They were told it would be the next day, but the notice didn't actually go out until the third day, telling the fifty employees to gather on the fourth floor of the department store at ten a.m. sharp.
Gu'er arrived at nine, accompanied by Sun Jiaming. Liu Yuan had already been downstairs since eight, checking on the construction of the first three floors. He went up to the fourth floor with Gu'er and Sun Jiaming, where they found that a few people had already arrived. Gu'er nodded at them, and they, in turn, sized up the trio.
A little after nine, Li Zhi and Dingzi arrived, and more people began to trickle in.
At ten o'clock sharp, Gu'er took a look around. All fifty employees had arrived; no one was absent.
She called out their names one by one from the roster. Looking at the fifty employees, not only Gu'er but Sun Jiaming and the others felt their hearts sink with helplessness.
