The One Piece Novel

At noon, after glancing at his messages, Zhou Mingde's efficiency was high; he had already found a warehouse for rent.

Nanan City, Longzhen County. A hazardous chemical warehouse, covering an area of 2400 square meters. Rent starts at 500 square meters, with a daily rent of 0.75 per square meter. That's 76,500 per month, or 918,000 per year.

"Damn it, making money while lying down, I'm so envious..." Zhou Qi directly calculated the price of the warehouse and was filled with envy.

Back then, he worked himself to death and only earned three to five thousand a month.

Look at them, just a warehouse, and they can earn a new Audi A8 a year without doing anything.

"Haggle, haggle hard! Calculate it by the year, and I'll give you one-fifth of whatever you manage to cut!" Zhou Qi replied.

"This!" Zhou Mingde's eyes lit up. Nearly 920,000 a year, if he could bring it down to 500,000, he'd get 80,000?

He was just a branch manager before, and his income wasn't high!

Earning 80,000 yuan out of nowhere, why wouldn't he want it!

Moreover, he was sure they would agree. After all, it was rare for anyone to rent a warehouse for a whole year; most people only needed it for a couple of days temporarily.

Could short-term and long-term rentals be priced the same!

"Okay, I'll go negotiate right away!" Zhou Mingde replied immediately.

Switching to another message, it was from Xu Shiqin.

"Boss, Lu Xiaowan is writing a long post on her personal account badmouthing you!"

"Hmm?" Zhou Qi was taken aback. He had heard of "long posts" before, but he never expected it to happen to him!

What did she write!

I'm so curious!

He clicked on Xu Shiqin's link, which led him to an app that would pop up if you searched for "toilet."

"The disgusting boss's methods are despicable; to get me, he actually used this method to suppress me!"

"Hmm?" Zhou Qi's spirits lifted, and he quickly scrolled down.

The post unfolded, and the writing was surprisingly good.

It said that she worked at a pharmaceutical company. Recently, the company was acquired. The new boss was in his early twenties, but he was ugly and greasy. Seeing her beauty, he hinted at taking her out to dinner. When she refused, he threatened to fire her, then dissolved her department and transferred her to a colleague she disliked. He then hinted that if she paid a small, insignificant price, she could return to her original department.

Below, she had even posted WeChat chat logs!!

Zhou Qi read them one by one. The WeChat avatar used was of Katsuya Katsuya, the same as his. At first glance, it really looked like him.

Scrolling down to the comments, they were already disgusting.

"Garbage companies are all like this, support sister's rights."

"Sister, what's your company's name? We'll expose him online!"

Below that was Lu Xiaowan's reply: "I can't say the name, as it has a significant local influence. I can only say that such things are inevitable in the workplace. I'll hold on a bit longer, perhaps there will be a turning point..."

"Sister, don't ever wrong yourself. If you're unhappy with your job, just quit, and splash a basin of water on that idiot's head before you leave!"

Seeing comments like this, Lu Xiaowan probably didn't know how she felt, but she was probably cursing people. After all, a job that paid 14,000 a month, had little work, and could gain her followers was rare.

If I quit, will you give me a job?

"Are you sure this is her account?" Zhou Qi asked, as the description of being fat and ugly didn't match him at all.

This sounds like Brother Bing!

But she used his WeChat avatar.

"It is hers. I've been following her since she joined!" Xu Shiqin said. "Moreover, look at her Bilibili and Douyin accounts. Before she joined, the combined followers on these two platforms were less than 600,000. Now it's 2.7 million. Their official account only posts 4 videos a month, while her personal account posts 12, and all during work hours! She posts them during work hours too!"

Zhou Qi clicked on Lu Xiaowan's Bilibili homepage. Most of the videos were dance videos, with a small portion being workplace skits.

And in most of these dance videos, she wore professional attire on top and modified shorts and skirts on the bottom, along with stockings.

