Cultivation Shura Field

153. Chapter 153 152 Good evening is weird

153.

2023-09-17

After Xu Zhe solved several difficult problems using classic programmer techniques, Shen Lan turned the topic to another area.

"How is your entrepreneurial progress now?"

"To be honest, I feel a little melancholy," Xu Zhe sighed. "The popularity of fruit cutting has been surpassed by vegetable ninjas. Not only has sales not increased recently, but it has started to decline."

Shen Lan: "How much income do you have now?"

Xu Zhe thought for a moment and said, "The money that will arrive in a few days will be about 150,000. After that, it will start to fall."

Shen Lan: "If it falls, how low will it fall?"

Xu Zhe: "Looking at the current decline, it will probably go below 100,000, and then get less and less, maybe 50,000, 30,000 or something like that."

Shen Lan took a deep breath and said, "Do you think what you said deserves a beating?"

Xu Zhe: “Well…”

Shen Lan: "A few thousand yuan a month is considered a lot. Even if your monthly salary drops to tens of thousands, how many people are you better off? Even compared to the company, yours is pure profit, better than many small companies. My dad has been running a billiard hall for many years, and his income is far from yours! I say, don't you take money too lightly?"

Xu Zhe reflected for two seconds.

Indeed, due to the influence of his previous life, he has long been accustomed to the concept that "programmers should have a monthly salary of over ten thousand yuan", and now inflation has not reached that level, which sometimes makes him underestimate the impact that the money in his hands will bring to others.

And considering that I am still a junior high school student, and I am the only one who knows the identity of the reborn, the impact is even greater...

Shen Lan held her chin with one hand and sighed softly.

Seeing this, Xu Zhe asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

Shen Lan: "I was originally thinking how great it would be to make my first pot of gold with you. But now you have made bucket after bucket, and as your partner, I can't help you at all."

"I'll be able to help soon. You know, I'm starting a second game now... Wait, no."

Xu Zhe wanted to comfort her, but he couldn't continue. After all, he knew that Shen Lan had to prepare for the competition and was about to enter the second year of high school, so she must be under a lot of pressure. And the game on his side couldn't be delayed. In this case, how could the senior sister help?

But Shen Lan said, "I have some free time this summer, maybe I can help you. And I'm not too busy in the two months before summer vacation. Because I have made it clear that I want to participate in the competition, the daily academic tasks in high school are much lighter."

Xu Zhe laughed: "Just like when I was in the first grade of junior high school, I got rid of my homework in the name of competition?"

Shen Lan only smiled, then restrained her expression and said seriously: "Because if it is a normal college entrance examination, the pressure is really great. Now I understand why the college entrance examination results of Experimental Middle School are so good. The teacher's good teaching is only one aspect, the key is to practice questions, the amount of questions is very sufficient, and every student who comes in is very obedient, and everyone is very resilient."

Xu Zhe was not surprised at all: "Yes, a good school is a combination of good students and good habits. Of course, no one knows whether this habit of burying one's head in solving problems can adapt to a more complicated future."

Shen Lan: "So I think participating in competitions is really useful. Although we are both doing the same questions, the questions in competitions are at least more interesting and more practical. Thank you, if you hadn't introduced me to programming, I might have been busy with math competitions now. The competition is much more difficult, much more difficult."

Having said that, the girl couldn't help but reveal a quiet smile on her face again.

Xu Zhe suddenly said, "So, you have some free time now, can you help me with the work?"

Shen Lan smiled and said, "Of course, Boss Xu."

Xu Zhe: "Why don't you just stop calling me Boss Xu? It always sounds a bit ominous..."

Shen Lan was slightly startled: "Unknown? Why?"

Xu Zhe: "It's hard to say, but it just doesn't sound very nice. If you really want to call me that, just call me boss."

Shen Lan: "Okay, boss, may I ask what my job assignment is?"

Xu Zhe scratched his head and complained, "Let me teach you a trick. When discussing work with people, you should first ask about the remuneration, as well as the payment method and payment time. If you ask about the job assignment right away, you'll easily be tricked."

