Chapter 49 Joining Black Gull? No way! Daily update + nutrient solution 20...
He Lun jumped up, put the plates on the table for Wei Wei, arranged the cutlery, and pulled out the chairs, forcing a guilty and servile smile on his face.
After Wei Wei sat down, he hurriedly pushed a plate of food in front of him and said, "The food on the cruise ship is very good. Please try it."
The air around the table cooled down a bit. Wei Wei lowered his eyes and stared at the dish.
A plate of stir-fried cocoon pupae.
cocoon.
Qin Xishuang's cocoon.
He Lun was very perceptive and realized that this dish would bring up some bad associations. He immediately slammed the table and shouted, "Who sent this dish? Why send cocoon pupae? Take it away now!"
There were no waiters or chefs in the room, and Heron was fighting wits with the air.
After a moment's silence, Wei Wei picked up a cocoon pupa, slowly opened it, and ate it with white porridge.
The atmosphere at the table swings back and forth between undercurrents and calm and tranquility.
"What did you write?" Wei Wei raised his eyes and saw the notebook spread out beside Gao Mengtang. "Can I take a look?"
In the notebook was a timeline compiled by Gao Mengtang. Wei Wei read it carefully for a while, but he didn't react much to the series of shocking facts. He said lightly: "So that's how it is."
The sky outside the window is cloudless and the sun is so bright that you will feel dizzy if you look at it for a while. The sea breeze blows into the room, and the messy cups and plates on the table are also stained with a natural and fresh smell.
"Mr. Blind, will you join Black Gull?" Wei Wei stirred the porridge with his head down, not even looking at them.
Gao Mengtang: "Of course. I promised you."
"Thank you. You are so kind. As compensation, I will try my best to include your two followers into Heiou." said Wei Wei.
Bai Jie was chewing on a duck leg and was stunned when he heard this: "Me and He Lun? Master, you may have misunderstood. We have no intention of joining Heiou."
He Lun nudged Bai Jie with his elbow: "Hei Gull is so great, they have been resurrected once, and they are in the most powerful camp. We can join Hei Gull, it is a blessing from our previous life-"
"Do you understand the camp? If you don't, don't talk first," Bai Jie nudged him with his elbow again, telling him to shut up. "The camp is a hierarchical pyramid structure, with the upper levels managing the lower levels. Everyone who joins the camp must become a follower of the leader directly or indirectly. If we join, our immediate superior will not be Brother Meng Tang, but the Black Gull leader Yin Mingwu."
Hearing this, He Lun changed the subject: "——I won't add the corrupt energy that comes from cultivation anyway."
The two men sat upright with solemn expressions, as if they were facing a severe test, but they were determined not to change even at death.
Gao Mengtang heard about this for the first time: "Huh? To join the camp, do I have to become a follower of the leader?"
Wei Wei nodded: "There will be small leaders, middle leaders, and senior leaders in the camp. You may not become Yin Mingwu's follower directly, but the end result is the same. The leader you lead is still Yin Mingwu."
This is a bit embarrassing.
Gao Mengtang considers himself an easygoing person, but his easygoing attitude is conditional: if the other party agrees with his ideas, he can adopt them easily. If not, Gao Mengtang will never listen.
After a moment of silence, Gao Mengtang asked, "After I join Heiou, what will happen to Bai Jie and He Lun?"
Wei Wei took a sip of porridge and put down the spoon tiredly: "Yin Mingwu does not allow his subordinates to develop personal power. At first, he will 'tolerantly' allow these two to continue to be your followers. But one day, he will use means to drive He Lun and Bai Jie away."
"Unless you two join the Heiou, then, as Bai Jie said, their immediate superior will become Yin Mingwu."
Two pairs of fiery and earnest eyes looked at Gao Mengtang, expecting a negative answer from him.
Wei Wei's eyes were dark blue, his gaze was heavy and dull, and his tone was weary: "You can refuse me. I don't know why, but I have lost my enthusiasm for Heiou's work."
At the other end of the table, Su Ji blinked his clear and innocent eyes: "Love hurt?"
Wei Wei suddenly raised his eyes and stared at him fiercely.
"Oh, Tangtang, look at him glaring at me." Su Ji threw himself into Gao Mengtang's arms, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Gao Mengtang hesitated for a moment: "I..."
He Lun and Bai Jie were mouthing words like "Reject, reject" crazily.
