bookpower Chapter 699 One Person Plays Countless Roles
Chapter 699 One Person Plays Countless Roles
The weirdo with the cow and cat on his head had a big argument with the loan salesmen in the elevator.
The news quickly spread to the fourth floor.
Even under normal circumstances, everyone is so busy with their own work that they have no time to pay attention to others.
But Wu Wang's unique image was simply too much to resist. He was often not working at his workstation, but wandering around or being seen whenever someone went to the tea room for coffee.
So many people remembered this strange guy.
And the sales staff of Wish Loans are among the people who have the most contact with employees.
In addition, since everyone had just been investigated by the Smilers, they were not in the mood to calm down and work, and only wanted to find the people involved in the standing-up incident to demand an explanation.
Wu Wang's open argument with these salespeople naturally attracted a lot of attention.
When Lao Fan and the others returned to the fourth floor and heard the news, they were extremely worried.
They quickly searched for Wu Wang, fearing he might be at a disadvantage facing the large group of salespeople alone.
However, all that could be seen was Wu Wang at his workstation, intently playing tic-tac-toe with the cow-and-cat.
There was also a large stack of papers with various chess scores drawn on them, from homemade simple Go to Gomoku, and even something similar to Chinese chess.
It looks like this person and cat have been playing here for a while now.
"Wu Wang! Are you alright?" Old Fan asked anxiously as he approached.
Wu Wang didn't even look up as he drew an X, signaling a draw in the game.
Then he spoke up, saying, "What could possibly happen to me? Do you think I'd get ganged up on by those guys? Oh my God, that would cost a fortune."
In factories, employees are strictly prohibited from directly handling tasks.
Even though the sales team was furious, they didn't immediately clench their fists and challenge Wu Wang to a fight. This was because they would have to pay out wish points after the fight, which would be a double loss.
"Does Lao Fan mean they won't cause any trouble?"
Tie Jian walked over and asked in a similarly concerned tone.
He used to be a police officer himself, so he knew that some issues were not as simple as they seemed on the surface. He heard from the people around him that the group of salesmen seemed to be discussing going to find the Smiler to arrest Wu Wang.
Could it be that they really have some leverage over the fall of Wu?
Furthermore, when they stood up earlier, Tie Jian and Lao Fan's group had no idea why so many people would stand up together, and most of them had no connection with them at all.
The mystery surrounding this incident of standing up is growing.
In response, Wu Wang simply grinned and said, "It's nothing. They just want to report me to the Smilers for offering discounted items. Well, those items that kept going on sale in the bracelet after you told the truth as I instructed."
"But I don't think there should be any connection."
"After all, the goods have only appeared. As long as you don't consume them, the factory suffers no loss, and I naturally haven't caused any damage."
"No evidence, no mistake, right?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
Apart from Tie Jian and Lao Fan, most people subconsciously lowered their heads.
Wu Wang's expression became subtle.
He knew, of course, that some of these people must have succumbed to temptation and made purchases last night.
But he still pretended to know nothing and, with a strong sense of trust, asked:
"You didn't buy anything."
"Is that right?"
These words made the employees, who were already feeling somewhat guilty, even more embarrassed.
But they still responded hesitantly:
"Of course."
"After all, that's what you instructed."
"Yes, yes, we won't buy it."
"..."
Old Fan didn't notice anything unusual, but Tie Jian immediately noticed the unnaturalness in these people's speech.
They bought it!
A lot of them definitely bought it!
Thinking of this, Tie Jian couldn't help but clench his fists.
If Wu Wang is really captured by the Smilers because of them, what should I do?
Reprimand them? Teach them a lesson? Or... report them?
This is a factory of desires. Every employee comes in for their own desires. In a sense, they are just following the factory's underlying logic.
Moreover, Wu Wang did not use any means to restrain the people, nor did he sign any contracts or make any deals.
They were not Wu Wang's subordinates; everyone had the freedom to make their own choices.
Tie Jian didn't even know what words he should use to rebuke these people.
It seems that apart from moral criticism, there is absolutely no practical way to make them pay the price.
A sense of powerlessness welled up in Tie Jian's heart.
At that moment, he felt a sliver of hope that the person smiling wouldn't notice the problem.
After all, the Wish Shop sells so many things every day. It shouldn't be worth making such a fuss over just a few discounted items, right?
Just then, Wu Wang stood up and said, "Alright, stop circling around me and go do your own things. I'm going back to my room to rest."
Old Fan patted him on the shoulder and said with a good-natured smile, "Then go and get some rest. It's good that you're alright this time, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do."
Although Wu only made them stand up for five seconds this time.
Even so, the factory still reacted so violently.
This made Lao Fan even more convinced that the other party could change this place.
Upon hearing his words, those who felt guilty fell silent once again.
Yes, judging from the current results, the other party is indeed trying to find a way to deal with the factory.