He remembered that there seemed to be no term PUA these days, at least it was not popular yet.

What Shen Lan showed just now seemed to be an attitude of unconditional trust. And for Xu Zhe, this trust made him feel a little pressured.

However, when it comes to money, the girl seems to have no idea at all. She just smiled and said, "I am your partner, you will definitely not treat me unfairly."

"No! The more partners we are, the more we need to discuss it in advance. Let's talk about this distribution issue first..."

Xu Zhe thought that what he said was very entrepreneur-like, calm and mature. But then, the short-haired girl in the video said two simple words, which made him stunned on the spot.

Shen Lan said, "But, since you want me to be your partner, you should test my work ability first, right? What boss would distribute shares or profits right away?"

Xu Zhe was stunned.

But Shen Lan smiled slyly: "Or, you want me to be your partner, but you don't value my work ability?"

If it wasn't her work ability, then what else could it be? Could it be her as a person?

Xu Zhe began to doubt his life.

He couldn't help but think about asking Shen Lan for help. How rational was the idea behind this?

Am I really as calm and rational as I think I am?

Or maybe I am also looking forward to something...

Some things cannot be thought about too deeply. The more deeply you think about them, the heavier they become.

Xu Zhe stood there in a daze.

Shen Lan in the video was still smiling at first, but when she saw his strange expression, she became a little uneasy.

Just when both of them fell into silence, two female voices, one big and one small, suddenly sounded outside the bedroom.

First, my mother Zeng Jing said, "Xiaozhe, Feifei is here to see you!"

Tang Lingfei: "I'm here to return your PSP!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bedroom door was pushed open.

Tang Lingfei appeared at the door with a PSP and handed it over with a smile.

Xu Zhe came back to his senses, took the PSP, and glanced at the computer screen again. In the video, Shen Lan's expression became a little complicated - just like the surprise of thinking that she had bought her favorite dessert, but opening the package to see that it was a five-nut mooncake.

Tang Lingfei also quickly noticed the person in the video on the laptop and asked in surprise, "Is this Senior Sister Shen Lan?"

Shen Lan forced a polite smile: "Well, good evening."

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154. Chapter 154 153 The gap in rank is too big

154.

2023-09-18

"good evening."

"Uh, good evening, too, Senior."

After this greeting, Shen Lan and Tang Lingfei were completely speechless.

Xu Zhe could see that in just a few glances, many questions popped up in Tang Lingfei's little head, but she couldn't say them out loud, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

As for Shen Lan, although the picture quality was not high definition, he could guess what kind of questions would arise.

So Xu Zhe took the initiative to explain: "Fei Fei, I was just talking to Senior Sister Shen Lan about competitions and work. Mainly about competitions, because she also wants to participate in the informatics competition. I told you before that if you can do well in this competition, it can be considered a shortcut to college."

Shen Lan suddenly added: "Yes, the difficulty of information competition is much lower than that of mathematics."

Xu Zhe looked at the screen again and explained, "Fei Fei borrowed my PSP today and just returned it to me."

Shen Lan held her chin with one hand, her expression seemed a bit lazy and indifferent. But the words she said were not simple at all.

She said, "It seems that your two families are really familiar with each other. Feifei can come into your bedroom so casually at this late hour."

Tang Lingfei raised her little face: "Yes, yes, we are very familiar with each other. We have known each other since kindergarten, and then we often played together in elementary school!"

Shen Lan smiled and said, "It's great to have childhood sweethearts. It's really enviable."

Tang Lingfei: "Of course not. I was the one who woke him up this morning!"

Shen Lan: "You two do have a very good relationship..."

Xu Zhe listened to the conversation between the two girls and felt something was wrong. He realized that Tang Lingfei was showing off to her senior who had to stay far away. Shen Lan did not intend to refute or question at all. Instead, she followed Tang Lingfei's words, as if she was saying "I'm so envious, I'm so envious", but in fact she had already obtained a lot of useful information.

The key is that there is no need to find any way to dig out this useful information. With appropriate flattery or cooperation, Tang Lingfei can take the initiative to tell you everything.

