American Comics: From Beijing with Love, Turning In Mutants at the Start
Chapter 353

What? Capturing Me Gets You a Universal Prime-Time Slot!

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Sing Sing clenched his teeth so hard they were grinding.

"That damned bastard! When I catch him, I'll tie him up and make him Baobao in a hot pot for three months!"

The following day, Old Zhou was summoned to Uncle Biao's office early in the morning.

Uncle Biao had a stack of printed materials about half his height on his desk, and he was reading the newspaper while wearing his reading glasses.

"Uncle Biao, what's up? I'm currently busy having a romantic getaway with Duke of Zhou."

Uncle Biao took off his reading glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and pointed to the materials on the table.

"Take it and look at it yourself."

Old Zhou leaned closer; the top page featured screenshots of trending topics, with the top ten hashtags glowing red.

New Year Cup

Lorna moves the ball online

#Yan Da Xia's solo journey of a thousand miles is incredibly cool!

#StormWomanArtificialRainGivesYouWhatYouWishFor

#Li Qianhuan hand-made koi firework yyds

Sing Sing leaned over and flipped through a couple of pages. Wow, everyone's gone crazy for it online.

Polaris's iconic "goal-pushing" moment has been turned into 800 parody versions, captioned "As long as we run fast enough, the goal can't catch me."

The clip of Storm controlling the rain on the basketball court has been edited into rain-praying videos by farmers across the country, and incense offerings are practically being made in the comment sections of these short videos.

Even Yan Shuangying has a "Yan the Hero, middle-aged and elderly mothers' fan group".

The group announcement read, "This week, we'll knit wool pants for Xiaoyan. He needs to wear a sweater we knitted ourselves this spring."

Even more outrageous is that several MCN agencies submitted proposals.

They offered an eight-figure sum to sign Polaris and Li Qianhuan as internet celebrities, forming an "Awakened Girl Group" to sell goods via live streaming.

"See that?"

Uncle Biao chuckled:

"What do those capitalists take our special talents for? Just tools to make quick money?"

The two were chatting when Director Wang strolled in, his hands behind his back.

"It's a good thing that the public likes it, and it's normal for these capitalist companies to want to ride the wave."

"Xiao Zhou, let's skip the fan-circle voting and voting stuff, let's go straight for promoting model workers."

"Cut together clips of their daily work, such as calibrating immersed tunnels, controlling desertification and afforestation, clearing smoke from fires, and combating drought and rainfall, and send them out."

"Let everyone see, these children are not some Mutants despised in United States, but legitimate workers of our country, our own people who are building our nation!"

"Furthermore, let's standardize our terminology. We should stop using the discriminatory term 'Mutants' and uniformly call Awakened.'"

Alright!

Sing Sing's eyes lit up; he recognized him.

Hiring someone to edit promotional materials costs money, right?

How the money is spent is entirely up to him.

Upon receiving the order, Sing Sing first found A Le and, holding the promotional plan, headed towards the underground training classroom.

He plans to film a promotional video for each of his friends, and then create a website to promote it; the effect will definitely be great.

Um...

This website can also be handed over to Anton for maintenance.

The training room was bustling with activity and filled with lively chatter.

A Le, dressed in a suit, was preparing to hand out graduation certificates to the four new students of Awakened Class One.

Daken twirled his pen and swayed back and forth in his chair, while Ichirai Hisako sat ramrod straight.

Petra rested her chin on her hand, her cheeks slightly flushed, lost in thought.

The Longneck creature was swinging its neck back and forth.

"Sit down, everyone! Those whose names are called, come up and receive your transfer orders!"

Sing Sing tapped the blackboard and slammed the assignment list onto the podium.

"Ichirai Hisako, Safety Testing Group, Heavy Machinery Research Institute: Your telekinetic armor is tough enough. You'll be used for testing the compressive strength of new tunnel boring machines and excavators. This will be considered a special job, and your monthly high-risk allowance will be doubled."

Ichirai Hisako stood up and bowed, her steps becoming much lighter; it seemed that studying here had truly bored her.

"Petra, you're in the underground river exploration team for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's central route, the same team as Deep Abyss. You can report for duty after the holiday."

"The airfare will be reimbursed through official channels. Once you arrive, find the logistics department to get the keys. It's a two-bedroom, one-living-room staff dormitory."

"Whoo--"

In the classroom, Daken whistled and teased her.

Petra's face turned bright red, and she covered her mouth as she ran to receive the transfer order, her fingertips trembling.

Being with Harry surprised her somewhat.

Even though she really wanted to work with her boyfriend, she was a newcomer and didn't dare to make the request.

I never expected my company to be so considerate...

Two days ago, Director Wang talked to her and Harry, asking about their marriage. The two shook their heads and refused, saying that they had not yet created enough value for the country.

Director Wang laughed heartily, indicating his understanding.

I thought the matter was over, but today I received a transfer order that put me and Harry together.

"Longneck, special personnel placement post, responsible for explaining contract terms, onboarding instructions, and labor protection benefits to newly hired employees."

The Longneck's eyes were red, and he said thank you several times.

In his eyes, his abilities were useless; what use was a long neck? It wasn't like it could stretch indefinitely.

He had thought he would be sent back to his hometown, but he never expected to actually be able to stay and work.

Thinking of this, Longneck's eyes stung, and he quickly wiped his face with his hand.

Finally, only Daken was left. The kid, with his legs crossed, swung his chair so loudly it creaked. "What about me?"

Before Sing Sing could speak, Wolverine came in through the back door and slapped Daken on the back of the head.