"agree."
After the two-word verdict was pronounced, He Lun and Bai Jie became gloomy in an instant. It seemed that they also wanted to throw themselves into Gao Mengtang's arms and cry.
Gao Mengtang said calmly: "I promised you, and I won't go back on my word. Wei Wei, you helped me find my brother, I am very grateful to you."
Hearing this, Wei Wei did not show any happiness. He forced a smile and said, "It is what I should do. Then, after we return to Zhongzhou, let's go to Heiou to handle the employment procedures."
After finishing the discussion and the meal, Wei Wei put away the dishes and left quietly. His lonely back was so thin that it seemed to be swallowed by the dim light in the corridor.
"Wei Wei, are you in a bad mood? You can talk to us." Gao Mengtang said.
He felt a little strange. Being seduced by Qin Xishuang was indeed enough to make him feel sick for half a year, but at most it would only make Wei Wei sit up and pound the bed in the middle of the night.
However, Wei Wei seemed to have lost his soul. A workaholic, he actually said something like "I have lost passion for working at Heiou".
The pale blue figure stopped at the door. After a long while, Wei Wei's light voice came: "During the time when I was bewitched, I was around Qin Xishuang day and night. I accidentally overheard Qin Xishuang's conversation. He mentioned Gu Kang's death."
"Gu Kang is an old acquaintance of mine, the former leader of Ghost Bamboo."
The room was silent. Wei Wei dragged his tired body and slowly left everyone's sight.
*
Three days later. Zhongzhou. The capital city.
Among the five continents, East, West, South, North, and Central, Central China is the most prosperous; the capital city is also the most prosperous in Central China.
The buildings are like sharp blades piercing the sky. Holographic projections of shining stars are floating in the air. The dynamic scenery is dazzling. Sports cars are speeding past, leaving behind dynamic music.
Gao Mengtang was nostalgic and full of emotion: "I went to college in Zhongzhou. Did you see that dilapidated and old building? It was a dormitory building."
He Lun also sighed: "Brother, it's okay if the road to study is a little difficult. The future is bright."
"No, that's my brother's dormitory building," Gao Mengtang said. "When I was in college, my brother didn't want me to live in the dormitory, so he wrote code part-time and rented an apartment for me outside the school. It's in this building facing the river, on the top floor."
He Lun: ...Unexpected, but reasonable.
I thought the Black Gull headquarters would be in a remote mountain area, but unexpectedly, they set up their base in the city center. There were not many people, but they occupied an entire L-shaped building with strict security.
As soon as Wei Wei showed up, the receptionist stood up and greeted him in a formal manner. The black opal on his wrist touched the elevator sensor and went directly to the top floor, the 21st floor.
"Let's go get the camp pass first," Wei Wei adjusted his opal bracelet. "After you join Black Gull, your specific position will depend on the leader's arrangement. Once the position is determined, we can sign the contract to sell ourselves."
Gao Mengtang: "Selling body indenture?"
Wei Wei put down the bracelet and exhaled: "Sorry, the official statement is that it should be a contract to sign the skill scroll [Glory Added], after signing, you will become a follower of Chief Yin. However, we usually jokingly call the scroll [Glory Added] 'Glorious Selling', or simply the Selling Contract."
The elevator reached the 21st floor and Wei Wei took him into an elegant office.
It was obvious that the Black Owl leader valued Wei Wei very much. His office was twice as big as others, with dozens of medals hanging on the door. There were also incense, tobacco leaves and tea cakes that had just been delivered.
"You are treated very well at Heiou." Gao Mengtang looked around. The office was divided by many screens, so he couldn't see the whole picture at a glance. The gnarled wood veneer in front of him cost hundreds of thousands.
Wei Wei curled his lips, with a hint of self-mockery: "Not bad? The HR director is just a mid-level manager. I have worked hard for more than two years. Every quarter, my contribution value is consistently in the top five, but I have never been promoted. This office is just a slap in the face and a sweet date."
Gao Mengtang could guess the reason why he had not been promoted for a long time. Wei Wei had betrayed the former leader of Ghost Bamboo, causing the former leader's tragic death. Yin Mingwu was wary of him.
Several long-lived clay puppets were cleaning, and the ebony desk was wiped spotlessly clean. Wei Wei opened a drawer and frowned: "Where is the key? The key to the keepsake storage room should be here."
