tkworld #220 - A New Crisis in the Ourenpais Mountains (2 in 1 Pre-order)
#220 - A New Crisis in the Ourenpais Mountains (2 in 1 Pre-order)
While the tour group was absorbed in the scenery of the ancient city, Xia Shangyu quietly found Wang Su and her female bodyguards in a corner of the neighborhood.
"Miss Xia, it's been more than a month since we last met in the chairman's office. It seems you've been living a good life recently."
Wang Su looked Xia Shangyu up and down, and had to admit that the girl's complexion had indeed improved a lot after nearly a month.
Xia Shangyu was very curious and asked, "Sister Su, you are the group's security director, how come you are also in charge of human resources?"
Wang Su sighed and looked at Liu Mengyuan, who was having a lot of fun in the distance.
While she was chatting with Xia Shangyu, her followers were holding binoculars and nervously watching her movements.
"You know, the eldest miss is now in a state of... running away from home, so the chairman specifically instructed us to monitor the safety of the eldest miss, and to prohibit any man from approaching her.
So, to some extent, I have been observing the life of this Lu Yu and the eldest miss for several months. They have also been to Dongming Island, Gusu Ancient City, and Disneyland before..."
"..."
A trace of envy inadvertently appeared in Xia Shangyu's eyes.
Good heavens, so you have already taken your bodyguard sisters, under the guise of monitoring, to enjoy the good food and drink?
Wang Su: "Let's not talk about these things. How is your business going? How many people have you poached to Liu's Group?"
Xia Shangyu showed an awkward smile: "Well, I will report this matter to the chairman personally."
Wang Su couldn't help but admire her:
"As expected of the headhunting director personally promoted by the chairman, you are rigorous in your work. After all, this is a matter of the company's trade secrets. I was reckless."
Xia Shangyu silently covered her face in her heart. How dare she tell Wang Su that not only had she not successfully poached a single employee, but she had even vaguely developed the intention of wanting to jump ship to the Peach Garden Village.
According to Liu Lan's temper, if she knew of her betrayal, wouldn't she have Wang Su silence her?
"So, Sister Su, are you here to help me, using physical means to persuade these employees to leave Peach Garden Village?" She became alert.
"No, no, no, you misunderstood."
Wang Su shook her head like a rattle drum,
"Now is a society ruled by law, we don't do that kind of thing. I'm here for another purpose."
Wang Su sorted out her thoughts, starting from Liu Mengyuan's running away from home, all the way to her current mission - to test Lu Yu by various means, and to get Liu Mengyuan to move out of the rented apartment.
In other words, Wang Su was here to break up the couple under orders.
Xia Shangyu looked at Wang Su with a complicated expression.
Wang Su smiled awkwardly:
"Don't look at me like that... I don't want to either. I also advised the chairman, saying that the eldest miss is grown up now and should have her own youth, but the chairman simply wouldn't listen.
So, you have to help me this time, otherwise neither of us will be able to report back to Shenzhou(深州: Shenzhen)."
"How to help?" Xia Shangyu asked curiously with her hands in her pockets.
"There is a Japanese restaurant on the snack street of Lijiang Ancient City, and this restaurant has shares in Liu's Catering Group, so it is our own territory.
Find a reason to let the tour group eat at this restaurant.
After entering the door, in the name of a tour guide, suggest that everyone adjust their seating arrangement, separating the eldest miss from Lu Yu, creating an opportunity for me to approach the eldest miss.
I will find a way to stall the eldest miss.
And you, launch some public relations tactics against Lu Yu to see what he means, what conditions he will offer to compromise..."
"Sister Su, is this your idea or the superior's idea?"
"..."
Xia Shangyu sighed. She also knew that Wang Su had a mission and couldn't help herself.
"Although, as a senior headhunter who has been conquering territory for the group on another secret front, I have used various public relations tactics before, but I have a feeling that this President Lu will not give in so easily."
