bookpower Chapter 698 The Actors Are In Place
Chapter 698 The Actors Are In Place
"Upload complete. You may leave now."
Have a pleasant day at work.
Zhang Mingyuan maintained his routine demeanor, slowly closed the bracelet, and then smiled as he spoke to Wu Wang.
However, Wu Wang showed no intention of getting up and leaving.
Instead, he crossed his legs and cheerfully said, "Since we're already here, let's chat a bit longer. I was also thinking of scheduling another career planning consultation with you."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan was taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "Of course, no problem. Is there anything I can help you with?"
The factory emphasizes that business must be conducted in an official and transparent manner.
Even if Wu Wang was a suspect in an abnormal incident just a moment ago, once the investigation into him was completed and no evidence was found to arrest him, he still enjoys all the benefits of a normal employee.
A smiling person usually won't refuse a career planning consultation from a regular employee.
"Before I begin my consultation, I'd like to ask about the working hours at Smiley.
"Two nights ago at 10 p.m., I wanted to talk to you again, but I couldn't find you anywhere."
This seemingly casual question contains a lot of profound meaning.
Because that was the day Wu Wang met Li Shuang.
In response, Zhang Mingyuan simply explained, "If you need help from Smiley at night, you can apply for overtime service through your wristband. After paying a certain amount of overtime pay, I will come to you within three minutes, no matter which floor you are on."
"Otherwise, I would have already left work at 10 p.m.
"Two nights ago at 10 p.m., I was providing retraining services to another employee. I worked the night shift at the talent incubation center. I regret that I was unable to serve you."
Upon hearing these words, Wu Wang's expression grew increasingly cold.
He casually asked a few more unimportant questions.
Make everything appear to be a genuine career planning consultation.
After finishing, Wu Wang got up and prepared to leave.
But when you walk to the door and look down at the carpet you're standing on, you can still see that a small patch of the carpet that has been repeatedly trampled and is quite flat is still there.
Wu Wang suddenly said, "Didn't you say last time that my shoes had slight wear on the heels and suggested I replace them?"
Zhang Mingyuan naturally picked up the conversation: "That's right, did you change it?"
Click—
Wu Wang opened the door.
He shook his head and said, "I didn't change them. Shoes are the kind that get more comfortable after you wear them for a long time."
"New shoes are bound to be a little uncomfortable. I'm afraid that one day a small stone will fall in and I won't even notice. I'll think it's because of my walking posture. In the end, I'll rub my feet raw and bloody from the stone and I won't even realize which side is the problem."
These words made Zhang Mingyuan fall silent for a second.
Then, with a smile on his face and in a gentle tone, he said, "Please rest assured about that. The work shoes produced in the factory are guaranteed to fit well, and there are no pebbles in the office area."
Wu Wang curled his lip.
He rubbed his feet on the carpet a few times, and replied just before leaving the room:
"It's hard to say. I just saw a small pebble on your carpet. I don't know how long you've had it. I suggest you get it washed."
Click—
The door was closed again.
Zhang Mingyuan slowly stood up and looked at the carpet that Wu Wang had just stepped on.
Apart from a slight collapse, the area was generally clean and free of any small stones that might hurt your feet.
However, Zhang Mingyuan's smile became slightly stiff.
A strange expression also crept into his eyes.
That seemed to be something the smiling person would absolutely not, and absolutely could not, let any employee see—
Its name is sadness.
After leaving the consultation room, Wu Wang went back into the elevator and went down to the fourth floor.
The little hill on its head let its tail hang down and sway in front of him.
"Meow~"
Boss, can he understand what you're saying?
Faced with this question, Wu Wang shrugged and replied, "It doesn't matter. I'm just saying what needs to be said. Whether he understands it or not, and what he does after understanding it, is his business."
The things Wu Wang just mentioned about shoes.
Everything was telling Zhang Mingyuan a painful truth—there was a traitor among the people he had hired.
As for who the traitor was, Wu Wang already knew perfectly well.
"Meow~"
[Boss, is Li Shuang just a pebble that hurts your foot?]
It's unclear whether Zhang Mingyuan understood or not, but it's obvious that Xiao Qiu, who had been following Wu Wang, did.
Indeed, Wu Wang believes that the person who lied was not Zhang Mingyuan, as the evidence points to.
