MMB Chapter 1: The Power of Money to Get a New Girlfriend Every Month!
Chapter 1: The Power of Money to Get a New Girlfriend Every Month!
Qilu Province, Shushui City, Economic Development Zone.
At midnight, the office building of Feichi Power Technology Company was brightly lit, as bright as day.
Zhou Lang let out a long yawn.
Working overtime and burning the midnight oil, a speech draft with an intricate design on the Shift key was finally completed.
Then convert the speech manuscript (.docx) to PDF format.
Send both electronic documents to Tian Wenming, the office director.
The phone vibrated and buzzed, like a fly buzzing against your face.
[Tian Wenming]: Don't leave yet, we're working overtime all night.
[Tian Wenming]: I've forwarded a notification to you via the OA system. Please send it to the work group.
Zhou Lang: Received
Zhou Lang sighed, moved the folding camping bed out of the corner, and set up the legs.
His movements were skilled and fluid, but his eyes revealed a hint of fatigue and sluggishness.
This marks the 1300th night he has slept in the office during his four years of employment.
Lie down, copy the message, and send it to the WeChat work group.
[Zhou Lang - Deputy Director of the Office]: After deliberation, it has been decided that there will be no holiday during the May Day Labor Day period. Those who take leave without a valid reason will be treated as absent without leave. @Everyone
"I can't go home again, sigh."
If it were four years ago, when he had just graduated from university and started working, he would probably have been indignant and started cursing.
However, after years of routine overtime work, countless all-nighters, and the frustration of canceling weekends off, he still had to endure the torment of working late into the night.
Having become a complete corporate slave, Zhou Lang had even lost all his energy to hurl insults.
Right now, all I want to do is seize every spare moment to slack off, catch up on sleep, and take a short break.
The office door was gently pushed open.
A beautiful young figure slipped in, her long, straight black ponytail swinging behind her.
"Zhou Lang? You haven't left yet?"
Zhou Lang stretched and forced a smile: "Mi Xue, is your department working overtime today too?"
"Mmm." Michelle leaned closer lightly.
The light gray-blue satin shirt seemed to ripple with light under the lamplight.
Her slender waist was faintly visible beneath the silky fabric.
"Our work was finished during the day. As for working overtime at night, it's all because of our 'dear' (damn) General Manager Wu."
"At 8 p.m., he sent an unimportant message in the group."
But by 9 o'clock, several people still hadn't replied that they had received his message, and he got angry.
Zhou Lang said, "Oh, that's normal. Wu Daxing was just promoted from vice president to president, and he's at the point where he needs to assert his authority the most. You guys just walked right into his line of fire."
"He asked Tian Wenming to call each of us and tell us to go back to the company immediately, saying there was an urgent mission."
Michelle shrugged: "Actually, since we arrived, what work have we been doing? We've been so bored that we've just been watching TV shows and chatting, wasting the building's electricity."
Zhou Lang was used to it. In this company, you could never leave work after you finished your job duties—overtime was often used as a disguised form of punishment for employees.
"Zhou Lang, what about you?" she asked curiously. "General Manager Wu and Director Tian have already ordered late-night snacks and drinks. Aren't you going home after you finish work?"
Zhou Lang said helplessly, "I guess they ordered too much food. So they made everyone in the office stay and work overtime."
After midnight, the attendance record for night shift allowances allows for the creation of false expense reports.
"Ugh...this is inhuman."
Michelle shook her head, then beckoned, "Come sleep on our sofa upstairs, it's more comfortable than your cramped stretcher bed."
After saying that, before Zhou Lang could refuse, Mi Xue patted his thigh, then took his arm and lifted him up.
"Hey, Michelle, men and women shouldn't touch each other—"
"Stop nagging, buddy, hurry up!"
Michelle is 25 years old this year, one year younger than Zhou Lang, and joined the company a year later.
According to the company's internal "mentorship" system, Zhou Lang guided her in her work for six months.
So, after a while, the two became quite familiar with each other.
