Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 353 - 143: Abandoned Hydropower Plant, Planning Dapo Town!_4
"Inspector Cheng, you have eight hours to complete the test, and you can submit it by 6 PM. If you need anything in between, just let me know." Zhang added considerately.
Cheng Ye glanced at the clock in the center of the meeting room; it was just past ten o’clock.
Eight hours were enough for him to meticulously craft his answers, and he could even draft a complete outline on scratch paper.
As the pen touched the paper, ideas flooded in like a tide.
In the section where he had to choose the purpose, he wrote eloquently:
"The core value of Dapo Town lies in ’low-cost initiation.’ Repairing the White Water Dam can meet the basic water and electricity needs. Existing buildings (Jiajiale Supermarket, Town Government Office) can quickly be converted into resettlement and office facilities, saving at least 40% of the initial resources compared to starting from scratch. Its strategic advantage of being 60 kilometers away can absorb the radiation from Happiness City and the Industrial Zone while serving as a forward base for outward expansion, focusing on steady progress and gradual extension..."
"In the short term, special local clay can be used to build kilns and resume brick production, addressing the self-sufficiency of building materials and providing employment for displaced people. In the medium term, the river embankment needs to be prioritized for repair, with two bridges built at the Lin River, one for vehicle transport of materials and the other for pedestrian use, completely opening the direct supply route to the Industrial Zone. In the long term, the advantage of the Lin River can be used to develop fisheries and handicrafts, making it a supplementary food source and light industrial hub for Happiness City..."
"In response to flood threats, a three-tiered response model should be established, organizing manpower to reinforce the embankments, clear drainage channels, and open waterways to guide water flow..."
"..."
The writing on the scratch paper became denser and denser.
From resource allocation to personnel division, from infection source defense to improvement of public satisfaction, each issue was closely tied to the actual situation of Dapo Town, without a single empty slogan.
Sitting next to him, Matthew Lee appeared restless, scratching his head and pausing frequently, especially whenever he glanced at Cheng Ye, who was writing like a machine, filling one page of scratch paper after another, the corners of his mouth red with stress.
His anxiety was indescribable in words.
As for the other inspectors in the room, a few veteran inspectors from the Third-Phase and Fourth-Phase also wrote fluently and clearly, while some Second-Phase inspectors stopped occasionally to frown and think.
As for the First-Phase inspectors, most just stared blankly at the test questions, writing aimlessly, their handwriting so messy it looked like doodling.
By noon, staff pushed a food cart in, distributing heated blue-bagged Nutrient Paste.
Despite its awful taste, no one complained, most downed it in a couple of gulps, wiped their mouths, and continued to bury themselves in answering the questions.
Everyone knew that this eight-hour battle with pens might determine the course of the next few years of their lives.
Outside the window, the sky remained overcast, the rain fluctuating in intensity, tapping on the glass with a rustling sound that intertwined with the noise of pen tips scraping on paper, creating an oddly intense atmosphere of focus.
Cheng Ye, however, remained immersed in the test, sometimes pausing to think, sometimes writing furiously, oblivious to the golden rays gradually streaming through the window.
At four-thirty in the afternoon, with an hour and a half left, he finally put down his pen and began to check the draft word by word.
After confirming the logic was seamless and the measures feasible, he organized the key points into a formal answer, his handwriting neat.
During the final read-through, he added a sentence at the end: "The core of the Satellite City is to support development rather than compete with Happiness City and the Industrial Zone. Every step in the construction of Dapo Town should be based on giving displaced people shelter, work, and hope, creating a unique fishing and handicraft Satellite City."
After writing this sentence, Cheng Ye gently closed the test booklet, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction wash over him.
Perhaps he wasn’t an experienced inspector, and perhaps he still had significant shortcomings in terms of martial power and construction, but every word in this plan concentrated his most foundational understanding of Satellite City construction and Dapo Town.
It wasn’t to replicate a Super Shelter City like Happiness City, but to build a Super Satellite City that would attract displaced people to settle.
"Zhang, hand in the test!"
When the test papers were collected, Cheng Ye instinctively looked up at the window and was momentarily stunned...
The sky had briefly cleared!
The sun was setting in the west, and an orange-red glow spread across the sky, casting a warm golden edge on a world that had been gloomy all day.
It was just like his current mood, with the clouds dispersed, filled with hope!
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