Chapter 17: The Ghost Mansion: Strange Talk about the Rules for Workers
We have arrived at the 14th floor.
Outside the elevator, various propaganda slogans were posted in the empty corridor, and the incandescent lights above flickered from time to time.
Sun Jie was both frightened and ecstatic.
What was surprising was that the elevator actually stopped at the 14th floor! What was gratifying was that, no matter what, the effect of the show just now was enough to make the live broadcast room soar.
[I can’t take it anymore! How did they come up with 15-1=14?!]
[Is this woman a hired actor? ]
[Although it's a script, it's still quite exciting.]
While Sun Jie was still interacting with more and more family members in the live broadcast room, Ruan Meng walked to the side and took a picture of a set of rules framed on the wall with his mobile phone.
【Ginkgo Building Security Rules】
Ginkgo Building is an office building with an elegant environment. To ensure your work is smooth and safe, please read carefully and strictly abide by the following rules.
1. Only company employees are allowed to enter and exit the building. If you see someone without an employee ID, please remind them to leave.
【2. Working hours are from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Please be punctual. If you stay outside of working hours, please make sure to submit an overtime application to the supervisor's office. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.】
[3. The 14th floor of the building does not exist. There is no company on the 14th floor. Please remember this.]
4. Please use the black elevator to go to and from work. Black is safe. If you see a red elevator, please do not enter. If there is someone in the red elevator, please do not talk to them.
If you accidentally enter a red elevator, please remain calm, do not press any buttons, and when the elevator door opens automatically, leave immediately and report to your supervisor.
6. The building does not employ cleaning staff. If you see someone wearing a cleaning uniform, they are likely employees hired by the company. Please ignore them and do not be curious about what they are cleaning.
7. If you discover that a colleague has violated any of the above regulations, please report it to the supervisor's office immediately. Remember, the supervisor's office is always trustworthy.
Sun Jie surfs the Internet all year round and has heard a little about rule-related weird stories. His first reaction was that someone was joking and deliberately posted such weird things.
Ruan Meng chewed the candy in his mouth and complained incoherently: "Oh, what trouble."
The corridor was quiet. On the right was the glass door of a company, at the left end was a "supervisory office", and the entrance to the fire escape next to it was locked.
Sun Jie used a joke to mask his uneasiness: "It's already 10 o'clock in the evening. So, we have to go to the supervisor's office to apply for overtime."
Ruan Meng shook his head: "No, we don't have any identity yet."
"Haha, Brother Ruan, you're really into the show," Sun Jie said with a forced smile, looking back at his phone: "Family members, please give some gifts. The anchor is risking his life to go in and take a look!"
For a moment, there were a dazzling array of sports cars and yachts, and the heavy money dispelled Sun Jie's uneasiness. He was about to do something fancy when he found that several lights above his head were out. A person with a blurry face wearing a yellow cleaning uniform was slowly driving a cleaning car from the other end of the corridor.
However, the live broadcast only showed a cleaning vehicle, with no one on it at all!
Sun Jie's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
He instinctively hid behind Ruan Meng and reached for his phone with trembling hands, only to find that the screen was stuck on a blurry image. However, the netizen with the ID [人生百苦] was still persevering in swiping the sports car.
[Life is full of suffering: Can I go in now? ^-^]
The other party frantically refreshed the screen, freezing the live broadcast interface.
Sun Jie screamed and threw away his phone.
Ruan Meng's expression became serious. Before he could move, he saw the woman who had been silent all the time stepped on the front tread of the car and forced it to stop.
Long Zhu looked at the cleaning car eagerly: "Can you lend me a seat for a while?"
The cleaner's face twisted, he turned around, fished out a metal mop from the trash can, and smiled threateningly at Long Zhu.
The basket was smelly and sticky, attracting countless mosquitoes and flies.
Long Zhu was completely unaware of this and only asked in surprise, "Give me this too?"
She looked down at the one in her hand and found that it was indeed a bit worn out.
Ruan Meng hurriedly said, "Be careful! We don't have any identity, and the supervisor can't protect us for the time being!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the cleaner suddenly raised the mop with his mouth grinning from ear to ear. Seeing that Longzhu was about to become a new member of the trash can, Sun Jie closed his eyes in pain.
But the next second, the ground where the mop hit was empty, and Long Zhu was still standing there, his face slightly gloomy: "The negotiation has collapsed."
She suddenly dragged the cleaner down with one hand and grabbed the employee ID card around his neck.
"You're fired."
After she finished speaking, she put the certificate on herself.
Ruan Meng: “…”
The cleaner was stunned for a moment, then took a look at the supervisor's office and began to retreat in fear.
Long Zhu quickly grabbed the other person's wrist with a stern expression: "Did I let you go?"
The cleaner made a hoarse sound of begging for mercy in his throat. He suddenly realized something and silently handed over the high-end folding mop behind him.
