of arrested prostitutes, casino and brothel operators to Westham... For most ordinary citizens, these are just topics of conversation after dinner and do not have much impact on people's lives.
Of course, it's not completely without impact.
For example, the previously active street gangs have all broken up and disappeared, and no one dares to gather in groups on the streets anymore - there are rumors in the city that those captured by the new lord will be sent to the evil black magician as materials for summoning the undead, and no matter how brave and aggressive the gang members are, they will never be willing to get involved in such trouble.
For example, there are almost no drunkards on Innadri Street at night - pretending to be crazy and causing trouble under the influence of alcohol can effectively relieve stress, but being chased by the undead in the middle of the night is definitely not a pleasant memory.
Without the gathering of gang members, drunkards dared not cause trouble, gamblers and prostitutes disappeared, and the public security situation in Innadeli has skyrocketed, and cases of petty theft, robbery and rape have dropped sharply... If it were not for these benefits, the citizens would not have been able to accept those undead running around the streets day and night, and would have definitely complained.
For example, Mrs. Gerry, who lives in the Granser neighborhood, no longer limits her afternoon walks to Plant Avenue, where middle-class women gather. She not only wanders around the Midtown area, where access control has been abolished, but she also dares to bring her housekeeper to stroll around the streets of the South City and St. Joseph Avenue.
“It’s a pity that so many stores are closed.”
In the warm autumn sunshine in the afternoon, Mrs. Gerry, wearing a long dress and holding a parasol, walked comfortably on the spacious St. Joseph Avenue, looking around excitedly: "Will, is that the Free Market over there?"
"Yes, ma'am," said the housekeeper, Ms. Will. "The city has indeed become much safer recently, and there are not so many thieves in the Free Market. But you see, there are too many people there, and there are dirty carts carrying goods and baskets of vegetables everywhere. It would be terrible if your skirt was damaged."
Ms. Will's advice successfully discouraged the hostess from taking a small risk. Mrs. Gerry looked down at the expensive lace veil on her skirt and said regretfully, "Okay, then let's go somewhere else. What other famous streets are nearby?"
Ms. Will knew that the mistress wanted to go to a poor neighborhood to show off her expensive and beautiful dress to those dusty common women, but she didn't dare to take the mistress to a dangerous place... After thinking hard, the housekeeper came up with a compromise: "The bar area around here is very famous, ma'am."
