You promised to build cars, so why did you go into the military industry?

Recruitment failed!

[Projection destruction in progress... An employee was detected remaining inside the projector. To ensure the employee's safety, the destruction process will be paused.]

[Employee rescue in progress... Rescue completed, identity verification in progress... Projector destruction process restarted.]

[Employee Zhou Rui will report for duty within two weeks.]

Ignoring the system's notifications, Li Ran took off his clothes after waking up and carefully examined his body.

"It's all still here, that's good."

After checking that no body parts were missing, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

"Two weeks? That's a long wait."

Call Guo Shuyan and tell her that a new colleague named Zhou Rui will be joining the company in half a month, and that she shouldn't let the security guard stop him.

Then, he tossed the phone aside and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, a heavy truck delivered the rocket debris to United Industries' rocket foundry.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Yu dropped his chopsticks and ran out.

Meanwhile, a young man who had fallen into the water in Longnan was rescued.

"Give them artificial respiration!"

"Quickly drain the water, pat his back, pat his back."

"I'll do it, but the rhythm is off. Give me a beat of 'The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style'."

"No need! No need! I'm still conscious, thank you everyone." The young man who had fallen into the water waved his hand with difficulty.

The young man who fell into the water was neither Zhou Rui nor Zhou Rui.

They shared the same name, but the former committed suicide by drowning himself in the river early this morning.

Soon after, Zhou Rui, from the projected world, was resurrected in another body and floated on the water for half the night, sorting through his memories.

After being rescued, Zhou Rui wanted to kneel down to express his gratitude for being saved, but was stopped by the crowd. Helpless, he could only bow deeply to everyone.

He was then escorted home by kind-hearted people.

In his memory, after his parents died, Zhou Ruiyuan and his grandmother depended on the compensation money from the construction site for survival.

He originally planned to take good care of his grandmother after graduation and starting work.

As it turned out, my grandmother passed away peacefully two weeks ago.

Having lost his only relative and facing further setbacks at work, Zhou Rui, in a moment of despair, attempted suicide by drowning.

After quickly rinsing himself with hot water, drying himself, and changing his clothes, Zhou Rui came out.

Seeing that he was alright, the kind people who brought him back left one after another.

Before he left, a kind-hearted aunt brought him some freshly boiled ginger and brown sugar water and told him to drink it while it was hot to avoid catching a cold.

With the sound of the door closing, the room fell silent, leaving only the sound of Zhou Rui slowly sipping his ginger tea.

Looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar environment inside, Zhou Rui lay motionless on the bed and then fell asleep.

In the afternoon, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou Rui opened the door and found a package that required his personal signature.

After signing for the package, Zhou Rui opened it and found that the predecessor had participated in a lottery held on the official website of United Industries and won an award called "Sunshine for All".

With the winning certificate, you can redeem travel expenses at any Lingyun 4S store.

Just as Zhou Rui was about to worry about how to travel thousands of miles to United Industries for a report, the most difficult problem—travel expenses—was already solved.

I went out and found a real estate agency to list my house.

Arriving at the nearest Lingyun 4S store, Zhou Rui used his winning ticket to redeem travel expenses. After buying train tickets, he used the remaining money to buy groceries and donated them to a local public orphanage.

Three days later, the house was sold smoothly, and thanks to the rise in the housing market, the selling price was 20% higher than the original purchase price.

After receiving the payment for the house, I went to the cemetery to pay the 20-year lease renewal fee, and then swept the graves of my parents and grandmother, offered incense, and burned paper money.

The next day, Zhou Rui set off lightly equipped.

The two-day trip did not dampen Zhou Rui's high spirits; on the contrary, he was immersed in the beautiful scenery along the way.

When he arrived at the entrance of United Industrial Park, the security guard stopped him.

"Please register first if you have an appointment."

"An appointment? I think I have one," Zhou Rui said uncertainly. "My name is Zhou Rui, and I was personally invited by President Li."

"Zhou Rui?!"

Soon, Guo Shuyan arrived at the gate in her electric scooter and picked up Zhou Rui, taking him to Li Ran's office.

"You're here, that was quick." Li Ran smiled at Zhou Rui. "I thought I'd have to wait several more days."

"There's nothing to miss." Zhou Rui shook his head.

"Do you remember my promise?"

"Eight-hour workday; three meals a day and lunch break provided; quarterly salary increase and triple pay for overtime; one hour of gym workout daily; weekly psychological counseling?" Zhou Rui asked doubtfully, "Are you serious?"

"Yes." Li Ran nodded.

Zhou Rui was speechless for a while before finally managing to utter a single word: "Awesome."

Then came the rant:

"In the Federation of Europa, a company like yours would definitely be subject to bankruptcy liquidation."

At my previous company, the boss practically wanted to install surveillance cameras in the restrooms so he could catch people taking a paid break to poop.

Li Ran shrugged and asked:

"What are your personal strengths? Let me see how we can make arrangements."

"Personal expertise? It's quite diverse, and I'm not sure if the standards on both sides are consistent. Why don't you let me learn about it first?" Zhou Rui's statement was somewhat vague. "The robotic arm I let you experience last time was designed and manufactured by myself. I just needed money, otherwise it wouldn't have been so tiny."

Li Ran recalled the metal component that was only the length of a large arm and resembled the structure of a monkey's arm, and then felt a phantom pain in his right arm:

"A secondary universal prosthetic body for primates?"

Zhou Rui didn't speak, but his face turned bright red.

Li Ran tapped the table and asked:

"By the way, pancreatic cancer..."

"The Federation's free special medicine for Old Ice, for hibernators, is a way to win people over." Zhou Rui closed his eyes. "I even read the drug instructions back then, but I lack the tools, and I'm not an expert in this area, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to reproduce."

Li Ran nodded slowly.

That's normal, after all, everyone has their own expertise, and besides, the current United Industries cannot provide the relevant professional equipment.

A short while later, Wang Bing entered, led by Guo Shuyan.

"Manager Wang, this is Zhou Rui, our new colleague. He'll work with you for a month or two to get acquainted, and then he'll rotate to work under someone else as an assistant." Li Ran stood up and looked at Wang Bing. "Hmm... let's just consider him a B-level talent for now."

Upon hearing this, Wang Bing looked at the somewhat inexperienced Zhou Rui with some surprise and nodded in acknowledgment.

The next morning, after inspecting the factory in his small electric car, Li Ran came to Lin Yu's side once again.

Inside the laboratory, Lin Yu looked at Li Ran with a helpless expression.

"Next week, we'll have collected enough data from the rocket debris. Then you can have Zhao Shuhang come and take it away and melt it down."

"Sure, sure." Li Ran was in a great mood after getting a specific time. "I won't bother you anymore. Hurry up and don't delay my publicity plan."

"Buying a car and getting rocket debris as a gift? Only you and Zhao Shuhang could come up with such a crazy idea," Lin Yu muttered as he watched Li Ran leave.

"Oh, right." Li Ran suddenly returned to the lab entrance, "Remember to practice your signature when you have time, so you don't embarrass yourself later."