Chapter 569: A Raise? Unlikely

Yu Xinghan didn't say it too explicitly in the Spirit World communication, only hinting that he had been taking too many leaves of absence lately.

He was either afraid that news would easily leak in the Spirit World, or he intended to tell Zhang Yu about the matter face to face.

Upon receiving the message, Zhang Yu frowned slightly, already sensing something was amiss.

After checking Yu Xinghan's work hours, Fuji also said, "Earlier I thought he was busy with the massage platform, but now it looks like... with fewer and fewer working hours, could he have caught the Dual Rest disease?"

"Doesn't that mean the entire worksite is at risk?"

Fuji said, "I think it'd be better to just turn all your employees into my believers. With the ritual's blessing, the Dual Rest virus won't take effect."

Zhang Yu naturally didn't agree to Fuji's proposal outright. Instead, he said, "First, let's raise the pay and see if that can cure Yu Xinghan of the Dual Rest virus."

"We can't just watch him be taken to a Rest Rehabilitation Center. Not only would it waste his time, but what if someone investigates and finds something out?"

After a pause, Zhang Yu added, "Also, give a salary increase to every employee in the company. That should help prevent the Dual Rest virus."

In Zhang Yu's view, employees like Ying Xin, Shi Huaiyu, Xiao Qingxuan, and Shi Yunxiang, who he knew well, absolutely could not be allowed to be affected by the Dual Rest virus or even be forcibly sent for rehabilitation.

As for the remaining soul cultivators, even if their salaries were raised, Zhang Yu didn't think it would cost much.

Upon hearing this, Fuji said urgently, "Have you lost your mind? Raise salaries for the whole company?"

"How can you hand out raises so casually? If you dare to give them a raise for such a small problem now, what will you do next? Are you going to give employees paid leave? Then the company will be ruined!"

Although she had no salary or dividends, as one of the original shareholders who helped build the company from scratch, Fuji considered the company her own hard work. How could she tolerate Zhang Yu squandering it like this?

Zhang Yu said bluntly, "Raise them!"

Fuji pleaded, "You really can't just raise their pay carelessly. Employees are all insatiably greedy. If you give them a raise now, they'll soon take it for granted, and the raise will be wasted."

"And what do they need so much money for? The most important thing in the company, the one worth investing in, is yourself."

Fuji felt like a loyal minister from ancient times, earnestly remonstrating with the emperor not to act recklessly.

But Zhang Yu had made up his mind. Seeing Fuji's repeated objections, he directly sent the order to Ying Xin.

Ying Xin stared at the message from Zhang Yu, slightly stunned: "A raise? A raise? How could it be a raise?"

A raise in less than a year since joining the company? Ying Xin had never even heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.

Ying Xin, a sixth-generation member of a civil engineering family, knew all too well how hard it was to get a raise. It required surviving countless hardships, enduring suffering, aligning with the trends of the times, and seizing the right time, place, and people—like being favored by destiny in ancient times, like a stroke of luck, a fortuitous encounter.

As Fuji watched Zhang Yu actually start raising employee salaries, the more she watched, the more distressed she became: "With all these people in the company, if you give each of them a raise of a few thousandths of a Spirit Coin, that's an extra 5 to 10 Spirit Coins in wages per month!"

"By the time of the Top Ten League in September, that's an extra 15 to 30 Spirit Coins."

"Over a year, that's an extra 50 to 100 Spirit Coins!"

"Over ten years, that's 500 to 1000 Spirit Coins!"

"And those are all Spirit Coins from our accounts!"

Hearing Fuji's calculations, Zhang Yu had to admit that he too felt a twinge of pain and loss, as if thousands of Spirit Coins were being withdrawn from his account.

"Sharing the money..." Zhang Yu smiled bitterly to himself. "It really does hurt a little."

And the moment the notice of the salary increase was conveyed to every employee in the company, the company group chat immediately became lively.

Ying Xin's Grandpa: Grateful to President Zhang! The kindness of the raise will never be forgotten.

Zhao Tianxing: [Fireworks][Fireworks][Fireworks]

Mo Tianyi: Boss Zhang, just watch—from now on, every day at work, I'll treat it as if it's my last day of overtime!

Hu Yuntao: Father! [Kowtow] Working overtime 24 hours a day isn't my limit—it's time's limit.

Watching the endless stream of messages in the company group, Zhang Yu replied: I said I wouldn't keep the company's profits all to myself.

Che Yufei: Born a company man, die a company soul! Loyalty!

Shi Huaiyu: Loyalty!

Shi Yunxiang: Loyalty!

Ying Xin: Loyalty!

Seeing the messages still flooding the group chat relentlessly, Zhang Yu couldn't help but reply: Alright, stop spamming messages. Focus on your work.

With Zhang Yu's command, the entire group immediately fell silent.

Then Zhang Yu sent another message asking Yu Xinghan: How do you feel?

Zhang Yu: A raise should help with that aspect.

Zhang Yu: See if you're feeling any better?

Although Yu Xinghan was only a part-timer, he too received a raise this time.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan saw Zhang Yu's message, first frozen for a moment, then understood the other's intention.

"Has Zhang Yu already noticed that I might be infected with the Double Rest Virus?"

"He wants to use a raise to fight the Double Rest Virus?"

Now reading Zhang Yu's message in the company group chat, Yu Xinghan felt a warmth in his heart: "Was giving a raise to everyone in the company also for this?"

At that thought, Yu Xinghan felt the mana and blood-qi surge within him, and he wanted to stand up right away and work twice as hard to complete the tasks.

But after this feeling lasted for a moment, the drive in his heart gradually faded, and his whole body felt as if glued to the ground, unable to get up.

Yu Xinghan: I'm already finished.

Yu Xinghan: Don't bother about me anymore.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan had made up his mind—he might as well go to the Rest Cure Center and properly get rid of the Double Rest Virus.