Instead, it was Li Shuang who seemed to have provided a lot of information!
“That’s right. Do you remember when I asked Bai Lishuang how many of those special chips she had?”
Wu Wang squinted as he recalled.
[White] also appeared at this moment and said: "One piece, sir, I'm quite sure, and how is your wrist? Doesn't that level of burn need to be treated?"
Listening to her words, Wu Wang twisted the bracelet slightly. From the edge, it could be seen that the skin underneath was burned to a bloody mess, and some parts were even stuck to the bracelet, which looked slightly horrifying.
The temperature was too high when the device was operating under overload conditions while blocking the bracelet's detection upstairs.
Otherwise, the wish consultant wouldn't have been able to smell the burning.
"We'll deal with this problem later. Let's talk about the past first."
"Indeed, from a normal perspective, it makes perfect sense that there is only one of those special chips."
"But from a human nature perspective, that's a much bigger problem."
Wu Wang looked up at the elevator's new air vent.
If you go out from here into the elevator shaft, you can probably find a way to go around through the ventilation duct.
Li Shuang was hiding somewhere inside the building's ventilation ducts.
"human nature?"
[Bai] I don't quite understand.
In response, Wu Wang explained: "Li Shuang said that she was causing trouble with a group of players, but was betrayed in the data center. A player used a teleportation skill to rescue her, right? And the other player was killed during the pursuit, which is why she was the only one left hiding in the ventilation duct."
At this point, Wu Wang gave a cold laugh.
"Hehe, if there really is only one chip, I don't believe any player would be stupid enough to hand it over to Li Shuang, causing them to expose their location and get caught."
"Then there are only two possibilities."
"First, there was more than one chip. Li Shuang and the escaped player each had one, but the other player was indeed captured due to some kind of accident."
"Secondly, and this is the most likely scenario—Li Shuang betrayed the other party."
"She stole the only chip, causing that player to be exposed to the Smiler's capture, while she herself hid unharmed."
Upon hearing this, the artificial intelligence [Bai] was taken aback.
She immediately understood what Wu Wang meant.
Yes! If there really is only one chip...
Why did it happen to Li Shuang, and not to the players from back then?
As an ordinary employee, Li Shuang is not a product of the Smiler's transformation; she herself does not possess any powerful abilities.
From any perspective, the player has no reason to give her the chip, which would only put them in danger.
It's good that all of humanity has become Necrostic players.
However, there weren't many kind-hearted players during the closed beta, let alone those who would sacrifice themselves to protect a dungeon NPC.
Players' humanity dictates that they won't be so reckless as to protect an NPC.
Li Shuang's strong will to survive also led her to make selfish judgments.
All she wanted was to survive. She didn't care what happened to anyone else.
"Here's the question: if Li Shuang is the one lying, then which of the information she gave is true and which is false?" Wu Wang asked, watching the elevator approach the fourth floor.
His voice also turned cold.
"Then we'll have to go and ask them ourselves."
"Didn't she want to live?"
"I hope she can always live with this mindset."
Ding-dong-
The elevator doors opened on the fourth floor.
Wu Wang saw that many of the employees outside had expressions on their faces as if they had swallowed flies.
Clearly, the uproar surrounding this mass standing-up incident resulted in them all being questioned by the smiling individuals.
That's why they missed the free protein energy block meals distributed during the lunch break.
The factory will not provide them with any compensation.
Because each of them was a participant in this event.
Moreover, because the elevator was blocked by the Smiling Man, even other employees who were not involved in the incident were unable to eat properly.
Their anger was naturally directed at the employees involved in the incident.
Among these employees, besides Lao Fan and others, most of them were actually former doctors who wanted to sell loan notices.
This group's anger was directed at the sales staff.
What about sales?
They could only hate that Wu was gone.
This guy is the real culprit.
But they didn't dare to directly tell the smiling man about Wu's death.
After all, having offended colleagues and clients, their only hope rested on Wu Wang's ability to procure discounted goods.
If they get this, they can turn the tide!
Seeing Wu Wang emerge from the elevator, some of the sales staff, including the former doctor, rushed up to him, grabbed him by the collar, and whispered menacingly:
"You've really put us in a terrible situation!"
