Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 245: Job Application and Salary Increase

"The major shareholder, she misses you."

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【Video in the bathroom】

(The picture is too realistic to be displayed)
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"What is this girl Sun Xi Ningning doing?"

On the top floor of Spring Eye, Zhou Wang, who had just finished dinner, watched the short video sent by Sun Xi Ningning several times with a critical eye, and his face couldn't help but become serious.

How can such a video be posted randomly?

So Zhou Wang directly sent a message to scold Sun Xiningning, and asked her to come over and explain in person.

When he learned that the other party was actually in Pengcheng, Zhou Wang could only give up the idea of ​​educating her in person.

"You went to work in Pengcheng? Is this a serious job?"

Zhou Wang was surprised, and then he suddenly realized.

No wonder he saw the other person’s circle of friends a few days ago. It was probably a sunrise with a copy similar to “new beginning”. The original text was very contrived, like “no expectations will lead to surprises” or something like that…

Doraemon: "Of course, I decided to be a self-respecting and self-loving new-age independent woman starting from tomorrow~ Hehe! (˙ー˙)"

Zhou Wang: "Why does it start from tomorrow?"

Doraemon: "Of course it's because I broke my vow and couldn't help but contact you again. I'm going to have a wet sleep tonight—"

Zhou Wang: “…”

Tinker Bell: "Okay, I have to go back and continue to act like a lady. If you come to Pengcheng, please contact me and I will treat you to seafood. Goodbye, Mr. Shareholder!"

After chatting with Sun Xi Ningning, Zhou Wang felt a little emotional.

She should be a "bad girl" in the traditional sense, but her life is much happier than more than 90% of "good girls".

If she really went to work, there would probably be a lot of Tengu around her again...

After exiting the chat interface with Sun Xi Ningning, Zhou Wang saw that there were dozens of unread messages in the group chat of "We are not old (6)". He clicked on it and saw a screen full of voices calling for his father:
Li Sheng: "@Zhou Wang, godfather, I urgently need ten activation codes for Black Myth: Wukong!"

Liu Zixi: "Brother Gou, I'm not that greedy, eight will be enough..."

Yang Hao: "Oh, eight is not greedy? I'm different from them. I only want one set of the collector's edition. If that doesn't work, the deluxe edition is also acceptable."

周望：“【3MBKH-HT90M-EWV4Q】【DI8HJ-9RRCI-LFIFV】【8EBZC-XHVEC-ENBMX】【……】”

Zhou Wang didn't care why they needed so many activation codes. He just copied and pasted a lot of them from Lin Ran's pre-order inventory, maybe thirty or fifty activation codes, and threw them all in the group.

Zhou Wang: "These are activation codes for the digital deluxe version. It's too troublesome to mail the physical copies, so just use them for now."

Li Sheng: “6”

Liu Zixi: “6”

Lao Ji: “6”

Yang Hao: "Dad loves me!"

Ah Hui: "Fuck, Gou Ge, I saw your video too, you are not really a shareholder of Youxia, are you making your own products?"

Zhou Wang: "@阿辉, that's not the case. Riding on the popularity can save money on traffic. But if I buy it, it is indeed much cheaper than yours. If you need it, just pick it up yourself."

Liu Zixi: "Brother Gou, even if it's cheap, you must have spent at least a million, right? Didn't the Ranger Company say anything else?"

Zhou Wang: "They customized a set of rainbow armor for me, and also a special effect of a cloud-stepping effect. I don't know if this counts as the 'expression' you mentioned..."

Zhou Wang happened to be sitting in front of the computer, so he took a screenshot and sent it to the group.

When they saw that the "Man of Destiny" controlled by Zhou Wang was clearly still standing in front of the Tiger Vanguard, but was already wearing colorful armor and stepping on the somersault cloud, and his appearance was comparable to that of the Monkey King, the group suddenly exploded.

Yang Hao: “WTF!”

Liu Zixi: "Damn, is this the legendary skin exclusively customized for the rich? It's quite something..."

Ah Hui: "It's much more impressive than the MODs made by those bloggers. The difference can be seen in the details..."

Li Sheng: "This is like a suit that I spent millions on, how can it not be handsome (laughing and crying)"

Yang Hao: "@周望, can I steal your pictures? (smirk)"

Li Sheng: "Same question, @杨浩, you post on Moments, I'll go to Xiaohongshu"

Seeing that several people expressed their willingness to help him pretend to be so busy, Zhou Wang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he agreed without any concern.

