Chapter 275: Stop Going Undercover, You’re About to Become the President
Time flew by in a flash.
In what felt like the blink of an eye, Yun Zhenyue had already been with the Purgatory Factory for a month.
A heavy snow had fallen last night.
The temperature had plummeted below freezing.
The blood-red snowflakes added a grim, somber atmosphere to the Purgatory Factory.
This temperature, while not particularly extreme, had virtually no effect on the supernatural. However, the factory, ever so "humane," issued a low-temperature subsidy to its mid-level managers: an extra 50 Ghost Coins per day.
As for the upper management, they enjoyed an extra 500 Ghost Coins per day!
In this frigid weather,
the factory offered a touch of benevolent warmth.
This was despite the fact that all they had to do was stay in their offices, drink hot tea, curl up comfortably on their sofas, and listen to a few simple reports from their subordinates.
And the low-level employees?
Weren’t they all just consumables?
The factory didn’t hand out a single coin.
No one had ever heard of a farm giving stipends to its cattle and horses. Of course, the ones who needed the most care were the herdsmen holding the whips, because they would actually cause trouble if they were dissatisfied.
These low-level employees could only continue working overtime in the thinnest of uniforms.
They worked themselves to the bone all day long,
only to earn less than the managers who slacked off at work and went out dancing and drinking after hours.
Thanks to her status as an eight-star Vice General Manager,
wherever Yun Zhenyue went, she was met with looks of respect and fear.
This strategy of ruthlessly exploiting the bottom-tier employees while fawning over the mid-to-high-level management
left her with rather complicated feelings.
Everyone fawned over her as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation—
the factory had made perfect arrangements for every single aspect.
First, housing.
The factory had once again changed Yun Zhenyue’s living quarters, moving her from a dormitory to a standalone villa. The total area was over five hundred square meters, with seven bedrooms, front and back gardens, and it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
It came fully staffed with a chef, a gardener, and a butler.
But Yun Zhenyue couldn’t be bothered to move.
She just stayed in her large, flat-style dorm room.
Next, clothing.
Her massive wardrobe was stuffed to the brim with clothes for every season.
Each item was a priceless Ghost Artifact with unique abilities.
For example, a small skirt that could keep her warm, or a pure, untarnishable white hat with a self-cleaning function.
They were all handmade, and the cheapest one cost over a thousand Ghost Coins!
And Yun Zhenyue hadn’t spent a single cent.
The factory had arranged for it all.
Then, food.
The quality of her diet had been upgraded yet again!
Yun Zhenyue only had to call for her butler,
and she could have whatever she wanted to eat, free of charge.
Even for ingredients the factory didn’t have, she could issue a mission in her capacity as Vice General Manager. In ancient times, Concubine Yang had lychees transported over mountains and across rivers; today, with a single word from her, countless employees would risk life and limb.
Finally, transportation.
The factory had completely dropped its guard around upper management.
She could now enter and leave the factory without any application.
Even if she just wanted to go out and look at the scenery, no one would gossip about it.
After all, she now nominally had only two superiors!
A President and a General Manager!
What was most unbelievable was that she even had a travel allowance.
It didn’t matter what Yun Zhenyue was doing outside!
As long as she left the factory just once,
she would receive a travel stipend of 100 Ghost Coins!
You have to understand,
the factory had its own private garage, filled with all kinds of Ghost Cars.
From Ghostfire Motorcycles to a chauffeured Ghost Bus, she could pick any mode of transport she desired.
In other words,
even if Yun Zhenyue took a motorcycle out for a spin,
since the Ghostfire Motorcycle ran on yin energy, she wouldn’t have to pay a cent and would still get a free 100 Ghost Coins when she was done.
No matter how you looked at it!
The factory seemed to be doing everything in its power to curry favor.
It was as if they wanted to stuff upper management’s pockets full of Ghost Coins!
If it were anyone else, after just a few days of such considerate treatment, they would probably start to feel like the factory was their home and have even fewer qualms about exploiting the lower ranks.
But the more this happened,
the more worried Yun Zhenyue became.
"Sigh..." She let out a deep sigh. ’Why did I just want to be an undercover agent, but it ended up like this?’
No!
I can’t keep sinking into this depravity!
Yun Zhenyue clenched her fists.
’I have to change all of this!’
’I also rose up from the bottom... right?’
Although, she had only been a low-level employee for a few hours.
But she still knew the hardships they faced.
The undercover plan.
It must be restarted!
...
Seeing this,
the audience from the Dragon Country was left speechless.
[Sis, stop going undercover. If you keep this up, you’re going to become the President.]
[I think you should just give up on being an agent and work here for the rest of your life.]
[Bullshit! Gu Yuan is the Ghost Lord! Why be a lowly employee here when you could be the Ghost Lord’s wife?]
[You call an eight-star Vice General Manager a ’lowly employee’?]
[Well, since she can’t change anything, she might as well just sit back and enjoy it. Once the mission is over, the Purgatory Factory will have nothing to do with Boss Yun Zhenyue anymore.]
...
"Master, I’m here to see you!"
Little Nine kicked off her shoes and, like a frolicking bird, flopped right onto the sofa with a WHOOSH.
Behind her, Little Eight and Li Ruxue entered respectfully.
This was especially true for Li Ruxue.
She now utterly idolized Yun Zhenyue!
She had practically become her little fangirl.
The last two missions had completely won her over!
Thanks to Yun Zhenyue,
Li Ruxue had already become a 5-star mid-level manager.
For a while now, she’d been having dreams every night.
Whenever she dreamed of her past suspicions about Yun Zhenyue, she wanted to go back and give her past self a huge slap in the face!
’How could I have ever suspected that Yun Zhenyue was an undercover agent?’
’Does an agent that dedicated, hardworking, and loyal even exist?’
’Even if I was overly suspicious, the higher-ups aren’t idiots, are they? They promoted Yun Zhenyue so quickly, treating her like a pillar of the organization who could be entrusted with great responsibility!’
—It was her own perspective that was too shallow!
’I failed to see how far-sighted Yun Zhenyue was!’
’Every time she undertakes a mission,’
’the things she sees are on a completely different level from what I see.’
’I was thinking about catching a traitor, while Yun Zhenyue was thinking about eradicating the entire network!’
’I was thinking about gaining benefits through a marriage alliance, while Yun Zhenyue was thinking about seizing all their assets!’
’Perhaps this is the biggest difference between people.’
Li Ruxue stood respectfully by Yun Zhenyue’s side.
"You’re here."
"I’ll go get you some water," Yun Zhenyue said, getting up.
"Allow me."
Li Ruxue quickly stopped her. Having visited the dorm several times, she knew where the teapot was and took the initiative to pour everyone a cup of black tea.
"Given your status, you don’t need to be so polite with us."
Through the swirling white steam,
Yun Zhenyue saw Li Ruxue’s gaze, filled with respect and adoration.
Sigh!
She sighed deeply in her heart.
’I don’t even know what to say anymore.’
"Master, you probably don’t know this yet," Little Nine said relaxedly, draping her legs over Yun Zhenyue’s lap, "but Miss Li really worships you now."
"Last time I went to her bedroom, she had your pictures hanging up inside."
Upon hearing this, Li Ruxue’s cheeks instantly flushed hot. With her secret exposed, she simply lowered her head, not saying a word.
Aside from the Ghost Lord,
Yun Zhenyue was now the person she admired most!
She dreamed of one day becoming a person just like Yun Zhenyue!
"Ahaha..." Yun Zhenyue laughed dryly.
’How weird!’
’How did this kid get conditioned like this?’