Ark Simulator, Aren't I Incorporeal?

"Although the internet is very convenient, it doesn't diminish people's desire to collect things, does it?"

Listening to Su Rui's complaints through her earphones, Theresa reached out and gently pinched Su Rui's cheek. "So, what's next? Shall we go back and rest?"

At this point, Theresa's tone became somewhat expectant, and she looked intently at Su Rui.

"... Since we're so close, there's no need to beat around the bush when it comes to what you want to do."

Su Rui glanced at Theresa, but did not nod in agreement as Theresa had hoped.

"At least I can't rest now. The Banshee are almost here, and I have to keep my promise to provide them with the agreed-upon tapes. I have to do what I promised... I was planning to slack off for the day."

Su Rui stretched lazily on the table, stood up listlessly, waved to Theresa with her back turned, and his voice came through the earphones:

"Alright, if you want to rest, go ahead and rest. I also need to talk to Closure about something. After all, cassette tapes can be sold for money, Closure should be interested. I need to set up a production line that's fully automated from production to recording, which will save a lot of trouble."

Theresa blinked, and instead of going back to rest, she naturally followed Su Rui beside her. "As far as I know, even factories in other countries of Terra can't achieve complete machine control."

"You're right, but I only need Closure to occasionally oversee the production line."

Su Rui didn't turn his head or make a sound. Ever since Theresa put on the headphones, he hadn't been very willing to make noise. Was it because he was lazy? Or did Su Rui find this kind of discreet communication enjoyable?

Theresa didn't ask directly, but simply smiled and followed beside Su Rui, watching him slowly walk towards the direction where Closure was.

Seeing that Theresa was about to catch up, Su Rui took the opportunity to activate the Scanning Vision of her round-framed glasses, which she had already put on, and directly showed the route they were going to take. "Closure from Kari's appearance, she seems to have stayed up a long time ago and should have just fallen asleep."

"Shall we let Closure get a good night's sleep and get up to prepare tomorrow?"

"Of course not."

Su Rui shook her head, rejecting Theresa's suggestion. "Besides, the Banshee will probably arrive tomorrow. If we start preparing tomorrow, it will be too late. If we start now, even if we don't have enough, we can use the guise of scarcity marketing to wait and produce more later. But if we start preparing tomorrow, the output will be too small."

Su Rui glanced at Theresa behind him, and her voice came through the earpiece. "And this too." Su Rui took out a stack of Lungmen Dollars from his System Space; "And this as well." Su Rui also took out a few Originium Ingot.

"With these, Closure will not hesitate at all and will agree to my request immediately. In fact, she would not even agree to rest if I asked her to. Do you believe me?"

Theresa smiled subtly, saying nothing, but her intuition told her that Su Rui was right.

Soon, they arrived at Closure's little shop. Su Rui gently pushed open the door, and Theresa behind him couldn't help but show a look of relief.

"What kind of look is that?" Su Rui's disgruntled voice came through the earpiece again, and she turned to glare at Theresa.

"I don't kick the door every time, okay? The Kitty Egg Roll was just trying to show off; normally I open and close the door properly!"

"Yes, Su Rui, you're right."

Seeing Theresa's dismissive smile, Su Rui rolled her eyes in annoyance and turned to continue walking towards her room.

Closure was sitting at the cashier's counter in the small shop, her neck tilted back, her mouth slightly open, and drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Through her Scanning Vision, Su Rui noticed that Theresa seemed to want to say something while looking at Closure, so before she could think of anything or start speaking, Su Rui went up to Closure, patted her on the shoulder, and whispered in her ear:

"Closure, wake up! There's money to be made!"

"You can make money?!"

Closure was still a little dazed, but upon hearing Su Rui's voice, she immediately sat up.

Prince Kazdel: 338 Want to easily earn two hundred?

Theresa glanced at Su Rui with a hint of helplessness, knowing that Su Rui had discovered her thoughts.

However, Theresa didn't have much to say at the moment, so she decided to browse around Closure's shop. After all, with the perspective provided by her glasses and headphones, she could find out what Su Rui and Closure were talking about.

Therefore Closure didn't find Theresa, but after regaining consciousness, she only saw Su Rui.

Su Rui smiled at Closure, "I have an easy way to make money, want to know?"

In the dead of night, Su Rui suddenly appeared before her and told her about an easy way to make money, which made it hard for Closure not to overthink things.

The girl's cheeks flushed instantly, and she looked at Su Rui with a slightly hesitant expression. "Really? How much exactly?"

Su Rui could tell from her expression that Closure was definitely overthinking things, but he was too lazy to correct her, and instead gave a meaningful smile:

"That depends on your performance. You might only earn a few hundred thousand, but you could earn millions or even more!"

"That's great? A big boss!" Closure; now she was really considering it.