Gao Mengtang leaned over to take a look: "Maybe put it somewhere else."
"No," Wei Wei shook his head firmly, "I never put things in the wrong place."
A sticky, muddy voice came from the door: "Long time no see, Brother Wei. I watched your clearance video, it was very exciting."
A fat middle-aged man with a beer belly walked in and adjusted the name tag on his suit.
Wei Wei glanced at him nonchalantly and said, "Zhao Si, can't you read? This is the office of the Director of Personnel."
"Of course I can read. I'm sure Professor Wei can read too. Why don't you take a closer look?" Zhao Si held the small name tag on his chest with his sturdy hands. It read:
Zhao Si-Acting Director of Human Resources
Wei Wei closed the drawer and slowly stood up: "Explain it."
Zhao Si: "Brother Wei, your contribution is indeed high, but your past experience... Look, you have been seduced by Qin again, and your instability has increased..."
Wei Wei interrupted him: "The charm effect has been removed."
Zhao Si spread his hands and said, "How do you prove it?"
Wei Wei pursed his lips and said nothing. One of the insidious things about Charm is that it is not a debuff and will not be displayed in the status bar. There is no way to check whether a player is Charmed or not, nor is it possible to know whether he is out of Charm's control.
"The leader has decided to give you three months of paid leave. You will still receive the 100,000 bonus for the blind joining the camp. Brother Wei, you can take some time off. I will temporarily take over the burden of the human resources department." Zhao Si said with a smile.
Three months of paid leave sounds good, but how could Wei Wei not understand Yin Mingwu's methods? This was a way to lure the tiger away from the mountain, take away his power first, and then drive Wei Wei away when the time was right.
Even if Wei Wei was not kicked out, his situation would only get worse, not better.
Zhao Si took out the key to the storage room from his trouser pocket and shook it, "Xiao Gao, come here, I will handle your entry procedures personally."
Gao Mengtang stood there without moving.
"Come on," Zhao Si waved, "I heard that the leader arranged for you to start as a junior priest."
Since he dared to say it, it must have been decided that Gao Mengtang would become a priest.
After clearing the first official dungeon, you can enter the largest faction, and the position is the most promising priest. Most players dare not even dream of this.
Good things happened to Gao Mengtang, but he didn't react at all. Zhao Si was very surprised. He was almost jealous of Gao Mengtang. Why didn't he look happy at all?
Zhao Si persisted: "Come on, let's get the job application first. After that, Brother Zhao will take you out for a drink."
Gao Mengtang: "I don't drink."
Zhao Si slapped his forehead and said, "Oops, oops, I forgot. The blind man is a saint, he doesn't eat meat or anything else. Then let's go eat romaine salad, I'll follow suit and eat healthy."
Gao Mengtang: "I'm not hungry today."
"Then tomorrow, tomorrow we will..."
Before he could finish, Gao Mengtang interrupted: "I won't be hungry tomorrow either. If you treat me, I won't be hungry."
"Hey, you kid!"
Gao Mengtang interrupted again: "Let Wei Wei take me to the job application process."
Zhao Si was embarrassed to be humiliated in front of others. Wei Wei, who was standing beside him, suddenly laughed softly. Zhao Si's anger suddenly ignited.
Most of the Heiou people disliked Wei Wei: he was an outsider, but he received too much care from the leader.
He moved his office to the top floor, decorated it elegantly, gave him cigarettes, fine wine, and tea from time to time, dozens of medals, praised him for five minutes at the beginning of every meeting, and even went on vacation with him...
The relationship between the camp members and the leader is a bit like that between a dog and its master. They can't help but feel jealous and compare. Although they know that Wei Wei deserves everything he has, they are still jealous.
Job-hopping between Black Tower camps is not as painless as job-hopping between companies. Black Tower games are life-threatening and place special emphasis on loyalty. People who switch from other camps should be excluded and discriminated against.
How can Wei Wei, an outsider, get more care than the indigenous people?
Zhao Si had always disliked Wei Wei, and Wei Wei's sneer made him even angrier. He spoke particularly harshly, "Xiao Gao, you don't have to worry about your brother Wei. He works hard and finally got a three-month vacation. He has time to focus on his life and do something interesting."
"For example, writing love letters."
Wei Wei suddenly exerted force on his hands that were pressing on the table, and his knuckles turned white.