"It doesn't matter, I have other means. Do you remember, the eldest miss has been interested in things like superstition, divination, and the occult since she was a child, especially when she plays some Japanese horror games, she is particularly obsessed."
Xia Shangyu tilted her head and thought for a while, then nodded.
Although girls are very interested in things like tarot and divination, Liu Mengyuan seems to have completely broken away from the category of interest and has been obsessed with it since she was a child.
Therefore, she also likes to play some Japanese horror puzzle games, such as the "Silent Hill" series and the "Zero" series.
Wang Su explained to Xia Shangyu that this is also why she chose the Japanese restaurant.
She will dress up as a shrine maiden and use rope knots as divination props to tell Liu Mengyuan that this year is not a suitable age for her to be in love, and that the person next to her is not the right person.
In fact, Wang Su has used a lot of methods to target Liu Mengyuan's weakness.
For example, the first time she used a witch's crystal ball to divination on the pedestrian street near the rental house, and the second time she used the identity of an ancient Chinese Taoist priest to look at the feng shui of her house.
But both of these were of little effect. Wang Su thought for a long time and concluded the reason for her failure - the dose was not strong enough.
And this time, this restaurant is on her own territory, she will definitely increase the dose for the eldest miss!
...
In the afternoon, Xia Shangyu led the tour group to a Japanese restaurant called "Call of Cthulhu" located on the East Street of the ancient city.
Lu Yu and other employees looked at the signboard with complicated expressions.
Traveling to a small city on the southwestern border of China and actually eating at a Japanese restaurant is already very abstract in itself,
and looking at the name of the store on the signboard, it is even more abstract.
Xia Shangyu explained with an awkward smile: "Well, we have been eating Yunnan local cuisine every day for a month, it's good to change the taste occasionally. As for the name of this store, don't mind it, it's just because the signature dish of this store is grilled squid on an iron plate, this is just the boss's personal bad taste."
"Emmm... Anyway, this trip is coming to an end, it doesn't matter what we eat, everyone, please eat as much as you want. As usual, you can order whatever you want, no limit to the type, no limit to the quantity!"
"Yay!"
The employees of Peach Garden Village cheered and filed in.
As soon as everyone entered the door, a strong exotic atmosphere came over them. The wooden decoration style is mixed with Japanese style elements, as if they are in the streets of Japan.
The staff in the store are wearing kimonos and are busy shuttling through it. The walls of the store are full of decorative paintings with mysterious symbols and Japanese traditional painting styles as the theme, making the entire dining space full of mystery.
Xia Shangyu, in the capacity of a tour guide, suggested that everyone adjust their seating arrangement, because after dinner, they will play truth or dare games for boys and girls, so as to separate Liu Mengyuan and Lu Yu.
The employees took their seats as instructed, and looked forward to looking at the counter.
Because Lu Yu had explained it in advance, everyone was not polite when ordering, all kinds of snack platters, including sushi, sashimi, tempura, etc., were ordered with their eyes closed.
Behind the reception counter is an open kitchen. The chefs are skillfully cooking all kinds of octopus on the iron plate. The sparkling performances make the employees admire and exclaim from time to time.
...
The neon lights outside the window reflected the night of the ancient city, and the lights in the store were soft and deep.
Suddenly, a crisp ancient music sounded, and a woman in a Japanese shrine maiden costume entered gracefully with her sleeves dancing.
The woman's slender waist was tied with a red wide belt, and the cuffs were decorated with elegant cherry blossom patterns.
The kimono slightly opened the collar, revealing a delicate collarbone, graceful and charming, and the plump breasts supported the wide robe high, setting off the fullness of the figure, like a fairy stepping out of a painting.
Her feet were on wooden high-heeled sandals, her steps were light, and she wore a red ribbon hairpin and cherry blossom hairpin on her head.
This mysterious woman walked to the center of the store, holding a rope knot in her hand, and slowly bowed down, like a fairy descending into the world.
