400: Chapter 399 The True Meaning?

Luo Changan did not care about the question of who would win.

He only cared about two things right now: first, when the salary would be paid, and second, how to get promoted in salary grade.

These were the pressing matters that determined whether he could keep living in his house, whether his daughter could get her favorite toys, and whether his wife could wear nice clothes.

Although the young supervisor just now hadn't said much, he had still keenly perceived the most important content.

Thinking of the object that had just been floating beside the supervisor, Luo Changan frowned slightly.

In a month, would he and the others also have to pass the same test?

What kind of test would that be?

Qin Feng stared at the mobile phone screen, his eyes bloodshot. Finally, he put down the phone and said somewhat unwillingly, "I lost."

In front of him, Han Xiaoxin looked up from his phone, somewhat surprised, "It's over already?"

Coming over to Qin Feng's side and glancing at his phone screen, Han Xiaoxin was even more surprised, "You didn't even pass the second level?"

Qin Feng clenched his fists slightly and stood up in silence.

"Hey, where are you going?" Han Xiaoxin asked in surprise.

"To work." Qin Feng replied coldly and got off the bus without looking back.

By the time Han Xiaoxin looked out the window, Qin Feng had already picked up a shovel and joined the army of people leveling the ground.

Han Xiaoxin smiled slightly and said to zero degree, "zero degree, report Qin Feng's results."

"Trainee, Qin Feng."

"Test content: Related to Mechanical Design."

"Question difficulty: Level 1 (average difficulty for professional graduate students), passed."

"Level 2 (average difficulty for doctoral supervisors), failed."

"Result: Excellent (average human level)."

"Excellent, huh." Han Xiaoxin sighed with emotion. Having tested so many employees, this was the first time he had seen one evaluated as excellent.

The test from zero egg was not as simple as just asking questions.

He didn't know how Wang Shuo had set the questions, but the test questions from zero egg could not only examine the test-taker's knowledge level but also test their learning ability. The latter would participate in the final grade evaluation in the form of a potential value, and the weighting was quite high.

From this, it could be seen that Frontier Technology, or rather Wang Shuo himself, never valued the knowledge level one currently possessed, but rather potential—or one could say, learning ability. The higher the learning efficiency and the better the learning effect, the higher the potential value, and consequently, the higher the grade.

And the grade was not only linked to the salary grade but was also closely related to the company's next steps.

Han Xiaoxin had only heard Wang Shuo and Liu Yemei mention this aspect, and he didn't know the specific details, but this didn't stop him from secretly feeling proud.

After instructing zero degree to upload Qin Feng's information, Han Xiaoxin paid it no more mind and buried his head again, bragging to the fanboys and fangirls in the group chat.

Watching Qin Feng get off the bus and pick up a shovel, everyone understood the final result.

The few who had been eager to try immediately lost their enthusiasm.

If a top student from Shuimu University couldn't pass the test, could they, students who had muddled through four years at an average university, pass it?

It was better not to embarrass themselves and just focus on digging dirt here; at least they could still get a basic salary every month.

Although it wasn't much, four thousand yuan was still money, right?

Once their hearts settled, there were fewer issues, and everyone silently began to level the land according to the previously designated areas.

Four hundred people standing together formed a dark mass, but scattered across this vast wilderness, they were as insignificant as could be.

By the time everyone had more or less leveled all the dirt mounds within a radius of two hundred meters, four hours had already passed.

Liu Dandan rubbed her sore shoulders, looking at the blisters forming on her hands, feeling like crying but having no tears.

Luo Changan glanced at her, shook his head slightly, lowered his head to level the soil under his feet, patted it firm, and then said, "Don't worry about it; it will heal on its own in a few days."

Liu Dandan turned her head to look at Luo Changan, her eyes misty with tears, "Brother Luo, does it not hurt at all?"

Luo Changan opened his palms, which were as smooth as before, without a trace of calluses, "Blisters form because you haven't done manual labor and don't know how to grip."

Liu Dandan blinked her large eyes, "If I know how to grip, will I not get blisters?"

"You will still get them."

Luo Changan smiled and said, "It will just be slower than yours. I haven't done farm work for over a decade, and the calluses on my hands have long since disappeared."

"That's not the same thing at all."

Liu Dandan immediately lost interest in learning. She gently blew on the blisters on her hands, looking aggrieved.

Looking around, many female employees had long since sat on the ground, not caring about being ladylike, whispering to each other in twos and threes.

There was no need to listen; they definitely weren't saying anything good.

Liu Dandan pulled her shovel out of the ground, just about to go with Luo Changan to the bus to take a break, when she saw a large truck drive into the construction site.

Before everyone could figure out what was happening, Han Xiaoxin appeared at the right time, clapped his hands, and attracted everyone's attention.

"Everyone has worked hard."

Han Xiaoxin smiled and said, "According to Manager Wang's instructions, all meals for these few days will be provided by the company. Of course, if anyone isn't used to the food, you can go outside to buy something to eat, but there is only one rule: do not order food delivery."

"Now, let's eat."

The truck bed opened, and what came into view was not the piles of packed lunch boxes everyone had imagined, but a row of stainless steel racks with one food basin after another arranged in sequence. The lids were lifted, revealing steaming hot food.

Several logistics staff members wearing white coats were already standing behind the food basins, holding serving spoons, ready to serve the food.

The variety of dishes and the completeness of the equipment were such that someone who didn't know better might think they had moved an entire restaurant here.

Everyone was stunned, and for a moment, no one moved.

Luo Changan smiled faintly. Regardless of the rest, he walked to where the tableware was, picked up a tray, and handed it to the dazed Liu Dandan.

Liu Dandan took it blankly, and Luo Changan took another one for himself before walking to the food basins.

"Three dishes and one soup per person, meat or vegetable, you can get seconds, just don't take too much at once."

The chef kindly reminded them.

Luo Changan nodded, randomly chose a few dishes that looked delicious, walked to the side, squatted on the ground, and silently chewed slowly.

Where there was a first, there was a second.

Before long, Liu Dandan also came to Luo Changan's side with a tray. Not caring about her ladylike image, she squatted on the ground nonchalantly, lifted the tray, and began stuffing food into her mouth.

Then came the third, the fourth.

A whole afternoon of labor had consumed a great deal of physical strength, and they were already starving.

They had originally thought they would have to return to the city to find food themselves, but they hadn't expected the company to move the restaurant directly here.

It saved time and meal expenses. Although some people were still dissatisfied, seeing everyone around them wolfing down their food, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Especially when they saw the company supervisor also holding a plate of food, squatting on the ground, and gorging himself, they finally dropped their pretenses, picked up their trays, and squatted on the ground.

In just over ten minutes, the ground was filled with people squatting.

People are just that strange.

If it were just one or two people, no one would squat in a place full of weeds and dirt mounds to eat.

But if there were hundreds of people, that problem was no longer a problem.

Almost everyone was squatting on the ground, burying their heads in their food. The scene was silent yet spectacular.

Qin Feng stood on the side watching for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth, endured the discomfort, walked to the food truck, and picked up a tray.

Because he came late, there weren't many dishes left to choose from, so Qin Feng could only choose two that looked acceptable.

Arriving at a corner, Qin Feng didn't squat on the ground like the others, but found a rock and sat down.

As the first bite of food entered his mouth, a long-lost sense of happiness welled up.

At this moment, Qin Feng felt that being able to eat such hot, delicious food in this wilderness was simply a tremendous happiness.

Could it be... that this was the true meaning behind that Manager Wang making them come here to do manual labor for training?