Zhao Si became more and more arrogant: "What kind of person can win the favor of Brother Wei? Male or female, it should be a male. After all, Brother Wei, you..."
He glanced meaningfully between Wei Wei's legs.
The humiliation was not concealed. Wei Wei's face changed again and again, and his five fingers were so hard that they seemed to tear the sandalwood table. After a few seconds, he smiled coldly.
"Zhao Si, you are so arrogant, I think you have nothing to fear. It has been decided that you will become the chief personnel officer."
Zhao Si raised the corner of his mouth proudly and answered the question silently.
The leader told him clearly that he would replace Wei Wei and become the new chief of personnel.
The luxurious office on the top floor could not be given to Zhao Si, so he had to move to a small room on the 4th floor.
Wei Wei took off his name tag and threw it on the table. The black clay puppet that was cleaning disappeared with a crash.
"Then I will go and enjoy my vacation. I wish you good luck in your work, Chief Zhao."
After seeing Wei Wei off, Zhao Si was in a good mood. He turned around and found that Gao Mengtang had also run away with Wei Wei.
"Where are you going, Xiao Gao? Are you going to get your job here?"
Gao Mengtang said innocently: "Didn't I tell you that I want Wei Wei to take me to the job application process?"
Zhao Si was anxious: "Don't be so stupid. Wei Weike almost killed you in the dungeon."
"But Wei Wei was injured because he saved me." Gao Mengtang said this and followed Wei Wei into the elevator.
Zhao Si stretched out his hand but grabbed nothing: "Hey, I'm talking to you!"
The elevator door slowly closed in front of him.
After exiting the Heiou Building, I saw He Lun and Bai Jie waiting on the street. They looked at Gao Mengtang with quite resentment in their eyes.
After being awkward for a long time, He Lun spoke first: "Brother, what position?"
Gao Mengtang winked and pointed at Wei Wei's back, indicating that Wei Wei was in a bad mood and should not speak for the time being.
In the city center, it would be inappropriate to wear a long gown and a mandarin jacket and smoke a pipe. Today, Wei Wei was wearing a white suit and his silver hair was combed into a neat back. He took out a cigarette case and twisted out a cigarette.
He crushed the explosive bead, held it in his mouth and lit it, exhaled a puff of white smoke, and squinted his eyes lazily: "Mr. Blind, you don't have to wait any longer, follow Zhao Si to handle the job application."
Gao Mengtang: "What about you?"
"I will come to process my resignation tomorrow." Wei Wei looked at the endless stream of vehicles in front of him, "I can endure it, but I am not shameless. They have excluded me to this extent, and I am still staying in Heiou, waiting for others to stab me in the back?"
Gao Mengtang: "So urgent? Where's the 100,000 yuan bonus?"
"Based on my understanding of Yin Mingwu, I can't get this money."
It was Wednesday, 9 o'clock in the morning, and the working party was bustling by, holding coffee, carrying breakfast, holding briefcases, and chatting about the daily newspaper or PPT with colleagues they met on the way.
Gao Mengtang and others stood by the roadside, with cars in front of them and people behind them. They were all running in their own directions, and they would not notice that these people, who were no different from them, were discussing something that was far away from ordinary people. They passed by each other calmly and habitually from another world.
"Go ahead, that's the Black Gull Priest." Wei Wei waved his hand holding the cigarette back.
Gao Mengtang: "I will not join Hei Gull."
Wei Wei turned his head in surprise: "You promised me that the day before yesterday you would..."
Gao Mengtang made a stop gesture: "Let's think about this. I didn't plan to join any camp. It was you who found me and proposed a deal. You help me find my brother, and in return, I will join the Black Gull. But now, you are planning to withdraw, why should I join?"
Wei Wei blinked and said, "But that is the junior priest of Hei Gull, a position that many people dream of."
Gao Mengtang: "That's a pity. I never dreamed of this position."
Beside him, He Lun and Bai Jie were like frost-bitten eggplants that were given vitality magic. They were radiant and their eyes were shining. If they were not in the city center, they would have wanted to transform into knights on the spot to liven up the atmosphere.
Wei Wei: "Have you really thought about it?"
Gao Mengtang nodded. He was even somewhat relieved that Wei Wei was planning to resign. If he had joined Heiou just to repay a favor, he would have run away sooner or later.
