Chapter 11: Becoming a Millionaire
"Thank you for coming so neatly tonight. Today is the day when the company pays salaries. As everyone knows, the economic situation has been bad recently, and it is already difficult for the company to pay salaries on time. There have been no layoffs or salary cuts, and even the salaries of interns are paid as usual."
The people at Shen Linglan's table looked at each other, not knowing why they had a bad feeling.
As expected, Li Kuan continued, "This time, the company has also encountered difficulties, so a few of us planned this team building. The cost of the team building will be shared by all employees, and the leader does not need to pay. This will prove to the boss that we are determined to advance and retreat with the company, and share weal and woe!"
"What..."
The boy who was grilling suddenly paused, and his young and tender face froze.
Except for their table which was silent, everyone else started to applaud. For a moment, the applause was thunderous and people thought something good had happened here.
"The cost for this time is NT$263 per person. I will transfer it to the finance department before the show ends tonight."
After he sat down, the boss stood up and spoke in a pretentious manner.
But no one was paying attention to Shen Linglan anymore.
The girl who had just handed oysters to Shen Linglan with a smile on her face now had a worried look on her face. "Two hundred and sixty, three days of work is not enough to pay."
"No wonder today's salary was paid so promptly."
"It turns out that today's meal is paid for by ourselves."
The table was eating oysters and barbecue, but they were no longer tasty.
Maybe for office workers, two hundred and sixty is not a big number, but for these interns who provide their own food and accommodation, two hundred and sixty is already a week's living expenses.
If it were before, Shen Linglan would have been worried to death, but now she has a system that can double and add zeros, and two hundred and sixty is just an insignificant number in her bank card.
Even so, Shen Linglan felt unhappy.
If they are willing to treat the boss to a meal and flatter him, that is their own business. If you don't tell them in advance about team building AA, how can you force interns to not be absent?
The finance department seemed to be afraid that they would not acknowledge the payment, so they were collecting payment from each table using their cell phones.
When it was their turn, everyone at the table was hesitant and no one was willing to pay first. Shen Linglan naturally didn't want to be the first to pay for her share just to show off.
The treasurer flashed the payment code and looked at the people at the table. Seeing that no one took out their phones to pay, she suddenly sneered, "No way? You can't even afford more than 200 yuan?"
"It's not that I can't afford it," Shen Linglan said first when she saw that the others didn't dare to say anything, "No one told us that we would pay for the dinner this time."
"That's your internship leader's problem."
Everyone at the table looked around, not daring to say a word. The treasurer's voice also became cold, "You've already eaten, you don't want to get something for free, do you? You just received your salary, how could you not have money? You just don't want to spend it, right?"
The boy who was just barbecuing said, "We only got 2,000 yuan, and we have to pay for the team building and rent. After paying these 200 yuan, we will be left with nothing."
"Stop talking nonsense!" The treasurer frowned and looked down upon these interns. "The boss has looked at us several times. If you keep on talking nonsense, he will know whether he will stamp your internship certificates!"
Internship certificates are the lifeblood of interns. Once they are mentioned, they will work like slaves.
Everyone else paid reluctantly, except for the boy who was in charge of the barbecue, who was holding his cell phone with a red face.
"Wait, wait, let me borrow some money from my friend."
The contempt on the finance's face became even stronger, "Hurry up!"
Shen Linglan stood up, scanned the QR code of the financial department, and paid for two dinners. "I'll pay for you first."
After paying for this table, the treasurer went to the next table.
The boy bit his lower lip. His skin was good, so the blush on his face was more obvious. He thanked Shen Linglan shyly, "Wait, wait until my friend gets back to me, I'll return it to you right away."
Shen Linglan shook her head to show that she was not in a hurry. "You can pay me back when you have money."
As soon as she finished speaking, the system's voice rang in her mind again:
"Ding, congratulations to the host's best friend for eating and drinking to her heart's content. As a reward, the host's bank card balance will be doubled!"
She looked down at her mobile app and saw that the balance had become 173,228 yuan.
Shen Linglan suddenly became a wealthy person with a six-digit bank account!
Even so, Shen Linglan couldn't help but complain to Zhao Yunduo:
[A barbecue costing over 200 yuan. If I had known it was so expensive, I would have used the money to have a buffet at a five-star hotel! Bah! What a lousy company!]
Zhao Yunduo knew that Shen Linglan had paid for the boy, and she smacked her lips and replied to her:
[Don’t mention it, this guy’s cooking skills are really good! It’s so delicious! ]
When Shen Linglan heard that she was satisfied, she asked the boy to grill a few more skewers of squid tentacles. The boy immediately became excited and grilled them even more attentively than before.
Shen Linglan and Zhao Yunduoxiang were completely confused.
After eating, Zhao Yunduo urged Shen Linglan to add his contact information, saying that since the boy was good-looking and had good barbecue skills, they could interact more often in the future.
Shen Linglan really added the boy's contact information. After the show, the two introduced themselves to each other on WeChat. Shen Linglan learned that the boy's name was Song Zhangling, a student in the Computer Science Department, who worked as a coder and odd jobs in the company.
The two of them complained to each other bitterly.
On the way back, Shen Linglan bought Zhao Yunduo some sour plum soup to help her digestion - she ate too much at barbecue in the evening, and Shen Linglan also ate to her heart's content, which made Song Zhangling think that Shen Linglan was a big eater. He said on WeChat that he didn't expect Shen Linglan to have a physique that could not gain weight, which made Shen Linglan very happy.
Unexpectedly, the sour plum soup that Shen Linglan bought actually triggered a system reward of adding zero to the balance.
One hundred and seventy thousand directly became one million and seven hundred thousand.
1,732,250 yuan!
Shen Linglan was dumbfounded and sent Zhao Yunduo more than a dozen exclamations.
"Zhao Yunduo, I'm going to buy you the latest version of the foreign phone! iPad! The latest model of Huawei! I'm going to buy you Simmons! I'm going to buy you Chanel! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"
She was screaming in her rental apartment. It was already 10 o'clock in the evening, and before she could close the window, she heard someone downstairs yelling at her: "What the hell are you screaming about! What are you dreaming about in the middle of the night? Be quiet!"
Shen Linglan quickly closed her mouth.
Zhao Yunduo was also very excited, "Great! Buy it! Buy it for me! Not only do I want to sleep on the best bed, I also want facial cleanser, magic water, lady cream, and caviar essence!"
Shen Linglan placed an order for Zhao Yunduo without hesitation, and bought it from JD.com, and she would get it tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the weekend, and Shen Linglan doesn't have to go to work. She can go to the supermarket to buy some food, drinks, daily necessities and clothes for Zhao Yunduo. As for her own tattered clothes, she bought them on Pinduoduo for a dozen yuan. She will change into a new one tomorrow.
In addition, Shen Linglan wants to rent a new house tomorrow while she has time.
She and Zhao Yunduo have been living in this urban village since graduation. The house has not been renovated and no one knows how many people have lived there. The walls are dark and the house is not bright. They need to turn on the lights every time they stay in the house, otherwise it is always dark.
With over a million, it would be best to rent a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment, so that no matter what expensive things you buy for Zhao Yunduo, such as Simmons mattresses and sofas, moving them home won't attract attention. Otherwise, if you rent an old, run-down apartment and buy fancy furniture, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.