After a while, the internet café attendant ca running over enthusiastically: "Brother Chun, this way please."
Chun was surprised: "Back door?"
The attendant solemnly replied: "Yes, although many of the influencer crowd at the door have been cleared, there’s still a few lingering. It’s better if they don’t see you."
Chun agreed wholeheartedly: "Good idea."
They went through the fire exit to the underground parking garage. The attendant said: "Brother Chun, I’ll go get the car, please wait a mont."
"Okay."
Huh? From what’s happening, it seems the boss isn’t planning on letting pay?
Looking at the garage full of luxury cars, Chun suddenly felt a bit apprehensive. After all, he’s just an engineer, never really one to flaunt, usually pretty laid back, and has never really had a formal relationship with a boss. Now, facing a boss who isn’t a colleague, how should he chat?
The attendant drove over in a Bentley: "Brother Chun, please get in the car. The boss is heading to the hotel to log off, he’ll be down soon, I’m off to work."
Chun laughed: "Alright. Your boss seems interesting."
The attendant chuckled: "Don’t worry, Brother Chun, he’s very interesting."
That’s great. Generally speaking, bosses who are playful like that are easy to talk to.
Chun got in the car and waited, a faint scent of callia perfu wafting through the cabin. anwhile, the decorations in the car seed very refined and not very masculine. Is this... the boss’s wife’s car?
Considering I haven’t showered for days—actually, I haven’t showered since the ga launched half a month ago—this might not be very appropriate?
Feeling awkward, he heard the firm clatter of high heels striking the ground outside. A powerful presence of a woman in red, wearing sunglasses, with loose-flowing hair and stockings approached.
Chun glanced over, then quickly looked away to avoid staring.
Then, the woman walked directly to the driver’s side, opened the door, and greeted: "Hey! Brother Chun!"
Chun was stunned on the spot: "You are? The internet café owner?"
The woman took off her glasses: "Zhou Qing, your old classmate from college, we saw each other at the last class reunion."
Chun trembled all over! All the prepared conversation topics he had brewed earlier were swallowed back; he didn’t know how to start! All the als, car hires, security stuff over the past few days rushed in, especially with security being such a ridiculous matter she knew all about. Pretending to work and act like a diligent cadre...
Chun felt indescribably awkward: "Ah, it’s been a few years since we last saw each other, I didn’t expect you owned this internet café."
Suddenly, Chun rembered sothing important: "Oh, about the sauna thing, I didn’t know——"
Zhou Qing started the car, laughing: "Taking Brother Chun to my hotel, I’ll get two professional masseurs to give Brother Chun a massage."
Chun snapped back to reality: "Oh, alright... Also, about——"
Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow: "About what?"
Chun was caught off guard again, struggling to find words: "President Zhou wears high heels to drive?"
Zhou Qing burst into laughter: "I knew Brother Chun had a sharp eye! We’re classmates, just call Zhou Qing. Don’t worry, I can wear high heels and dance Latin precisely, let alone stepping on the clutch."
Oh...
Chun suddenly realized that no matter how adept he was at handling various female NPCs in the ga, facing reality was a whole different scenario.
Forget it, all awkward chatter stems from insincerity; complain earnestly and words will flow endlessly.
Chun sighed: "I’ve embarrassed myself in front of an old classmate, actually, I got laid off, didn’t dare tell my family, pretending to work. I hoped to make a strike in the ga, but started with a red-na exile, and now I’m directly imprisoned, really not getting anywhere."
Zhou Qing was just seeking a way to cut into this topic, the smile slipping from her face: "Laying off Brother Chun is simply short-sighted! Our Hangrun Group is conducting a restructuring project and lacking a product manager; I sincerely invite Brother Chun to step in!"
Chun was stunned: "?"
Zhou Qing earnestly said: "Yes, I can directly give Brother Chun the official appointnt letter stamped by the group. But Brother Chun, don’t rush to decline; this restructuring dragging on with all sorts of disputes might last one or two years, it’s normal if you’re not interested. Just focus on playing gas, at least when Brother Chun gets ho you can explain to your family that you’re genuinely working on a project. Once the restructuring is done after one or two years, Brother Chun can consider taking on the position."
Chun was truly moved by this last sentence; it’s better than stamring through a story about going on a business trip and not being able to explain anything, right?
Chun was deeply moved, leaving formality behind: "Zhou, my classmate, this dinner tonight, I must pay!"
Zhou Qing laughed: "How can I let Brother Chun pay? Brother Chun hasn’t realized his position; you’re the 11th ranked global player, a mobile traffic powerhouse. Even if you don’t do anything but sit in the company’s live stream showcasing products, everyone in our group from top to bottom would bow to you!"
Chun wasn’t daring to let it all go to his head: "Your Hangrun Group manufactures large machinery, this live stream can sell products?"
Zhou Qing laughed: "How large can the products be? As long as Brother Chun is there, even aircraft carriers can be sold! Not to ntion many competitors will actively bring products seeking promotion."
The prospects seem favorable!
Chun sighed: "But I’m imprisoned..."
Zhou Qing laughed: "That’s a problem for Brother Chun? Even if you’re actually imprisoned for half a year, so what?"
Chun felt she had seen through him!
Chun laughed: "Alright, I’ll certainly try my best to serve my sentence and strive to get out in half a year."
Zhou Qing laughed: "By the way, guess who I am in the ga, Brother Chun?"
Chun instinctively replied: "Xuewei Qingqing?"
Zhou Qing was overjoyed: "You’re truly Brother Chun, guessed it right away."
Chun laughed: "After all, you ntioned the Xuewei Girl Corps at the last class reunion."
Zhou Qing was even more delighted: "Haha, Brother Chun rembers! Actually, I joined the Xuewei Girl Corps during college, back then we played a ga called ’Genesis,’ the world’s first artificial intelligence ga developed at that ti. Although the intelligence and promotion were immature, ultimately half of the world was set ablaze in fire, leading to shutdown and server termination. Afterwards, our Xuewei Corps withdrew from it, but now that ’Global Mining’ is booming, our girl group has surfaced again for a bit of chaos..."
Chun listened attentively: "Half of the world ablaze?"
Zhou Qing laughed: "Yes, the God and Demon showdown! That was an uproar among players at the ti. But Brother Chun was absorbed in being a top student back then, completely oblivious to the outside world. Yet a top student is a top student, whether or not they’ve played gas in the past, they still handle things skillfully now..."
Chun suddenly had an epiphany; the half world ablaze, could it possibly be the half-red, half-blue planet seen in the Void above the Golden Divine Throne? The Ugly Emperor’s room map of the Golden Empire also corresponds, indicating that this ga from many years ago is actually the old world where the Golden Empire is set? This new ’Global Mining’ ga is simply an extension on the original ga’s frawork?
Chun quickly asked: "Do you rember the strategies from that ga back then?"
Zhou Qing mused: "Several years have passed, I only recall so fragnts—hmm? Brother Chun, do you an these strategies could be useful?"
User Comments
0 comments from readers