Chapter 1

Before Jiang Qi and Wang Zhuo entered the community gate, they met Jiang Xiaohong and her family of three who were taking a walk at the intersection.

"Xiao Qi!" Jiang Xiaohong had sharp eyes and saw Jiang Qi from a distance. She walked quickly to him and said, "Come out for a walk."

"No." Jiang Qi pointed at Wang Zhuo beside him, "This is my college roommate Wang Zhuo. He came all the way to hang out with me. I just came back from the train station."

"Aunt, come out for a walk."

"No." Jiang Xiaohong waved her hand. "Today, eggs are on sale in the supermarket. Each person can only buy one pound. Let's go to the supermarket to buy eggs."

After saying this, Jiang Xiaohong checked the time. Fearing that she would be late and the eggs would be sold out, she hurried away with her husband and son.

"Good fellow." Wang Zhuo looked at Wen Luo as if he saw himself yesterday, "My mother also forced me to queue up at the supermarket to buy discounted eggs last night."

Same world, same mother.

Jiang Qi lives on the 5th floor and there is no elevator in the old community. Wang Zhuo's suitcase is quite heavy, so the two of them took turns carrying a floor, and it took them seven or eight minutes to get home.

"Oh my god, what's in your suitcase that's so heavy? It must weigh more than 30 kilograms." Jiang Qi opened the door.

"These are my postgraduate entrance examination materials from last year, including English, advanced mathematics and ideological and political education, for my cousin." Wang Zhuo moved the suitcase into the house and opened it to show Jiang Qi.

Half of the suitcase was filled with books, many of which looked familiar to Jiang Qi, as he had also written them last year.

"Haven't you written all these tutorials?"

The top few books are the advanced math tutorial books that every postgraduate entrance exam candidate has. They are famous for being thick and heavy. They can be used not only as tutorial books but also for self-defense. When Jiang Qi was a freshman, he heard about the legendary experience of a postgraduate entrance exam student who beat a thief with this kind of book. When Jiang Qi was a junior in his dormitory, he secretly tried to see if this kind of book hurt people.

Jiang Qi can tell everyone from his own experience that it really hurts.

Jiang Qi flipped through the books casually. They were all written books. The corner of one book was torn, and he didn't know if it was gnawed by a mouse.

"These real test papers are updated annually. Last year's ones must be out of date." Jiang Qi took out a lot of real test papers and scattered notes from below.

"My aunt thinks it's useful." Wang Zhuo picked the books out of the box and put them aside. "She thinks that since I passed the exam, the tutorial books and notes I wrote will be of reference value, so she asked me to bring more."

"How would I know which ones would be useful? I might as well bring them all. I have to deliver them to my cousin tomorrow."

Jiang Qi understood Wang Zhuo's aunt's mentality very well, just like every year someone sells the so-called college entrance examination champion's notes to cheat people out of money, and every year someone gets cheated. No matter if it's useful or not, buy it first to feel at ease.

As Cao Wenyang's neighbor, he was close to the water and got the moon first. The notebooks of this top-of-the-line kid from other families for three years of high school are now placed in Jiang Qi's house. Jiang Qi and Jiang Bing both read them. No one knows whether the notebooks are useful or not, but they are mainly used to take advantage of the good fortune of being the top scorer.

Before the college entrance examination, Jiang Bing wanted to find an altar to display Cao Wenyang's notes. He would burn three incense sticks and pray to the god of learning every day, just to pray for him to bless him to get into university.

Although it was still early, Wang Zhuo had taken a two-hour train ride and had three bowls of noodles in a row. A large amount of food accumulated in the stomach and intestines, which increased the blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract and reduced the blood flow in the head, and people began to feel sleepy.

Wang Zhuo yawned and rubbed his eyes. "No, I have to go take a shower and go to bed. I was planning to have a candlelight chat with you today, but I think we should do it another day."

After saying that, Wang Zhuo took his clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower and prepare to rest.

Jiang Qi just went back to his room to do the accounting. Although the side quests were progressing quickly and he knew the net profit of the store very clearly, it was only the total amount after all. In order to keep the accounts clear, Jiang Qi had to write down each item clearly so that he could calculate the salary commission of each employee at the end of the month.

Although the script business has not been open these days, the side business has brought in good income.

Counting the accounts is a troublesome thing. After Jiang Qi finished calculating once, he found that the numbers didn't match, so he had to calculate it again. It took him until after 12 o'clock before he basically got the accounts done.

"Oh, it would be great if I could have a professional accountant." Jiang Qi sighed.

"Congratulations to player Jiang Qi for discovering a side quest. Please go to the task bar to check." Jiang Qi suddenly remembered the system prompt sound in his mind.

Side quest?

Jiang Qi quickly opened the system panel, and sure enough, there was an additional side quest in the task bar.

Side Quests:

2. [Expand the team]: Every professional company needs a professional accountant, and the same goes for a small shop that can't be called a company. If you want to expand your shop, how can you do it without an accountant? Players are requested to expand the team, recruit a full-time accountant, and guarantee that they will not be fired within one year.

Warm reminder: The task is completed once the recruitment is successful. If the player is dismissed within one year, the task reward will be returned. If the task reward has been used, the special employee will be taken back.

Mission reward: Special employee recruitment card.

Jiang Qi: ...

He had figured out that the main quests in this card game were not that important. They only required money, but the money given was not even a fraction of the price of most scripts in the script store.

On the contrary, the rewards given by side quests and limited-time quests are more useful. However, the conditions for triggering these two types of tasks are irregular and they are all dropped randomly.

but……

Jiang Qi thought about it and said tentatively: "Oh, the rooms in the store are not enough. I really want to expand the store."