Honestly, dance videos filmed in blue and gray work uniforms might indeed be more attractive than plain dance videos, as they could showcase the wisdom and beauty of the working people!

"Tsk..." It was obvious she was using company resources to gain followers.

However, Zhou Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with this behavior. Isn't it natural to take advantage of capitalists? He often slacked off at work and took paid bathroom breaks.

Liu Cixin even wrote novels while at work.

What's more, he was taking advantage of Luo Baofeng's resources, so what did it have to do with him?

But writing a long post to distort facts and forge chat logs was wrong!

"Find a lawyer, sue her!" Zhou Qi replied.

"Huh?" Xu Shiqin was stunned. "Wait, you mean, sue?"

"Yes, this is defamation and damage to personal reputation, isn't it!" Zhou Qi said. "Don't be afraid of spending money; we won't be afraid even if we go bankrupt. Do you understand? Ask Teacher Zhang San if he'll take the case. If he will, hire him!"

"Uh..." Xu Shiqin hadn't expected her new boss to play such a big game, and he didn't seem to have any pity for her...

Hiring Zhang San, wouldn't that start with a death sentence?

Suddenly, Xu Shiqin felt a strong sense of crisis.

The reason she targeted Lu Xiaowan was that Lu Xiaowan was the only one in the entire office who could threaten her in terms of looks.

But if the new boss isn't interested in the girls' looks, what's the point of their fighting?

If I want to get promoted and get a raise in the future, doesn't that mean my only option is to work hard?

No!

Although I feel bad, I still have to follow the boss's orders.

"Yes, I'll contact Teacher Zhang San right away!"

"By the way, Zhao Fangquan hasn't been spouting nonsense online, has he?" Zhou Qi asked again.

"Uh, we're about to lay off quite a few people, so my work has been a bit overwhelming..." Xu Shiqin quickly replied, "I'll go check on him right now!"

"You're so busy, yet you have time to keep an eye on Lu Xiaowan?" Zhou Qi shook his head. Girls' minds are too complicated; I just can't understand them.

"Oh right, Brother Bing will be in charge of factory matters from now on. Just report these things to him!" Going over the factory director's head to report to the board, what is that called? That's called reporting above your rank!

It was the right decision not to make you a minister. You're always plotting palace intrigue. Couldn't you use that energy for studying?

There were no messages on WeChat, but there was one on QQ from Laolai, an editor from Yuewen.

"It's been three months since your last book, when are you starting a new one?"

I've been working in the factory tightening screws for the past three months, so of course I haven't had time to start a new book.

Zhou Qi immediately wanted to refuse, but then he remembered something and replied, "It'll be in the next couple of days..."

"Okay..." Laolai replied, "I'll wait for your news."

"Mhm mhm!"

Zhou Qi got up and found Koshiro.

"Teacher, do you have any novels to read here?"

"Ah, yes!" Koshiro was taken aback. "Follow me!"

Zhou Qi thought Koshiro would only have one or two books, but when they arrived at their destination, he discovered it was a room full of them!

Zhou Qi instantly felt like he was back in middle school, facing a rental book store, and got excited.

Looking at the room filled with novels, Koshiro showed a hint of sadness on his face. "These are all novels my family collected before. They've been kept here for quite some time..."

"Family..." Zhou Qi knew Kuina was dead, and Kuina's mother had never appeared, so she was probably gone too.

"I'll give you the key. If you want to read them, feel free to look around. Just remember to take good care of these books and don't damage them. And remember to return them when you're done!"

"Okay!" Zhou Qi nodded. He was also a book lover and would naturally not damage them.

He had quite a bit of free time. After all, one couldn't cultivate for twenty-four hours straight; the mind couldn't handle it, and neither could the body.

He cultivated for two to three hours in the morning and another two to three hours in the afternoon, leaving him with five to six hours of free time.

Usually, he spent this time reading novels from Earth, looking up information, and watching short videos.

Now, however, he could study the novels here and see which ones could be brought back to Earth.