Holding a Party, a New Official's Three Opening Moves

"It really is, and a very powerful Contract Anomalist."

Zhang Lin: "The fact that Contract Anomalist could be his bodyguard means he's important but lacks the ability to protect himself?"

Zhao Hun: "How important must it be for someone to be specially assigned a Contract Anomalist as a bodyguard?"

Zhao Hun couldn't imagine it.

They hadn't been members of the Anomaly Containment Association for long, especially newcomers like Zhang Lin and Zhao Hun. They didn't have any contracted supernatural entities and weren't considered Contract Anomalist; they were just ordinary members of the Anomaly Containment Association.

But these few days were enough for them to observe the special status that the Contract Anomalist held within the Anomaly Containment Association.

Jiang Tianzong and Xu Zhou are two newcomers to the Contract Anomalist. They enjoy a level of treatment in the branch where they can basically have their requests fulfilled.

However, perhaps because he was a newcomer, Xu Zhou wasn't the type to bother others, and he generally wouldn't ask other employees to do things he could do himself.

But the Bai Zuo sometimes returns to its branches.

Whenever he comes back, he always bosses his employees around, making them want this and that. When he's in the mood, he's even dragged them into playing games with him before.

It does sound strange that a Gumihoshi, Contract Anomalist, would abandon his primary duty of containing the supernatural and become the bodyguard of the head of the Sales Department.

Zhao Hun and the others regarded Bei Mu as a very special person and were curious about what was so special about him that made the Bei Mu Anomaly Containment Association value him so much.

"It can't be because he's good at making money, can it?" Zhao Hun's casual remark revealed the truth.

Du Jiashi, however, looked astonished. "Isn't being good at making money impressive? In today's world, everything revolves around money; without money, you can't get anywhere."

Even the usually arrogant Jiang Tianzong agreed with him, "Money is indeed very important."

If it weren't for the high pay of Contract Anomalist, why would Contract Anomalist choose such a dangerous profession, risking his life every day? Did he really think he was some kind of righteous person wanting to save the world?

Please, Jiang Tianzong used to be a good-for-nothing hoodlum!

These newcomers were slacking off.

After all the employees arrived.

Bei Mu took off his sunglasses and tucked them into his jacket pocket. He glanced at the employees present and dropped a bombshell. "Haven't you all had a proper party since becoming company employees? I hereby announce that tonight we will be holding a celebration party to mark the founding of Yi Gui Company."

Huh? A question mark popped up above the heads of all the employees present.

They originally thought that the newly appointed leader had gathered them to give a speech about the company's future prospects and development, or to hold a meeting to talk about the company's work arrangements and, incidentally, to brainwash the employees and get them to work harder.

It turns out they're going to hold a party?

"Yay!"

"Long live the North General Staff!"

Jiang Tianzong hissed, "A gathering? I still have a report to finish, so I won't go."

Xu Zhou nodded. "Me too..."

Zhao Hun rushed over and grabbed them by the arms, "Don't go! This is a party! I've never been to a party like this before. Let's all go and have some fun, maybe it'll be a lot of fun?"

Zhang Lin glanced at Xu Zhou. "It's good to relax once in a while. There aren't any urgent tasks for you today, right? Reports can be submitted later; perhaps I can help write them."

Zhang Lin was very concerned about the changes in Xu Zhou's personality.

Although she no longer had the cowardice and timidity of before, she also lost that innocent personality that stood in the sunlight.

Xu Zhou now seemed to be immersed in darkness, exuding a deathly aura.

Zhang Lin had met Xu Zhou before. Although Xu Zhou also had a self-destructive mentality, at least he could still laugh occasionally and had many emotions that normal people would experience.

With gradual guidance and change, Xu Zhou will shed his cowardice and timidity and become confident and strong.

How could such a child become like this, with no emotional fluctuations, numb and cold eyes, like a stagnant pool of water, radiating coldness from head to toe, like a machine that can be manipulated without resistance?

During this period, Zhang Lin had been subtly questioning Ji Wu, Jiang Tianzong, and all other people who might know the truth.

Ji Wu's vague words seemed to be related to Bai Zuo, but Bai Zuo did this on his behalf and at the behest of the Chairman.

Ji Wu once said: Xu Zhou paid the price for gaining power and wanted to escape the past. This was an agreement between him and Bai Zuo. We cannot change this established fact. All I can do is supervise from the sidelines and prevent Bai Zuo going too far.

Based on what he had learned, Zhang Lin managed to deduce some of the truth.

It's likely that Xu Zhou went through some unpleasant experiences that led him to develop a self-destructive mentality. However, in order to survive and escape his past, he made some kind of agreement with Bai Zuo.

It might be similar to using oneself as a weapon of the Bai Zuo, letting Bai Zuo use him, and then using Bai Zuo power to forget the painful past?

Then, the Bai Zuo used this weapon to do things that were not in line with the rules of the Anomaly Containment Association, and eventually came under the control of the Anomaly Containment Association.

Only they themselves know the truth of what happened.

All Zhang Lin could do was help Xu Zhou blend into the crowd, at least to bring a little more human emotion into those lifeless, dull eyes.

Xu Zhou nodded in agreement.

"Dong Heng, raise the current employees' salaries by half; they'll be very busy after that."

Dong Heng nodded quickly in agreement. After noting it down, he went to register and make the changes.

When it's time to pay salaries, we must follow Bei Mu's orders without making any mistakes.

As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean, Bei Mu's series of actions followed suit.

Aside from stripping Dong Heng of his power, everything he did made the other employees very happy.

Although outside of their regular work, they also have to obey the Contract Anomalist and do errands and other non-work-related tasks.

However, they did it willingly.

Don't ask, the answer is they did it willingly and were happy to.

"Mr. Bei, we've received quite a few job applications lately. Do you think we should hire a batch of new employees?"

Bei Mu: "Just decide whether you're accepted."

He doesn't have high expectations for his employees; they just need to complete their assigned tasks.

The Anomaly Containment Association has no shortage of ordinary employees with no special talents.

If they want to hire, all they need to do is post the benefits and compensation packages, and there will be plenty of people eager to join them.

Dong Heng: "This country is relatively peaceful. If we want to recruit that kind of employee, we might need to go to war-torn countries to do so."

The kind of clerical staff that Dong Heng mentioned was actually a special type of employee created around the Qiguishi (a Contract Anomalist).

Their main job was to appease and care for the eccentric Contract Anomalist.