Chapter 51: Stepping Stone
Leaving the repair shop, Chen Ming came to the central area of the space station.
Corresponding to the huge dock is a small city located on the space station.
The entire city is illuminated by a large number of light tubes installed on the top of the space station.
Chen Ming can see a high-rise building with more than ten floors in the center of the city from the edge of the core area.
That is the Space Station Administration.
Buildings of different importance are distributed in a ring from the Administration.
The area close to the space arm where Chen Ming is standing now is basically some shops and houses.
Through the daily clothes of the people who walked here, Chen Ming can indeed determine that many people have settled here.
Although Chen Ming is very curious about how the people who settled here live and what they need to do every day, now is not the time to do this.
Chen Ming observed the surroundings.
The streets within the naked eye, including the main roads, are all shops selling daily necessities and food, and there is no place he needs.
So Chen Ming opened the map sent by the Administration when he connected to the network before, and located his position on the map.
You can see that there are many marked places around you.
But Chen Ming roughly scanned it and found that the places marked on the map were basically certain restaurants, certain supermarkets and the like.
Just like what Chen Ming saw with his own eyes, it was full of life, and there was no place that could take over the goods he had robbed from the pirates.
It was as if the city in the central area of the space station was really just a city for people to live in.
Chen Ming couldn't help but have a headache. He knew nothing about the space station except for the basic understanding. It was very troublesome to do many things with just a map.
Just like now.
After thinking about it, Chen Ming thought that maybe he could go to another space arm to have a look.
After all, the dock and the repair shop are in the No. 1 space arm, so there should be some similar more specialized places on the other 29 space arms.
Chen Ming's finger swiped on the terminal.
He wanted to open the map of the No. 2 space arm closest to him on the map.
But at this moment.
Chen Ming suddenly realized something extremely troublesome.
It seems that not only the money in the salary card cannot be used, but also the salary card itself cannot be moved.
In other words, even if I successfully sell the goods, I can't receive the money I deserve from others.
Sure enough, I still have to find a job first and let the person who pays the salary solve this problem for me.
This space station is a pirate space station after all. It is impossible for pirates to use the Empire savings card honestly for transactions.
Otherwise, it will be a big problem if the identity information is directly exposed.
People who can pay people should also be able to help me solve the problem of the salary card.
Even if I can't get a job at that time, it is better to talk to the locals than to run around in a blindfold.
Many things in the pirate space station that belong to the gray area cannot be directly put on the surface.
If you don't know anything, asking shamelessly is obviously the fastest way.
As for who to ask this question, Chen Ming already has the answer in his mind.
Just think about which place in the space station has the most contacts and channels.
So Chen Ming put away the terminal and turned back to the maintenance plant.
Two maintenance technicians in uniforms were found smoking by the structural column of the maintenance plant.
People who can work in the maintenance plant run by the space station sponsorship force can never be ignorant of some gray area things.
The older middle-aged maintenance technician subconsciously looked around after noticing Chen Ming walking towards them.
They found that there were only two maintenance technicians around, and the other colleagues had gone to nowhere.
He couldn't help but sigh and asked Chen Ming who was already standing in front of them: "Do you want to repair the spacecraft? Or do you need an introduction?"
"Maybe both, let's talk?"
"Hmm?"
The middle-aged maintenance technician looked Chen Ming up and down, suddenly sneered, turned his head and continued to chat with the younger maintenance technician next to him.
He completely ignored Chen Ming's existence.
He seemed to have seen that Chen Ming was not a customer.
But the next moment, he seemed to see something flashing in the corner of his eye.
The middle-aged maintenance worker turned his head back and saw Chen Ming spreading his hands, with a small ball of gold in the middle of his palm.
The purity of this small piece of gold was not too high. Chen Ming had found it when he was cleaning the slag left in the furnace.
It should be that the smelting equipment had been running for too long, resulting in insufficient heat in some places, which led to the failure to completely smelt the waste products.
Because Chen Ming had already left the asteroid belt, and he didn't have time to mine when he passed the dark cemetery later, there was no need to start the furnace for this small piece of gold with low purity.
So Chen Ming just took it with him.
I originally planned to use it as a stepping stone to make money, but now that I can't even get in the door, I might as well use it here.
Chen Ming closed his palms, slightly deformed the small piece of gold, handed it to the middle-aged maintenance engineer and said, "Let's talk?"
The middle-aged maintenance engineer's eyes seemed to flash with a gleam of light, and he immediately showed a warm smile and responded, "Of course no problem, what do you want to talk about."
Chen Ming didn't waste words, and asked directly, "Is there a way to make money?"
The middle-aged maintenance engineer smiled, looked at the gold in Chen Ming's hand and said, "Isn't this a way to make money?"
"That's not what I'm talking about."
"But these ways to make money are the skills of others to make a living. What's the point of asking us? If you don't have the ability, you can only be a porter if you want to work here."
"What if I have the ability?"
"If I have the ability, I won't ask here."
Chen Ming shook his head, and he didn't want to pretend to be a big shot, and said directly, "I just came here and I'm not familiar with anything."
The younger maintenance engineer next to him suddenly interrupted and said, "What a fool."
Then a slap was slapped on his forehead.
"Stop talking nonsense."
The middle-aged maintenance technician shook his hands. The expression on his face did not change after hearing what Chen Ming said. He still had that enthusiastic smile.
After all, Chen Ming's performance was really obvious.
An old hand like him must have seen many people like Chen Ming who came to the Pirate Space Station for the first time.
The middle-aged maintenance technician looked Chen Ming up and down, suddenly laughed twice and said: "Hey, you are interesting, follow me."
As soon as the voice fell, he took the initiative to lead the way to the core area of the space station.
Chen Ming did not refuse and followed him quickly.
Seeing this, the young maintenance technician next to him did not plan to continue on duty and followed him.
The middle-aged maintenance technician did not look back, but raised his hand and pointed at his feet and said: "The way to make money, to be honest, you should know that there are ways to make money everywhere when you come here."
"The key is that the money you make must have a way to flow into your stomach."
Chen Ming's eyes lit up, this is what he needed.
"Tell me more about it."
"Do you have a card that can collect money?"
"No."
"Look, this is troublesome. Even if you can make money, can you get the money?"
Chen Ming did not speak.
The maintenance technician suddenly turned around and smiled at Chen Ming.
Although his face was still as enthusiastic as before, for some reason, Chen Ming seemed to see a hint of cunning.
The middle-aged maintenance technician suddenly turned his head back and continued to lead Chen Ming to the No. 2 space arm.