38 Alice 1 (1/2)
The next day, early in the morning, Ci-ci set off to Grand Province after a night at Patterson and Gravelle.
Although the two continents of Earth were named West and East, it would actually be more accurate to name them North-Western and South-Eastern. This was because West Continent took up much of the north pole while East Continent did the opposite.
Of the nine provinces, Grand Province – named after the deceased Lucius Grandbell Sr – was located toward the center and had a climate reminiscent of an ancient state historians knew as ”Georgia”. So, even as September and Fall approached, it was still upwards of 30 degrees Celsius. This was in sharp contrast to York Province which was located much further north and experienced winter practically the entire year.
This aside, Grand Province was definitely among the three most prosperous provinces, only matched by Capital Province which housed West Continents central government, and warm weathered Ocean Province.
Grand Province was not only where Grandbell University was built, but also the province Ci-ci lived in. That said, Ci-ci wasn't headed home now, instead, he was headed to a research facility headed by Dr. Rai.
Not much needed to be said in introduction. For this Dr. Rai to have the capability of building a research facility in one of the most prosperous provinces on the continent, her credentials were clear.
Of course, considering that the Rai family was one of the thirty-six sub-pillar families, it wasn't too far of a stretch for one of the daughters of their main bloodline to be so successful. However, simply being part of a prosperous family wouldn't resolve everything for you, especially when the three top provinces were dominated by the eight pillar families.
Ci-ci soon made his way to fairly residential area, not too much different from his own gated community.
No one would expect such a top of the line research facility to be found here, and, in truth, many laws were in place to prevent such a thing. However, Dr. Rai circumvented these rules by buying out hundreds of acres of land to place concrete divisions between her facility and the residential homes. Then, she bought out the rest of the gated community for her researchers to live in.
Since they lived there, who would complain about their own place of work? In the end, she registered the land as a research company, silencing all doubters.
Ci-ci could only shake his head as he thought of the story.
Dr. Rai said she only went through all that trouble because she wanted her research labs to be surrounded by quiet and the beauty of nature, but, Ci-ci knew that the real reason was because back when her research company started off, she didn't have the funds to give her employees proper wagers, so she used the budget that should have been for building their research labs to instead buy each of them homes so they wouldn't have to worry.
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On the surface, she was a cold and emotionless woman, but Ci-ci knew she was a softy at heart.
”Halt!” A voice snapped Ci-ci out of his thought when he was just moments away from gliding through the gates. ”Please provide identification!”
Ci-ci nodded and gave the security guard an ID Dr. Rai had given him long ago. But, to his surprise, the ID he was so confident in showed an error symbol when the guard tried to scan him through.