Life was life, work was work. Though people said that, the number who could truly separate the two completely was absolutely small.
Especially for Professionals with a noose around their necks, when they actually gave themselves a day off, their subconscious would keep reminding them that they should use that day to improve themselves.
The week since Lu PingAn returned had nominally been a week off, but in reality, people kept coming to him, and all sorts of matters from every side never stopped.
Resources and dividends had already been distributed, but due to the delayed nature of the income, most of it was actually reward dividends from the Abyss journey, along with the latest dividends from Green Planet Company.
They included, but were not limited to, a batch of Force Dragon God Bone Powder—the new academic name for the Divine Bone's original owner—a batch of precious minerals native to that planet, which had originally been the planet's primary product, and a batch of relatively unimportant Credit Coins, all of which had been exchanged for raw materials at Lu PingAn's request.
"The Trading Ground has been opening every day recently. Anyone who needs something can keep an eye on the market. Of course, the Black Market at the Steam Factory seems to have reopened too. I went to take a look, and the supply wasn't bad. It might be several churches unloading goods at once, but be careful not to let those rats follow you. It's been a little chaotic there lately."
Lu PingAn was undoubtedly a generous boss. Considering the bizarre current state of the market, where Credit Coins could no longer buy good goods, he directly distributed hard currency—"minerals" and "extraterrestrial resources"—so everyone could take them to the market and exchange them for the resources they urgently needed.