Not far away, Theresa, browsing among the shelves, felt somewhat helpless. She continued to focus her attention on the goods in front of her. Although she knew that Su Rui didn't mean it that way, watching Su Rui flirting with other girls made Theresa feel a little uncomfortable.

After a moment of averted gaze Closure said shyly, "You want to do @ with me, right?"

"... No, I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with you." Su Rui feigned surprise.

Closure quickly suppressed her expectant expression and coughed, "Um, I was just joking. So, Su Rui, you're coming over so late, is there some big business to discuss?"

"Hmm, I need a tape production line, and it has to be the kind of tapes with pre-recorded content. I've already taken care of the content issue; you just need to help me set up the production line. This needs to be done quickly, since someone wants to buy them tomorrow."

As Su Rui spoke, she placed her phone in front of Closure. Inside were Su Rui's prepared plans for the production line, as well as the selling price and packaging design.

"I've already designed everything; all you need to do is follow my plan step by step."

As Su Rui spoke, she pulled Closure up from her seat:

"Alright, hurry up, this is a really profitable project, and I can give you 30% of the profits afterwards."

"Okay! But why only 30%?" Closure agreed excitedly, eager to show off her skills as she followed behind Su Rui, but couldn't help but have this question.

"What else did you think? I prepared the design, the plan, and the content. The intellectual property rights are mine, and the copyright is mine too. You're just helping me manufacture it. Giving you 30% is already out of consideration for our friendship."

Closure nodded with a grin, "Okay, I got it~"

This guy knew from the beginning that what Su Rui said made sense; she was just deliberately testing Su Rui. What a shrewd and greedy person.

Su Rui couldn't resist teasing Closure in retaliation, so while heading to Rhodes Island's manufacturing facility to prepare the production line, Su Rui glanced at Closure:

"Speaking of which, what you mentioned before... why did you think of that kind of thing?"

"Huh? Haha, well, you see, it's the dead of night, and you suddenly show up at my door, talking about some easy way to make money. Isn't that the only kind of thing you can do?"

Closure smiled somewhat awkwardly, "But now the misunderstanding is cleared up, isn't it? You're practically my lucky charm! Speaking of which, how did you know someone would want to buy the tapes? Do you have some kind of business acumen that I don't know about?"

"No, it's because I finalized the business deal with someone else before I came up with this production plan. To be honest, the timing of my arrangement was actually a bit late, since the buyers are already almost here."

After thinking for a moment, Su Rui told Closure Banshee:

"Let me put it this way, I made a pact with the Banshee. I provide them with a wealth of stories and songs from ancient texts, which I will retell, and in return, the Banshee will stand by our side and work for us."

"Wow~" Closure exclaimed after a moment of stunned silence, then said somewhat dejectedly, "So that's how it is. I thought there was some special method for discovering business opportunities."

"Don't overthink it. There aren't that many effective methods. If there were a way to succeed, why are there so many ordinary people?"

Su Rui patted Closure: "Most people don't have the chance to rise to prominence. After all, this world is made up of the vast majority of ordinary people. So-called opportunities are only one in ten million, like a stroke of luck falling on someone's head. Don't be discouraged if you don't get one."

Closure paused for a moment, then nodded somewhat awkwardly. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that what Su Rui said made a lot of sense.

What you said seems to make a lot of sense...

"Alright, think about the reasons after you're done with your work. If it's too late, it'll interfere with our earning money. I'll help you."

As Su Rui spoke, she pushed Closure's shoulder and led her into the manufacturing room. "Hurry up. Of course, if you don't want to earn this money, you can rest on the side and watch me work. You can easily earn two hundred in another way."

"Huh? Only two hundred? Boss, forget about the 30% commission, you certainly put in a lot of effort, but am I only worth two hundred?"

Closure couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Even if she didn't want to think about it, she still had to argue about it.

However, Closure didn't really intend to do that, at least not at the moment. After all, there were much better ways to make money right in front of her, so why look for something far away?

As for what Su Rui said, at first, Closure was a little unconvinced that she was only worth two hundred, but when she thought that she could not only patronize Su Rui but also earn two hundred, Closure's mood immediately improved.

So much Closure really wanted to agree. In fact, when she was setting up the tape production line with Su Rui, Closure glanced at Su Rui several times, wanting to agree to it.

However, Closure hesitate until Theresa arrived.

Prince of Kazdel: 339 Sleeping Together?

"Su Rui, Closure, how's your work going?"

Theresa smiled as she entered the Manufacturing Station and saw Closure and Su Rui still busy at work.

Closure shuddered, then quickly said with a grin, "It's almost done. Next, we just need to put the materials in and connect the production line, and it will automatically produce tapes with various contents recorded on them."

"That's good. Thank you for your hard work Closure. You were woken up so late by Su Rui and you still have to do this heavy work."

After all, Su Rui was too lazy to move those machines; he only helped Closure set up the production lines. However, with Su Rui around, Closure didn't need to worry about complex programming and electronic circuit design anymore, as Su Rui had completed all of that in the blink of an eye.