The upstairs area houses the offices of departments such as finance, human resources, and logistics.
Dozens of workstations are crammed together like pigeon coops.
More than a dozen female colleagues were chatting noisily.
Upon looking up and seeing Zhou Lang approaching, they all pointed at him with an imposing air, as powerful as the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger: "Zhou Lang, you—!"
Zhou Lang hurriedly raised the French military salute to show weakness: "It's none of my business!"
"I'm just a beast of burden, what right do I have to decide on leave? Tian Wenming knew he'd get yelled at if he notified me himself, so he deliberately made me send it."
The female colleagues hesitated, but didn't make things difficult for Zhou Lang any further.
"It's Tian Wenming again!"
"Isn't he afraid of having a son who will be born without an anus!"
"Why have another child? My wife is almost gone, she's getting a divorce."
Speaking of Tian Wenming, he is slick, lecherous, irresponsible, obsequious to superiors and bullying of subordinates. He is notorious throughout the company and is disliked by everyone.
The female colleagues present immediately began to complain and criticize.
"In the morning, he had a lewd grin on his face and suggested I change cars..."
He Susu from the Human Resources Department picked up the keys to her ORA Good Cat car from the shelf at her workstation, her face flushing.
"He told me to look at the car logo upside down, because it looks like a woman's... Ugh, so annoying!"
Michelle scoffed and said, "Sister Susu, don't worry about it. He just wants to see you, but he can't see the real thing anyway, so let him fantasize about the fake one."
He Susu: ...
"Xiaoxue, although your words are rough but the principle is sound, you're being way too crude!"
He Susu gave Zhou Lang a wink: "There are men here too."
Zhou Lang said he didn't hear: "My ears are ringing from writing the report, I can't hear you guys talking. I'm going to take a nap on the sofa, you guys keep talking."
Chen Jieni from the finance department seized the opportunity to inquire, "Written for General Manager Wu? Is it a draft for tomorrow's meeting? What's it about?"
Zhou Lang read aloud in a flat, monotone voice: "Speech at the Mobilization Meeting for Rectifying Formalism, Reducing the Burden on Grassroots Levels, and Key Recent Tasks."
Font size 3, line spacing 28.25 points, 25 pages, 15,000 words.
At a normal meeting pace, it would take an hour and a half to read.
Chen Jieni: ...
"Let Wu Daxing say a few more words, let him elaborate freely... Hmm, let's start with three hours."
"No, buddy!"
Chen Jieni was almost frantic: "You mean, you stayed up all night working overtime to write an article about banning overtime;
Then tomorrow, they'll take up our Saturday off to hold a long, tedious, and formalistic meeting;
The final result of this "burden reduction" was—all employees had their May Day holiday canceled?!
The summary was quite accurate, and Zhou Lang nodded enthusiastically, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."
"Go on, Director Zhou, you've worked hard... Go to sleep..."
Li Ziyi, the receptionist in the administration department, raised her eyebrows and said, "The sofa over there has a good view of Jenny and the others' legs. Director Zhou, feel free to enjoy the view."
"When summer comes and it gets hot, the ladies will wear tank tops and mini skirts, and they'll peek out at you while the fabric is just brushing against the edges."
The married female colleagues chatted and joked without any restraint.
When Zhou Lang first joined the company a few years ago, he couldn't withstand the barrage of teasing from a group of young married women, and they often made him blush.
Now that they're more familiar with each other, he's completely immune to it and casually replied, "Then I want the spaghetti strap ones, and they have to go with white stockings."
"Eh?"
"Get lost, you wish!"
The wives all rolled their eyes at Zhou Lang.
The only advantage of working too much overtime and spending too much time with colleagues is this:
Everyone regards the unscrupulous boss as a common enemy.
When faced with external pressure, internal unity becomes especially strong.
If everyone worked a normal 9-to-6 job with weekends off, Zhou Lang estimated that they would be like the other branches of the group, with departments shifting blame and attacking each other, and men and women blaming each other.
