Surviving the Wasteland Through Management

Ling Zhao inexplicably became bound to a system. The system required her to struggle for survival in the apocalypse. …At least, that was how it was supposed to go. Ling Zhao stared at the initial safe house she had drawn and bound to herself—[Office]—as well as the main storyline for bringing an end to the apocalypse, and fell into deep thought. 【Universal Megacorporation: Trade, Monopoly, Capital! As long as you have enough money, you can purchase anything!】 【As the chairman of a Universal Megacorporation, you cannot gain experience through combat, mining, repairing, cleaning, cooking, and other activities. You can only earn profits through employee activities and trade.】 In the wasteland, where natural disasters were everywhere and man-made disasters ran rampant, 14–16-hour workdays had become the norm across every industry. Resources were more valuable than human lives, jobs came with no guarantees, and working overtime was treated as a blessing… Then, one day, a company called Noah appeared. Some called it the hope of the new world. Others called it an abomination. The shelters objected: “If you give the lower classes too much, they’ll become lazy!” Factory owners lamented: “All our workers have run away!” Business associations protested: “She is infringing upon people’s freedom to work as many hours as they want! And she’s slashed the prices of so many things by half! She’s gone way too far!” It was said that the best scientists were there, as were the best generals and armies. There were also world-renowned doctors, teachers, scholars, wealthy merchants… Some tried to poach Noah’s people, offering astronomical salaries, only to be rejected one after another. When asked why, they replied: “We have an eight-hour workday here.” “You get overtime pay for working overtime.” “We have weekends off, as well as holidays.” Chairman Ling Zhao once stated: “I will pay you a salary above the market rate. If the value you create isn’t enough to justify such generous treatment, then make up for my kindness with absolute loyalty.” As for the loyalty she had bought with her money… The wasteland’s natives, who lived from one day to the next, never knowing whether they would survive until tomorrow: “You mean that if we give our loyalty, we can get a job with 13 types of insurance—including meteorite insurance, falling-in-love insurance, illness insurance, and even falling into a ditch while walking insurance—and three funds: housing provident fund, unemployment fund, and education fund? There’s actually such a good deal?” Much later, on the day a certain name resounded throughout the wasteland, someone discovered— She was a greedy ship, destined to carry everyone toward the end of the apocalypse. A reporter asked: “May I ask how you managed to accomplish all of this?” Ling Zhao: “Because I did a little bit of people?” — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Surviving the Wasteland Through Management — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