"Since you are not planning to join, I have no worries. Before leaving, I have one more thing to do." Wei Wei's gaze turned to the traffic again.
"Zhao Si is in high spirits and has gotten carried away. I have to pour a bucket of cold water on him to let him know how to behave and do things."
He Lun didn't know the whole story, he was just very excited and raised his arms and shouted, "Beat him up!"
A passerby in a hurry heard his shout and turned to glance at the edge of their world.
Wei Wei put out the cigarette in his hand and said, "You don't have to do it yourself. I just need to make a big fuss about the resignation. Then, all the responsibility will be put on Zhao Si."
"Let's make a big fuss, let's make a big fuss!" He Lun rubbed his hands, "How do we make a big fuss?"
An armored vehicle drove into the underground garage of the Heiou Building. Wei Wei stared at a cloud of black exhaust gas, and three silver balls appeared in his hands.
It is a storage ball. Each small ball has 200 cubic meters of storage space.
"That's the Black Gull's main warehouse, follow us." Wei Wei said.
Heron: "What are you going to do?"
Wei Wei: "Take back my 100,000 yuan bonus."
*
The young man guarding the warehouse was sleeping on the table. When he heard the prompt tone of "Beep - advanced authority", he sat up with a start.
Wei Wei walked straight past him and walked in with Gao Mengtang, He Lun and Bai Jie.
"Chief, wait a minute," the young man woke up in shock, "You are still on vacation. You cannot take anything from the warehouse without an application."
Wei Wei glanced at him coldly: "The warehouse manager has also been replaced? Aren't you Zhao Si's assistant Xiao Liu?"
Xiao Liu straightened his back and said, "The general manager has a good memory."
"Oh."
A light laugh, chilling to the bone, appeared silently behind Xiao Liu, pressed his head, and smashed it hard on the table.
Xiao Liu's eyes rolled back and he fainted on the spot.
Wei Wei opened the door of the warehouse and saw a corridor with no end in sight, with identical iron doors on both sides. He found a door with ease and opened it. The universal currency of the Black Tower, [Broken Bones], was piled up like pearls in the transparent cubicle.
He threw out three storage balls, and the broken bones floated over automatically, hit an invisible air wall, and were sucked into the storage space.
There are detection instruments in the room. If it is found that someone has taken items without approval, a sharp alarm will sound.
"Warning, warning. Illegal intrusion."
"Warning, warning, illegal intrusion."
"Guards have been summoned."
The sirens blared and the red lights flashed, but Wei Wei said, "Don't worry, they don't dare to kill me."
The warehouse door was locked, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps on the ceiling. Wei Wei didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, he paced around the room.
On both sides of the room, there were countless skill scrolls, stacked one on top of another, all the way to the ceiling. These scrolls were all [Glory Added], which was the indenture signed by the player when he joined Black Gull.
The straps on the skill scroll come in various colors such as white, green, blue, purple, red, orange, etc., representing different levels of the indenture.
Wei Wei stopped in front of a pile of indentures and took a long puff of his cigarette: "These are my followers."
The indentures took up half of the wall, and conservatively estimated, there were more than 200 volumes. Gao Mengtang was in awe, as Wei Wei's followers were more than 100 times his.
"These are the copied skill scrolls of [Reform Your Mind]. If you sign them, you will have a chance to be resurrected. Fortunately, the original copy of [Reform Your Mind] was not given to Yin Mingwu."
"And these are the indentures of the executives of Heigull." Wei Wei leisurely visited them as if he were visiting a museum. "The indenture I signed with Yin Mingwu... is here."
The indenture was shining with golden light, fixed by the skill. Wei Wei took out a knife and stabbed more than ten times, the golden light splashing burned his right hand with blood.
Finally, the golden light protection was broken, Wei Wei got his indenture contract and tore it into pieces with a "swish".
The yellowed pieces of paper fell, burned automatically, carbonized, and turned into ash.
"it's over."
The footsteps approached the warehouse door. At this moment, He Lun finally realized the danger: "How do we get out?"
A circle of black mud puppets appeared, holding hands and surrounding the four people. Mud and water flooded over their heads.
The guard kicked the door open and saw Wei Wei's smiling face: "I'm just taking the bonus, why are you mobilizing so many people?"
The laser gun fired at them, but it disappeared without a trace. The next second, the four of them teleported to Wei Wei's home.
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