But their current actions are tantamount to aiding the enemy.
What if Wu Wang escaped unscathed from the incident, but instead got into trouble because of their purchase of discounted goods?
That's tantamount to them personally pushing the guy who wanted to save them from their misery into the abyss.
At the same time, Wu Wang shrugged and laughed, "Don't say that, I'm not important."
“I’ve said it before, I have no intention of leading you in a rebellion. If you want to change the environment, all you need to do is change yourselves from the bottom of your hearts first.”
"Even without me, a single spark can still start a prairie fire."
"I believe in you as you believe in me."
After saying that, he turned around and hummed a strange little tune as he walked towards the elevator.
Only the confident Lao Fan, the worried Tie Jian, and the group of guilty employees who were caught in self-blame and contemplation remained in the same place.
They began to regret it.
Once inside the elevator, Xiao Qiu nearly burst out laughing.
He lay on Wu Wang's head and rolled around.
"Meow~"
Boss, your serious expression is hilarious.
Wu Wang raised an eyebrow and said, "What do you mean? Am I usually not serious?"
Little Hill tilted its head, looking puzzled: "Meow?"
Are you serious? Forget about whether you're usually serious or not, you need to act like a normal person first.
Wu Wang rolled his eyes at this.
Looking up, she tapped the little hill's head and said irritably, "I've raised you for so many years for nothing, have you put your things away properly?"
Xiao Qiu rubbed his head and nodded with tears in his eyes.
While playing chess, Wu Wang casually picked up a piece of paper and wrote something down.
He instructed Xiao Qiu to place it inside the fourth-floor ventilation duct, as close as possible to the tea room.
It contained what Wu Wang wanted to say to Li Shuang.
"Okay... let's let the bullets fly for a while."
He smiled and walked back to his room.
However, at the moment the door closed, several dark figures emerged from Wu Wang's shadow and eerily drifted into the elevator.
The next second, the empty elevator began to ascend.
They continued ascending until they reached the forty-ninth floor, which is the location of the talent incubation center, before stopping.
But after the elevator doors opened, no one came in. The dark figures that were clinging to the elevator walls didn't leave either; they just silently pressed the open button.
This caused the entire elevator to freeze in place, as if it had some kind of bug.
Fortunately, the talent incubation center is the headquarters of those who smile.
Once the elevator problem was detected by the factory algorithm, a smiling person immediately emerged from the talent incubation center.
They quickly walked to the elevator to inspect it.
However, just as these smiling people were about to enter the elevator, the dark figure quickly closed the door and pressed the button for the floor where Wu Wang was located.
During the descent, these dark figures gathered in the center of the elevator. Then they all rose from the ground and transformed into human shapes.
This time, however, they did not resemble Wu Wang; instead, they all had faces that were both strange and familiar.
What was unfamiliar was that Wu Wang had never seen these faces before.
What's familiar is that they are exactly the same smiling people who rushed to fix the elevator just seconds before but didn't have time to get in.
Even the clothes she wore were perfectly replicated.
They exchanged a glance, and simultaneously put on their signature smiles.
Ding-dong-
We've reached the thirtieth floor of the staff housing.
No one knew that such a strange thing had just happened.
Judging from the changes displayed on the elevator outside any other floor.
Those were the smiling individuals from the talent incubation center on the 49th floor who came down from upstairs and headed straight for the 30th floor to carry out a certain task.
They walked in unison towards Wu Wang's room.
He knocked on the door with utmost politeness.
dong dong dong-
"Hello, employee #00000".
"The factory received a report that you are involved in a violation case involving abnormal fluctuations in the price of a product."
"Please open the door to cooperate with our investigation."
However, Wu Wang's door remained closed.
Only his slightly furious voice could be heard coming from it.
"What right do you have to investigate me! Do you have to have something to do with me in everything?"
"Then why don't you investigate whether you're actually their biological child? I think that's related to me too!"
His roar came directly from behind the poorly soundproofed wooden door of the cheap rental apartment.
His voice echoed throughout the entire corridor.
The other rooms on the same floor also had wooden doors, so you could naturally hear the guttural roaring sounds coming from outside.
Fortunately, it's currently the time of day when people are at work.
The employees living in these cheap rental apartments on the 30th floor are all extremely poor. They work themselves to the bone but can barely afford to pay off their loan interest. They don't even have a tiny bit of extra credit to move to a better floor.
They are certainly not resting in their rooms now.
Everyone is busy working in the office area.
Not a single person peeked out to watch the spectacle after hearing the roar.
Faced with Wu Wang's provocation, the smiling men outside exchanged glances and immediately grabbed the doorknob.
The door opened with a click.
This scene wouldn't be surprising even if someone saw it.
After all, as the person in charge of the "smile," it is perfectly legal and compliant for them to have the authority to open employee doors while performing their duties.
However, when they broke into Wu Wang's room, they didn't see anyone.
