Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 778 - 751: Special Edition

"Colonel Jia, this is Chen Shouyi, are my parents alright?"

After calling Bai Xiaoling, Chen Shouyi dialed the military station opposite his parents’ shop.

"Mr. Chen... General Manager Chen, rest assured, your parents are fine. They have already come out of the air raid shelter after the alarm was lifted."

...

Seeing that his parents were fine, Chen Shouyi thanked and hung up the phone.

"General Manager Chen, should I go over to guard them now?" Karl quickly asked.

"No need, they’re very safe now, let’s continue our conversation!" Chen Shouyi thought for a moment and said: "Regarding your compensation... an annual salary of ten million, plus a monthly allowance of a hundred pounds of True God meat, yes, it’s of medium Divine Power. How does that sound?"

"...I am very satisfied, General Manager Chen!" Karl restrained his excitement and said, his breathing uncontrollably becoming a bit heavy.

An annual salary of ten million is not much, even pitifully low, for a legend.

His national allowance in the Great Xia Country alone was thirty million annually, and it would be more if he went to a small country, but the focus is on the latter part.

A monthly hundred pounds of medium Divine Power True God meat is enough to drive any legend crazy.

Although the Great Xia Country does provide a subsidy for legends, fifty pounds of Weak Divine Power "meat crumb cake" monthly, military legends supposedly get more, though he wasn’t sure of the specifics or the quality.

But he believed it definitely wasn’t this high.

This is medium Divine Power True God meat, compared to the common Weak Divine Power and Less Divine Power, most legends have never even seen it.

A hundred pounds, and apart from training necessities, there would still be a considerable amount left over each month.

"Good, as long as you’re satisfied." Chen Shouyi had originally prepared for the other party to negotiate, but didn’t expect him to agree so readily.

He still had a considerable amount of medium Divine Power True God meat in his space.

A total of over three hundred tons.

It’s tasteless to eat, yet heartbreaking to donate.

Finally, it found a purpose; if wages don’t increase, it might last five to six hundred years to hire.

In fact, even the Powerful Divine Power True God meat now was practically only filling his stomach.

The stronger the power, the fewer shortcuts available.

Looking at the other’s excited expression.

Chen Shouyi felt a faint sense of envy.

...

"Brother! Brother! How did you do it..."

At noon, Chen Xingyue placed her bicycle down and rushed through the door, seeing Karl, she immediately shut her mouth and posed as a lady.

"Oh, Mr. Karl, you’re here too."

"Miss Chen, hello, nice to meet you again." Karl quickly bowed slightly.

"Since you two have met, I won’t introduce you. Karl is now our family’s safety consultant and will be living here in the future," Chen Shouyi said.

Chen Xingyue was incredulous: "Mr. Karl, is it true? You are a legendary strongman."

"Miss, please don’t say that, it makes me feel ashamed. Serving your family is my honor," Karl said solemnly.

"But..."

As the saying goes, heroes can’t be seen in the eyes of loved ones—no matter how great, to those close, they are just so.

All his life’s details, small faults and blemishes were not hidden from her eyes, and his distinguished achievements and huge halo couldn’t overshadow his personal flaws in her presence.

"Alright, why did you come back so early?" Chen Shouyi interrupted.

"The whole school is on vacation for today’s lecture, so after finishing the wrap-up work, of course I came back," Chen Xingyue said, then recalled the earlier question: "Brother, that cloud was dispersed, how did you do it?"

Even Karl beside her couldn’t help but perk up his ears.

"What’s this how did you do it, talk once you can gather willpower!" Chen Shouyi blocked the rest of the topic with one sentence, then said to Karl: "I’ll take you to see your room first."

...

At this moment, the Zhonghai Daily was bustling.

"Rest assured, leader, the special edition is already being urgently printed, yes yes yes... guaranteed to be distributed city-wide in half an hour." The editor hung up the phone and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Being part of the system, hoping for leadership attention and organizational care.

But at times, also worried about leadership attention and organizational care.

The former is good, whether the latter is good is uncertain.

Doing well is expected, failing means criticism!

He opened the office door loudly and asked, "How is printing going?"

"The first batch of fifty thousand copies is almost ready for printing."

"Start transporting them now, deliver as much as possible."

...

By one in the afternoon, the news of General Manager Chen dispersing the cloud during his speech spread like a nuclear explosion, disseminating rapidly with the special editions sent everywhere and neighborhood offices shouting through megaphones.

Chen Shouyi’s strength had only been seen in promotions before, some even thought it was merely the country’s attempt to inspire and establish a model.

When people learned the news.

Nearly everyone was dumbfounded by this shocking news.

"Is this real?"

"Can a human be this strong?"

"I always thought it was just propaganda!"

Countless people excitedly discussed.

Countless people were in awe.

Countless people were amazed.

This is the awe and longing for extraordinary power by ordinary people.

In a moment, a massive amount of Power of Faith surged toward Chen Shouyi, so much that even he felt a faint sense of joy.

The refining of Divinity didn’t affect his reception of faith at all.

By dusk, his Faith Value had increased from over four thousand points to over six thousand points, and was still rapidly growing.

...

In the evening, when his parents returned, Chen Shouyi introduced Karl again.

To be honest, he was previously a safety consultant to the United States president.

At least his communication skills are excellent, his parents were initially a bit reserved towards the burly white man, but after a few words, they conversed like old friends.

"Brother Chen, you still need to exercise, actually with your condition, becoming a martial artist isn’t difficult, just supplement the basics, and you’ll look years younger."

"Oh, can’t do it, can’t ever seem to make the decision," Chen Dawei hurriedly waved his hand.

"He used to train, bought quite a few books, but couldn’t bear to ask his son and daughter for help. At first, there was some enthusiasm, but slowly three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, later just gave up," Mrs. Chen teased from the side.

Chen Dawei’s face reddened: "I’m just busy, okay?"

"Sister Chen, you can’t blame Brother Chen, training alone really doesn’t lead anywhere, it’s easy to give up," Karl said to ease Father Chen’s embarrassment:

"Actually, it doesn’t take long, half an hour every morning is enough, half a year and you’ll have learned."

"I’ve taught quite a few people, previously even taught the United States president, it really isn’t difficult."

"Really not difficult?" Hearing this, Mrs. Chen was tempted.

"How about starting tomorrow."

Listening to this, Chen Shouyi secretly gave a thumbs up, this safety consultant was truly worth it.