He was about to quit WeChat when Liu Zixi suddenly sent him a private message.

Liu Zixi: "Brother Gou, have you noticed that there seem to be some people leading the discussion in the comments section of your video?"

After saying that, Liu Zixi sent over a few more screenshots.

Zhou Wang clicked it and took a look, and couldn't help but frowned.

Although the comments were written in different words and with different IP addresses, they all mentioned his experience of being punished during college. The speakers all claimed to be Zhou Wang's former classmates, implying that he had moral flaws and so on...

Although these comments have not yet fermented, the number of comments below has reached dozens. They are just drowned in the massive amount of comments, so they are not very noticeable. If Liu Zixi hadn't reminded him, Zhou Wang himself might not have noticed it.

"Actually it wasn't me, it was Yingying who discovered it... Girls like to read the comments more."

In response to Zhou Wang’s question, Liu Zixi gave an explanation.

Zhou Wang thought about it and directly transferred 2,000 yuan to Liu Zixi. "This is a red envelope for Xie Yuying. Thank her for me."

Liu Zixi naturally refused to accept it, but Zhou Wang said directly: "What do you mean, by not letting me spend money, you want me to owe you two a favor?"

After being bewildered by Zhou Wang, Liu Zixi seemed to realize that favors were more serious to Zhou Wang, so he reluctantly accepted it.

Zhou Wang actually also added Xie Yuying’s WeChat, but it would definitely be more appropriate to transfer the money to Liu Zixi. When facing friends, Zhou Wang was still very careful about these things.

After talking with Liu Zixi, Zhou Wang called Lin Ran again. After hearing what happened, Lin Ran immediately turned around and went to the operations department to verify.

"Mr. Zhou, after our technical analysis, some IDs do match some of the water army accounts that are often active on Douyin. They are basically private accounts. It can be confirmed that there is someone behind it, but it will take some time to find the specific IP address..."

"No need to check, I probably know who it is."

Zhou Wang interrupted her when he heard this, "Don't worry about it, I'll handle it myself."

Lin Ran didn't ask any more questions. After she responded, Zhou Wang hung up the phone.

There is really no need to check. Of course, many people know Zhou Wang. Now that he is rich, some of his classmates who once had a gap with him will inevitably feel jealous. However, these people can only make some comments through the Internet. Most people will not specifically hire Internet trolls to discredit Zhou Wang.

So Zhou Wang directly locked on to Lu Chen, the most suspicious person.

After a little thought, Zhou Wang stood up and went straight to Jiang Qingkui's room.

Jiang Qingkui lives in a secondary bedroom on the second floor. Although it is a secondary bedroom, it is also a suite, and outside is where she usually works.

Coming to the desk, Zhou Wang briefly flipped through it and found a folder next to the iMAC, which was placed in the most conspicuous position. It was the personal file about Lu Chen that Jiang Qingkui and Ni Hong asked for before leaving for Cai University that day.

After opening it to confirm, Zhou Wang took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Hey, Mr. Zhou, why did you suddenly have time to call me?"

There was a hearty laugh from the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Lu, do you have time to have dinner together tomorrow night?"

Zhou Wang smiled.

"Boss Zhou, now that you have spoken, you have to make time. I have been waiting for this meal with you for a long time. So, don't worry about anything, Boss Zhou, leave it to me to arrange it!"

Lu Conglin on the other end of the phone immediately agreed and took charge of everything, refusing to let Zhou Wang get involved no matter what.

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Wednesday, September 2024, 9, temperature: 4~16℃, light breeze, slightly cloudy.

After Zhou Wang got up, he went to the gym as usual to do some weight training. Half an hour later, Zhou Wang, who was a little out of breath, came to the living room, took a glass of iced Oriental Leaves handed to him by Chen Mei, took a big sip, and immediately felt refreshed. At Zhou Wang's request, a water dispenser with full compressor refrigeration was specially placed in the living room and the e-sports room, but it was not filled with water, but filled with green tea flavored Oriental Leaves.

After falling in love with this sugar-free tea, Zhou Wang could only achieve "sugar-free tea freedom" manually because Nongfu Sanquan was too short-sighted and had not yet launched large barrels of Oriental Leaves.