There was a silence in the store, and everyone was attracted by the performance of this mysterious woman, and they stopped the tableware in their hands and watched her curiously.
"Good evening, everyone.
I am the shrine maiden of this mysterious place, and tonight I will present to you a performance about fate."
The woman's voice was like a melodious zither, soft and sweet.
The rope knot in her hand danced, turning into a graceful arc, like a dancing butterfly.
With her gestures, the rope knot was sometimes entangled and sometimes untied.
"In the ancient shrine, there is an existence called 'Rope Maiden', this rope symbolizes the bond of life, connecting the fate of each of us." The witch's words were low and long.
Liu Mengyuan, who was frantically eating, was stunned and immediately became interested.
The setting of Rope Maiden is not unfamiliar. In the horror game "Zero: Crimson Butterfly" that she likes to play, there is a similar setting.
And the R\u0026D personnel of the Super Dimensional Moe Girl Group, such as Wan Xiaotong, were even more stunned.
Wan Xiaotong kept chanting in a passionatechuunibyou tone:
"Oh, oh, the human who has mastered the hub and the principle of fate, your encounter with me is destined at this moment."
And many male customers present were subconsciously drooling at the corners of their mouths, because Wang Su's figure was too devilish.
Then, Wang Su took out an ancient bronze mirror, and the mirror surface was carved with exquisite patterns.
The shrine maiden held the bronze mirror high above her head, and the mirror reflected Liu Mengyuan's face.
The corners of her mouth hidden under the hood smiled slightly, and the dance gradually accelerated. With the rotation of the bronze mirror, the stars danced in the air, like a brilliant meteor shower.
"The rope knot and the bronze mirror witness all the love, hatred, and karma in the world."
There was a hint of mysterious murmur in the shrine maiden's tone.
At this time, Xia Shangyu was also stunned.
How should I put it, she heard that Wang Su served in the army before becoming the group's security director, and she was also a special soldier.
Unexpectedly, this woman also has such a gentle side.
...
After a dance, Wang Su naturally received warm applause from everyone.
Wang Su took the opportunity to sit next to Liu Mengyuan.
"Miss, my bronze mirror accidentally summoned your face just now, which means that we are destined to meet. Would you like me to use rope knots to divination your fortune?"
"Yes, yes."
Liu Mengyuan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice with stars in her eyes.
Wang Su took out the thin rope just now and fiddled with it twice in her hand, and said:
"Miss, I see that there is no problem with your health and wealth luck, but your love luck may be full of many bumps and twists."
Liu Mengyuan, who was originally happy, suddenly turned pale.
At this time, Lu Yu, who was sitting at the table opposite her, just happened to see this scene.
"This shrine maiden's voice sounds a bit familiar..."
The more Lu Yu looked at Wang Su, the more suspicious he became.
Moreover, her so-called rope knot divination is too familiar to Lu Yu. Isn't this just cat's cradle? Who hasn't played it when they were a kid?
Lu Yu recalled the crystal ball witch and feng shui female Taoist priest who were not good at all, and became suspicious. Just as he was about to go over to question her, Xia Shangyu suddenly stopped him.
"President Lu, I have something to tell you, about the thing we talked about on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain before."
So Lu Yu sat down again: "Oh? How is it, Miss Xia, have you thought it over? Are you going to leave Liu's Group?"
Xia Shangyu glanced at Wang Su's direction with the corner of her eye, and hesitated:
"To be honest with you, I am very tempted, but as you know, I still have to confirm my salary and other benefits."
"Hey, I thought you wanted to say something!"
Lu Yu suddenly became energetic.
To be honest, if others talk to him about work and involution, then he may be uninterested,
but if you talk about welfare, enjoyment, and lying flat, then he will not be sleepy!
"Regarding the 543 working system and reducing efficiency and increasing costs, I think you have already heard about it from Chu Xiong.
