OBS Chapter 146 Suffering Students, I'll Bear the Blame
Chapter 146 Suffering Students, I'll Bear the Blame
Chapter 146 I'll bear the blame for the students' suffering.
After scanning the six people present, Chen Lie stopped his rapidly circulating qi and blood.
Zhao Jinghao and the others immediately felt much more relaxed, but Chen Lie still occasionally exuded a slightly frightening aura, like that of a ferocious beast.
Alarm bells rang in Lu Qingying's mind.
The inexplicable oppressive aura emanating from Chen Lie just now made her uneasy.
She was now certain that even if the six members of the Star Alliance joined forces, they would be no match for Chen Lie.
Xu Congjin then said, "Brother Lie, Sister Ying, this problem can actually be solved. Why don't we sit down and discuss it slowly?"
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"How do we solve this?"
Lu Qingying asked, "Currently, only over 300 trainees in the training camp can collect points, which is only 700,000 points. Of these 700,000 points, he wants to keep 600,000 for himself and distribute 50,000 to the 30 grassroots members."
The six of us spent so much time and effort, and even neglected our martial arts training. Does that mean each of us will only get less than 10,000 points?
If that's the case, let's just disband. I'd rather not have these 10,000 points.
Xu Congjin nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "It would indeed be difficult to charge each student in the Genius Training Camp two thousand points."
But if we increase taxes and raise the monthly collection points, wouldn't that perfectly solve the current problem?
Lu Qingying was taken aback, then asked, "How much more tax do you want to increase?"
Xu Congjin then said, "It's not much, just give each person an extra thousand points."
In this way, we can collect more than one hundred points.
Of these one million points, 60 will be given to Brother Lie, and the rest will be more than enough.
"Brother Lie, what do you think?"
Chen Lie nodded: "As long as I can get the points, I don't care what you do with me."
Lu Qingying spoke up to remind him: "Xu Congjin, aren't you afraid that the training camp will be thrown into chaos if you rashly add a thousand points to the students' fees?"
In the previous student representative group of the Star Alliance, no one dared to raise the monthly limit of 2,000 points, precisely because they were worried about attracting criticism.
"It's nothing, mere criticism is nothing to worry about," Xu Congjin said, glancing at his six friends from the Star Alliance.
"It's almost the end of the year, so let's put our students through this. I'll take the blame."
Lu Qingying sneered: "Fine, it's settled then. You'll take the blame."
Meng Qiming said in a deep voice, "If we really do this, will we be able to get past the instructor?"
"For regular trainees, collecting 2,000 points per month already takes up one-tenth of the total points for that month. Would the training camp instructors allow it to be collected at 3,000?"
Xu Congjin said, "For the training camp, a student with four-digit Qi and Blood points and top-level strength is worth more than a hundred ordinary students with less than five hundred Qi and Blood points."
We are concentrating our resources to enhance the abilities of our top trainees and bring glory to the training camp.
I believe the instructors will understand, given the needs of the training camp.
Upon hearing this, Chen Lie said, "Then it's settled."
You can discuss the specific details yourselves, just make sure you have 600,000 points ready for me.
After speaking, Chen Lie stood up and walked out of the council hall.
After Chen Lie left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn, are they trying to use us as laborers?"
After Chen Lie left, Zhao Jinghao couldn't help but slam his hand on the table.
Shang Chuanwu glanced at Zhao Jinghao and said, "Alright, why didn't you say anything when Chen Lie was here?"
We're not as strong as them, so there's no need to complain.
Zhao Jinghao didn't say much to Shang Chuanwu, but looked at Xu Congjin: "Xu Congjin, how come you're so spineless?"
Just because someone is better than you, do you fawn over them without any bottom line?
"And you keep calling him 'Brother Lie, Brother Lie,' how old are you? How old is he?"
Xu Congjin simply said, "You don't understand."
"Our Xu family can't afford to offend him. Zhao Jinghao, let me remind you, this Chen Lie is also someone your Zhao family can't afford to mess with."
Upon hearing Xu Congjin's words, Zhao Jinghao's face immediately showed surprise and uncertainty.
Is the Xu family of Dongchuan unable to afford to offend Chen Lie?
So who exactly is this Chen Lie?
"Don't try to scare me. I think you're just afraid of Chen Lie!"
You want to take the blame? How can you possibly do that?
You collect 3,000 points every month, and you're not the only one getting yelled at; none of us can escape it.
"Alright!"
Lu Qingying interrupted Zhao Jinghao at this moment and said, "Since the method has been proposed, let's implement it accordingly. All grassroots members should be sent there to prevent any trainees from resisting taxes."
Xu Congjin, Shang Chuanwu, and Qiu Yongfeng, all three of you need to go there.
If any signs of mass tax resistance are discovered, they must be nipped in the bud immediately and must not be allowed to spread.
To prevent the trainees from causing trouble, the first step is to prevent hundreds of trainees from gathering together.
We can divide the time into ten periods and collect points from them throughout the day.
Let in thirty or forty people in each batch in the square, so that even if they wanted to unite to resist taxes, they wouldn't be able to.
