"Heading out?"
"Wait until I finish this game! The guys on the opposite side are about to lose...."
Sitting in the garden, Lin Zhe saw Lin Shu driving the business car out of the garage and quickly spoke up, asking Lin Ying, who was about to leave, to wait for him for a moment.
After blowing up the enemy base, Lin Zhe quickly ran inside the villa, took the elevator down to the basement, walked to the bottom of the garden swimming pool, and pulled out a metal box from under the white sand of the rock garden.
The swimming pool was located on the eastern edge of the garden. Its side structure was a glass curtain wall, providing some lighting to the basement, with light shining on the indoor scenery, refracting through the pure white sand into the interior.
"Speaking of which..."
"What's in the box?"
"Why do I have to take it with me?" Lin Zhe's eyes showed a hint of confusion, seemingly puzzled by his sudden impulsive behavior.
It was as if he was leaving and had already taken the keys in his hand, yet remained unaware, still frantically searching for them around the house with an anxious face.
He did not remember bringing a metal box when he came to Xia Country, nor did he know why there was a metal box here, but he could very accurately remember that he must take it when going out.
Lin Zhe's confusion lasted for a moment, and as an aqua-green hue spread, his face cleared up. He picked up the metal box, placed it on the back of the business car, and moved from the rear to the front of the car, sitting beside the metal box.
Lin Zhe's strange actions caught the attention of Feng Wenyu, who peeked out from the foyer.
Lin Ying and Ansheng looked back, glancing at Lin Zhe who was straddling and sitting in the third row.
"Uh..."
"Why are you all looking at me?" Lin Zhe, resting his hand on the backrest and firmly gripping the handle of the metal box, spoke, seemingly unaware and with a strange expression, looking at the two people and the fox staring intently at him.
"No need to look, it's as if the old master possessed him."
The little fox sat back on the chair, kicked its feet, revealed its claws, and gently adjusted the air vent's position.
"What do you mean by 'the old master possessed him'?" Lin Zhe looked at the fox that could operate the air conditioner with a perplexed expression.
But Lin Zhe's doubts did not receive a response from Master Fox or Lin Ying.
Lin Shu drove the business car out, heading directly towards Binhai Road.
The business car detoured past the farmers market, and a truck bearing the Lin Industrial logo slowly followed behind, preparing to enter the estate along with Lin Ying's car.
Upon reaching Binhai Road, as the car turned into the internal road and advanced for another four to five kilometers, they saw a dock. Lin Shu turned onto the eastern road, where an immense parking lot and numerous buses came into view.
On the eight-lane two-way highway, apart from a few private cars and buses, no other vehicles were in sight, showing no signs of the evening rush.
Following that, Ansheng witnessed what it meant for everything behind the dock for miles to be their home.
On both sides of the road, there were various factories, ranging from footwear and clothing to electronics, everything was available.
In front of each factory, large numbers of vendors waited for workers to get off work.
As they continued inward, rows of dormitory buildings with identical exteriors came into view, neatly arranged, symmetrically expanding to both sides, able to accommodate thousands of households.
A prominent Lin's Longjiang Pork Rice was set up right in front of the dormitory building.
Ansheng looked in awe at the Longjiang Pork Rice.
"Is the pork rice inside tax-free?" Master Fox looked at Lin Ying and asked.
"With an employee card, consuming in the industrial estate costs five yuan per meal and one yuan per drink. All products come from the centralized slaughterhouse in Jiule City, including invoices and taxes."
Lin Ying noticed Master Fox seemed very interested in the dormitory buildings, so he briefly explained.
New employees are assigned four-person dormitories, with a cafeteria charge of two hundred yuan deducted monthly for unlimited meals. Eating on Binhai Road is subsidized unless it's from a snack stall.
"Over there are employee buildings. General workers who have worked at Lin Group for twenty years can be allocated a one-hundred-square-meter property. The lower buildings on the opposite side are villas, awarded or compensated in cash to those who have contributed to the Lin Group."
At the end of Binhai Road, instead of factories, there's an expansive green park and residential areas. Lin Ying explained their family wealth to Ansheng.
"Is it really that regulated?" Ansheng looked at Lin Ying in surprise and said, "These benefits seem like something only very affluent state-owned enterprises have, right?"
"The benefits are indeed aligned with state-owned enterprises, or you might say they buy loyalty? General workers, without overtime, earn a seven thousand yuan salary after deducting social insurance and housing fund. Workshop team management usually earns around twelve thousand."
Lin Ying said, "Lin Industrial is the cornerstone of Lin Holdings."
"Anyone attempting to overthrow Lin Group will understand, both through societal influence and direct response, that one only has one life."
"If you kick the rice bowl of a worker's grandpa, that grandpa might end up taking a knife for a living." Lin Ying commented.
"If there's an inheritance system for positions, it would be a killer move." Master Fox said with a delighted expression.
A company that provides a seven thousand yuan salary, housing benefits, and excludes social insurance and housing fund deductions, truly is a company with a conscience.
This doesn't even include promotions or collective salary increases. If there were an inheritance system for positions, the scene would be extraordinary.
They're not recruiting employees; they're nurturing loyalists in the industrial park.
"In the nineties, positions could be inherited." Lin Ying said.
"What?" Ansheng widened his eyes. I was just joking, but your Lin Group actually did that before?
No wonder the Security Bureau is familiar with your grandpa and dad.
...…
The business car drove to the Lin Industrial Exhibition Hall, but it didn't stop in front of the exhibition hall. Instead, it went straight inside, entering the non-open area marked for road construction, complete with guard posts.
After Lin Shu verified her identity, the business car entered the interior of the European garden. White stone pillars, like angels spreading their wings, gracefully landed on the green, leading to a building at the end of the road that resembled Versailles Palace, intricately decorated.
".... I want to ask, to live in such a villa, how many restrooms does the house need so you wouldn't have an accident on your way to one?"
Although he could already imagine Lin Ying being wealthy, whenever it seemed he had grasped the extent, her wealth always managed to exceed Ansheng's understanding. He couldn't help but voice his thoughts and ask Lin Ying.
"Master Fox, you have to experience it to know."
Lin Ying didn't provide an answer, merely smiled and offered a riddle to Master Fox.
The black business car stopped in front of the entrance, and Lin Ying carried Master Fox out of the car.
In front of the entrance, Lin Bingyun was already waiting, joined by the other servants in greeting.
"Miss Lin, Young Master An..."
Lin Ying looked at Master Fox and said, "Here, you don't need to feel any restraint. Everyone working in the estate comes from the inheritance system you mentioned earlier..."
Inside the car.
Sitting in the end seat, Lin Zhe looked towards the driver's seat where Lin Shu was and asked, "Hey, do you think..... along the way, I should have been under the car?"
"None of you pay any attention to me, making me appear inconsiderate, disrupting the atmosphere in the carriage..."
Lin Shu's mouth twitched slightly upon hearing this, wanting to say yes. However, hidden beneath Lin Zhe's surface was still the grandpa.
This left her, for the moment, at a loss for words.
"Perhaps.... Miss Lin didn't hear you?"
"Do you believe that? Do you?"