"You applied to join the Border Anti-Drug Squad, and I've made the decision for you."

"What the hell?!"

Daken jumped up and down, yelling, "Old man, are you crazy?!"

You don't know anything!

Logan flicked his cigar ash. "With your Healing Factor, you're not afraid of being shot, and you don't have to worry about being forced to inject drugs and getting addicted. What's there to be afraid of?"

"I'm not going! Go yourself! Last time I cut up your cigar and used it to make tea, you're settling a score with me!"

"You little brat, you've gone too far!"

The father and son immediately started scratching each other with their claws at the back of the classroom.

Finally Daken was pinned to the ground and rubbed against Logan, cursing as he pressed his fingerprint on the consent form, his face scratched up like a melon.

In fact, Old Goldhead had privately spoken to Sing Sing about Daken's situation with great concern.

According to the company's medical examination report, Daken still has a bone claw on his wrist, but he can only extend the bone claw from the back of his hand.

This strange situation worried Old Goldhead, who even wondered if Jin hadn't fully awakened.

After discussing it, the two decided to assign him this job.

Daken was young and impetuous, couldn't stand the chaos, and had self-healing abilities, making him the perfect candidate for this task.

Besides training him, it also reduces the casualty rate among comrades—why not?

After arranging the personnel, Sing Sing made a phone call to summon the Wandering Girl).

With a lollipop in her mouth and a cup of full-sugar milk tea in her arms, Little Yi snapped her the Snap after understanding the task, "Alright! I'll go and flood all the Super Topic and make sure our work documentary gets all up there!"

"I'll make sure they understand everything perfectly! But... after it's all over, could you give me three cups of Taro Boba? Double the sugar, please!"

"Five cups!"

The purple light flashed twice, and Little Yi vanished instantly.

In less than half an hour, the online sentiment took a complete 180-degree turn.

A photo of Polaris monitoring the alignment of the immersed tunnel sections in the Qiongzhou Strait topped the trending searches.

The comments section is full of comments like, "So moving the ball around the goal is for practicing precision; his hands are so steady when calibrating Rocket parts."

Underneath the video of Storm bringing rain to drought-stricken areas in Shanxi, farmers lined up to post photos of their watered crops as a token of gratitude.

The fan comments calling him "wife" and "husband" have all disappeared, replaced by comments like "Salute to the master craftsman" and "This is the kind of star we should be following."

Li Qianhuan was squatting in the corridor scrolling through her phone when she saw a comment that said, "I saw a tornado put out the fire during that big fire; it turns out it was Riptide."

Li Qianhuan smiled as she read the comments, and approached Sing Sing to express her desire to join the company.

Sing Sing looked at the contract, his mouth practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin—this was an unexpected delight!

He was just about to get the employee handbook for Li Qianhuan when his phone rang loudly.

He answered the phone, and first came a burst of rapid AK fire, followed by Deadpool's agonizing screams, so loud that Li Qianhuan had to pick his ears.

"Help! I shouldn't have stolen your Huazi! The bullets here hurt more than Old Man Jiang's blood-drawing needle!"

"You still have the nerve to make a phone call?"

Sing Sing yelled angrily, "I'll deduct the money from your salary Huazi! Tell me, what's going on?"

"I landed in California intending to sell your Huazi on the black market as seed money, but I stumbled upon Silver Peak and his gang trading with the Hellfire Club! That fierce woman with the diamond-shaped red mark on her forehead was there too!"

An explosion can be heard in the background.

"Damn it, they threw grenades! I'm stuck in the sewers with three Mutants, boss, get some guys out of here right now! Oh, and Huazi, I just pulled out my shirt when a homeless guy robbed me! You can't dock my pay!"

The call ended with a click, leaving only a busy tone.

Hellfire Club...

This is more troublesome than I imagined.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Qianhuan didn't ask any more questions, and took the study manual to go to the second training class.

After thinking it over, Old Zhou decided to go to the laboratory first.

The items they found at the Silver Peak base and the remains of the Livestream Orb are still there; I wonder what those two old men have figured out.

As soon as I entered the lab, I saw Jiang Si holding a welding torch and Da Vinci holding a wrench.

The two old men were jumping up and down and hurling insults at each other around the dismantled live Livestream Orb.

"What do you know about intergalactic signals? You're just a flashlight repairman! This Livestream Orb needs to be connected via bioelectrical conduction!"

"Bullshit! Mechanical decoding is the way to go! Last time you put a mechanical arm on Colossus that popped out a back scratcher, it almost made people laugh so hard the steel plates cracked!"

"What's all the noise about!"

Already in a bad mood, Sing Sing roared, and the two old men immediately fell silent.

Da Vinci's fingers trembled as he picked up a crystal.

"Ah Qi, don't start cursing... This thing just fell out of the core of the Livestream Orb. I just glanced at it, and there's... a cross-dimensional Bounty Order on it."

The crystal lit up with a "beep," projecting scarlet characters into the air, dazzling the eyes:

[Bounty Target: Stephen Zhou]

[Reward Amount: Permanent Prime-Time Naming Rights for the Mojoverse]

[Requirement: Capture alive first]

Jiang Si leaned closer for a look, and the welding torch almost shoved Da Vinci in the face. "Wow! Prime time forever! If we catch the person who put the bounty on their head, our e-commerce advertising will be secured!"

Sing Sing was so angry he laughed.

Well, things at home have barely settled down, and the Americans haven't even finished settling their scores with their enemies; now they've even put an intergalactic bounty on his head?

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