"Hand over what we want right now!"
In response, Wu Wang simply slapped their hands away, straightened the wrinkles in his clothes, and said, "Is it here? Well then, I'll tell you all, so you can all listen."
"Come on! Everyone, look at me! I have something to announce..."
Upon hearing this, the departing doctor immediately raised his hand to cover his mouth.
He said breathlessly, "Are you fucking crazy! Come with us!"
After saying that, he tried to drag Wu Wang towards the tea room.
thump—
But as he walked forward, he felt as if he were pulling a mountain.
Not only did Wu Wang remain standing without wavering, but the departing doctor was pulled down to the ground by the force.
Somewhat bewildered, he got up from the ground.
The departing doctor frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Wu Wang spread his hands, revealing an innocent expression: "Isn't it obvious? I don't want to go with you."
As a player, especially one with a decent stat.
As long as Wu Wang doesn't want to move, these ordinary people really can't budge him.
But those words only made the salespeople's eyes grow even fiercer.
"What do you mean you don't want to come with us?" a salesperson said through gritted teeth.
Wu Wang walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.
Then, gradually apply downward pressure until the other person shows an embarrassed expression, or even kneels down on the ground with a thud.
He then spoke: "What I mean is, you can't get anything from me. If you don't understand, I can help you book an appointment with an ENT specialist."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards his workstation.
The doctor who resigned was furious.
We've been played like monkeys, and this guy still doesn't intend to hand over the method?
Even a clay figure has some temper!
Moreover, these salespeople are people who are deeply mired in their desires and unable to extricate themselves.
How could they possibly tolerate letting the duck that was already in their mouth fly away?
Watching Wu Wang's retreating figure, the former doctor threatened viciously, "Do you really think I wouldn't dare tell the Smiler? Fine, I'll ruin you, and we'll start over!"
The job of selling loans is threatened, mainly due to the way Wu Wang sells discounted goods.
They only came to Wu Wang because they wanted to earn more money.
From the perspective of the departing doctor, if he cannot get what he wants, then he might as well go down in flames.
If they report Wu Wang to the Smiley team for causing abnormally low prices on goods and put him under control, then naturally he won't threaten their sales work.
It's just that the clients we've offended now will probably need to start rebuilding their networks from scratch.
This will waste a lot of their time and even wish points.
But a lose-lose situation is better than this bastard winning alone!
You can see similar looks in the eyes of other salespeople.
They were naturally unwilling to be completely outmaneuvered by Wu Wang.
It would be a shame not to teach this bastard a lesson.
"Go ahead, I'm not stopping you."
However, Wu Wang's attitude was even more bizarre than they had imagined.
The guy spread his hands with a nonchalant expression.
"I'm not afraid of being wrong, and I don't care about the problems you're talking about. I've broken the rules far more than you can imagine, and I don't care about the issues you're talking about."
"If you don't believe me, go and try it?"
"Let's see if the Smiler catches me."
After saying this, Wu Wang laughed heartily and walked further and further away.
The sales staff were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
The same thought popped into everyone's mind—was he really not afraid of dying?
"What should we do? Should we sue?" someone in the sales team asked.
After a moment of contemplation, the former doctor gritted his teeth and said, "We'll go after the others who were taken away for questioning by the Smiling Ones come back! We definitely can't let that bastard get away with this!"
A cat's ears are much more sensitive than a human's.
Even from a distance, the hilltop could hear the chirping of crickets behind them.
He asked in confusion, "Meow?"
Boss, aren't you afraid they'll actually sue The Smiling People?
In response, Wu Wang simply replied: "I not only want them to sue, but I also want everyone to know what they can sue me about."
"Only in this way will the woman hiding in the ventilation duct find out about this news sooner."
“If I had been captured by the Smiler before, she might not have cared, but not now.”
“Now, I have what she needs.”
At this point, Wu Wang rubbed his stomach.
He also swallowed a USB drive.
Li Shuang was determined not to let the USB drive be taken away by the Smiler along with her.
She will find a way to save herself.
Since you insist on hiding, I'll force you to show yourself.
Come on, Li Shuang, the stage and the actors are all ready for you.
This good show is about to begin.
Let me see how you'll pull off your little tricks and cover up this colossal lie in public... (End of Chapter)