No response.

"Hey, business has been bad recently. Is it because of the location?"

No response.

"Oh, I really want to recruit new employees."

Still no response.

As expected, side quests are dropped randomly.

Jiang Qi could only study this side quest seriously.

It can be said that this mission is the simplest one Jiang Qi has ever received, but also the most risky one.

It is very easy to hire an accountant, but the difficult part is to ensure that he or she is not fired within a year.

The store doesn't need an accountant at all now. It's fine if an employee has a part-time accountant to help with the accounts, but there is no need for a full-time accountant.

Do I have to hire an accountant as a idler just to get this special employee recruitment card?

Jiang Qi quickly drove this thought out of his mind.

Forget it. We don’t really need special employees right now anyway. I’ll consider doing this task when there is a need in the future.

Just when Jiang Qi got up to wash up, the game customer service Xiaoka sent him a message.

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Xiaoka: Dear, the weather is so nice today, don’t you want to come to the mall to buy a book?

Is the weather good?

Jiang Qi glanced at the darkness outside. There was not even a star in the sky. It was extremely hot and stuffy without any wind at night. He started sweating after sitting outside for a while after leaving the air-conditioned room. How could he tell that the weather was good?

Jiang Qi ignored Xiao Ka, grabbed his phone and went to brush his teeth.

Card Game Studio - Customer Service Xiaoka: Dear, our mall is having a special offer for the Ghost Festival recently. Buy 1 get 1 free for limited scripts, free scripts are randomly shipped, all horror books are 50% off for a limited time, and there is a 30% discount on special items. Dear, are you really not considering buying a book in the mall?

Ghost Festival special offer?

Jiang Qi opened the calendar and looked at it. There was still more than a month until the Ghost Festival.

This special offer is quite early, maybe it was learned from Double 11.

However, since there is a discount, Jiang Qi can't miss it. He quickly clicked on the game mall and found that there was indeed a small limited-time special circle on the interface, which was more conspicuous than the last limited-time flash sale.

There are also two new items in the product category, namely buy one get one free and 50% off for a limited time.

It seems that the discount range is very wide.

Jiang Qi first clicked on the buy 1 get 1 free offer.

[When the Devil Comes Knocking] Genre: Supernatural/Horror (5 people)

Price:2300000000rmb

[Ghost Stewed in Iron Pot] Genre: Supernatural, Food/Horror (7 players)

Price:1900000000rmb

[Demons of the Fallen] Type: Cultivation/Horror (6 players)

Price:1700000000rmb

…

Jiang Qi: ...

Sorry to bother you.

Jiang Qi took another look at the limited-time 50% off items next door, and as he expected, he couldn't afford them all.

Buy one get one free for books worth more than 500 million yuan, and 50% off for a limited time for books worth less than 500 million yuan. Jiang Qi feels that this Ghost Festival special offer is just like a 5-yuan Lamborghini voucher, which is completely useless.

Whether you can afford it or not, it’s just placed here for you to see.

Look at how poor you are.

Jiang Qi finally clicked on the small circle for limited-time special offers.

[Killer Clown] Genre: Crime/Horror (6 players)

Original price: 900000rmb Current price: 270000rmb

For some reason, after seeing so many books worth hundreds of millions or even billions, Jiang Qi suddenly saw one worth 270,000. His first reaction was that this book was really cheap.

[Horror Doll House] Genre: Modern/Horror (6 players)

Original price: 30000rmb Current price: 9000rmb

[Eat Your Heart] Genre: Supernatural/Horror (6 players)

Original price: 200000rmb Current price: 60000rmb

There were still only three copies available for this limited-time special offer, and Jiang Qi placed an order without any hesitation for the only one he could afford, "Horror Doll House".

Because it is a special offer for the Ghost Festival, and there is still more than a month away from the Ghost Festival, the special offer period is very long, a full month.

If the store's business is good this month, it's not impossible to grit my teeth and buy [Eat Your Heart].

But compared to the emotional and mechanical books, Jiang Qi was a little hesitant when buying the horror book.

He drew cards from the books. These horror books were either supernatural or crime books. Judging from the names, they were not good. If Jiang Qi drew an evil ghost, should he summon it or not?

I spent 60,000 yuan to buy a demon, and for a moment I didn’t know whether I was making a profit or a loss.

As soon as Jiang Qi placed the order, Xiao Ka also sent a message.

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Card: Dear Jiang Qi player, the exclusive horror book [Horror Doll House] you purchased has been shipped. We will deliver it within 24 hours, please pay attention to sign for it.

Jiang Qi: If you draw ghost-related cards in a horror book, will it have a negative impact on reality?

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Xiaoka: Honey, Xiaoka doesn’t know.

Jiang Qi: ...

Jiang Qi: Let’s change the question. What kind of special employees can the special employee recruitment card summon?

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Xiaoka: Dear, Xiaoka is the customer service of the game mall, not the game customer service.

That is knowing.

Jiang Qi: I’m considering whether to buy another notebook.

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Card: Dear, special employee recruitment cards are generally used with special buildings. Many special buildings must have employees to operate normally. For example, the building card [Time Cinema] in your deck must be equipped with relevant special employees to be used normally.

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Xiaoka: Dear, which book do you plan to order? If you haven’t selected one, Xiaoka can recommend one to you!

Jiang Qi: I've thought it through. Business in the store has been slow recently, so buying one notebook is enough. No recommendations are needed for now, thank you.

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Card: ???

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Because I didn’t have any drafts saved, I had some writer’s block for the first time, and only wrote three chapters…○|￣|_

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