Chapter 69 1/2

Now, let’s rewind to earlier.

Sheng Quan was awakened from her sleep by a phone call.

While she enjoyed visiting the film set, if the crew moved too far away, she wouldn’t follow. When Yu Xiangwan explained the situation to her over the phone, Sheng Quan, who was a bit dazed at first, instantly woke up.

Yu Xiangwan had always been accurate about Sheng Quan’s rest time. This was the first time he had called her while she was sleeping because he knew exactly what kind of response Sheng Quan would give.

As expected, after confirming that the entire crew was safe, the response came almost immediately:

“Immediately file an urgent report to the higher-ups; let our helicopters participate in disaster relief. Oh, by the way, doesn’t the crew have a lot of drones? Apply to send them as well. I’ll transfer the money, and you can purchase some supplies and use the crew’s vehicles to deliver them.”

“Interstellar War” could be considered well-equipped with various devices. Helicopters and drones were needless to say. The crew used specially approved funds to purchase large transport vehicles, which were sometimes even incorporated into the shooting.

Yu Xiangwan agreed and quickly went to make arrangements.

In Shanghai, Sheng Quan couldn’t sleep either. She got up to check the news about the flood in Lushui City. As expected, Weibo was continuously refreshing with new updates.

“Interstellar War” was not currently filming in Lushui, but it wasn’t too far away. Flying over there with helicopters, which had limited endurance, would be challenging.

However, precisely because she knew about the limited endurance of helicopters, Sheng Quan decisively decided to send her own helicopters for rescue. In such urgent situations, mobilizing nearby resources was the only option.

But even with mobilization, there wouldn’t be much.

In this world’s China, although it was militarily powerful, the development of rescue and transportation equipment was not as advanced as it had been in Sheng Quan’s previous life.

Perhaps this was because China in this world had a historical deviation from what she knew. For example, she had experienced a catastrophic earthquake in her previous life, where she was rescued by soldiers while trapped in the ruins.

At that time, Sheng Quan was only 17 years old and was completely bewildered. She had already lost her grandparents, and her parents, who had started new families, practically treated her as if she didn’t exist. When she was trapped, she didn’t even know whom to turn to for help.

Then, she was rescued by a group of soldiers.

She still remembered the hands that pulled her out because they had been digging continuously, even wearing them down to the point of bleeding.

At that time, Sheng Quan had a high opinion of soldiers. To a large extent, it was because of this incident.

In this world, China did experience an earthquake at almost the same time and place, but the magnitude was not very high, and the damage was not significant. When the event happened, it was only briefly reported.

Sheng Quan was somewhat happy when she accidentally learned about this. Even though it was a different world, it was still her hometown, and at least in this world, it hadn’t suffered too much damage.

Because she had been trapped before, even as a worker who had been exploited by the company, Sheng Quan would still donate money and goods whenever there was a natural disaster.

She knew that feeling too well—helpless, scared, not knowing where hope was. If transportation routes were cut off, hunger and a lack of medical care would follow.

Although technology had developed to the current level, Sheng Quan, with her rich experience in donating, knew that once roads were blocked, these problems would still occur.

Floods could also wash away communication cables, and those trapped might not even be able to make rescue calls.

However, she vaguely remembered reading in a book about a character donating during a major flood. The book didn’t provide details, but it seemed to be a prolonged and severe flood.

Could it be this flood in Lushui?

Unfortunately, the book didn’t specify the exact date, so she couldn’t confirm it with 100 percent certainty.

Sheng Quan searched again to confirm that the scope of this flood was indeed expanding. She quickly changed clothes, opened the door upon hearing movement, and Jiang Lu’s room downstairs also lit up.

He glanced at the information, dressed neatly, went upstairs, and heard Sheng Quan talking on the phone:

“Inform the trainees about the flood in Lushui City. I want to purchase a batch of relief supplies to send over. If anyone is willing to go as a volunteer, we’ll go together. Triple the daily wage.”

Sheng Quan continued giving orders: “I’ll make a list for you. Buy everything as quickly as possible. I’ll reward you with a bonus when you come back.”

