You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

Just as Zhang Ye was worrying about where to find more talents, Tian Gou brought new information.

He had found another survivor settlement, just waiting for Zhang Ye to "check-in."

After this batch of survivors all moved into the hotel, Zhang Ye's number of employees finally reached the system-required five hundred.

Ding—

Employee count has exceeded five hundred.

The following rewards are available for selection:

Optional rewards?

This is the first time for a big girl to sit on a flower dais!

Zhang Ye's casual gaze suddenly became serious, and he hurriedly looked down to see more.

Reward option one, the upper limit of employee numbers doubles.

Reward option two, employee skill proficiency doubles.

Reward option three, employee physical durability doubles.

There are three rewards in total, each related to the employees.

The first one seems no different from past rewards, but upon a closer look, it's significant.

He already had more than five hundred zombie employees.

If doubled, that would be one thousand, which could solve the current labor shortage perfectly.

The second one is a bit different.

Increasing skill proficiency is essentially improving proficiency.

Each zombie, due to its previous occupation, has different compatibility with different jobs.

This skill proficiency must relate to increasing their compatibility with specific occupations, thus improving work efficiency.

As for the third option of body durability—

Zhang Ye couldn't help but snort in disdain, his face filled with scorn.

It was obviously just to make up the numbers!

With zombies everywhere on the streets, did he really need to care about employee durability?

Just discard them if they break down!

Sanjiang has plenty of zombies that want to "advance their studies" at the factory!

Moreover, the zombies, compared to when they'd first started, seemed different now.

They had already stopped decomposing.

Not just the ones in the company, but even those on the streets were undergoing similar changes.

Even the zombie dog that used to drag its intestines everywhere had somehow stuffed them back in, and the wound was covered with a mucous membrane similar to the zombies'.

The only possibility for the zombies working in the factory or elsewhere to be scrapped was if they accidentally got injured by machinery, resulting in a disability.

Therefore, the third reward option was practically useless to Zhang Ye.

Only the first two were truly beneficial.

But which one to choose?

Zhang Ye agonized over it for a long time and still couldn't decide, so he simply called over all the women in his harem group.

The three women, although they couldn't see his system options, still understood what he meant.

Liu Qingqing was the first to offer a suggestion.

"If possible, I think we should get more zombies."

"We're really short-handed now."

"Ever since Ye Zi mentioned establishing a safe zone."

"Apart from those few patrolling and guarding the gates at the base, even the employees who used to sweep the yard have been borrowed by Xu Lin."

Luo Xin nodded in agreement as she listened.

Many electrician zombies from the Energy Department had also been lent out.

After all, erecting an electrical grid is essential for creating a safe zone—a task that cannot be overlooked.

"Exactly."

"We need to increase our manpower."

"Otherwise, if this keeps up, even trivial tasks like changing light bulbs will require me to take action!"

"I, a distinguished department head, shouldn't be doing such chores!"

What they were describing was essentially the main issue the company currently faced.

Construction was progressing too fast for the available labor force.

To put it bluntly, they had bitten off more than they could chew.

But just when Zhang Ye thought Ai Bing would also suggest the same, she decisively said:

"Choose the second one."

"Increase skill proficiency."

"Otherwise, with the current zombies, we definitely won't meet the work requirements in the future."

"Besides, based on what you said before, the number of employees can certainly be increased through other means."

"So there's no need to waste the opportunity of this optional reward."

"What if this reward only appears once?"

Ai Bing's words were like an alarm waking someone from a dream.

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"Right," said Zhang Ye.

"Then I'll listen to you this time."

Zhang Ye didn't hesitate any longer and decisively chose the second reward.

[Ding——]

[Reward has been issued.]

But before he could find a zombie to test its effect, a new system prompt immediately sounded.

[Ding——]

[Detected that the company now owns two factories.]

Two?

Could it be including the power station?

Zhang Ye suddenly got a little excited, thinking there was no reward for this mission.

So, it turns out they are issued together?

[Mission Reward: Subsidiary branch functionality unlocked.]

[The chairman may choose any special employee to be the general manager of the subsidiary.]

[The general manager can appoint and recruit management personnel for various departments.]

[The subsidiary can have a number of employees equal to one-tenth of the head office's total.]

[Number of subsidiaries currently available: five.]

[Number of subsidiaries currently owned: zero.]

Holy crap.

Zhang Ye blurted out in surprise.

Who would have thought the system would even come up with subsidiaries?

From the description above, this general manager is practically a mini-chairman!

Not only can they appoint their own management, but they can also recruit zombies.

Wait!

If that's the case, doesn't that mean the general manager of the subsidiary also has an employee list?

Sure enough, Zhang Ye proved his guess to be correct.

The general manager also had an employee list.

And it was independent.

When Ai Bing tried adding a zombie to her own employee list, Zhang Ye's system interface immediately showed a similar list.

It was the employee list for the subsidiary.

He could clearly see the ID numbers and names on it, and he could arbitrarily fire them or transfer them directly to his own employee list.

However, the employee quota for the subsidiary was completely independent and did not take up any spots on Zhang Ye's employee list.

The only difference was that the subsidiary didn't have any ability to increase its employee quota.
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Its quota number always synchronized with the total number of Zhang Ye's employee slots.

For example, right now.

Zhang Ye's total number of employees he could have was exactly five hundred.

So, the total number of employees for the subsidiary was fifty-two.

Not more, not less, exactly one-tenth.

"Fantastic!"

"Now we have more manpower!"

"It's like directly increasing the employee quantity limit by fifty percent!"

Liu Qingqing had already realized what this meant, her curved eyes brimming with joy.

Now Ye Zi can finally get some good sleep!

Happy!

In addition to this, there was another reward.

[Ding——]

[Detected that the company has issued its initial currency.]

[Task complete.]

[Reward: Increase in skill proficiency in the printing industry for employees.]

The three rewards were issued almost simultaneously.

In an instant, Zhang Ye's somewhat gloomy heart became excited.

An uncontrollable urge was rolling and pounding in his heart.

"Let's go!"

"To the factory!"

"I want to see what they can achieve now!"

"And bring Zhou Hongbing along too, his place needs employees to set up the munitions factory."

Without another word, Zhang Ye took the three women with him to the industrial area.

There, hundreds of workers were toiling away.

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