The Hidden Great God of the Real World

Chapter 41: The Hidden Big Shot in the Real World

When Wang Yue arrived at the company, the office was still empty. He turned on his computer, casually tossed his backpack onto his seat, and grabbed his phone to go downstairs for breakfast.

By the time Wang Yue returned, most of his colleagues had arrived. Only Brother Yan was missing. Wang Yue guessed he'd gotten too carried away playing games yesterday!

Brother Yan used to boast that he was the head of his household and could play games as much as he wanted, with all the women in his family listening to him. Wang Yue had almost believed him back then, seeing how confident he sounded.

But looking at his dark eye circles, Wang Yue figured he probably only got to play games after his wife and kids were asleep. He wondered if his body, nearing forty, could handle it, since he didn't exercise at all.

Time flew by, and over twenty days passed in the blink of an eye. He remembered that the last time he'd returned from a transmigration, it had been over a month before the next one. He hadn't watched much TV during that period. Calculating the time, it was almost here. In a few more days, he'd watch So Young every day to see if he could return to that world. He was getting impatient.

With Wang Yue's current skill level, his work tasks were a piece of cake. As it neared noon one day, a message suddenly popped up on the company's enterprise WeChat:

Vice President Li: Wang Yue, come to my office.

Wang Yue blinked. Was he really being called directly? Had something happened? There were still a supervisor and a manager between him and the company's vice president. He was already at the vice president's level?

Despite his confusion, he obediently went and knocked on Vice President Li's office door.

"President Li! You were looking for me?" Wang Yue entered, walked a couple of steps further, and stopped at the desk.

"Ah, Little Wang, you're here. I heard you're quite good with computers, could you take a look for me? My computer suddenly went black screen!" Vice President Li, around 55 years old with prematurely gray hair, didn't put on airs upon seeing Wang Yue and got straight to the point.

"Okay, President Li, let me take a look first." Wang Yue leaned in. The power indicator light was still on. He listened closely to the computer for a moment; the equipment was clearly still working normally.

This was awkward. Wang Yue thought, if he just pressed the monitor's power button to solve the problem, would Vice President Li think he was mocking him?

His mind raced. Wang Yue sat up straight, quickly typed out a program, and set the computer to run the code automatically. Then, he lightly tapped the enter key with his right hand while secretly turning on the screen.

On the screen, lines of code scrolled rapidly. A few seconds later, the program finished running, and the monitor lit up automatically.

"President Li, it's done!" Wang Yue secretly glanced at Vice President Li's face but found no unusual expression. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it's fixed! Your skills are truly amazing! Young people these days are incredible! Incredible! Oh, it's lunchtime. Hurry up and go eat!" Vice President Li smiled, sat down in front of the computer, and, without even looking up, told Wang Yue to leave.

Seeing that everything was fine, Wang Yue happily hurried away. As he passed the office, Manager Zhang stopped him and asked, "What did President Li want you for?"

Wang Yue thought about it. It wasn't a big deal, so he told the truth, "Just to fix his computer!"

Manager Zhang looked at Wang Yue with an expression that said, "Do I look like an idiot?" Wang Yue met his gaze with an equally certain look. Finally, Manager Zhang waved him off and said, "Go eat!"

When he got downstairs, Supervisor Liu asked the same question again, leaving Wang Yue speechless. He could only repeat himself.

After being delayed for so long, Wang Yue finally reached his usual eatery. He ordered a bowl of twice-cooked pork mixed noodles and sat there, idly looking around.

In the So Young world, he mostly ate rice with Wanwan. He really missed the noodles here; he hadn't eaten them in over ten years.

While waiting idly, Wang Yue suddenly heard an intern from his company, wearing a company ID, talking to an older employee from the administrative department at the next table. "Master Lu, isn't our President Li from the older generation of Tsinghua computer science graduates? Why is he working at our mechanical manufacturing company?"

"Young man, do you think those who studied computer science in the older generation only know computers?" The old employee, surnamed Lu, gave him a disdainful look. "Besides, who told you that mechanical companies don't use computer technology?"

"Huh? I thought, I thought!" The intern didn't know what else to say.

"Don't always think you know. You'll only know when you become a boss yourself!" The old employee shook his head and buried his head in his meal.

It was like a thunderclap from a clear sky. Suddenly, Wang Yue's beloved twice-cooked pork mixed noodles didn't taste as good anymore. Tears welled up in his eyes! Are all Great Gods this devious? President Li, that old fox, why did he have to talk about Liaozhai with me? How embarrassing!

This kind of subtle showing off was too deadly. Here he was, a big shot in the industry, pretending to be a pure, innocent flower.

But who was Wang Yue? His mentors were Xiao Nai and KO. Xiao Nai was someone who remained calm at all times, and even when he wasn't, he made sure to appear calm. And KO? When did he ever care about saving face!

Thus, Wang Yue became completely composed and finished his noodles in a few quick bites. Then, he happily trotted off to knock on President Li's office door once more.

"President Li! Big shot! What do you really want me for! You're a Tsinghua big shot, why are you messing with me!" Wang Yue wasn't timid, but his face was full of flattery as he spoke.

"Oh, so you've figured it out now!" President Li gestured for Wang Yue to sit down and continued, "I was just curious, how did you, a salted fish, suddenly turn over? I was just asking out of curiosity!"

"Isn't it that ambition brings motivation!" Wang Yue said humbly.

"Alright, tell me, what is your ambition?" President Li asked curiously.

"Wife, kids, and a warm bed. What else could it be!" Wang Yue replied casually.

"Hmm, that one sentence contains housing and money. Just wanting these in Beijing is not something an ordinary young person can achieve!" President Li looked meaningfully at Wang Yue and then sighed.

"That's right. Without the effort of two or three generations, you can't buy a house these days." Wang Yue rolled his eyes.

"So, you still have to work hard yourself. Otherwise, your grandchildren will still be lamenting!" President Li took a sip of water from his thermos.

"Um, President Li, do you have any leads to point me towards?" Wang Yue guessed the thermos probably contained a lot of goji berries and didn't want to beat around the bush anymore.

Wang Yue realized that if he kept circling, he might lose. Since he knew the outcome, why waste time being led around like a fool? It was better to get straight to the point.

"Oh, it's like this. President Xiang, who we're collaborating with, has a piece of equipment that needs debugging. I was arranging for someone to handle it. So, if you're confident you can solve it, go take a look. Once it's done, come back and be my assistant, how about it?" President Li also got straight to the point.

"When do I go?" Wang Yue looked thoughtfully at President Li. Could it be that the rumors about President Li wanting to recruit an assistant were true?

"You can go directly tomorrow. Finish up and then come back to the company!" Seeing that he seemed to understand, President Li smiled and made the arrangement. "I've already spoken to your supervisor and manager!"

"You can count on me, sir!" Wang Yue turned and walked out, giving an OK gesture with his right hand. These guys, they were all in on tricking me!

Hmph. I'm not a donkey.