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Chapter 680 First Label, Then Take Sides
Wu Wang remained calm in the face of the smiling man's questioning.
He casually shrugged and looked around, indicating:
"I'm lost. The fourth floor is too big. I just started working here and I've been looking for the restroom for ages. The signage here isn't very user-friendly for newcomers."
The smiling man looked at his outstretched hand, which was empty.
He then turned to look at the female employee behind Wu Wang.
The other person was still asleep and hadn't been woken up.
The next second, he pinpointed the anomaly precisely—the keyboard at this workstation was missing.
Then the smiling person pointed to the other side of the corridor and said:
"The restroom is located at the intersection of area A and area B. Please follow me this way."
Then, without saying a word, he raised his hand and grabbed Wu Wang's arm. His body, which looked like that of an ordinary person, suddenly unleashed a force that even players couldn't break free from.
Clearly, once they attract the factory's unusual attention, these Smilers will immediately become a powerful force that players cannot overcome with brute force.
The place he's taking Wu Wang to now is most likely not the restroom.
Because the smile on his face was gone.
Wu Wang was completely unconcerned about the force that felt like a pair of pliers, almost crushing his arm.
Still looking directly at the smiling man, she said, "No need, I don't want to go anymore. I'm just nervous, and my bladder needs time to adjust to the new environment."
This answer makes absolutely no sense.
It falls into the category of nonsensical ramblings unique to humankind.
The Smiler's procedure clearly lacks a template for dealing with topics like "bladder adapting to a new environment".
After a half-second pause, he said coldly and directly, "Employee #00000, I suspect you are engaging in some kind of sabotage of the factory. Please come with me to the Talent Incubation Center immediately to cooperate with the investigation."
In response, Wu Wang also raised an eyebrow and asked without backing down, "Oh? Sabotage the factory? Are you afraid that my pee will burn out the main control system in your brain, or are you afraid that I'll find something shameful while looking for the toilet or the cat?"
"Looking for a cat?" The smiling man frowned and said, "You didn't mention a cat earlier."
Da da da—
Just then, a strange noise came from under the table in front of them.
The person who was smiling immediately squatted down to take a look.
I found a black and white cat sitting on the keyboard, clicking and stomping on it.
He then took the opportunity to bring out the cat and the keyboard.
Wu Wang took Xiao Qiu and placed it on his head, saying, "This is the cat I've been looking for. He ran away while I was looking for the toilet. Is there a problem?"
The smiling person's eyes are like two scanners.
Wu Wang's gaze swept over the cow-and-cow cat's hesitant expression.
Neither the person nor the cat had anything to hide on them.
Finally, he looked at the keyboard in his hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, the smiling man released Wu Wang's hand and pried the keyboard open with tremendous force, the sound waking up his sleeping female colleague next to him.
Seeing the smiling person standing next to her, and the fact that the person's face was not smiling, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.
Holy crap! What did I do?!
Do they have to send a smiling person to warn me even if I just take a nap?
No! Please don't take away my wish points!
While she stood there trembling and dared not utter a sound, the smiling man had finished thoroughly inspecting the broken keyboard.
There was nothing inside...
He also received a response from the monitoring room during this process.
This calico cat is indeed employee #00000's pet. It usually stays on the other person's head. Just now, when I approached, it jumped down from the other person's head and knocked the keyboard off the table.
"Well? Smiler HR-0202, have you found evidence that I sabotaged the factory?"
"Or do you mean that whoever you think is a suspect must be guilty?"
"You want to represent the factory's will? You want to stand on the employees' heads and shit on them at will? Weren't you also promoted from an employee? Can't you even come from the people and go back to the people? How can other employees dare to get promoted? What if you think we got promoted because we took your job and you suppressed us in advance?"
Wu Wang looked at the number on the other person's name tag, his voice full of mockery.
Now it's his best turn—
First put on the hat, then form a team; the style of play is both retro and avant-garde.
Their attitudes and stances are the purest, and they are the most experienced older generation.
The female employee next to her was stunned.
The cold sweat won't disappear, it will only shift; now it's the smiler's turn to be covered in cold sweat.
His familiar, kind smile returned to his face, and his tone, no longer cold, became full of apology as he said:
"I'm sorry, it seems I misunderstood. If it's alright, let me treat you to a delicious lunch in the cafeteria."
However, Wu Wang had no intention of letting him go.
He simply spread his hands, indicating, "I demand cash; just give me my wish points."
"According to the terms of the employment contract, Article 196, Item 5 states that if a person who smiles affects the work of an employee without cause, it is considered a serious mistake, and the employee may file a complaint against the factory against that person who smiles."
"My friend, you don't want to lose your job, do you?"
The fluent recitation of contract terms not only stunned the smiling man, but also left the female employee dumbfounded.
Is...is this really true?