The current scene of joy and finding happiness amidst hardship can only be described as a small consolation in a terrible work life.
Zhou Lang lay down on the soft sofa.
He turned slightly to face Michelle and his female colleagues, lost in thought.
Zhou Lang wasn't as lewd as Tian Wenming, who was always thinking about his married female colleagues and the grass near their nest.
The real reason he was lost in thought was—
In his view, these beautiful women had hexagonal blocks with the power of money on their heads, emitting a glittering golden light!
Yes, not long ago, Zhou Lang triggered a [Hextech Money Ability System].
The host currently has one empty slot. One new empty slot will be added each month.
When the host successfully establishes a romantic relationship with a woman, the host can place the woman's money ability prism into an empty slot to activate the corresponding money ability.
[Activated cash power is permanently effective]
According to the system description, he can gain special money-related abilities displayed above his girlfriend's head.
Only one can be selected at this time.
When new slots are available next month, you can choose another one.
Therefore, Zhou Lang's attention was not on his female colleagues' fitted work clothes and skirts.
Instead, they were engrossed in reading their data panels.
Name: He Susu
[Money Power: Baby Academy (Gold Level)]
【效果：当你拥有1个亲生宝宝时，你的所有消费打九折。依此类推，当拥有2/3/4/5/6/7/8个亲生宝宝时，消费购物打8/7/6/5/4/3/2折。】
[Status: Inactive, 0.01% chance of becoming your girlfriend]
[(He Susu, who has just given birth, is worried about the high monthly expenses of raising her child and is looking for discount coupons for formula and discounted diapers every day.)]
"Goodness, the more children you have, the stronger your financial power becomes... This is the legendary 'good person wishes you eight babies in one pregnancy'..."
Clearly, this financial power is not suitable for him, who is unmarried and childless.
Zhou Lang shifted his gaze.
Name: Chen Jieni
[Money Power: Guilty Pleasure (Gold Tier)]
[Effect: For each unconventional sexual experience, you will randomly receive an item reward worth 1000 to 20000 yuan.]
[Status: Inactive, 18% chance of becoming your girlfriend]
[Chen Jieni, who lives with her boyfriend, is a dance student. The more she knows, the more demands she faces. In the process of exploring sweetness with her boyfriend, various new experiences bring her a mix of shyness and joy.]
Chen Jieni already has a boyfriend, and they seem to be in a good relationship, so the system judges that the probability of her becoming Zhou Lang's girlfriend is extremely low, which Zhou Lang thinks is perfectly normal.
The only puzzling thing is that when the system was first loaded a while ago, the probability of Chen Jieni was still 0%.
Since several colleagues went to the newly opened gym and swimming pool last weekend, Zhou Lang, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, swam a few laps, and Chen Jieni's probability suddenly increased to 18%.
Zhou Lang dared not think about where that 18% came from, much less ask...
The aforementioned effects are quite attractive, but due to the conditions of the [Hextech Money Power System], the money power will only be activated if they become his girlfriends.
Zhou Lang even had the illusion that they were the ones with the system, while he was a system plunderer...
As for the other colleagues present:
Name: Qiao Huina
[Money Power: The Largest Snowball in History (Prismatic Scale)]
[Effect: Drink one cup of Mixue Ice Cream daily for 7 days. Reward: One designated Mixue Ice Cream/Lucky Cafe store in Shushui City!]
(Task-based cash rewards: After claiming the rewards for this stage, you can unlock a series of new tasks.)
[Status: Inactive, 25% chance of becoming her girlfriend (Note: Although she has feelings for you, considering your income, family background, and other material conditions, she will not agree to your confession)]
[“I want to drink iced lemonade and Alpine Four Seasons Spring Water…” Qiao Huina is tired of milk tea with lots of toppings and is currently craving some iced sweet drinks.]
……
Name: Li Ziyi
[Money Power: Lunch Money (Silver Tier)]
[Effect: Receive a cash reward of 20000 yuan for every 7 times a couple has lunch together.]
