Chapter 109: Wu Yu, President Chen Must Really Value You

But even so, he didn’t go all in—just recharged five hundred thousand for now.

First, he’d get five sets of gear to boost the overall combat strength of the guild.

His goal was the Dragon Slayer Set. Now that [Big Money Laozi] already had eight pieces, he needed to hurry.

………

Early morning.

At the machinery plant.

Wu Yu and a few employees from the clothing factory arrived at the staff cafeteria and got a 2-yuan meal set.

Of course, it was free for them.

But looking at the watery porridge and the dry, salty pickles, it was hard to swallow.

The employees exchanged looks, and in the end, they gritted their teeth and forced it down.

It wasn’t that they were being picky—it’s just that they had been eating too well at the clothing factory, and the sudden drop in quality was a shock they couldn’t adjust to.

In just over half a month,

They all felt like they’d lost a ton of weight.

“Hang in there, brothers. Today is the seventeenth day. Just three more days and we’ll be free—back to the clothing factory,” Wu Yu said as he struggled to bite into a steamed bun, trying to lift everyone’s spirits.

Hearing Wu Yu’s words, the others were visibly cheered up.

Yeah…

Just three more days and this life would be over!

With that in mind, even the bland steamed bun in their mouths started tasting a bit sweet.

“There you are—I’ve been looking for you,”

Just then, Zhao Yang walked over with a food tray, smiling as he looked at Wu Yu and the others.

“Brother Yang, what’s up?”

Wu Yu looked up at Zhao Yang. After spending some time together recently, the two sides had gotten fairly familiar.

Hearing Wu Yu’s question, Zhao Yang gave a mysterious smile.

“Oh, I’ve got some good news for you.”

“Good news? What good news?”

Wu Yu looked at Zhao Yang in confusion. He couldn’t think of any good news that could come out of this machinery plant.

Could it be that the training was ending early?

If that were the case, that’d be great news.

“Heh, yesterday someone from your clothing factory contacted us. They’ve extended your training from the original 20 days to 30 days.”

Zhao Yang looked at Wu Yu with congratulatory eyes. He’d received a call from his higher-up last night saying that the boss from the clothing factory had paid to extend the training by ten days and asked him to keep an eye on them.

He had been stunned at first—this was the first time he’d ever heard of someone paying to extend training.

Still, it was good news. The training wasn’t hard, and meals and lodging were free every day. Plus, the company still paid them as usual.

What a great deal!

So he came first thing in the morning to share this good news with Wu Yu and the others.

But… they didn’t look happy at all.

Zhao Yang looked at the group with a confused expression. After he finished speaking, all their expressions had turned to stone, uniformly frozen.

After a while…

Wu Yu slowly recovered, stiffly turning his head toward Zhao Yang.

“Brother Yang, is your machinery plant always this casual? Just extending training without warning?”

“How could it be casual? They paid! It’s 100 yuan per person per day. Ten days—ten grand total. Your boss is really generous,”

Zhao Yang chuckled. He’d even get a commission from that ten grand.

If all companies did this, he’d be making bank on the side.

The more he looked at these clothing factory employees, the more pleasing they looked.

…

The breakfast ended in a heavy, awkward silence.

Once Zhao Yang left, the clothing factory employees immediately gathered around Wu Yu.

“Wu Yu, maybe call President Chen and ask him? Tell him we’ve already learned everything—we really don’t need more training.”

“Yeah, Wu Yu. You’ve brought in a ton of orders for the company. President Chen must really value you. If you say something, it might actually work.”

“…”

They all pleaded. They truly didn’t want to stay at this machinery plant a day longer.

“Alright… I’ll give it a shot.”

Wu Yu thought it over and made up his mind, pulling out his phone to make the call.

“Xiao Wu, what is it?”

Hearing President Chen’s slightly cold tone on the other end, Wu Yu nervously opened his mouth.

“President Chen, we’ve pretty much finished the training here. There’s really no need to extend it any further.”

“Xiao Wu, what do you mean by ‘pretty much finished’? That kind of attitude is exactly the problem. Learning has no end. How could you say something like that? The decision to extend training has already been made. Just focus on learning and improving. The company will also provide an out-of-town allowance for the extra ten days.”

“Alright, I’m busy here. Talk later.”

Wu Yu listened to the dial tone in his ear, then looked at the hopeful eyes of the employees around him and slowly shook his head.

………

At the clothing factory office.

Chen Mo hung up the phone, feeling incredibly satisfied.

You want to come back? Keep dreaming.

If it weren’t for the system restricting him, he would’ve tossed in another 200,000 and kept them away for half a year.

Life without the sales department handling orders was amazing.

Now, all he had to focus on was Cangxue Games. He still had 200,000 in system funds left unspent.

After thinking it over, he realized he didn’t need to use his trump cards to rent factory space just yet.

Now that Tianlong Games had made a comeback and gone from loss to profit, that alone was something worth celebrating.

So, a company-wide celebration was totally justified.

But this time, they couldn’t go to that Xingyu Restaurant again—too cheap.

They needed somewhere higher-end. With both companies combined, they had over 80 people. Spending 200,000 should cover it.

Why should the clothing factory participate in a celebration for Cangxue Games?

Simple—better to enjoy together than alone.

Same boss, after all. He couldn’t be seen as favoring one over the other.

Perfect.

So the 200,000 would be set aside for this. The banquet would be held the day before financial settlement.

Knock knock knock!

There was a knock on the office door.

Tang Qiu walked in.

“Lawyer Tang, what brings you to the office today?”

Seeing Tang Qiu, whom he hadn’t seen in a while, Chen Mo almost forgot she was still part of the company.

Tang Qiu was speechless.

Shouldn’t I be the one asking you if there’s anything that needs doing?

Ever since she held those legal awareness sessions for the workshop workers, she’d been sitting at home for half a month. She’d assumed President Chen would assign her more work—but there’d been no news at all.

If it weren’t for the million-yuan annual salary already in her account—and the signed labor contract—she would’ve thought she’d been fired.

Today she couldn’t take it anymore and came in to check what was going on.

She hadn’t gone straight to Chen Mo’s office but wandered around the company a bit first.

Only then did she discover…

In the half month she’d been gone, the company had undergone huge changes—and she hadn’t known a thing.