Star Tycoon

Chapter 181 Can't Quit

首京
Bluestar AI Technology Co., Ltd.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ming Changyan was waiting for the elevator.

"Xiao Ming."

A male colleague came over and greeted me.

Ming Changyan looked at the young man wearing glasses and then at the cheap t-shirt he was wearing that cost a little over ten yuan.

Strive for self-improvement...

"Team leader, I have a question for you."

Sun Da laughed and said, "What? This month's salary is still paid on the 15th. You're broke?"

Ming Changyan is not actually short of money. His family is considered intellectuals, he graduated from the top university in the country, and his salary is not low, so he has no expenses.

"No, I just feel something's off. I've been working here for more than half a year since the beginning of the year, but I still don't know what our company does."

Sun Da laughed and said, "I don't know either. Sister Cuihua said we can just do whatever we want."

Ming Changyan couldn't connect with this sociable man, and they quickly ran out of things to say.

Sun Daxing and his large group of subordinates couldn't get along, while Li Cuihua's group consisted of a bunch of quiet, reserved people; he was the exception.

In reality, they're just unconventional. Most people in this company are rather boring and don't attend anyone's birthday parties or drinking sessions.

Most people work overtime voluntarily.

Overtime work isn't about completing tasks or fulfilling superiors' requirements; it's mostly about figuring things out on your own and seeing if you can actually make it work, just like doing homework in school.

When the two entered, they found a lot of people standing at the entrance of the company headquarters on the 37th floor.

Sun Daxing asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

A young man wearing glasses exclaimed excitedly, "Chengbang Company has sent a beautiful woman!"

Sun Daxing immediately perked up, "Is it a social gathering?"

A middle-aged man next to me laughed and said, "No, they're here to help us with our performance evaluation. Five women from Chengbang Company will interview each of us individually, saying they'll re-evaluate our salary levels based on our work over the past six months and some questions and answers."

Ming Changyan frowned, stepped forward, and adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose with one hand.

"Do they understand what we're doing?"

Ming Changyan showed a disdainful look. He had also connected with some women from Chengbang Company and watched their live streams, but they were all people who wiggled their butts and danced to ask for tips.

A few hours later, Ming Changyan walked out excitedly and returned to his work desk.

Sun Daxing asked curiously, "Which level did you get rated?"

Ming Changyan happily said, "B+ grade."

Sun Daxing felt relieved after hearing this and casually said while sitting in his rocking chair, "It's about the same as the rest of us. Why are you so happy? It's not like it's an A-level salary increase."

Ming Changyan exclaimed excitedly, "Holy crap! That's amazing! Those five people are really skilled! Why don't they come here and take the three million annual salary, instead of going to earn two hundred thousand?"

For Ming Changyan and many others, a salary decrease of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, or an increase of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, is not a big deal.

What's even more exciting is encountering five women who are more accomplished than yourself, and they're also beautiful women—that's what makes it so thrilling.

They rarely encounter women of their own caliber, especially women they can connect with, let alone beautiful women they can have conversations with.

Sun Daxing said irritably, "Who knows? I don't even know if we can have a social gathering with their company during the New Year. I remember their boss doesn't care whether his subordinates are married or not, but they're probably not virgins anymore."

Ming Changyan frowned. To be honest, he didn't care whether she was a virgin or not, but Sun Daxing's words were disgusting.

At that moment, a man walked in.

The man was equally excited. "I found out! All five of them are college graduates! Not vocational school or junior high school graduates. And they'll be staying with our company until the end of the year. All five are newly appointed leaders! From now on, we don't need to deal with that idiot Sun Daxing anymore. We can report directly to that beautiful woman in the floral dress named Yi Huanxin!"

Sun Daxing quickly replied, "What about me?"

No one paid any attention to this idiot anymore; everyone was excitedly watching the man who had delivered the news.

"How is her name written? What are the three characters?"

The group of men acted as if they had never seen a woman before, quickly leaving their superiors to the side.

Morale was quickly boosted.

However, these five women were not there to supervise the army, but to learn and attend the graduation ceremonies of the film and dance schools. By watching the stage performances presented by the students, they could recruit talent for Chengbang Company.

Tian Ersan believes that his knowledge will eventually become outdated, so there is a need for someone to become an expert in this field.

Subordinates with strong learning abilities become crucial, especially children with exceptional learning skills, who are highly suited for learning.

Of the five women who came this time, two were young mothers with children.

Babies at three and four months old are the true core technology for raising top-tier infants.

The young mother with a baby would hold her child while listening to top talents from various departments talk endlessly about their research projects.

The milk powder these children consume is delivered by a special person – Tian Tian Milk Powder from Yizhuang.

***
Ma Hui, Wang A Luo, and Zhou Shan Shan, who resigned from their jobs, all became live streamers and were signed to contracts worth ten million yuan by live streaming platforms.

The ten million won't be given out directly, but will be given to Zhou Shanshan in installments over three years.

