You Gotta Pay More!

Not bad!

This seemingly harmless, naive little Nezha actually had her own system too!

Little Nezha's real name was Shen Miaomiao. She currently lived in Binjiang and was a senior in the Financial Engineering Department at Jinling University.

According to school requirements, seniors no longer needed to attend classes; instead, they had to find a company for an internship.

Originally, this was no big deal for Shen Miaomiao.

Her family was in the capital investment business, and her father owned countless companies of all sizes.

As long as Old Shen was willing, he could easily issue her an internship certificate, and she could happily laze around at home like a beautiful salted fish.

But fate had other plans.

Old Shen waved his hand and, instead of giving her a certificate, threw a company at her!

"Aren't you studying that financial engineering stuff? Go be an intern CEO and get some practice."

Shen Miaomiao was stunned on the spot!

What kind of money-powered nonsense was this?

Who'd ever heard of an intern starting as an intern CEO?

And why was he handing her a game technology company?

She didn't know anything about games!

She couldn't even play Carrot Fantasy properly!

But just as she was about to refuse, the system descended.

[Rebate System]

A heaven-defying cheat that gave her multiplied compensation every time an investment failed!

However, to prevent the host from exploiting bugs by deliberately making failed investments, Shen Miaomiao's system also had two prerequisites—

[Condition One: During the intern CEO period, the host must successfully bind one Principal for investment.]

[Condition Two: The Principal must conform to industry norms and remain unaware of this system.]

[Note: Both conditions must be met simultaneously for the system to activate; otherwise, it will self-destruct.]

And so!

That was why today's interview happened!

Click.

As the conference room door closed, only Senior Secretary Chu Qingzhou and President Shen Miaomiao remained inside.

A moment of silence.

"You little fool, what have you done?!"

Chu Qingzhou shook Shen Miaomiao's shoulders vigorously, as if trying to rattle the water out of her brain.

Shen Miaomiao's decision was even more sloppy than the art style of Gu Sheng's game!

"With that design level, I'd advise him to start a crowdfunding campaign!"

Chu Qingzhou was practically losing her mind:

"Even if you wanted to do charity, you didn't have to gamble the company's future!"

"Ah-wah—ah-wah—"

Shen Miaomiao wobbled back and forth:

"Sister Chuchu—my head's gonna fall off—!"

Swish!

Hearing that, Chu Qingzhou finally stopped, sighed regretfully, and said:

"It's my fault too, for not stopping you."

"Hiring such a useless director... our company's in big trouble..."

Seeing Chu Qingzhou's dejected look, Shen Miaomiao felt a surge of excitement.

That's exactly what I wanted!

She knew perfectly well that Gu Sheng was a useless designer!

But she was looking for a useless designer!

Otherwise, where would the tenfold rebate come from?

And where would her salted-fish life of lying back and achieving financial freedom come from?

But she couldn't say what she was thinking. Suppressing her smile, she patted her senior secretary's shoulder:

"Sister Chuchu, don't be too discouraged. What Director Gu said just now isn't without merit."

"Sure, frustrating level design ticks people off, but the sense of achievement after clearing them will definitely bring joy to the players."

"I believe in my judgment."

"This 'Mario Bros.' is going to sell really well..."

Yeah, right!

Shen Miaomiao added silently in her mind.

That whole spiel was nothing but blatant lies—she didn't even believe it herself.

With that crappy game, however much money you threw in, you'd lose just as much.

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but start scheming in her head.

How could she drive up the investment in this game...

The next day!

Gu Sheng officially took up his post!

Sitting in the spacious, bright private office, Gu Sheng toyed with the business card stamped with "Golden Wind Game Director – Gu Sheng," still feeling a bit uneasy in his heart.

This whole thing was just too absurd.

Yesterday, back in his dorm, he'd mulled it over all night and still couldn't figure out why Little Nezha had hired him as director.

Because from what he knew, the applicants at yesterday's interview included no shortage of seasoned experts!

There was a returnee master's graduate from studying abroad in Neon.

There was a veteran with ten years of deep experience in the gaming industry.

There was even a deputy director who'd once overseen a game project worth tens of millions.

But Little Nezha hadn't picked any of them.

Out of all those applicants, she'd singled him out at a glance!

It really baffled him.

Just as he was thinking this!

Knock knock knock—

Suddenly, a knock came at the office door.

Gu Sheng snapped back to reality and put the card into its box: "Come in."

Click.

As the frosted glass door swung open, a cute girl with a bun hairstyle appeared at the entrance:

"Director Gu? Is this a bad time?"

It was Shen Miaomiao!

Seeing her, Gu Sheng quickly stood up: "Little... uh, CEO Shen."

Close call—he almost slipped up.

"It's fine, it's fine, sit down."

Walking into the office, Shen Miaomiao put on a deliberately seasoned air and waved a hand at Gu Sheng:

"I came by today mainly to see if you need anything else here."

"And also to talk with you... about the development of that 'Mario Bros.'"

Gu Sheng nodded.

As expected of the boss!

She talked in such a roundabout way—clearly wanting to discuss the project, yet she had to find a lead-in.

"Thanks for your concern, CEO Shen. The office conditions here are already excellent."

As he spoke, Gu Sheng poured a glass of water for Shen Miaomiao:

"As for the project, what aspect would you like to know about, CEO Shen?"

After thanking him, Shen Miaomiao picked up the water glass:

"Mainly I want to get a sense of the project's budget. Do you have a rough figure, Director Gu?"

Budget... huh?

Gu Sheng almost felt embarrassed using the word "budget."

He held up two fingers: "Two hundred."

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Gu Sheng in surprise: "Two million?"

Gu Sheng nearly spat out his water.

This guy isn't Little Nezha—he's a money-delivering gift boy!

Even if you thought about it with your knees, there's no way this thing could be worth two million, right?!

"Two hundred bucks!"

Gu Sheng quickly corrected himself, terrified that the officer would slap cuffs on him for fraud any second now.

But if he thought staying quiet was better, he was dead wrong.

The moment those words left his mouth, Shen Miaomiao's eyes flew wide open—her reaction even bigger than when she heard "two million"!

"How much?!"

"Two hundred bucks..." Gu Sheng winced. "What's the problem?"

The problem was huge!!!

Alarms blared in Shen Miaomiao's heart!

Only two hundred bucks?

The cost was way too low!

Even multiplied by ten, that was just two thousand!

No way, no way!

Shen Miaomiao's mind raced as she sensed trouble!

She had to find a way to raise the investment, preferably max it out!

After all, the more she put in, the higher her rebate would be!

So, after a moment of deliberation, Shen Miaomiao spoke up:

"This cost... the amount's too small, it'll be hard to get it through the finance books."

"We need to add more money!"