Sheng Quan made several more calls to ensure that everything was arranged. When she put down her phone, Jiang Lu asked, “Are you going too?”

“Yes, I’m going.”

Sheng Quan had thought about volunteering during natural disasters in her previous life. Perhaps people were like this—because she had been helped, she wanted to help others even more.

However, as a worker exploited by the company, she barely had enough sleep, let alone take several days off to volunteer.

“It just so happens I don’t have much to do. It’s good to help out.”

Even if she couldn’t provide medical care or swim, she had money. She could buy everything along the way—transport vehicles, rescue supplies. As long as the merchants had them, she could buy them all.

Jiang Lu didn’t express any objections to Sheng Quan’s decision. The silent and tall man nodded and said in a deep voice, “I’ll go prepare my luggage.”

For Sheng Quan at this moment, buying all the relief supplies in the shortest time wasn’t difficult. She couldn’t do much on her own, but didn’t she have many subordinates?

Sheng Quan usually didn’t like to ask her subordinates for help with personal matters outside of working hours. This time, she broke her usual practice. She didn’t use the fact that it was for disaster relief to justify her actions, as it was her own decision to help. After all, she couldn’t morally pressure her employees.

As someone who had often been morally pressured in her past life, Sheng Quan understood that it was not a pleasant feeling. So, she sincerely apologized to her employees and assured them that she would compensate them for overtime and bonuses.

The employees who were awakened did have grievances, as no one would be happy to be suddenly called to work when they were sleeping peacefully.

However, when they heard that it was for disaster relief, their grievances immediately diminished by half. Furthermore, when the chairman personally apologized and promised compensation, any lingering resentment disappeared completely. It was as if they had been injected with a triple dose of motivation:

“Alright, I’ll get to it right away. Don’t worry; I’ll handle it as quickly as possible.”

Similar situations occurred with the kayak business owner, who was woken up by a phone call. His initial reaction was, “Are you crazy? It’s not even dawn yet, and you’re calling me. Who cares what you want to buy?”

But when the caller provided the specific amounts and quantities of the items they wanted to purchase, the previously sleepy and angry business owner suddenly became energetic.

“How much?! Really? Okay, okay, I have stock. I’ll get up right away!”

After delivering the goods to the designated location, he finally asked, “Why are you buying so many kayaks early in the morning? This stuff isn’t cheap.”

When he learned that the kayaks were for disaster relief in Lushui City, the business owner, who had been immersed in thoughts of making a fortune, fell silent for a moment. He checked Lushui’s current situation online before saying, “Well, I’ll donate a box as well; consider it my contribution.”

Before the day had fully dawned, many sleeping business owners were awakened by phone calls. They went through stages of “anger, astonishment, half-belief, elation, questioning, and admiration.”

Not everyone was willing to donate money and goods to the disaster-stricken area and volunteer, but that didn’t stop most people from admiring the volunteers.

Before the day had fully dawned, many people were already busy with this matter.

At the Starlight Security Training Base, three consultants were the first to leave the gate, followed by a large group of trainees, each carrying backpacks with various small tools and basic medical supplies. This was originally a part of bodyguard training, but unexpectedly, it is being used now.

They hurried along.

“Hurry, hurry; each group goes to the car rental shop, then goes to the locations for the equipment.”

“Consultant, should we decide who will be the driver? I can drive this type of transport vehicle.”

“Sheng Chairman hired professional drivers. We’ll help with loading the supplies and then rest well in the car. We’ll be busy when we get there. Remember what we learned in the military, right?”

The trainee, hearing this, immediately stood still and saluted, “Report, Consultant! I haven’t forgotten!”

“Alright, I can see you haven’t forgotten. Get on the car. Let’s go inside. I’ll be with your group.”

In the Starlight conference room, several accounting ladies were busy with calculators and quickly calculated the amounts:

“Chairman Sheng, the budgets for various supplies are all calculated. The difference from the previous estimate is not significant. You’ll need to pay approximately 12 million.”

Sheng Quan took a look and signed, “Let’s proceed like this.”

At the tent factory entrance, boxes were moved to the entrance, and Secretary Zhang stood beside them, calculating the quantity. When everything was moved, she closed her little notebook.