This year's graduation exam at Qinghe Middle School was moved up by a month, and Wang Yunxiao almost didn't make it.
This was certainly not because Principal Zhou had any special favor for him as someone preparing to jump ship and go solo, but rather due to changes in the social environment.
With the arrival of the Four Seas Commerce Guild, Tianmen City, with a permanent population of 1.5 million, surprisingly faced a labor shortage problem within just a few months.
Factories sprang up one by one, beginning frenzied construction at an unprecedented pace.
All highly qualified personnel—more specifically those with at least an elementary school education—had their salary standards doubled in the past two months. Some factories even posted recruitment ads at the school gates.
Xingguo Bank issued large amounts of interest-free loans, injecting a surge of passionate energy into the rapidly developing urban economy.