Xu Zhe couldn't listen any longer and interrupted, "Alright, alright, let's talk business."

Tang Lingfei immediately asked: "You guys are talking about business, can I listen from the side?"

Xu Zhe glanced at the screen.

On the screen, Shen Lan waved her hand, and the meaning was very clear - it's up to you to decide on this matter.

So Xu Zhe said, "Okay, we'll be done talking soon anyway."

Tang Lingfei nodded and sat down at the end of the bed obediently. The little girl was not really innocent. From where she sat, she could clearly see the laptop screen, but the laptop camera could not capture her. In other words, she could see Senior Sister Shen Lan, but Senior Sister Shen Lan could not see her condition.

But Shen Lan didn't care about such details at all, and got back to the point: "So regarding the issue of compensation and work tasks, how do you plan to arrange it?"

Xu Zhe considered and said, "I will first split some small work packages and send them to you to see the quality of your work. If there is no problem, we can seriously discuss the remuneration. I want to pay according to the amount of work done."

Shen Lan raised her eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile: "Are you no longer qualified to be a partner?"

Xu Zhe: "When you are able to work independently, you can become a partner. It is very realistic for us to open a business. You have to show enough value to get the corresponding treatment. For example, if you can replace most of my programming work, then you will be a technical partner."

Shen Lan: "Aren't you afraid that I will start my own business?"

Xu Zhe smiled: "I invested the money, I have the art resources, I came up with the idea, I opened the company, and even the developer account of the Pingguo platform was applied by me. How did you start your own business?"

"You're right..." Shen Lan sighed, "There's really nothing I can do. It looks like I can only work for you obediently from now on."

Although the senior student's tone was somewhat resentful and seemed to be forced to do so, when she said the words "I will work for you obediently", there seemed to be an elusive deeper meaning.

Tang Lingfei frowned, holding her breath, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xu Zhe continued: "So the key point now is, are you really free before the summer vacation?"

Shen Lan nodded: "Of course, you can send me the work package now."

Xu Zhe asked, "From what I see behind you, are you in an Internet cafe?"

Shen Lan: "Yes."

Xu Zhe: "It's getting late. Don't stay there too late. Go back to the dormitory. I'll send you the work package tomorrow."

Shen Lan smiled slightly: "You think it's unsafe for me to be outside alone at night, right?"

Xu Zhe: "I am telling you this seriously."

Shen Lan raised her hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, you're right, I'll shut down my computer and leave right away. Anyway, I can use the school's computer tomorrow, and I can receive your stuff then, which is just right."

Xu Zhe: "OK, then turn off your phone and check out now, and then send me a text message when you get to the dormitory."

For him, this concern based on real security is absolutely normal.

But Shen Lan looked towards the edge of the camera, subconsciously wanting to see Tang Lingfei's reaction. She felt that being so concerned about another girl in front of her childhood sweetheart seemed to mean something, right?

Xu Zhe: "Any other questions?"

Shen Lan pursed her lips and smiled: "No problem, I'll send you a message when I get to the dormitory!"

Then, the video ended.

When Xu Zhe turned around, he saw Tang Lingfei staring at him blankly.

After waiting quietly for a while, he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Tang Lingfei hesitated and said, "I... No, can she help you now?"

Xu Zhe recalled the questions Shen Lan discussed with him during the first half of the video call, and replied, "She should have gotten started. However, some of the things she learned for the competition may not be used when making games. After all, they are in different directions, so there is still a difference."

Tang Lingfei couldn't help but pout: "But she can already help you with your work."

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "Yes, but it's not easy. She's just in high school and she has to study, participate in competitions, and help me with work. I'm worried about her hair volume."

Tang Lingfei was a little annoyed: "You are like a little monk. Maybe you like nuns too?"

"Ah?" Xu Zhe was stunned. "That's not the case."

Tang Lingfei stood up and said, "Forget it, it's really late, and I should go home. See you tomorrow morning. If you still can't wake up for school tomorrow morning, don't blame me for waking you up."

Xu Zhe: "I'll set the alarm for Monday."