Well, or rather, the only person in sight was the borrowed wife lying on the bed.
Besides, the only evidence that there were still living creatures moving around here was the cat hairs that were still floating in the air and slowly falling.
Wu is gone, vanished!
Faced with this situation, the clones disguised as the Smiler simply kept smiling, turned around and left the room, heading to the stage where they were to perform next.
So where did Wu go after he perished?
Inside the ventilation duct, he was following a cautious figure as they fled.
"Ha, I didn't expect the staff quarters to have a hidden door that connects directly to the ventilation ducts," he joked.
The figure in front, clutching a cold light stick, turned around. The dim light illuminated her face, highlighting a profile that wasn't exactly stunning.
The newcomer was none other than Li Shuang, who was hiding inside the ventilation duct!
Before the smiling people opened the door and entered, a crack suddenly appeared in the ceiling of Wu Wang's room, which then opened a hidden door leading directly into the ventilation duct.
She peeked out from inside and took Wu Wang away.
Faced with Wu Wang's teasing, Li Shuang said helplessly, "Fortunately, the lowest-level employee housing doesn't have independent air conditioning. It can only get cold air from the public ventilation ducts connected to each floor. If you lived on a higher floor, I wouldn't be able to save you."
Wu expressed his heartfelt gratitude to her for rescuing him.
He asked with some curiosity, "Where are we going next?"
In response, Li Shuang replied earnestly:
"You've been targeted by the Smile Man. Your wristband information will be constantly tracked, and you'll definitely be caught if you go out."
"I've already notified Zhang Mingyuan about the maintenance passage to the Wish Exhibition Hall. Once he's in position, he'll act as bait to lure away the Smilers from the data center. We'll go straight to the data center, start the program, and end all of this."
"By the way, you have the USB drive with you, right?"
Upon hearing what seemed like a well-arranged plan, Wu Wang's face revealed a strange smile.
Li Shuang knew that the incident had just happened, and most of the smiling people in the talent incubation center had been sent out to conduct employee investigations, which was a good opportunity to hack into the data center.
Yes, she's in a hurry.
They were so eager to plug the external program into the data center and get it running immediately.
So Wu Wang pointed to his stomach and shrugged, saying, "That's really unlucky. I swallowed the USB drive to avoid the Smilers' search. I was thinking of expelling it tonight, but it looks like I won't make it in time."
These words startled Li Shuang.
She stared at him in disbelief.
"You...you swallowed the USB drive!?"
Then his brain started working at lightning speed, and he quickly came up with a solution.
Looking at Wu Wang with burning eyes, he said, "It's okay, we can go to the medical room through the pipes. There are places to perform surgery there. I can use the chip to adjust the status of the equipment and the operating room and use it directly. I'll get the USB drive out for you."
This crazy, almost irrational plan made Wu Wang raise an eyebrow.
He said in a fearful tone, "What will I do after the surgery? Will I be able to leave the medical room? Won't the Smilers arrest me right away?"
His fear was understandable.
Li Shuang did not suspect anything.
He simply comforted her, saying, "Don't worry, the Smilers aren't murderers. They don't have the right to kill you directly. Instead, they'll have to wait until you've fully recovered before they can take you back to the Talent Incubation Center."
"But it didn't take that long at all; I was already on my way to execute the plan with the USB drive."
"Once the plan succeeds, the factory will collapse and be liberated, and naturally no one will bother with you anymore."
"I'll come back to pick you up then, and we'll find a better hospital to recuperate in peace."
Her words were very logical and well-reasoned.
They had even envisioned a bright future after the plan succeeded.
However, Wu Wang's expression grew even colder.
Their pace gradually slowed as they followed the other person's lead.
Da da da—da da—da!
Li Shuang only turned around after she realized that Wu Wang was standing still.
She asked in confusion, "Why did you stop? We don't have time to chat now, the medical room is this way..."
Before he finished speaking, a cold glint flashed in Wu Wang's hand.
It was an extremely sharp scalpel.
This thing startled Li Shuang, who didn't understand what he wanted to do.
However, the scene that appeared the next second made Li Shuang break out in a cold sweat.
brush--
Without hesitation, Wu Wang plunged the knife into his abdomen, slashing open a long wound so deep that his internal organs were about to spill out.
He was spitting blood, yet he smiled unusually brightly as he said:
"Are you in such a hurry?"
"Then don't bother with all that trouble, I'll just turn my stomach inside out and look for it."
"Don't worry, we'll find the USB drive soon."
"After all, I haven't had a proper meal since I started working here, so my stomach is pretty empty. Otherwise, I would have been thinking of digging it out and washing it with a washboard."
Watching this guy actually pull out his stomach and churn it up in a bizarre scene.
Li Shuang stood frozen in place.
She began to wonder if she was still half asleep.
I'm still dreaming... (End of Chapter)