Shang Chuanwu nodded: "This method is acceptable; it can minimize the risk of people gathering to resist taxes."
Lu Qingying continued, "Xu Congjin, since you said you're willing to take the blame, then I'll grant your wish."
When collecting points, they announced to the outside world that Xu Congjin wanted to make a good impression in front of the new leader of the Blazing Sun Alliance, so he proposed to collect an extra thousand points from all the training camp participants every month.
This will also give the hundreds of trainees in the training camp a target to vent their frustrations on, and let them know who is behind their injuries.
Also, it's crucial to spread the word that the 3,000-point charge is only temporary; it will only be charged for this one month. In the second month, it will be the same as usual, charging 2,000 points.
Qiu Yongfeng frowned and said, "Didn't Chen Lie say he wants 600,000 points every month? If we don't charge another 3,000 points the following month, how will we satisfy him?"
"You don't need to worry about that. The points collection will be after the New Year next month, and the second batch of new students in the second phase should arrive by then."
"At that time, the training camp had 500 trainees, and even if each person was charged 2,000 points, it would be enough," Lu Qingying explained.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
On February 5th, 7365 of the Galactic Calendar, the training camp square was once again filled with people.
Unlike in the past, this time the entrance to the square was guarded by members of the former Star Alliance, also known as the Blazing Sun Alliance.
Many of the trainees had initially hoped to be exempt from paying fees, but upon seeing the strict guards of the Lie Ri Alliance members, their faces fell.
"Damn, they're all cut from the same cloth. I knew it. Once you become a beneficiary, it's impossible for you to think about the majority of students and exempt them from points."
The trainees complained as they headed towards the training camp square.
However, just as a few dozen people entered, the members of the Blazing Sun Alliance who were guarding the area suddenly stopped the people behind them.
One trainee asked, puzzled, "Hey, we all need to go into the plaza to collect our points, why are you stopping us?"
A member of the Sun Alliance said, "Our leader has stipulated that in order to maintain order in the square and avoid stampedes, everyone will enter in ten batches."
"Please wait a moment. You can go in after the people in front have all come out."
Upon hearing this, the trainees behind couldn't help but mutter a complaint under their breath: "Damn, there are so many rules."
"It's normal for a new broom to open up new possibilities; otherwise, how would people know that the Star Alliance has been transformed?"
"It's just a matter of waiting one day, so we'll just wait," one student chimed in.
I waited for about an hour.
The guards from the Blazing Sun Alliance said, "You can go in now, but only forty people can enter at a time. The rest will have to wait for the next batch."
As they spoke, several members of the Blazing Sun Alliance guarding the area let another group of people into the square.
After three or four groups of people had passed by, it was already noon.
The trainees behind were getting impatient and said, "Damn it, there are so many people, forty in a batch, are we going to have to wait until dark?"
"Let's not wait any longer, let's go have lunch first!"
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of trainees went to the training camp restaurant for a meal.
Feng Shuangshuang, who was at the very back of the xenophobic crowd, and her friend Wu Qianqian also went to the restaurant to eat with the departing crowd.
"With so many people, if we're going to split into groups, let's have lunch first and then come back."
After leaving the training camp square, Wu Qianqian couldn't help but complain.
"Shuangshuang, your cousin is now the leader of the Blazing Sun Alliance. As his older cousin, do you still have to pay a fee?"
If I were you, I would have already pulled some strings. With just a word from you, wouldn't he give you special treatment?
Feng Shuangshuang sighed, "Don't say anymore, I'm too ashamed to see him."
"Why?" Wu Qianqian asked.
Feng Shuangshuang told Wu Qianqian everything.
Upon hearing this, Wu Qianqian exclaimed, "Oh, I thought something was wrong!"
You're so shy! If I were you, I'd definitely be spending more time with your cousin now.
Think about it. According to what you said, your relationship with this cousin is only so-so. You haven't seen him for three or four years, and when you finally met him, you didn't even recognize him.
You're both still young. If you don't take this opportunity to get to know each other and build a relationship, who will recognize you when you grow up?
The relationship between many cousins is very weak, barely better than that between acquaintances.
Your cousin is clearly a martial arts genius, one in a million. He may already have the strength to advance to the provincial youth genius team.
Their future achievements are limitless.
While you still have contact with him, get to know each other better and build a closer relationship. That way, if you need his help in the future, you'll have someone to talk to.
Feng Shuangshuang shook her head repeatedly: "You're too focused on personal gain."
Wu Qianqian immediately retorted: "The ghost's utilitarianism, I'm just talking about reality."
Feng Shuangshuang didn't want to discuss this with Wu Qianqian anymore, so she changed the subject.
After having lunch at the restaurant, Feng Shuangshuang and Wu Qianqian rushed back to the training camp square to queue up.
After waiting for a long time, Feng Shuangshuang, as part of the seventh group, entered the training ground.
Under the supervision of a dozen or so grassroots members of the Blazing Sun Alliance, the student cards of everyone who had collected their points were taken away.
Immediately afterwards, the trainees went to the points payment area to queue up and pay their points.