Those who initially left with Qian Sisi and others also benefited from Tian Ersan's success, quickly becoming small streamers with tens of thousands of followers and easily earning hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan.

Seeing the more than 100,000 yuan in tips received in one night, Ma Hui finally felt relieved! The popularity of live streaming is no lie; this really is an era where you can make money everywhere.

Chengbang Company's legal department was not to be trifled with either. A month later, they demanded one million yuan in compensation from those who were spreading rumors about the company's past in the live broadcast room.

Everyone was sued because that's what their audience wanted to hear; if they didn't say it, they wouldn't have an audience.

One million isn't much; some people have already earned three or four million.

Chengbang Company quickly recovered 184 million, completely severing ties with the women who had left.

At this time, there were already a lot of female streamers on various platforms, especially since Tian Ersan had sent out female streamers several times, which directly led to a shortage of big spenders on several major platforms.

However, with the increase in mobile phone users, as well as economic growth and rising housing prices, the environment has gradually improved.

During this golden age, Tian Ersan was incredibly low-key; he even interviewed Mu Xiuying and others for job openings.

This time, the penalty for breach of contract has been set at ten million.

***
"I finally did it!"

Tian Ersan sighed, "From June to August, no taxes were levied for two consecutive months! I finally did it!"

This is an extremely difficult thing to do, and you could even call it foolish.

But Tian Ersan did it!!!

"I've given it up!" Tian Ersan smiled at the group of villagers who were mostly satisfied with the situation. "From now on, unless it's an extremely urgent matter, I will absolutely not collect taxes in advance!"

Wang Bonong and the others exclaimed happily, "My lord, please don't stand on ceremony! Just accept it! We're not unreasonable people!"

An old man in his eighties from the village laughed and said, "Yes! As long as it's for the Star Kingdom, even if it means levying taxes for two years, this old man would be willing!"

Everyone laughed together and didn't take it too seriously.

The main focus for these two months is to increase the population.

Nearly 200,000 copper coins were exchanged for two hundred households of labor.

Tian Ersan, full of high spirits, planned: "We already have 775 laborers outside the city. Once we have a thousand, we can build up the resource fields, then recruit soldiers for war, or increase the population and buildings inside the city."

Lu Changlin looked at Tian Ersan and advised, "My lord! Let's collect taxes. More time is a good thing for the Star Kingdom. Collecting taxes for four months will allow it to last until next year."

"More than 500,000 yuan in taxes in just four months. That money can be used to build 225 houses, develop resource fields, and conduct research!"

Tian Ersan quickly said, "Forget it, it's good to develop slowly. If we keep collecting taxes, the people won't be satisfied."

Lu Changlin grew anxious. "My lord! Think it over! These four months are more than 120 days. Even if it's just one more farmland, that's more than 100 cubic meters of resources!"

"What's more, with over two hundred more taxpayers, that's at least a thousand copper coins a day, thirty thousand a month, and one hundred and twenty thousand over four months! This money won't accrue interest if we keep it, but not collecting taxes in advance means losing over ten thousand copper coins and over ten thousand cubic meters of resources!!"

"My lord!!!" Lu Changlin knelt down on both knees and pleaded, "Please, my lord, levy taxes!!"

Many people in the vicinity, numbering over a hundred, watched this scene with excitement, and they all knelt on the ground.

"Please, my lord, collect taxes!!"

"Please, my lord, collect taxes!!"

Tian Ersan looked at the pleading eyes of the crowd and the white-haired old man kneeling on the ground.

In desperation, Tian Ersan finally broke his vow at the urging of his subordinates.

"Tax! Except for a few people with a public opinion level below 60, everyone else will be taxed for four months!"

Copper coins +508320!

Public support has dropped by 20%!

The men who had been kneeling on the ground quickly stood up without saying a word, looking at Tian Ersan with slightly furrowed brows.

Those who had not yet recovered their morale after more than seventy years of hardship now walked out with grim faces, not wanting to see their lord anymore.

Tian Ersan had long anticipated this outcome, and in fact, he had also wanted to win the contest, but Lu Changlin had given him a way out.

"Build three hundred farmhouses!"
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300000!

develop!

Tian Ersan needs three hundred people to pay taxes, support the salaries of two generals, and also needs to quickly develop archers and spearmen.

The more resource fields you have, and the farther they are from the city's warehouse, the slower the resource gathering speed.

Fortunately, once the warehouse resources are used up, the resources that were not collected in time will be used directly.

After constructing various resource buildings and city buildings, Tian Ersan's five hundred thousand copper coins, earned from collecting taxes for four months, quickly dwindled to only twenty thousand.

One iron ore field costs 2,000, ten would cost 20,000, plus the tens of thousands from upgrading other resource fields and academy military camps.

Five hundred thousand can be spent in less than five minutes, or even thirty seconds if you're fast.

"How did this money disappear so quickly..."

Tian Ersan felt very uncomfortable.

I always have this strange feeling after suddenly becoming rich.

It feels like there's been no improvement at all.

(End of this chapter)