"It's okay, it's normal to work a little harder to earn money."

Of course it's abnormal. It's only normal to make people work a little harder when you're making big money.

However, Su Rui didn't say much at this moment. After helping Closure set up the production line, she nodded and said, "Alright, it's ready to run."

Theresa smiled as she watched Closure begin operating the production line, a confident smile playing on her lips, as if she had everything under control.

She hadn't appeared earlier because she was observing the situation. She only noticed that Closure seemed to have really made up her mind to talk to Su Rui about easily earning two hundred, so she appeared and interrupted Closure's long-prepared decision.

The production line starts operating after the materials are sequentially fed into different locations. The outer casing and the tape cord of the magnetic tape are manufactured separately, and then assembled by a machine at the central convergence point to form a complete magnetic tape without any recorded content.

The tape then continues to move forward with the conveyor belt, where it is diverted into different recorders, where different content is recorded. Finally, it continues to be carried backward on the conveyor belt, where the cover is packaged and it falls into a container.

After all, to ensure product quality and prevent any mishaps, the production line speed was not set particularly high.

Closure a sigh of relief and smiled at Su Rui and Theresa: "Alright, the rest is simple. I'll oversee the production line. Su Rui, you and Princess Theresa should go and rest; it's getting late."

Theresa couldn't help but look at Su Rui, anticipating his reaction.

But Su Rui shook her head. "No, it's almost dawn now. I want to stay here for a while; I don't want to go back to sleep."

Theresa and Closure exchanged a puzzled look, somewhat unable to understand Su Rui's words.

"What's so strange about that? Machinery, production lines—the appeal of that to men is obvious, isn't it?"

Su Rui Closure and Theresa a disgruntled look. "You're awake. I'm staying here tonight, you can go and rest. Anyway, all you need to do is keep an eye on the production line... Closure still needs to prepare the shop signs. I've already sent the materials to your personal terminal, you'll know what to do once you take a look."

"Okay, I understand." Closure nodded, said goodbye to Su Rui and Theresa, and said, "In that case, I'll get back to work. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow Closure." Theresa smiled and Closure, while Su Rui yawned and simply waved.

Theresa did not leave as Su Rui had expected. Instead, after Closure farewell, she directly closed the door of the Manufacturing Station.

The Manufacturing Station doors were also electronically controlled, so even without seeing it, Su Rui knew what Theresa had done. Leaning against the machine on the production line, she looked up at Theresa behind her with annoyance:

"It's almost dawn now, do you really want to duo queue at this hour? Besides, doesn't the noise from the production line annoy you?"

Su Rui was a little sleepy, so even if Theresa stripped him completely naked, he didn't want to look at her.

So Su Rui simply leaned against the machine on the production line, closed her eyes, and dozed off, ignoring Theresa completely.

Theresa didn't find the production line noisy at all. The crisp, rhythmic sounds, not too loud, were actually quite pleasant white noise, helping people relax. Didn't you see Su Rui was almost asleep already?

Theresa came to Su Rui's side, put her arms around his waist, and nuzzled Su Rui cheek:

"Really, you don't have any ideas at all?"

Then, Theresa felt a strong sense of drowsiness emanating from Su Rui, and heard Su Rui's voice coming through the earphones:

"I'm really tired, let me sleep for a while. I haven't slept well for the past few days."

Even the voice coming through the headphones was soft, revealing her exhaustion. Theresa immediately realized that Su Rui was indeed very sleepy.

Is it because you're too excited to sleep lately?

With this in mind, Theresa didn't continue to guide Su Rui, but simply held him in her arms and leaned against a seat.

Even if we can't duo queue, this kind of close interaction is still great.

Listening to the soothing voices in her ears, Theresa also felt sleepy and soon fell asleep just like Su Rui.

However, Manufacturing Station is ultimately Manufacturing Station, not a place for people to sleep.

Although Theresa was in a fairly good position, even with Theresa excellent physical condition, she couldn't stop her body from relaxing in her sleep and gradually sliding down from her high position, slowly sliding to the floor with Su Rui in her arms.

However, because she was wearing clothes and leaning against Theresa, Su Rui didn't feel cold at all; she just felt a little uncomfortable.

None of these feelings could stop Su Rui and Theresa from resting at this moment.

It wasn't until nearly noon that Closure finished setting up the shop sign and hanging up the advertisements. When she came over to collect the finished tapes from the Manufacturing Station, she discovered that the Manufacturing Station's door was locked from the inside.

However, the Manufacturing Station door can actually be unlocked from the outside, since it's an electronic lock, and anyone with sufficient access can easily unlock it.

Theresa had simply locked the door with the Manufacturing Station's lock. The Manufacturing Station itself was accessible to anyone with even a slightly higher level of management authority, including Closure served as both a repairman and chief engineer.

Prince of Kazdel: 340 Lamalain: I want both the limited edition and the regular edition!