After the first student paid his points, he checked his student card balance and said, "That's not right. I should have 25,000 points left in my student card. How come I only have 24,000?"
Did you take an extra thousand points from me?
A member of the Blazing Sun Alliance standing nearby said impatiently, "The order maintenance fee for this month is three thousand points."
Your points are correct, hurry up and go, don't delay the people behind you from paying their points.
The student was anxious: "Why? Two thousand points a month for order maintenance is already a lot. Why is it going to increase?"
"I urgently need a martial arts resource for my cultivation, and 25,000 points would be just right. You've deducted an extra 1,000 points from me. Does that mean I have to wait another month?"
"Damn it, I already said I'd be charging 3,000 points this month, and you're still not satisfied?"
As soon as the member of the Blazing Sun Alliance finished speaking, seven or eight other members of the Blazing Sun Alliance gathered around him.
The leader of the group stepped forward and shoved the student to the ground: "Kid, are you trying to cause trouble?"
When the student saw seven or eight members of the Blazing Sun Alliance staring at him with fierce expressions, he quickly got up from the ground.
"No, no, I just wanted to ask why I need to increase my points by 1000."
"Get lost, we're so busy, we don't have time to explain all this to you."
If you waste any more of our time, you won't get a single point.
"I'm leaving right away, right away."
Although the student was filled with resentment, he dared not express it and could only swallow his anger before quickly leaving the square.
The trainees behind felt a surge of determination.
The monthly security fee has increased by 1000?
So that means I need to pay 3000 points today?
Upon thinking of this, many students in the queue felt indignant and wanted to fight back.
But looking around, there were only about forty people here, and even if they were all together, they probably wouldn't be a match for these members of the Blazing Sun Alliance.
Moreover, these forty people may not all be of one mind; there will always be some weaklings.
No one dared to be the first to step forward, so they all handed over their three thousand points.
Another group of forty people paid their order maintenance fees.
At this moment, all the trainees were filled with resentment, but due to the overwhelming power of the Blazing Sun Alliance, they dared not speak out.
Among the crowd, Wu Qianqian frowned: "Shuangshuang, the order maintenance fee has actually increased. What's going on?"
"Ask your cousin. Look how angry the trainees are. This kind of brute force approach won't work."
Feng Shuangshuang said helplessly, "Don't ask me, I don't know anything."
"Paying 2,000 points per month was already quite a lot, but now it's increased to 3,000. This time the students were caught off guard, but next time they'll definitely know."
If hundreds of trainees unite in rebellion, the matter will escalate to the instructors, and the training camp will definitely punish your cousin to appease public anger.
As her older cousin, you can't just stand by and watch this happen; you have to intervene and offer advice immediately.
"Let me take another look."
As an ordinary student in the training camp, Feng Shuangshuang naturally knew that paying 3,000 points per month was too much.
Isn't Chen Lie's approach of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
If this incites public outrage and hundreds of trainees from the training camp unite to complain to the instructors, what good will come of it for Chen Lie, the leader of the Blazing Sun Alliance?
The group of trainees exited the square through a designated exit passage and immediately saw the more than two hundred trainees outside the square who had already paid their points.
Upon seeing the students leaving, those who had already paid immediately went up to inquire.
"Liu Zhen, have you paid the order maintenance fee? How many points did you pay?"
"Stop talking, damn it, the price went up, I paid three thousand points."
"I just asked around, and there were more than 20 people, all of whom paid 3,000 points."
Is this the ghosts' order-maintenance fee? It's clearly protection money.
"Yeah, I originally thought that Chen Lie, having risen to a higher position, would at least reduce some of our points, considering how difficult it is for ordinary students."
Who would have thought this was a tyrant? Not only did he not reduce the points, but he also raised the price!
"Yeah, what exactly is the Blazing Sun Alliance?"
That guy named Chen Lie was so brutal as soon as he came to power. He clearly treated us hundreds of people as his serfs, making us pay him tribute every month. We poor people can barely make ends meet.
He's sucking the blood of all the trainees in our training camp to strengthen himself!
At that moment, one of the trainees suddenly stood up.
"Brothers, I just got some news."
Damn it, it's Xu Congjin, one of the seven core members of the original Star Alliance.
In an effort to curry favor with the newly appointed leader, he drafted a plan to collect 3,000 points from each person and personally oversaw its implementation.
All of this was Xu Congjin's idea.
"Xu Congjin? I know this person. He is a senior student from the first batch. His Qi and Blood value broke 700 calories a little over a month ago. I saw on the training camp forum that Xu Congjin is now one of the leading members of the Blazing Sun Alliance."
"You son of a bitch Xu Congjin, why don't you just die?"
In order to please the new master and for his own selfish interests, he actually came up with this idea and stabbed so many of us with a knife.
Will I have to pay 3,000 points every month from now on?
Someone replied, "No, according to Xu Congjin, three thousand points should be collected every month, but after serious discussion, the core members of the Blazing Sun Alliance rejected it. The collection of 3000 points is only for this month."
The training camp forum has already posted an announcement; you can check it out.