In fact, not to mention anything else, the three months of paid annual leave every year has already beaten other companies in the industry. You can even use this ample annual leave to arrange a global trip that you can take at any time.
There is no need to worry about the money. The salary is basically a minimum of 20 salaries per year, plus year-end bonuses and various miscellaneous subsidies, as well as project profit sharing.
If you serve as my commercial spy and can help me discover more mediocre and rotten... oh no, I mean, more potential companies, then I will give you an extra outstanding contribution bonus!"
Originally, Xia Shangyu talked to Lu Yu just to cover up for Wang Su, but she didn't expect that the more she listened, the more tempted she became.
How should I put it, she has contacted many companies in the industry that claim to have good benefits over the years, but most of them are selling dog meat under a sheep's head,
For example, if the salary range is written as between 5,000 and 30,000 when recruiting, then the basic salary can only be given to the lowest limit of 5,000 when you join the job, and then the HR keeps drawing cakes for the employees, saying that as long as you work hard, you will have everything.
But this Peach Garden Village is a place where any benefits are actually realized, which is the abstract place of Peach Garden Village.
Moreover, not only the benefits and treatment, the developers of Peach Garden Village have no scruples in business expansion. Although it is a small company and team, they have no inferiority complex and so-called awe.
They are using the form of a small game company to do the welfare and career of a large and medium-sized game company.
Therefore, for a time, Xia Shangyu couldn't figure out the routine of this President Lu.
Is he really so indifferent to money?
But no matter what, as a working stiff, hearing such an invitation is still quite pleasant.
"Are you serious about all this?"
"Absolutely! We can sign a contract when you join, everything is negotiable!"
......
After a barrage of persuasive words, Lu Yu felt a little thirsty and reached for his glass on the table to get a drink.
As he was halfway to grabbing his glass, he accidentally bumped into the elbow of a young waiter who was carrying dishes.
The water immediately spilled all over the table, splashing on Lu Yu and Xia Shangyu's clothes.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"
The waitress retreated in a panic, trying to find something to help Lu Yu wipe himself off, but accidentally bumped into a tall potted plant behind her.
The potted plant tilted to one side and fell directly to the ground, tripping another male employee who was delivering goods.
This male employee was holding a plastic seafood box, which contained live octopuses that were constantly wriggling.
These octopuses were fresh ingredients transported by land in water tanks, and they were about to be made into barbecue.
Because the employee stumbled, one of the octopuses flew out of the box, spinning in the air, its tentacles writhing, flying towards Wang Su.
At this moment, Wang Su was at a critical point in guiding and hinting to Liu Mengyuan.
"In other words, it's not certain whether the姻緣 (Yin Yuan - destined relationship/marriage) you currently have access to is your true love. To avoid the calamity brought about by this relationship, you must leave your current partner as soon as possible, unless the calamity manifests to some extent and is borne by someone else, but you know, such a low-probability event is almost impossible..."
As soon as Wang Su finished speaking, in the next second, the constantly wriggling octopus fell in front of her.
She exclaimed, instinctively swatting at it, but the octopus slipped smoothly into the neckline of her kimono.
......
At this moment, Xia Shangyu looked at Lu Yu, who was holding an empty glass with a bewildered expression, with a complicated look.
This kid, is he doing it on purpose or was it an accident?
On the other hand, Wang Su, who was lying on the ground patting her robe non-stop, was facing a new crisis.
The octopus wriggled its tentacles, sinking deeper and deeper, gradually burying itself in her snowy white and proud cleavage.
At this moment, the terrified Wang Su couldn't help but recall the Greek mythology books she had read before.
......
This day.
In the Sanctuary ruled by the Gaia Goddess, the Olympos Mountains welcomed a new marine warrior.
Compared to the merman warriors who had challenged before, this warrior's background was even more impressive, because he came from the deep sea ruled by the sea god Poseidon, and he represented the pride of the Cthulhu creatures.
He was going to conquer this sacred mountain in a special way!