Last Totem Novel - Chapter 474
Chapter 474 Decay
That night, Master Ya was especially excited. Not only did he talk a lot, he also drank a lot of wine.
“Big sister, three more glasses of ale.” A fat aunt waved at her with a red face and a somewhat drunken Cang Haiya as she passed by.
“Alright!” The fat aunt turned around and replied straightforwardly.
However, just as the two of them were looking at each other, their movements froze at the same time.
“Aunt Jiang!” Cang Haiya stood up abruptly and cried out in surprise.
“Elder Cang, why are you here?” The fat aunt pushed away the guests beside her and walked over quickly. She asked with a pleasantly surprised expression.
“Where’s Elder Jiang?” Cang Haiya did not answer. Instead, he quickly looked around and asked.
“Here, the old man is over there.” As she spoke, the fat aunt looked at the small stage in the middle of the bar.
At this moment, a hot and beautiful girl was dancing on the stage. She hugged the steel pipe on the stage with both hands and struggled to wiggle her waist/buttocks. Her tight clothes outlined a sexy curve. Her expression was charming and charming. The opening on her chest revealed a large area of snow-white skin and deep ravines, causing her mouth to dry.
On the side of the girl, below the stage, there were a few old men holding musical instruments and wearing little red hats. They have saxophone players, drummers, harmonica players and accordion players. The fat aunt’s gaze fell on the old man who played the accordion.
“Heavens! Why did he do this” Cang Haiya cried out.
“Isn’t it all for the sake of living?” The fat aunt smiled embarrassedly and said.
However, Cang Haiya quickly walked over and shouted, “Elder Jiang!”
Hearing someone call him, the accordion-playing old man raised his head blankly and looked over. Then, he was stunned and stood up trembling. At this moment, the guests’ gazes were all focused on the hot dancers, and the environment was so noisy that even without the accordion accompaniment, no one noticed.
“Elder Cang, you … why are you here!” The accordion-playing old man quickly walked over and said excitedly.
“Aiya, why are you doing this?” Before he could catch up, Cang Haiya asked.
“I still don’t want to live.” The old man smiled dryly and said.
‘”With your skills, why are you here” Cang Haiya asked with a concerned expression.
“If you want me to go to a small workshop to make some shoddy stuff, why don’t you play the zither here? How happy.” The old man said with a smile.
“Then you can go to the big company. As long as you are willing to go, why don’t they invite the eight people’s sedans to carry you?”
The old man waved his hand and proudly said, “No … I’m not going anywhere …” He took a deep breath and said firmly, “I, Jiang Daya, am from the Spring and Autumn Period. I’m a ghost of the Spring and Autumn Period. It’s impossible for me to go anywhere else.”
“Elder Jiang” Cang Haiya tightly grabbed his old friend’s arm and let out a long sigh, his eyes turning red.
“Alright, alright. Let’s not talk about this today. Let’s find a place to sit down and catch up.” Jiang Daya patted his hand and comforted him.
Cang Haiya nodded forcefully and sat down with Tie Zha and Quinn under his recommendation.
“This is Elder Jiang, an old technician from Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries.” Cang Haiya introduced.
“Hello, friend from afar.” “Hello, Old Master.” Tie Zha and Quinn nodded in greeting.
“He is” Cang Haiya approached Jiang Daya and whispered, “Northas.”
Jiang Daya was shocked. He stared at Tie Zha with his eyes wide open. Then, he slowly stood up and bowed solemnly.
Tie Zha hurriedly stood up and saluted. Then, the four of them drank and chatted. During the banquet, Cang Haiya asked about the current situation of Chunqiu Heavy Industries. Jiang Daya sighed and said that he hadn’t returned in years. When they left that year, the workers were divided into two factions. No one was convinced by them. Fighting every day was already a mess.
“Why?” Cang Haiya asked.
Jiang Daya said that ever since Lu Chengshan’s death, there had been no one capable of shouldering a major responsibility. Those who came on stage did not have enough prestige. They basically did not do it for long, but they were unsatisfied with one thing and unhappy with the other. Sometimes, they would change CEOs several times a year, and they simply could not do anything.
However, he had recently heard that Qi Shengtian’s grandson, Qi Yun, had returned from studying in the Western Continent and was hopeful that he would be able to compete for the next CEO and regain his glory.
“Qi Yun?” Cang Haiya pondered for a moment and sighed. “I remember when he left back then, he was only eleven years old. I didn’t expect that he would grow up in the blink of an eye” Qi Shengtian was the former CEO of Lu Chengshan. He had high ambitions, was modest, and had high prestige among the workers. Unfortunately, he died young, and his successor, Lu Chengshan, followed in his footsteps, causing Chun Qiu Heavy Industries to be left without a leader and never recovered.
Jiang Daya looked up and drank a mouthful of wine. After a long silence, he heavily exhaled and sighed, “Lu Chengtian’s son has also grown up. It’s time for us old fellows to go back and take a look …”
Cang Haiya did not answer, but nodded thoughtfully. After chatting for a while, Jiang Daya stood up and said goodbye. He returned to the side of the stage and continued playing accordion for the stripper. Not long after, the noisy crowd heard faint cries of scolding and begging for mercy.
