Chapter 1
"This is a bit difficult." Jiang Qi said tactfully.
As a poor guy who was chosen by a game system and whose bank account balance does not reach five figures, Jiang Qi said that the rent in the high-end community is too expensive and he cannot afford it.
Old John didn't react, just nodded.
The noodles in the bowl are empty.
"Anything else you need?" Jiang Qi asked.
"I need a job." Old John glanced at Jiang Qi's empty bowl. "Do I need to drink the soup with this kind of noodles?"
“…That’s not necessary.”
Old John didn't drink the soup and just sat quietly in the chair.
Jiang Qi had not expected that the summoning card would summon a living person who needed food and drink. Jiang Qi first calculated his savings, then secretly glanced at the card details of Old John, and made a decision in his heart.
"I'll take you to buy some clothes later. You can stay at my house for the next few days. Cell phone..."
"I have it." Old John pulled out a cell phone from his pocket. Not only that, he also had a wallet with a British ID card, a transportation card and some pounds in it.
I just don't know if this ID card can be used.
Jiang Qi took Old John's phone and looked at it. It was an old-fashioned blue-screen brick phone. Jiang Qi hadn't seen this type of phone since he was in junior high school. It was still usable. Jiang Qi tried to call himself with Old John's brick phone and found that it still contained a domestic phone card.
I didn’t expect that this card system is so user-friendly, and the mobile phone cards are adapted to local customs.
Jiang Qi saved a lot of money by not having to buy a mobile phone. He returned the phone to Old John and continued, "I am currently the acting manager of a script-killing store. You will be the clerk for the time being, mainly responsible for the hygiene of the store. If you need anything, just tell me directly, although it may not be possible to achieve it."
For example, living in a wealthy neighborhood.
What Jiang Qi is most concerned about now is where Old John will live in the future.
His house is a large apartment with four bedrooms and two living rooms. He, Jiang Bing and his parents each have one room, and there is another one for the guest room. Now Jiang Bing is running away to escape reality and he will definitely not be able to come back in a short time. Jiang Qi's parents are doing business abroad all year round and usually only come back during the Chinese New Year. Logically speaking, it is completely no problem for Old John to stay for a few months.
The problem now is that Jiang Qi's aunt and uncle come to deliver food to Jiang Qi every now and then.
Jiang Qi has many relatives, including three uncles, two uncles and one aunt. Because Jiang Qi's grandparents died early, Jiang Qi's father Jiang Xiaoliang, second uncle Jiang Xiaoguang and younger aunt Jiang Xiaohong were all raised by their eldest uncle Jiang Xiaokang.
The eldest brother is like a father. Jiang Xiaokang played the role of both father and mother to his younger siblings. When he was young, he had no money to get married in order to support his younger siblings. He got married in his thirties, which resulted in his only daughter Jiang Wanwan being one year younger than Jiang Qi. Because of this, Jiang Qi's uncles and aunts have an extremely close relationship. Whenever they are in the same city, they will gather together during festivals and every year they will go to Jiang Xiaokang's house to have New Year's Eve dinner.
Jiang Qi's biological father Jiang Xiaoliang is a rare educated person among his peers in the Jiang family. Compared with his eldest uncle Jiang Xiaokang who only studied in primary school for one year and knew a few words, his second uncle Jiang Xiaoguang graduated from primary school and spent two years before going south to work, and his aunt Jiang Xiaohong graduated from junior high school and became an apprentice. After graduating from technical secondary school, she was assigned to a sawmill. Jiang Xiaoliang is undoubtedly a literary star incarnated on earth.
It’s just that the road for this Wenquxing to come to earth was a bit bumpy.
Jiang Qi's biological mother, Qiao Huifang, was an accountant at a timber factory. She also graduated from a technical secondary school. She met and married Jiang Xiaoliang, and they were considered a model couple that everyone envied.
Then the lumber mill closed down, and the couple was laid off. At that time, Qiao Huifang was still pregnant with Jiang Bing, and when the couple was at their poorest, they had to borrow rice from their eldest brother's house, bowls from their second brother's house, and coal briquettes from their father-in-law's house to survive.
It is said that when Jiang Bing was born, his family was so poor that they could not even afford to make money. Jiang Bing had no milk powder to drink and could only drink rice porridge. Seeing his wife and children living like this, Jiang Xiaoliang gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble. He found a relationship with his former colleagues and went to Southeast Asia with them to do timber business.
At first, Jiang Xiaoliang worked for a boss, and later he saved some money and started working on his own. He made a lot of money, and although he didn't become a rich man, he was still a small rich man. When Jiang Qi was ten years old, Jiang Xiaoliang wanted to gamble to turn a big bicycle into a motorcycle, but he lost the bet and almost went bankrupt. If it weren't for his brother and sister helping him out, Jiang Xiaoliang would have died that year.
Since then, Jiang Xiaoliang has realized his mistake and has been working hard to earn money by running his own small business. Seeing that the two children have grown up, Qiao Huifang started a business with Jiang Xiaoliang. Although Jiang Qi and Jiang Bing have not had their parents around since they were young, they have not been treated badly.