Only then did Long Zhu let go with satisfaction.
Ruan Meng watched all this in shock and confusion. After coming to his senses, he grimaced and endured the strong stench while digging out a few intact employee ID cards from the trash can.
"Here." He threw one to Sun Jie.
Sun Jie was so frightened that he crawled to take the ID card and put it on hastily. He chose the more normal Ruan Meng to follow closely.
"Brother, sister, this place is really haunted! How do we get out?"
He complained bitterly and deeply regretted coming to this live broadcast.
Ruan Meng spat out the candy stick in his mouth and said, "Just act according to circumstances and don't do anything stupid."
He opened the mobile forum and quickly searched several times, but found no information about this violent woman.
This time, he accepted an order from [Mysterious] to rescue his employer who was trapped on the 14th floor. Although this woman was weird, she was a friend rather than an enemy for the time being, so Ruan Meng decided to wait and see.
Late at night, the company was still brightly lit.
The lady at the front desk was dressed to the nines, had a standard smile, and didn't blink: "Welcome home!"
As the sensor door opened, the tall and strong man and the thin male anchor walked in one after another.
Behind them, there was a car-type cleaning vehicle. Long Zhu was holding the steering wheel and drove into the company in a dignified manner.
Front desk lady: “…”
The arc of his smile stiffened a little.
A string of large gold-rimmed characters is embedded on the background wall of the reception desk: Sanxi Debt Optimization Service Co., Ltd.
Sun Jie tugged at Ruan Meng's sleeve: "Brother, there's a rule on the wall here too!"
【Notice for new employees of Sanxi Company】
【1. Please keep your work environment clean and tidy, and do not place things that should not be there at your workstation.】
2. The company is my home, and performance depends on everyone. We encourage employees to work overtime to demonstrate their loyalty and dedication to the company.
【3. Working hours are from 17:00 to 1:00 the next day. Lateness is not allowed, but early leaving is allowed.】
【4. Please do not miss the daily meeting, otherwise you will bear the consequences.】
5. If a colleague has worked overtime for more than 12 hours, please ensure the cleanliness of their work area. If necessary, please contact the cleaner.
6. Red is black, black is red. Elevators can be any color, so keep this in mind.
7. The 14th floor of the building does exist. If anyone claims it doesn't exist, please ignore them. The 14th floor is the foundation of our company, and any statement questioning its existence is unreliable.
8. The probation period is three days. During this period, you must strictly abide by all rules. Any violation will be severely punished by the Executive Director. If you pass the assessment, the General Manager will personally issue you a full-time employee badge.
While the two were still studying the rules, Long Zhu had already driven the cleaning cart to the front desk. "Which office is the Executive Director in? I'm looking for her."
The receptionist still maintained her full-toothed smile: "Hello! New employees, please report to the Human Resources Department first!"
Long Zhu: "That's too much trouble. Just ask her to come to the front desk to see me."
The receptionist said: "...Hello! New employees, please report to the Human Resources Department first!"
Long Zhu frowned, his tone gradually became impatient, and an indescribable cold aura emanated from his body.
She spoke each word clearly: "I said, let her come here to see me."
The front desk lady's flawless smile was frozen on her face, her lips and eyes twitched a few times as if she hadn't played a frame, her head quickly twisted 360 degrees, and then returned to normal as if nothing had happened, her voice still sweet and pleasant.
"Please wait a moment!"
…
In Conference Hall A on the other side, several new employees stood together trembling.
A young man in a suit turned pale. "I finally found a job, how could I get into this kind of trouble... My colleagues never mentioned the existence of a 14th floor..."
The middle-aged woman with glasses sternly interrupted the young man's complaints: "Have you forgotten? Here, the 14th floor exists. If you flout the rules again and again, you will end up like that idiot just now."
The other girl had been controlling her emotions, but when she heard this, tears welled up in her red and swollen eyes again.
"If I could persuade him, he wouldn't die, wuwu..."
The middle-aged woman snorted coldly: "Don't cry, that idiot will bring trouble to everyone even if he doesn't die. The regular meeting is about to begin. Let's get through this first before crying!"
Her words, though harsh, were very pertinent.
They were all people who had accidentally entered the 14th floor at the same time for various reasons. They thought they could escape successfully by getting a position as a formal employee, but the girl's boyfriend insisted on rushing out and taking the black elevator. The result can be imagined.
The "Executive Director" comes to hold a "training" meeting for new employees at 11 o'clock every night.
We must be especially careful at this time. Two people died tragically before because they did not prepare a PPT presentation for the meeting.
The clock hand on the wall reached 11.
A dark shadow approached the frosted glass and was about to push the door open.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the arrival of the "Executive Director".
However, the black shadow stopped inexplicably.
Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, it seemed to retreat a little bit reluctantly, then turned and walked towards the front desk.
……Um? ?
No meeting today?
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