Don't Help Me Save Money

With a long sigh, Chen Yu took out his phone and began looking up the laws related to hiring in Heaven Origin.

After reading through them, Chen Yu cursed under his breath.

Were these laws written by capitalists?!

As long as the minimum wage requirement was met, all those harsh conditions were allowed.

But if an employer wanted to raise wages, the employee had to provide suitable reasons, or Contract Star Lord would not approve it.

This was a mess left behind by the former Cultivators' Committee, and the Star Lords agreed with it too. The purpose was to let outside capital legally hire cheap beasts of burden and increase their profits.

"Fuck, how could capitalists be this arrogant? We have to come down on them with an iron fist!"

Seeing Chen Yu slap his own hand, Luo Tong's heart leaped into his throat. He carefully asked, "Classmate?"

"It's nothing."

Chen Yu waved a hand, indicating that he was fine.

He crooked a finger at Contract Star Lord, who immediately spat out a contract that landed before the two of them.

The contract was made of white paper, thirty yuan per sheet. In principle, the employer and employee were supposed to share the cost.

Looking at the contract, Luo Tong had originally wanted to grit his teeth and pay for it himself, but Chen Yu had already bought it.

Chen Yu quickly scanned the contract, then pointed at the working hours and asked, "Twenty-four hours of work every day?"

"No problem!"

"I've always followed an eight-hour workday here. Can you accept that?"

"Huh?"

"Of course, the pay will still be fifty yuan. Anything over eight hours gets triple overtime pay, and holidays double that again. Any objections?"

"...What?"

"Five workdays a week, and one day of annual leave every month. If you don't want to take it, it can be converted into triple pay. You only get base pay for days off when you don't work, no overtime pay. No problem with that, right?"

"Wait, what are you talking about?"

"Don't interrupt, I'm looking for loopholes... Found one. What cultivation realm are you at now?"

"Eighth Layer of Qi Refining. Mainly because I haven't had enough time to cultivate. I've been researching talismans, so..."

"The maximum daily wage for Eighth Layer of Qi Refining can be eighty... Only eighty? Sigh, fine, eighty it is. By the way, how many years of work experience do you have?"

"...None."

Setting down the contract, Chen Yu coaxed him patiently. "Then have you done any odd jobs or volunteer work?"

"Well... I used to tutor someone. Does that count?"

"It counts, it counts! I'll count that as one year of work experience, so your daily wage can go up another ten yuan. By the way, are you planning to continue your education?"

Luo Tong immediately clenched his fists and said nervously, "That can be a no."

"That has to be a yes. Education funds can count as improvement needed to adapt to this job, so I'll add another twenty a day. That makes one hundred and ten. What else is there?"

He flipped the contract over and read it again. Chen Yu finally found another loophole and said with satisfaction, "Have you found a place to live?"

"...No, but I have a cardboard box beneath a bridge."

"That won't do. I don't agree. My employees must live in the best places, but unfortunately I can't provide housing right now, so I can only compensate you. The maximum is only forty a day? What else is there..."

Chen Yu's string of maneuvers made Luo Tong's scalp crawl.

He knew it was impossible to falsify anything before Contract Star Lord, but this behavior was far too terrifying.

A boss raising the pay in reverse—he had not only never seen it, he had never even heard of it.

And Chen Yu was not done yet.

Staring at the contract, his brows suddenly relaxed. He smiled and said, "I forgot meal supplements and transportation allowances. Fifty should be no problem. All right, let's leave it at that for now. Two hundred a day, okay?"

Seeing his daily income suddenly triple, Luo Tong could not believe his eyes.

But before he could sign, Chen Yu pressed down his hand and said seriously, "No, that's not right."

Chen Yu's hesitation made Luo Tong breathe a sigh of relief.

That was more like it!

I knew this contract wasn't that simple.

But before he could figure out what Chen Yu would do next, Chen Yu added, "Social insurance and the housing fund need to be paid at the highest standard, so that makes it two hundred and fifty. But two hundred and fifty doesn't sound nice, so I'll top it up to two hundred and sixty. Mm, all right, sign it."

Staring at the contract offering two hundred and sixty a day, Luo Tong silently did the math in his head and found that his monthly salary had risen to seven thousand eight hundred.

That did not even include possible overtime pay!

But this money alone already made his heart pound with fear. He had no idea whether Chen Yu wanted him to kill someone.

But on second thought, with this much money, what was wrong with killing one or two people?

He stretched out a trembling hand, ready to sign, only to discover that Chen Yu had thought of something else.

Writing a supplementary clause at the bottom, Chen Yu said seriously, "Look here. If the employer doesn't have enough cash, payment with spiritual power is acceptable, right? The exchange rate will be one to ten."

"Boss, today's exchange rate is one to seventeen," Luo Tong said fearfully.

"I'm bad at math, so let's use one to ten."

Luo Tong had wanted to say that Chen Yu had scored ninety-three in literature, was still only in his second year of high school, and could get full marks with just a little effort. Who would dare say he was bad at anything?

But adhering to the principle that the boss was always right, Luo Tong could only nod. Still, he asked uneasily, "Then, Boss, isn't that rate too high? How about you calculate a little less for me?"

Hearing Luo Tong's request, Chen Yu flew into a rage. "What right do you have to ask me to lower your wages? What reason do you have not to take my money? Do you think it was easy for me to work so hard finding loopholes? My employees can't be this humble! I'm adding another twenty in confidence pay."

Luo Tong did not dare speak again, afraid that Chen Yu would give him even more money.

Looking at the contract with a term of at least one month, he squeezed his palm so hard that blood nearly came out, yet he still did not wake up.

That shouldn't be possible!

If this was not a dream, how could he encounter something this good?

But dreaming did not seem likely either, because he would not even dare dream of something this good.

Carefully tucking his copy of the contract into his clothes, Luo Tong asked, "President Chen, when do we start work?"

"The moment you signed the contract, we started work."

"Then where will we be working?"

Chen Yu slapped his forehead, marveling that he had forgotten about that.

He could rent an office!

But he had not expected a startup company to get two years of rent-free space!

The Tianyuan Cultivators Committee had even waived that for the sake of attracting investment!

"Damn it! Why is it so hard to spend money these days? Wait, the supporting facilities aren't free. That can be considered. Luo Tong!"

"I'm here!" Luo Tong immediately stood up and answered excitedly.

"I'll handle the office matter. Leave me your phone number, and I'll notify you then. Oh, do you know any graduates from the same high school as you? If you do, help me find three more. They'll get the same treatment as you, and if that's not enough, I'll add more."

"Don't worry. If you cut this treatment in half, half the students from Second High School would come running over like mad."

"I'd rather double it. This is barely anything. All right, I'm going. Oh, the wages will be paid in three days. No problem, right?"

"No problem! It'd be fine even if you delayed it for half a month!"

"That's not so exaggerated. My funds will come back in three days. All right, get to work. We'll talk later."

"President Chen, take care!"

Luo Tong immediately saw Chen Yu off with great respect, making Chen Yu shake his head.

You people really are far too humble.

Please, don't help me save money.