No Money to Cultivate Immortality?

Watching Zhang Yu in the video, Tu Lishan thought to himself, “That whole set of artifacts must've cost a fortune. Director Gao really has high hopes for this kid.”

Just then, Director Gao messaged back after finishing the video: Once it’s confirmed that he got first place, let him finish early.

Tu Lishan curled his lip and grumbled inwardly, “Playing favorites again? Can’t the kid do a bit more free labor?”

Tu Lishan: Understood.

Tu Lishan: Don’t worry, I’ve been watching the whole time.

Not long after, Gongshu Jin—still hard at work—noticed something strange on the leaderboard: Zhang Yu’s salary stats had stopped moving.

“Huh? Zhang Yu stopped working?”

At first, Gongshu Jin thought something had gone wrong. But soon, word came through: Zhang Yu had submitted his paper early and left.

“He handed it in this early?!”