Strangely enough, Zhou Wang remembered that he had drunk this drink once a long time ago when Nongfu Sanquan first launched it, but he remembered that it tasted very bad at that time.

He didn't know when he accidentally drank it again, but he realized that this thing could really quench his thirst, and he fell in love with it unknowingly.

After Zhou Wang put down the cup of water, Chen Mei promptly handed the cigarette to Zhou Wang's mouth and lit it for him.

"Boss Zhou, Yunrou and Yunlan have arrived, please see..."

"Let them in."

Zhou Wang nodded and told Chen Mei to bring the person back.

A moment later, Yun Rou and Yun Lan followed Chen Mei who had returned to the living room.

They were all dressed quite formally today, with nice suits. Their suitcases were placed in the garden. After coming in and greeting Zhou Wang, the two girls sat down in the living room with a slightly nervous look on their faces.

The reason is simple... they are here to "apply for a job" today.

The two girls were in different moods.

For Yunlan, who is only in her early 19s, she is more excited and expectant.

Born in a rural area of ​​Sichuan Province, she dropped out of school after high school and entered the industry through the introduction of a relative who worked in human resources. Because of her excellent appearance, she was spotted by the manager of the Jade Palace from the beginning. After two months of training, she officially became a member of the high-end SPA technicians of the Jade Palace.

Strictly speaking, she is still in her internship period. Zhou Wang is the third customer she has come into contact with and the first male customer to be included in the special case.

She still remembered the manager's stern tone at that time, which made Yun Lan very nervous. What if the customer wanted to take advantage of her?
Fortunately, Yun Lan had some courage because he followed the experienced sister Yun Rou.

Before coming to serve Zhou Wang, Yun Lan had never thought that there would be someone in the world living in such a big house.

It's not just big, the house's decoration is luxurious and the furniture is high-end. To Yun Lan, it's no different from the legendary imperial palace... Yes, with her Chinese level, she couldn't think of a better adjective.

When he saw Zhou Wang in person again, Yun Lan completely forgot his previous resistance. In a daze, he followed Yun Rou and provided Zhou Wang with a more private SPA service.

Although Yun Rou was in charge of all the important processes herself, Zhou Wang took advantage of her in a lot of ways.

But Yun Lan found that he had no intention of resisting at all. After going back twice, he even unconsciously looked forward to the next time...

And today, if she can satisfy Mr. Zhou, she can live in such a big house forever and only need to serve Zhou Wang.

For Yunlan, this is something she would feel great about.

Because Mr. Zhou is not only handsome, but also easy-going and generous. He always gives them an extra 5,000 as a tip...

Even if I serve Mr. Zhou once a day, it feels very relaxing!
She has even thought about it. Her basic salary at the Jade Palace (during the internship period) is 1 yuan a month, plus commission from an average of 3 to orders a day, her expected monthly income will be between and yuan.

If it was Mr. Zhou, she would probably only ask for 30,000 yuan in salary. No, 20,000 yuan would not be unacceptable...

If it were any lower, it might not be feasible because her two younger siblings back home are now in high school and their academic performance is good, so she has to save money for their college tuition in advance.

Yun Rou, who was sitting next to her, had a much calmer expression, but she was also a little nervous inside. If she knew what Yun Lan was thinking at the moment, she would probably become at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Silly sister, do you really think you have many choices?
Perhaps because Yunlan was relatively simple, the manager skipped Yunlan and only talked to her.

The manager was actually a little helpless. After all, not to mention Yun Rou, Yun Lan was also a good seedling that he was planning to train to be the ace technician of the Jade Palace, but now... he was afraid that he would have to send him away personally.

No matter how powerful he is, he dare not disobey the orders of the young master.

Even the manager had no room to resist, let alone Yun Rou herself.

She knew very well in her heart that if she and Yunlan could not satisfy Mr. Zhou on this trip, it would be tantamount to offending the young master in disguise.

In the second-generation circle of Mingcheng, Wang Qiaobin may not be a big shot, but for working people like them who are struggling to survive at the bottom of society, Wang Qiaobin has the ability to change their destiny with just a word.

The same goes for Zhou Wang in front of him.