“I have an objection,” the smiling man said seriously. “You are not currently on duty, and my behavior falls within the scope of normal management. You cannot file a valid complaint against me.”
As a smiling individual transformed by the talent incubation center, the factory's terms and conditions were naturally imprinted in his mind.
There is indeed the point Wu Wang mentioned, but he also has ways to excuse his actions.
However, Wu Wang shook his head and said, "That's wrong. Your actions just now have caused me serious psychological trauma and also hurt my pet. According to statistics, pets can relieve employee stress to a considerable extent. Now, the harm you have done to him may cause my subsequent work efficiency to decrease by more than 50%, and it is uncertain when I will recover."
“You can check how efficient I am at work; this would be a serious loss for the factory.”
"So, we lost money."
"Please touch my fragile heart with your sincerity."
After saying that, the cow-patterned cat on Wu Wang's head suddenly began to let out screams.
The heart-wrenching sound drew strange looks from many of the employees who hadn't gone to lunch.
In just a moment, the black and white cat looked like it was about to die, its limbs drooping limply off Wu Wang's head.
The female employee's expression changed from fear to blankness, and even began to be filled with disbelief.
Is this guy asking the smiling person for wish points?
They said it was the opposite of what they believed.
Aren't the smiley ones the ones who monitor employees for work mistakes and deduct wish points accordingly?
Not only her, but the smile on the other person's face also became slightly stiff.
Because he did find that Wu Wang's work efficiency was exceptionally high.
Indeed, this guy hasn't done much work; only three tasks since he joined the company.
However, apart from the substitute task of the wish consultant, the other two reassurance tasks were completed at an astonishing speed, and both received positive reviews.
Even employee #5928, whom several appeasement specialists had failed to appease, was completely brought back to normal work by this guy in less than an hour.
Even this morning, someone within the Smile team recommended this guy to be the appeasement specialist for the lower-level area, specifically responsible for appeasing those complaining employees.
In other words, his work efficiency directly affects the efficiency of other employees.
This person has created extremely high value, either directly or indirectly.
This is why his behavior rating was very low, and he almost ended up on the inefficient asset watchlist, but the factory didn't send anyone to appease him.
Because he really doesn't need to be appeased.
His work has always been running normally and even efficiently.
As long as the program can run, the factory doesn't care how it runs.
But if someone tries to modify this running program, who knows how many problems they'll create.
The factory would have objections.
In other words, this person can indeed file a major complaint against themselves based on the contract terms.
"I'm sorry, this was indeed my mistake. I'll compensate you with 100 Wish Points to treat your pet. How does that sound?"
When the woman said those words, she couldn't help but sense a hint of gritted teeth coming from the smiling man.
How could he not grit his teeth in anger? The one who smiled knew, of course, how much force he had used to lift that cow cat.
Logically, the cat should be perfectly fine.
But this behavior doesn't seem like that of a pet.
He didn't dare to go up and make another request to check the cat's condition immediately.
What if the employee becomes stressed?
Faced with the compensation from the smiling man, Wu Wang silently took Xiao Qiu off his head, held him in his arms, and wept bitterly.
"Little Qiu! Don't die! If you die... who will take care of your litter of kittens!"
His tearful outburst of anguish moved even the female employees. It seems this man truly loves his cat.
The dying calico cat uttered faint, barely audible sounds, as if responding to its owner's sorrow.
"Meow……"
The smile on the person's face became even more forced.
"300 wish points".
Wu Wang remained silent, only weeping.
He would occasionally interject, "Little Hill! If you die, I will do everything I can to bring you back! You are more important to me than people! The dead returning can also be useful to cats, right?"
The original price for "The Return of the Deceased" is 8000 Wish Points.
Oh, it's on sale this week for 7999 points, a little bit cheaper.
This implication made the smiling person exclaim, "Are you kidding me! Even if your pet passes away, buying the [Pet Companionship] item would be enough, right? That only requires 2000 Wish Points!"
Snapped--
Wu Wang instantly released the cow-cat and grabbed the smiling man's hand.
With eyes full of sincerity, he said, "Okay! Deal!"
Even the bewildered female employee could see it now.
Is he trying to extort wish points?
That must be right, right?!
"No...your pet didn't die either..."
If the person who was smiling hadn't been modified, they'd probably be laughing in anger by now.
"Little Qiu! Your life is worthless in the eyes of some heartless people!"
Wu Wang's tears gushed out in an instant.
"Two thousand it is..."
Thank you for your patronage. How can I transfer the money?
"Your attitude changes way too quickly..."
"Little Hill! Waaaaah!"
"..."
Watching this guy switch between crying and laughing like a Sichuan opera face-changing act was even faster than my own shift from indifference to a smile.
Even the smiling person was at a loss.
All he wants now is to get out of here as soon as possible.
As Wu Wang's bracelet popped up, his Wish Points balance became 2130.
The smiling person turned and headed towards the elevator.
