After a whole day of commotion at the North China Awakeners University, Ye Chen and the others finally declined Director Zang's invitation to have dinner together and left the school.
After an entire afternoon and half a morning, they only managed to recruit one person, who is now standing gracefully among the crowd, her eyes filled with both excitement and nervousness.
"Senior! You've been so good to me! I can't repay your kindness enough, so I'll offer myself to you!" The tall, mature woman hugged Ye Chen tightly, her equally tall and voluptuous figure almost matching his.
"Ding Siyin, let go of me!" Ye Chen said through gritted teeth, pulling the beautiful woman clinging to him off. She was a sophomore, whose figure and looks were in no way inferior to his own, a junior. There was no one like her!
"No, senior, you're so kind. Don't you want me to repay you with my body? How about I become your sister-in-law?" Ding Siyin said with a smile, linking arms with Ye Chen, making Ye Chen and the others nearby exclaim that they couldn't stand it.
Upon hearing the other person's words, Ye Chen immediately revealed a dangerous look. I treated you like a junior, and you actually want to be my sister-in-law?
"Hehe! Just kidding! Just kidding!" Feeling the other party's cold gaze, Ding Siyin immediately explained with an awkward laugh.
Ye Chen led everyone to a restaurant near the school, and then continued his conversation with Ding Siyin. During the day, he had only given a general overview of the situation, and now he was going to discuss the affairs within the territory and the other party's salary and benefits in detail.
Of course, for Ding Siyin, it was already a stroke of luck that a lord was willing to take in a weakling like her, so she didn't mention it at all in the afternoon. She only came over eagerly after hearing Ye Chen say that a lord wanted her.
"That's roughly the situation with the territory. As for the benefits, it depends on how long you plan to sign the agreement with the territory. There are century-long agreements and perpetual agreements. The former will give you 100,000 gold coins every year, while the latter will make you a member of the territory, with permanent residency and corresponding rights and status within the territory!" Ye Chen said to Ding Siyin as he introduced his own territory.
Her talent lies in beast taming, so giving her to the fat man wouldn't be of much use. She can only be placed in his territory to breed animals and improve the ecosystem.
The Silver Moon Elf Clan can also do this kind of thing, especially Eve and others who have extremely high talent in planting and animal affinity. However, this talent is different from that of the Awakened Ones. There is also a certain gap in thinking between the Families and the humans of Blue Star. Recruiting Ding Siyin can help improve the animal ecology in his territory.
Centennial agreements and perpetual agreements are also two types of agreements that lords and ordinary awakened individuals often sign. The development of a territory requires a very long time, and the former is equivalent to an employment relationship, where awakened individuals serve the lord for a certain number of years and then take the money and leave.
The latter are completely bound to the lord, becoming subjects of the territory, and may even be able to obtain a small piece of territory for self-governance, becoming a local overlord.
"Hmm, a hundred-year agreement, that means I can get a total of ten million gold coins, but I suppose that amount of money is nothing in the dark, right?"
"But the latter is tantamount to selling oneself to you, from then on you can manipulate and control them at will, with no chance of ever turning the tables!"
Ding Siyin propped her head up and said with a troubled expression, even raising her right hand and pinching it in the air as if she had really molded herself into a lump.
“Speak properly, or I’ll consider you on a permanent contract, and one with no benefits whatsoever—you’ll be the lowest of slaves!” Ye Chen said coldly.
"No way! Senior, you've gone too far! How could you treat me like this! Waaah!" Ding Siyin exclaimed in shock and immediately buried her face in her arms on the table and burst into tears.
Ye Chen and the others were dumbfounded, finding it hard to believe that such a mature and sophisticated woman could be such a whiny person!
"Give her a permanent contract! Sign it like a slave contract!" Ye Chen said. Ding Siyin immediately sat up straight, stopped crying, and looked at Ye Chen calmly.
"For a permanent agreement, I want a small piece of land to govern myself, about a few hundred acres. I also want to bring my parents over, and they will also have permanent residency rights. Finally, I need a one-year trial period, during which I have the right to back out and choose to leave!"
Ding Siyin's sudden change to seriousness surprised Ye Chen and the others, who exclaimed that women are truly fickle.
However, after hearing the other party's request, Ye Chen agreed after a moment's thought. These terms were normal in a permanent agreement and there was nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, they could be considered relatively cheap.
"Alright! I agree to your conditions. You can choose the location of the territory yourself, and I promise to do my best to improve your strength and lifespan!" Ye Chen said. Ding Siyin nodded with satisfaction, but the next moment she reverted to her previous frivolous self.
"My dear lord, does this count as me being kept by you?"
"Boss! Why isn't the food here yet?" Ye Chen shouted loudly towards the door, completely ignoring Ding Siyin's resentful gaze.
After dinner, Ye Chen and Ding Siyin went back to school to pack their belongings. With a lord willing to recruit them, they would officially graduate. Ding Siyin, in particular, graduated with only a sophomore year grade, which was enough to be called an outstanding graduate. She went from being at the bottom of the class to becoming a celebrity envied by everyone in the school.
However, none of this mattered to Ye Chen anymore. His next task was to prepare for the recruitment trips to Huaxia Awakener University and Chang'an Awakener University. After visiting these two universities, he didn't plan to waste any more time on Blue Star. The key was to return to his territory as soon as possible and develop it in the Cave of Time.
“Both Huaxia and Chang’an are prestigious universities for Awakened Ones, and their students probably won’t easily accept our recruitment!” Sitting in the room, Wang’s father said with a frown.
Because of its own limitations, it is difficult for awakened individuals in Huazhong to find employment, so they try to curry favor with Ye Chen and send more students out. However, Huaxia and Chang'an are different. The students in these two universities have a natural arrogance and look down on ordinary lords.
"It's alright, Lao Sun has already spoken to the presidents of the two universities. They'll promote our territory on campus!" Ye Chen shrugged and said. Even if Sun Xiuzhu had spoken to him, whether or not he could recruit people wouldn't have a big impact on him.
"That's good! So, should we go to Chang'an Awakened University or Huaxia Awakened University tomorrow?" Father Wang nodded and continued to ask.
"Hehe! Okay, let's save that for last. Let's head to Chang'an Awakened University first!" the fat man chuckled.
This time, his suggestion finally received the approval of Wang's father and Ye Chen, and they decided to first go to the Awakened University in Chang'an.
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