“I told you to look, I told you to look! Why don’t you play the zither properly and just look at the hooves!” “No, I really didn’t …”
The next morning, when dawn filled the golden earth, the three of them walked out of the bar and continued on their journey.
The jeep was traveling at a constant speed on the highway, and the scenery along the way was pretty good. The central continent is a temperate tropical climate, humid in spring, hot in summer, neither cold in autumn nor cold in winter. It was early summer, the sun was warm and bright, the roadside fields were full of beautiful flowers, the grass was green, it made people feel comfortable. However, compared to the western continent, where hundreds of flowers competed for beauty, tree shadows swayed, thousands of kilometers of wheat fields, the sound of bamboo waves in the Far East, green mountains, green waters, and hazy morning mist, they were still much inferior.
In the distant horizon floated a gigantic city, shining brightly in the sunlight like a mythical palace. Around the city, airships came and went, rising and falling like swarms of laborious bees. It was Silver City No.9-Elk City, the largest city in the central continent. Its status was similar to the Eternal City in the western continent.
As time passed, the city in the air gradually disappeared. The sun slowly rose and set. About ten hours later, at dusk, the jeep drove into the territory of Lizard City. Looking around, there were towering chimneys and steel forging factories.
This was the location of the Central Heavy Industries, where 75 percent of the world’s ore was smelted and 35 percent of the world’s machinery was manufactured.
Two hours later, when it was almost dark, everyone finally arrived at the destination of this trip-Fengkou Town.
In the orange-red light, Fengkou Town was in a mess. There were shacks and wooden and iron houses everywhere, and scattered scrap pickers were hiding in them, lazily cooking and eating.
Discarded vehicles and mechs could be seen everywhere. Tens of thousands of fuel barrels were piled upside down. Large amounts of corroded parts were half-hidden in the sand, giving off a completely desolate scene. Compared to here, Tieshan Town was simply heaven, at least it was like a town, not a garbage dump.
As the jeep drove into the town streets, scavengers looked over. Tie Zha’s gaze was familiar, just like the gaze of a scavenger looking at its prey. But they quickly diverted their attention and continued to meddle with their own affairs. It wasn’t hard to tell that these strangers weren’t easy to provoke, and their identities could be easily exchanged, from prey to hunter.
Cang Haiya couldn’t help but sigh as he looked at the dilapidated state of the town. “Heavens, how did it end up like this?”
Walking along the main street of the town, they arrived at the center of the town. This place was bustling with traffic and peddlers, but most of them were buying and selling daily necessities.
Under Cang Haiya’s guidance, they continued forward, crossing about two kilometers into the center of the town and arriving in front of a dilapidated building.
He looked up and saw that the building was only six floors, but it was thousands of meters wide, occupying more than half a block. According to Cang Haiya, the building is in a “back” shape, with living quarters in the middle and factories on all sides.
After a while, the entrance to the factory area was in the middle. Above it was an iron plaque with paint off. Four thick words could be faintly seen, “Chun Qiu Heavy Industries”.
As they drove into the unguarded gate, there was a row of towering ancient trees on both sides. The roots of the trees were wrapped around each other, and their backbones were tall and upright. Cang Haiya said that the first generation of factory directors like poplar trees, poplar noble and persistent, as the spirit of the Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries.
At this moment, leaves were falling from the factory, and there was a thick layer on the ground. It seemed that no one had taken care of it for a long time. Fortunately, there were still traces of cars coming and going, otherwise, they wouldn’t even be able to find the road. A moment later, they walked along the tracks and arrived in front of the office building of Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries. They parked their cars and walked in.
A middle-aged guard stood in front of the office building. When he saw Cang Haiya, he immediately recognized him and hurriedly went forward to greet him.
“Elder Cang, why are you back?”
“Bring a friend over to take a look.” Cang Haiya replied.
“Is it an order? Great!” The middle-aged guard said in surprise.
‘”Not necessarily” Cang Haiya smiled awkwardly. He didn’t expect the factory to be so poor that even the guards were worried about the order.
Following that, the three of them, led by the middle-aged guard, took the elevator and arrived at the reception room on the fifth floor.
Looking around, the furniture in the reception room was very old, but it was neatly tidied, the table was covered with white steps, and the chair was covered with a light green cotton cover embroidered with bird flowers.
After waiting for a while, a young man in a suit and shoes and a secretary in a work dress walked in with a folder in her arms.
“Elder Cang!” The young man strode forward and warmly held Cang Haiya’s hand.
“You are” Looking at his handsome face, Cang Haiya hesitated.
“I am Qi Yun, Qi Shengtian’s grandson.” The young man smiled and replied. As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, was full of confidence, and coupled with an expensive neat outfit, he looked even more radiant and noble.
His words and actions were like …
A Silver City noble.