He planned to go back and apply for a replacement to patrol the fourth floor; he couldn't stand being here any longer.
However, just as she was leaving, she heard Wu Wang's voice behind her say to the female employee, "By the way, he also smashed your keyboard. Why don't you apply for compensation? This also counts as delaying your work, right?"
The smiling person walked faster, almost running.
He didn't know if the Desire Factory had capital, but there really was a bastard on the fourth floor who deserved to be hung from a street lamp.
The female employee looked in the direction the smiling man had left and said awkwardly, "I... I'll pass. The keyboard is factory property; I can just apply for a new one. I don't need to buy one."
To this, Wu Wang curled his lip and said, "Tsk, a fool wouldn't make money if he could."
He then said to the small hill on the ground, "Very good. It wasn't a waste of time to practice Shakespearean drama with you. I'll give you an extra chicken leg tonight."
Amidst the female employee's bewildered expression, the cow-patterned cat, which had been on the verge of death, suddenly stood up.
It even wiped away the tears that had fallen on its fur with its paw in an extremely human-like manner, and quite skillfully jumped up and landed on Wu Wang's head to yawn, as if nothing had just happened.
"Meow!"
"Boss, I'm a male cat, I can't have kittens!"
That's all he cared about.
However, only Wu Wang could understand these words, while Xiao Qiu could decide who to convey his own words to.
The female employee next to her could only hear Xiao Qiu meowing.
Watching the person and the cat leave, chatting casually, the female employee pinched her thigh hard.
Ouch...it hurts...
I'm not dreaming!
Did someone actually manage to scam wish points from the smiling person?
And he even got a black and white cat to help him do it?
She felt that her values had been severely impacted at that moment.
After leaving the fourth floor and returning to his room, Xiao Qiu jumped onto the bed, and Wu Wang then reached out to touch the back of his head.
The next second, a folded and laminated card appeared in his hand.
That's right, this is what Zhang Mingyuan hid!
Just now, when the smiling person approached and it seemed there wasn't enough time, Wu Wang pushed the cat and keyboard together under the table.
Don't forget, Xiao Qiu also has two scalpels in his hand.
While Wu Wang and the Smiling One were struggling, Xiao Qiu was working hard under the table to finish the final disassembly.
That's right. Not only did Wu Wang teach Xiao Qiu how to disassemble keyboards, he even taught him how to repair cars.
When the smiling man heard the noise and looked over, he saw that the man squatting on the keyboard wasn't just playing around, but was actually stepping the keycaps back on one by one.
The card was already on Little Hill Cat's paw at that time.
The reason they weren't discovered was naturally thanks to [Bai]'s help.
The "Code Deletion" effect of the "Source Code Engine" makes the card disappear from the world for ten seconds.
At that time, Xiao Qiu had already been taken by Wu Wang and placed on his head.
When the card reappeared on his claws, he casually stuck it to the back of Wu Wang's head.
The smiling man, whose scalp tingled from being extorted, had neither the time nor the courage to re-examine Wu Wang's body.
Then Xiaoqiu jumped up again and kept pressing the card down with his body to prevent others from noticing anything unusual.
The collaboration between the human and the cat was incredibly smooth.
"Meow~"
[Boss, these 2000 wish points are such a steal!]
In response, Wu Wang revealed a mysterious smile: "No, no, no, the most profitable thing is not how many wish points there are, but that I discovered something interesting - the Smiler has the authority to transfer money."
He had experimented with this before when he and [Bai] were researching the bracelet.
Even Bai couldn't transfer Wu Wang's wish points to other employees.
That makes sense. If employees could transfer money to each other, Zhang Mingyuan could have easily transferred all the wish points he had gathered from his employees to himself.
With so many employees, the total number must be over ten thousand, right?
Wouldn't it be simpler to just go directly to the top-level wish pool and request a change to the factory rules?
Therefore, this can also be considered a restriction on employees.
After all, Wish Points aren't real currency, so they can't be actually withdrawn.
However, Wu Wang has now discovered a loophole.
Smiley is still nominally an employee, otherwise Zhang Mingyuan's file wouldn't show him owing tens of thousands of points.
In other words, the smiling person just now simply transferred Wish Points from his own account to Wu Wang, or rather, he didn't care about losing money on a loan.
In any case, it's still just employee-to-employee transfers between them.
This is quite subtle.
Wu Wang thought that maybe he could give it a try.
After all, he did know a smiling person.
"Okay, let's take a look at the contents of the card first."
Wu Wang unfolded the plastic-sealed card, his eyes gleaming even more clearly.
This is really good stuff!
I thought the ventilation duct diagram Zhang Mingyuan mentioned was still a hand-drawn version, just like the previous architectural drawings for the 49-story building.
This was far beyond Wu Wang's expectations.
This thing... is a fucking original printout!
Holy crap! How did Zhang Mingyuan get his hands on that? (End of Chapter)