Daily Summary: I'm a CEO in a Bizarre World

"Hello, I'm Mai, a housekeeper from 'Group Buying Housekeeping'... Hey? Li Mao!"

"Mai Xing!"

Mai Xing and his college buddy Li Mao stared at each other in surprise.

Not long ago, I took a cleaning job at a convenience store in the wealthy district. I never expected it to be the family-owned convenience store of my college classmate, Li Mao.

Speaking of which, since becoming a housekeeper, Mai Xing has been so busy that she dedicates all her time to work except for eating, drinking, relieving herself, and sleeping.

I didn't have the energy or time to contact my two frenemy friends, Li Mao and Chen En, but unexpectedly, the two of them ran into each other again today because of a work order.

"How's work? The class monitor invited a lot of people to dinner last week, and I noticed you haven't replied to anything in the group chat."

Once Li Mao and Mai Xing met, they couldn't stop talking.

"I've been so busy with work lately, all I have left is time to sleep."

Mai Xing shook his head and said.

Li Mao looked Mai Xing up and down, who was wearing a bright yellow work uniform. He knew all too well that the domestic service industry was not easy and was extremely dangerous.

However, Mai Xing's parents had already passed away, leaving behind little inheritance. It was already difficult enough for him to find a job and barely make ends meet.

Being born in a wealthy area, just surviving takes all your energy.

"It's good to be busy, you'll definitely get a good commission," Li Mao comforted him.

"We're on the right track, but the pressure to meet performance targets is still considerable," Mai Xing said honestly.

To Li Mao, however, these words were merely polite formalities.

Thinking about how long it had been since they last met, Li Mao said, "Brother, it's been a long time. I'll help you with the cleaning, and we can have a little get-together. It's a pity that it's hard to get time off from Chen En's workplace, otherwise I could have invited him too."

Upon hearing this, Mai Xing immediately declined: "No need, no need. Using the sealing agent during cleaning may trigger a backlash from the contaminants, which is somewhat dangerous. Go home and play some games, and we'll continue our conversation after that."

Seeing his friend's determination, Li Mao didn't say much and agreed to leave the convenience store.

After waving goodbye to Li Mao and watching him leave, Mai Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Just kidding, if Li Mao were there, his plan probably wouldn't go well.

Although this was a regular cleaning job, Max's purpose was to use the cleaning site to do some tricks to increase the influence of "100,000 Volts" and "Greedy Electric Snake".

He told Li Maoming that he would most likely not refuse, but Mai Xing wasn't that shameless.

Brother, please don't blame me for taking advantage of you. I'll make it up to you by cleaning up after you later.

Looking around Li Mao's convenience store, it occupies only about 50 square meters, much smaller than the small supermarket that was previously demolished during renovations.

Let's use this to test the correctness of our approach.

[Using the sealed artifact "2-2851 Ten Thousand Volts" deducts 0.12 sanity.]

[Using the sealed item "2-4985 Gluttonous Electric Snake" deducts 0.14 sanity.]

[Remaining usage time: 02:59:99]

[Rationality Balance: 181.15]

A golden mouse and a small snake sparkling with electricity appeared on the left and right shoulders respectively.

Driven by thought, the "greedy electric snake" burrowed into a wall socket.

With his mental powers synchronized, Mai Xing controlled the "Greedy Electric Snake" to rapidly traverse the circuit. It continuously absorbed electricity along the way to replenish itself and left behind extraordinary power in many places, causing interference to the circuit and making the voltage unstable.

For a moment, the convenience store lights flickered, and electronic devices such as cash registers were forced to shut down due to insufficient power.

It took a full two minutes to deploy, ensuring that the "savage electric snake" left enough interference in the line.

Mai Xing sent out the Spirit Mouse, which used its ability to detect electric current to run quickly along the wall and detect the various obstacles left by the "Greedy Electric Snake".

A finger-thick current emanated from the mouse, pierced the air, and flowed into the wiring inside the wall.

zizi...

The mouse hits its target precisely, easily eliminating an obstacle.

feasible!

Mai Xing muttered in surprise, he could clearly feel the boost brought by the increase in influence value.

To increase the influence value of a sealed artifact, it is necessary to go through a process of contact with and use of extraordinary power, which consumes its power.

Simply using the sealed item without contact with extraordinary power will not generate influence value. This limitation also prevents Mai Xing from quickly accumulating enough influence value.

With continued mental manipulation, the mouse cleared all the obstacles left by the "Greedy Electric Snake" within a minute.

Once the mine clearance is complete, a notification will appear on the panel:

["Greedy Electric Snake" Influence +5 (from seal item usage)]

["100,000 Volts" effect value +5 (from seal artifact usage)]

"The effect is good. Let's continue after we recover from the cost."

Mai Xing sat on the ground, enduring the electric shock from the "100,000 volts" and the stiffness caused by the "gluttonous electric snake".

After more than half an hour, "Greedy Electric Snake" and "100,000 Volts" messed up all the wiring in the convenience store.

Mai Xing discovered that if the same line area is repeatedly affected in a short period of time, neither the "Greedy Electric Snake" that leaves obstacles nor the "100,000 Volt" that cleans up the mess will gain any more impact value.

This adds another layer of restriction to his ability to infinitely farm influence points.

However, Mai Xing was already quite satisfied, as the two sealed artifacts had enabled a perpetual motion machine mode where the left leg stepped on the right leg.

This idea was inspired by the actions taken some time ago when I was increasing the influence values ​​of "Mold in My Home" and "Mr. Fierce".

Now that the important business is done, it's time to clean up.

The water from "Kidney Deficiency" thoroughly washed every corner of the convenience store, and Mai Xing contacted his friend on WeChat to come back and inspect the results.

Not long after, Li Mao's figure, which seemed even thinner than before, appeared outside the convenience store.

Looking at the brand-new store, even the stains that existed since childhood have been cleaned spotless, Li Mao was greatly shocked.

"Wow, Mai Xing! Your professional skills are better than many domestic workers. Last year, my family used the 'Juan Le Yao' company's domestic service. Not only was it expensive, but the cleanliness after the service was far inferior to yours."

My dad got so angry he gave me a bad review, so he only got a 0.03 yuan voucher back!

Li Mao said angrily.

Mai Xing smiled and agreed, saying that it was normal for things to be clean.

After all, Li Mao wouldn't know that the cleaning solution used was a "Kidney Deficiency Essence" that had reached a "moderate impact" level and cost a monthly fee of 15 sanity.

With the 1 point of performance bonus from this work order, plus the time cost, it's equivalent to providing services to my old friend at cost price.

"Being a boss is pretty good, isn't it?"

Mai Xing teased his friend, but Li Mao sighed and said:

"Sigh, business is slow. A large supermarket just opened two streets away, and it has a better selection and more competitive prices than our small convenience store."

Out-of-town customers almost always choose to shop at supermarkets and shopping malls, and they can also get a free air-conditioned meal.

"We only have regular customers left, who come out of sentimentality," Li Mao said with a sigh.

Mai Xing couldn't offer any advice on this either, as the law of survival of the fittest applies to any field.

He patted his friend on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me. I will definitely help if I can."

"Don't worry, it definitely will." Li Mao punched Mai Xing in the chest and said.

After chatting for a while, Mai Xing said goodbye to Li Mao and took on a new work order to continue increasing his influence value.

Watching Mai Xing's departing figure, the smile on Li Mao's face gradually disappeared.

His fingertips unconsciously rubbed the business card from the "Loan King" followers in his pocket.

"Brother, my family owes too much reason. You can't help me with my difficulties."