[Status: Activable, 51% chance of becoming her girlfriend (Note: Direct confession may fail, but depending on her reaction and preparing surprises and romance, the probability can be further increased)]
[(After her divorce, Li Ziyi didn't want to get married, but she didn't mind a "short-term relationship." Her psychological boundaries were very clear—she wanted a generous boyfriend who would provide for her as a long-term meal ticket; if she met a better rich second-generation heir, she would break up with him without any burden and find a new boyfriend.)]
The consistently low probability was entirely within Zhou Lang's expectations.
His four years were consumed by frequent overtime work, leaving him with no personal life whatsoever.
He has no time to get to know girls outside of the company.
Meanwhile, his female colleagues, who were around the same age as him, were mostly married or had boyfriends.
How can you have a romantic relationship in this kind of environment?
It's just as difficult as finding a spouse or going on a blind date at a postpartum care center.
As for the few single women Zhou Lang knew, they were also indifferent to office romances.
"Don't be fooled by some guys, including myself, who usually joke around and tease the girls around them, and even flirt with them physically and verbally, seemingly having a lot of female friends."
"But upon closer examination, the reason is simply that some girls are open-minded and accept free emotional support and physical assistance without hesitation."
Zhou Lang shrugged self-deprecatingly: "But if we're serious about becoming a couple, a guy like me will always be the first one to be eliminated."
After obtaining the system, Zhou Lang looked around the entire company and found the only female colleague he could activate.
She has considerable financial power, and the probability of her accepting Zhou Lang is also at its maximum.
However, Zhou Lang hesitated to choose her...
Name: Bai Jiaoru
[Money Power: Flexible and adaptable (Prismatic scale)]
[Effect: Provides a series of tasks related to flattery, sycophancy, and currying favor.]
[Current Task - For one month, clean your direct supervisor's office and serve them tea and water every day. Reward: A medium-sized tobacco and liquor store in the Economic Development Zone with an annual profit of 300,000 to 500,000 yuan.]
[Follow-up Task - For one month, accompany your boss to drink (more than half a jin) of alcohol every day and try to please him. The reward is a contract with an engineering company in Shushui City, along with access to relevant connections; the company is expected to generate annual profits of 100,000 to 3 million yuan.]
[Status: Activated, 100% chance of becoming your girlfriend]
[Bai Jiaoru possesses a sophisticated and flexible set of self-interested principles in her dealings with others, knowing how to use all her advantages to obtain as many resources as possible. Recently, after discovering she is over two months pregnant, she is unsure whether the father is her superior, a sponsor of her livestreaming business, or her younger boyfriend, a freshman physical education student. However, she wants to give birth and urgently needs to find an honest man to take her in.]
……
"The rewards are truly generous, and the annual income is very attractive..."
Zhou Lang thought to himself.
"Owning a tobacco and liquor store or an engineering company..."
"Or, to put it another way, even if I had 50 or 100 million in my account balance—"
"That's it for this class, I'll have the confidence to resign and lie down soon."
Zhou Lang stared at the prismatic banknote on Bai Jiaoru's head, its ability to "flexibly sway," and fell into deep thought.
So, what is the price?
The price he had to do was serve tea and water to Tian Wenming and clean his house for a whole month...
They also fawned over the company's general manager, Wu Daxing, and other leaders, drinking and smiling obsequiously at them.
And what about taking over Bai Jiaoru, the contracted beast who will be showing signs of pregnancy next month, and becoming a father by accident?
"..."
Forget it, even a dog wouldn't choose that.
Zhou Lang made up his mind that he could simply take a few days of "malicious leave" to get to know other girls outside the company.
"Malicious leave, haha, who came up with this term?" Zhou Lang found it quite humorous, almost like a hellish joke.
At this moment, the phone started buzzing and vibrating again, like a fly buzzing against my face, which was extremely annoying.
[Tian Wenming]: The wine is all gone. Go buy two more bottles of Dream 6 Plus and come over to have a couple of drinks with Boss Wu.