Yun Rou found herself ridiculous. When Zhou Wang invited her that day, she actually hesitated for a moment... But how could she have the right to refuse?
Although if you think about it carefully, serving Zhou Wang alone is not a bad thing. The only thing that makes Yun Rou nervous is that she doesn't know how much she is "worth" in Zhou Wang's eyes.

But as soon as Zhou Wang opened his mouth, she realized that she was worrying too much.

"What you are most concerned about should be the salary. Let's treat you equally. The basic salary for you two sisters is 50,000 per month. If there are any bonuses, it will be calculated separately. Are you okay with that?"

Zhou Wang, who had already thought about it, asked.

"Mr. Zhou, I can!"

As soon as Zhou Wang finished speaking, Yun Lan, who was extremely surprised, immediately raised her hand. After all, this had far exceeded her psychological expectations.

Yun Rou heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this and became more reassured. This was still a lot less than her average monthly income, but it was also within an acceptable range.

"Hold on, I haven't finished yet."

Zhou Wang just waved his hand, and continued with a smile amid the puzzled looks of the two girls:

"In addition, as long as you meet the length of service requirement while working for me, you will receive additional benefits... Well, two years, let's start with two years. As long as you work for two years, I will give each of you a two-bedroom apartment that is above the average price. You can choose any city. I will have Sister Mei write this into the contract."

Give...give a house?
Not to mention Yun Lan, even Yun Rou was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, both girls' breathing became heavier.

Yun Rou was even more excited. Even though she had saved 700,000 or 800,000 yuan, even if she returned to her hometown, she wouldn't have much left to buy a house. She also had to consider the future and save some money for business...

But if what Zhou Wang said was true, it meant that she could save all the money she had saved and have no worries at all.

"After you have worked for two years, depending on your own situation, if you want to continue working, the benefits will increase as your years of service increase... Of course, the premise is that I don't go bankrupt within the time limit, otherwise, you can only get your salary."

The two girls didn't care about Zhou Wang's joke and just nodded quickly.

"Mr. Zhou, I have no objection..."

"Me too!"

"Since you have no objection, I will let Sister Mei confirm the details with you later. You can go back and pack up, and then you can come to work. From now on, just follow Sister Mei's arrangements."

Zhou Wang nodded and stood up, and the rest of the matters were naturally left to Chen Mei.

Their future personnel contracts will be registered with Chunzhiyan Property Company, so they are equivalent to being Chen Mei's subordinates, there is nothing wrong with that.

Moreover, the sweet treats have been given, and what remains is the stick of setting rules, which is not suitable for Zhou Wang to deal with.

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While returning to the room to change clothes, Zhou Wang deliberately opened the system interface and took a look.

Well, as expected, no hints.

Logically speaking, Zhou Wang was still in the "third action round". As long as he recruited the corresponding talents, the system prompt would be triggered to improve the progress of the round.

But now it seems that Yunlan and Yunrou are not within the scope of "professional talents" recognized by the system.

Zhou Wang didn't know the reason either, he could only conclude that it was probably because the system settings in this part were more serious...

SPA therapists like these who are recruited purely to satisfy personal decadent desires are not within the scope of the "team" recognized by the system.

After changing his clothes, Zhou Wang thought for a while and called Xu Wenxi again.

"Hey, Xixi... adjust everyone's salary. Starting from next month, your salary will increase to 80,000, Qingkui's will increase to 120,000, and Miaoying's will be 50,000... Hmm? Why?"

Facing the confused Xu Wenxi's questioning, Zhou Wang said unhappily: "I have money and I can do whatever I want, but I can't play around. Do you understand? If you understand, go and do it. I'm dead!"

"Oh, got it."

Xu Wenxi's aggrieved voice came from the other end of the phone, but Zhou Wang knew that if he didn't speak tougher, she would probably not accept it, so he didn't say anything more.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Wang transferred another 30,000 yuan to Xu Wenxi separately, stating that it was transferred in the capacity of "boyfriend". After ordering her to accept it, Zhou Wang's mood improved a lot.

He hummed a song, washed his hair, and went out. He came to the underground garage, took the key of the Bentley Continental GT from the concierge, stepped on the accelerator, drove out of the "Spring Eye", and drove towards the university town south of Mingcheng.

I have some free time today, so I should go and see a little goblin...

I haven't seen you for a month and I miss you so much.

(End of this chapter)