Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tuan Tuanyi suddenly had an idea and whispered to his master, “Master, Uncle Shen told me a few days ago that the detective agency has been short of staff due to the high volume of business recently, and we are planning to open a branch in our haunted house.”
Wei Xi’s anger also subsided a little because of these words. He thought for a moment and asked his second disciple for his opinion: “Lu Que, what do you think?”
The look in the second disciple’s eyes as he stared at his senior brother was cold enough to freeze a watermelon.
Wei Xi didn’t get an answer, and thought he didn’t hear her, so he reached out and tugged at his sleeve.
His hand was grabbed, and his beloved disciple finally lowered his head. He looked at him for a moment and saw the eagerness on his face. After a long silence, he said unwillingly: “As long as we eliminate their obsession, it is not impossible.”
Tuan Tuanyi was stared at so hard that his hair stood on end, but he was used to being targeted by his junior fellow apprentice. Upon hearing this, he immediately said happily to Kuang Zhiming and his wife, “Master Kuang, Master Xu, there is no need to trouble you. Leave them to us for processing.”
Kuang Zhiming and his wife were full of questions: “How are you going to deal with this?” It would be a very laborious and stressful task to liberate so many substitute ghosts one by one.
Unexpectedly, Tuan Tuanyi turned around and squatted at the feet of the leading male ghost who was being carried by Wei Xi. He stretched out his hand to poke him and asked in a negotiating manner: “Hey, buddy, are you interested in a high-paying job? Join us in the early stages of our business, and the future development prospects will be very impressive!”
Kuang Zhiming and his wife: “?”
Male ghost leader: “……?”
Tuan Tuanyi introduced the job requirements of his company. The bruised and battered leader didn’t quite understand what he said and thought he wanted to refine him. He refused firmly, “Kill me if you want! I will never be your slave or running dog!”
Wei Xi kicked him a few times in displeasure, and the man of integrity couldn’t help shedding tears of blood: “You…you can’t control us!”
“How can this be considered forced labor? What are you thinking?” Tuan Tuanyi said with a sigh. “I told you that it’s clearly an equal employment relationship. My master pays you and you do the work. Why are there so many different job positions? Our company’s welfare is definitely one of the best, and the relationship between colleagues is harmonious and relaxed. Who would have the time to treat you as a running dog? Besides, don’t you feel empty when you have no job and wander around with these little brothers all day? Not only is it empty, it also wastes social resources and easily causes social unrest. It is the right and responsibility of all citizens to work happily and pay taxes legally!”
The ghost leader was so confused by his advice that he sniffed and asked confusedly, “Why am I… am I still a citizen now?”
“Of course.” Tuan Tuanyi said confidently, “You haven’t been reincarnated into a foreign country yet, have you?”
“…” The leader of the ghosts thought about it, not quite understanding it, and felt that what he said made some sense. He wiped his tears and went back to the ghost group to discuss it with his younger brothers.
The ghosts started to stir. Many of them were intimidated by Wei Xi’s strength and turned their heads to look at the disciples of Taicang Sect fearfully. After a while, a few ghosts came forward to discuss the work benefits with Tuan Tuanyi: “If I…if I work, will you pay me?”
Thanks to Uncle Shen, an entrepreneurial spirit, who came to the company, Tuan Tuanyi had worked out a basic employee management system with Uncle Shen some time ago. He answered very formally, “Of course there is. During the probation period, you will get RMB 100 worth of gold ingots and paper money per month. After you become a regular employee, it will be increased to RMB 300 per month. You will also get a working meal every day, three dishes and a soup as offerings, and drinks and fruits on weekends and festivals.”
This was really quite generous. Wild ghosts without anyone to worship them must have been starving since death. Even ghosts with family members to worship them could only eat two meals a year, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival. Not to mention the paper money. Although the amount of ghost money was getting bigger and bigger, and inflation was severe, no family would spend hundreds of dollars every month to burn them money on time. Therefore, the ghosts who were mostly hungry after death were very tempted. Someone immediately asked: “Well, will you provide me with a place to stay? I died of drowning. Now I live in Tonghui River near Qingfeng Park. The river water is too cold in winter, and there are always factories secretly discharging sewage in the middle of the night. It smells very bad. The drowned ghosts in our area are so angry that they want to report to the director of the Environmental Protection Bureau in their dreams.”
Another ghost also said angrily: “I don’t want to stay where I am anymore. I fell to my death. Now my family has rented out the house and a very uncultured family has moved in. Not only do they not care about hygiene, but they also make a lot of noise in the middle of the night, making it difficult for me to do anything. If it weren’t for the fact that they have children, I would have used them as substitutes a long time ago.”
“Not yet, after all, the company is just starting out, but we will consider it when we have enough funds in the future.” However, Tuan Tuanyi did not expect that the housing conditions of the company’s employees would be so difficult. “But after your obsession is eliminated, you should not have to stay in the same place every day… How about this, I will try my best to think of a way to see if there is a suitable place and try to find a collective temporary residence for you.”
The Drowned Ghost was suddenly happy: “Isn’t there an unfinished Harbour City building in Wangfujing? I think that’s great, with convenient transportation, and it’s lively at night. There are pedestrian streets and big shopping malls around, and you can go shopping on weekdays. Let’s move there as soon as possible!”
Wangfujing…
Tuan Tuanyi thought about what it would be like if more than 200 ghosts lived in the city center and nodded without any sense of public morality: “Okay, okay, whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t delay work hours.”
The Drowned Ghost asked again: “How many days of annual leave does your company have?”
To be honest, no employee had ever asked this question since the company opened. Tuan Tuanyi was puzzled: “You don’t have anything to do, what’s the point of taking annual leave?”
“Of course it is needed!” The drowned ghost looked forward to it with sadness. “Why do you think I look for a substitute every day? Isn’t it just to have someone to take my place after getting off work? When I was a human, I worked like a cow and bull for more than 30 years. I had no time and no money. I was always checking my friends’ circle to see my colleagues traveling. I couldn’t even afford my own food and accommodation. I didn’t go anywhere until I died. After becoming a ghost, I was unlucky enough to be a bound earth spirit. I kept wandering around Qingfeng Park all day. It’s worse than being a human. Think about it, I don’t need to buy a ticket to fly now, and I don’t need a visa to go abroad. In the future, when I have a holiday, I can just take a plane to Hokkaido to see the snow and go to Hawaii to walk on the beach. If I go a little further, maybe I can take a cruise to the South Pole or the North Pole. Do you know how much it costs to go to the South Pole and the North Pole? But I can spend nothing, and my life will be like a god.”
The drowned ghost thought about this, and his face, which was pale from being soaked by water, was full of a glimmer of happiness: “Alas, how dare I think about these things when I was alive, every day I could only make ends meet. I didn’t expect that after becoming a ghost, I would have the opportunity to pursue poetry and distant places…”
Everyone: “…”
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