Jiang Xiaokang transferred the care he had shown to his brother over the years to his nephews and nieces. Jiang Xiaohong, who had admired her good academic brother since she was a child, was also the most concerned about Jiang Qi and Jiang Bing. Jiang Xiaoguang worked in the coastal areas for many years and only came back during the Chinese New Year like Jiang Xiaoliang, so he was always particularly concerned about the younger generation at home and would buy and send back anything new. In addition, Cao Yongjun, the neighbor upstairs of Jiang Qi's house, was an old colleague of Jiang Xiaoliang and his wife, so he naturally took good care of the siblings.
At the peak, the siblings ate five meals a day, but were always considered hungry by their elders and had to be dragged back home to eat.
Jiang Xiaoliang had foresight and saw that housing prices would definitely rise. Not only did he buy a house early on, he also persuaded his brother and sister to lend them money to buy a house together. As a result, the families lived very close to each other.
Even though Jiang Qi and Jiang Bing are grown up now, their aunt and uncle will still habitually cook and send over a portion of the food.
So now the question is, if Old John lives at home, how should we explain it to our relatives?
If he rented a single room for Old John, Jiang Qi was worried that his poor wallet would not be able to afford it.
Jiang Qi was in a dilemma.
Old John may have seen Jiang Qi's dilemma and said, "I can live anywhere."
"It's okay to sleep on the street."
Jiang Qi: ...
That's not necessary...
You summoned him from a card to work for you for nothing, but you didn't even provide him with a place to live, forcing an old man in his 50s or 60s to sleep on the street.
Silker
If he does this, what will he achieve? Wouldn't he become a black-hearted capitalist like Jiang Bing who only cares about exploiting his employees?
"Stay at my house first."
If all else fails, find a cheap single room in the community to rent. Negotiate the price and find three or four hundred yuan a month which is affordable in the short term.
If you pay for the subsequent tasks in the game, you can support a living person.
The residential complex where Jiang Qi lives is quite old. There is no bustling business district nearby and all facilities are rather old. There is only one primary school nearby and the rent has always been very cheap.
After the plan was completed, Jiang Qi stood up and took Old John to the store to see the environment he would work in in the future. The store, which was nearly 400 square meters in total, would be a lot of work if it was to be cleaned carefully.
Jiang Qi took Old John to the store, and Liu Lan was still the only one in the store.
Seeing Jiang Qi coming, Liu Lan originally wanted to ask him why he suddenly ran out before, but he was stunned when he saw Old John behind Jiang Qi.
"Is this... the guest who comes to play?" Liu Lan asked uncertainly, "Hello?"
Jiang Qi played dumb: "He came to our store to apply for a cleaning position. His name is John and he speaks very good Chinese."
"She is Liu Lan, and she's also a clerk in our store." Jiang Qi introduced Liu Lan to Old John.
Old John nodded to Liu Lan.
Liu Lan:?
Is the store rich enough to hire a full-time cleaner?
But why a foreigner?
Just when Liu Lan was full of confusion, Old John had already found the cleaning tools and started cleaning the store, proving his professionalism with his own actions.
"He was a foreign teacher in my university. He just resigned and is an artist. He used to be the instructor of the drama club. I was in the drama club in university so I know him very well. He speaks Chinese very well and likes to clean for inspiration. He recently came to our city to collect folk songs and applied for a cleaning job." Jiang Qi had already thought of a lie on the way back to the store.
"Very professional. He has been finding inspiration this way for decades."
Liu Lan, who also studied art, was shocked.
While Liu Lan was still not reacting, Jiang Qi quickly changed the subject: "I remember you said before that there was a group of guests who had made an appointment to go to the Mask Club next Monday evening."
"Yes." Liu Lan nodded.
"I've almost finished reading Little John's script, and I've also read a little bit of the host manual. I think I'll be able to finish reading all the scripts today. You said before that you wanted me to act in the interpretation. What role will I play?"
"Oh, just act out what's on the memory card." Liu Lan was talking about business and had no time to think about how a university teacher could have such a strange hobby as being a cleaner.
"If we open the interpretation version, we don't have to give all the memory cards to the players. For example, for the six cards of John, except for the last and largest one, which is the one that tells you about old John's death, the others can be changed to interpretation, which will have a better effect."
"That's true." Jiang Qi fell into deep thought. Now that the real Old John had been summoned by him, it would be a waste of talent if he didn't let Old John play himself.
"It's like this. Mr. John has been having trouble finding inspiration recently. He has been sweeping the streets for several months but to no avail. When he was in our drama club, he liked to play roles to help him find inspiration. He came to our store to apply for a cleaning position because he heard that there are acting opportunities in script-killing stores. Isn't the role of Old John very suitable for him? He is a foreigner and his age is very suitable. Why don't I discuss with him and let him try to play Old John, which will also help him find inspiration."
Liu Lan followed Jiang Qi's words and looked at Old John. The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became. He said excitedly, "Really?"
"Jiang Qi, now that you put it that way, I think it's particularly suitable."
Liu Lan stared at Old John with his eyes shining: "If this can be performed, the players who use John's book will cry their eyes out. Oh my god, it's so exciting just thinking about it."
Jiang Qi:?
What kind of evil taste is this?
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