"Being afraid of death isn't a bad thing! Besides, filial piety is the most important virtue, so your thinking is correct!" Ye Chen comforted the other person after hearing their words.
Yu Hongzhe was slightly taken aback, but before he could come to his senses, Ye Chen continued speaking.
"We understand your situation. Now let's talk about our compensation package."
"To be honest, I'm not sure how much benefit you can bring me in the future. After all, based on your current abilities, it's not enough for the lord to spend too much to recruit you!"
Ye Chen's words made Yu Hongzhe's heart clench, and his previously excited eyes immediately dimmed. However, upon hearing Ye Chen's next words, he was completely stunned.
"So if you really want to come here, I can only give you permanent residency in the territory and priority in improving your strength. The rest will be made up for later based on your performance. What do you think?"
"Oh! By the way! You can bring your parents to the territory as well!"
"You! You guys! You're willing to recruit me?" Yu Hongzhe exclaimed in a daze. This was something he had never expected before, and he still couldn't believe the result he had just heard.
"Why wouldn't you be willing? At least you're a genius, and geniuses are worth investing in. Besides, the subjects you've minored in are very useful to me right now!" Ye Chen said with a smile. If it weren't for the rule against recruiting ordinary people, he would have even considered recruiting directly from regular universities, believing that it would have been much easier to find people there.
"This? This? Are these subjects I minored in really useful?" Yu Hongzhe asked incredulously. After being constantly denied these things for the past four years, he almost started to believe that he was a useless person.
"Of course! So, would you like to develop your territory here? It'll be a lifelong contract!" Ye Chen smiled and reminded him again.
"Yes! I'm willing!" This time, Yu Hongzhe nodded without hesitation, his face beaming with undisguised joy.
"That's good. Pack your things and come have dinner with us tonight. Also, tell your parents to come to Chang'an City as soon as possible. We should return to our territory!" With the recruitment over, Ye Chen was too lazy to waste any more time. He packed up his already packed things and got up to walk outside with Fatty and the others.
"Oh! Oh! Okay! I'll call them right away. I definitely won't delay your business, Lord!" Yu Hongzhe said excitedly. Ye Chen and the others smiled at him but didn't say anything more.
As I walked out of the meeting room, I glanced at Zhou Wenbin's side. The room was empty except for the five people there; there were no other job applicants.
"Brother Ye Chen!" Upon seeing Ye Chen, Zhou Wenxuan exclaimed in surprise. Everyone immediately looked up and waved to Ye Chen at the door.
"How's the recruitment going?" Ye Chen asked.
"Hey! Don't even mention it. There weren't many applicants, let alone anyone willing to come with us! As soon as they heard we were just some low-level lords, they all changed their tune and left. These students from this school are so rude!" Zhou Wenxuan pouted and said unhappily as she ran up to the group.
With their relatively low strength, only Zhou Wenbin held the status of a mid-level lord. It was indeed easy for someone of such a low level to be underestimated when recruiting at the China Awakened University, making it even more difficult to recruit anyone.
"No rush, take your time, it's only the first day! Shall we go out for dinner?" Ye Chen said with a smile, and the others nodded in agreement when they heard that there was food to eat.
"Let's eat, let's stop recruiting. Anyway, no one's coming. Let's talk about it again in a few days! If that doesn't work, there's always the regular national unified recruitment. We can try our luck then!" Upon hearing that it was time to eat, Le Xinghai immediately grabbed the documents on the table and came out. Staying here for a day had been torture for him.
Not only him, but the suggestion was also agreed upon by others, who all got up and left, ending today's recruitment.
The group didn't go far. They found a well-known restaurant near the Huaxia Awakeners University, booked a private room, and happily began their meal.
During their conversation, they learned that Ye Chen and the others were preparing to return to their territory. Zhou Wenbin and the others expressed their regret, as they had only been back on Blue Star for a short time and still needed to recruit people here for a while, so they could not leave yet.
Not only that, Zhou Wenbin and others also expressed their desire to follow Ye Chen. Although they hadn't been in the shadows for long, they had deeply felt the hardships that ordinary lords faced in the dark, and thus had the idea of finding a force to join.
However, given their combined strength, as mentioned before, it would be difficult to find a force that could accept them. Either they would be deemed to have low potential, or they would be unable to take in so many low-level lords at once. Therefore, they were in a very awkward situation at this moment.
“Building a force is necessary, but we can’t take you with us to the place Fatty and I are going to for the time being. So why don’t you stay in Chang’an City and continue with the autumn recruitment? We’ll come out in a month and meet up in the underworld. We’ll see what to do then,” Ye Chen said, frowning as he thought for a moment.
He has no intention of aligning himself with any power and maintains a cooperative relationship with the government, but he doesn't really consider himself part of it. If he had to define it, he thinks that Duobao Trading Network could become something like a government-owned enterprise, maintaining its independence while enjoying the protection of the government.
Of course, this is just his wishful thinking at the moment. Everything still depends on how they develop over the next thirty years.
"A month? No problem. We'll be recruiting for over a month on Blue Star too. We'll go to the underworld to find Brother Ye Chen and cling to him tightly!" Zhou Wenxuan said happily. Ye Chen's willingness to build a force and accept them undoubtedly reassured everyone, and everyone was overjoyed.
"No! No! Don't say one, one, one month! One, one year, we, we'll wait, wait for you!" Zhou Wenbin stammered, and everyone burst into laughter.
"It's a deal then, so don't let any of you run away!" Ye Chen said with a smile.
Everyone enjoyed the meal, and even the reserved Yu Hongzhe gradually relaxed. He suddenly realized that these mysterious and powerful lords in their eyes were just ordinary people like him, seemingly no different from each other except for their great strength.
They need to eat and sleep just like everyone else; they cry, laugh, and joke.
Yu Hongzhe suddenly felt a glimmer of hope for the future! It seemed he had followed a fairly decent lord!
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