Chapter 1468
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Soul Eater walked very hurriedly for two reasons . Firstly, things were urgent . Secondly, he needed to solve this issue quickly before returning back to manage the whole situation .
"Why are you so sure he will go?" Water Fairy asked .
"Because he's greedy," Lu Li said .
"I never would've thought that Soul Eater was such a greedy person . "
Water Fairy could only sigh . She felt that her previous understanding of Soul Eater had been completely overturned . They had worked together for so long in the past . Even if there wasn't anything between them, Water Fairy still felt he was a good partner and friend .
"Actually, all people are greedy," Lu Li laughed . "It's just that different people have different goals, so their methods are different . "
"From your tone, it sounds like you're looking down on Soul Eater . " Water Fairy didn't know whether to laugh or cry .
"His methods actually aren't that brilliant and he's too greedy, so that's why he can't even see through such a basic little trap," Lu Li said scornfully . Lu Li really had a tendency to look down on Soul Eater, but this was a pretty flawed little trap . Soul Eater had completely and innocently stepped into it .
"So what should we do now then?" Water Fairy asked Lu Li directly .
The feeling of having someone to rely on when something happened was a good one indeed . Although Water Fairy was a tycoon, in this world, not every problem could be solved with money . In the course of her striving, she had encountered many difficulties and suffered many losses, but she needed to quietly bear them all, struggling amidst unfavorable circumstances .
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"Get your Human Resources Department to meet to discuss about Elite Group members . Give them a pay increase, and while you're at it, sign an extra contract as well . "
Lu Li thought that as long as Soul Eater was a bit further out of the picture, things would be easier to manage .
If they did things directly, without considering what others thought, then it would definitely be a loss to many members . Also, the game had only been in operation for under a year and it was developing well at this time . Therefore, it wouldn't be worth it to spend too much of Peerless City's time on reinstating a traitor .
The first task at hand was Peerless City's Human Resources Department .
The game had been developing well, a for a long time, the game already possessed company-like administrative systems . Naturally, there was a Human Resources Department, which was able to perform the tasks it needed to do .
Soul Eater went out to discuss the merge, and he needed to bring a group of people with him . After all, he might not understand the details of the contract . Also, the people he was bringing away with him were his henchmen, so there wouldn't have been many others left . They selected a few members that might have a tendency to support Soul Eater, and sent them to a job fair to search for talent .
Afterwards, the trusted, reliable Human Resources Department could start to talk about the Elite Group members .
"Now, Peerless City has been developing extremely well in its early days . Therefore, for our extraordinary Elite Group members, we have decided to give them a bit of a pay increase," the official specially sent from the central administration said with a smile, then continued, "But there are too many people in our club . There's no way to increase the pay all at once, so we've got no choice but to do it in batches . Before we increase the pay for everyone, we hope that you won't leak details of the new contract to anyone . As soon as word gets out, we have the authority to and take no responsibility in firing you . Do you get what I mean?"
One Elite Group member was stunned at this .
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"I…I couldn't think of a more wicked to do . "
"You've participated in farming nearly all of the Instance Dungeons, and you've been very active in PVP battles in the Wilderness . Furthermore, you've completed 234 guild tasks, and you're number 67 on the rankings list in terms of your integrated score . You deserve a pay rise," the specially delegated personnel said, showing all of his authority . He naturally knew those facts and figures like the back of his hand .
This Elite Group player didn't think that in the eyes of the club, he was as valued as this . In his heart, he felt extremely happy .
There was a pay increase of 10%!
This was a solid pay rise, especially as it represented how highly the club viewed him . This player patted his chest, sure that no one else would be as honoured as him .
"We are simply putting it down in writing here . It's also recorded here that you provided help to 22 brothers . I'm afraid there are a lot of other things which have been left off the record . Your passionate spirit for this club deserves a bit of a pay rise from us . Because our club is going through a period of rapid development at the moment, we can only give a pay rise of 10% . I'm not sure if you're satisfied with this?"
"I'm satisfied, yes . I like to play PVP, so I haven't thought at all about being rewarded . "
And just like that, a player was tricked, as he happily signed the new contract .
"You signed the new contract last Wednesday, right?"
Another player had been called .
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"Yes . "
"There were some problematic terms in the new contract . It just so happens that the club was planning to raise your pay, so you need to look at this contract again . "
"So I have to sign the new contract again?"
This player didn't really doubt anything . After all, Soul Eater had only set everything up in motion, but hadn't yet mobilised everyone . So afterwards, when all of Soul Eater's followers were congregating, he only felt a little annoyed by them .
"Over the past 3 years, you've made a great contribution to this club . Your pay last Wednesday was only a 5% increase, but Miss Shen feels that this isn't good enough . As such, we've come out with this new contract, where your pay will be increased by 10% . There are also some other additional benefits . "
"Hehe, well then I'll thank Miss . Water . "
As soon as this player heard about such a substantial pay increase, he didn't think signing it was troublesome at all .
When they first started, they managed to get the core members of the Elite Group .
The Human Resources Department had used the method of sending text messages to meet with these people . They had also taken over about a dozen offices just for this purpose . On average, they were able to get one person every 5 minutes . In the first day, over a 1000 people signed the new contract . By the morning of the second day, they managed to get another few hundred people .
However, there was no way they could deceive everyone in something like this .
Water Fairy didn't intend to deceive everyone, nor did she plan to keep up the deception .
Lu Li's advice to her was very simple – get rid of the opponent to achieve the goal, use underhand methods, and confuse the opponent so that they didn't see your real plan . There was no need to be scared of scoundrels; it was just their 'culture' that was scary…a culture that began after a scoundrel grew up and became enchanted with Sun Tzu's Art of War in a university class…
As such, the people of Peerless City had become like an object to test a knife against .
After Soul Eater left, all of his close associates had suddenly been wrapped up with trivial affairs .
For example, when Misty Shadow went out to eat, for some reason, he bumped into an old woman . He really thought he hadn't bumped into anyone, but in the end, the woman fell over and hit the ground . After sending her to the hospital, he still had to deal with the old woman's outrageous children . His head was pounded by a baseball bat and he had to stay half a day at the hospital . How could he have the energy to care about club things?
There was another pretty fortunate thing for another associate – for some reason, a hot girl was hitting on him . In his life of over 20 years, this was something that had never happened to him before .
After they ate at a café, they headed to karaoke afterwards – the more they talked the more fun it was . Then, they'd go rent a hotel room .
As a result, he was blocked off by someone in a bathroom and given a good beating . In the end, he was taken away by police .
Anyway, it was these various bad things that really taught them a vivid lesson . The world would seem like such a scary place with these things happening . However, because they occurred so naturally, for a brief time, they never realised that they were being set up .
Misty Shadow couldn't just go around everywhere and tell people about how he helped an old woman who he bumped into . People would beat him up for it; it just wasn't honourable .
The one who was jumped on by that goddess would want even more to seriously protect his secret . Otherwise, he would wish he were never born .
Soul Eater and his henchmen weren't the first to notice what was going on with Lu Li's brazen methods and what was happening in Peerless City . It was actually the more-informed Green Flag Wine who had an inkling .