Fen Su watched him leave with admiration. "No wonder Mr. Chen values him so much. Not just smart... he studies like a student too."
But then Fen Su sighed, picked up his phone, and dialed Chen Mo. I’d better report the spending before the boss thinks I pocketed the money.
"Mr. Chen, here’s the financial report from Horny Princess Interactive," Cho Rin said, sliding the papers onto his desk.
Suho skimd the sheet. His eyes caught the bold number at the bottom: 2.2 million spent.
He leaned back, grinning. "Not bad. That plus the bus, we’ve burned over four million already."
The phone rang. It was Fen Su.
"Boss, everything’s done. Furniture’s ordered, office leased. By the way, credit goes to Director Jin—he bargained more than ten thousand off the rent."
Suho’s smile froze. Again with saving money. Why is everyone around obsessed with cutting costs?
Still, he played along. "Good work."
After hanging up, he rubbed his forehead. The only one who followed orders exactly was Fen Su. Everyone else—Lee Wonho and Jin Wu especially—were like gremlins that multiplied whenever you poured money on them.
Fine. At least new hires will burn system funds faster.
He dialed HR and ordered a round of recruitnt for the new office. The faster we expand, the faster my wallet empties.
The system funds ticked down nicely. Between new recruits, the bus, and cafeteria upgrades, Suho had finally spent more than half of the eight million.
But then sothing horrifying happened.
Lee Wonho submitted a purchase request.
And worse—Suho liked it.
Apparently, random outsiders had been sneaking into the cafeteria to mooch star-chef als. So Lee Wonho proposed installing an electronic induction door system, with swipe cards for employees only. Cost? Over a hundred thousand.
Suho stared at the application. It was logical. It solved a real problem. And most importantly—it spent money. He approved it imdiately, though he muttered, "Damn it, why is the sixth one suddenly useful?"
Just as Suho was preparing for a nap, his phone buzzed again. Fen Su’s voice ca through the line, excited.
"Mr. Chen, the new equipnt you requested is ready. Shall we release it into the ga imdiately?"
Suho’s lips curled into a grin. Finally, ti to bleed that whale again.
"Oh!"
Kim Suho nearly leapt out of his chair when he heard Fen Su’s voice over the phone.
The new weapons were finally developed. For the past week, he’d been sneaking into Horny Princess Online whenever he was free, only to be instantly surrounded by that arrogant player I Am A Rich Man and his little army of wallet-warriors. They’d ganged up on him so often that Suho half-expected the system to send him an official notice: "Congratulations, you’ve been chosen as today’s sandbag!"
He had been holding his breath for a long ti. That local tyrant not only ruined his third settlent, but he also stomped on Suho’s dignity in front of thousands of players.
Uncle can swallow it. Auntie can swallow it. But Kim Suho? Never!
Now that the new equipnt was out, he could finally flip the table and take his revenge.
"Okay, go online imdiately," Suho said without hesitation, his tone sharp as a sword. "And rember, explosion rate to the lowest. I don’t care if it takes three reincarnations of a monk grinding in a cave to drop one—make it painful."
"Yes, Mr. Kim. I’ll arrange everything right away," Fen Su replied respectfully.
Two hours later, a ssage arrived: the new equipnt had been put on the shelves, and Suho’s account was already fully equipped.
He logged in imdiately.
Of course, the ga greeted him with a giant update screen. Worse, the patch notes proudly announced the new equipnt and the "fair and balanced" thod of obtaining it—wild monster drops.
"Fair and balanced my ass," Suho muttered, waiting impatiently.
Finally, the update finished. He spawned into the ga, and sure enough, his character was shining in brand-new gear. His avatar looked like he had just walked out of an ani opening, radiating golden light as if angels were humming in the background.
Suho smirked. Alright, rich boy, let’s see you laugh now.
He marched straight into the wilderness. As expected, it didn’t take long—soon enough, I Am A Rich Man showed up, leading a small battalion of equally well-geared cronies.
Five minutes later, Suho’s character stood proudly, while the corpses of the local tyrant’s squad faded into the grass.
"Ahhh~" Suho leaned back in his chair, grinning ear to ear. "This is what peak gaming looks like. Instant kill, zero effort. So cool!"
For the first ti in weeks, he could walk sideways in the ga without fearing an ambush.
anwhile, in another chatroom:
"Sothing’s wrong. Why is his attack power suddenly through the roof?"
"Yeah, I got one shot! What the hell?"
"Check the patch notes."
"Oh my god, they just dropped new equipnt. And guess who’s wearing a full set already? That guy!"
Chen Cong—better known in-ga as I Am A Rich Man—read the complaints with a frown. He pulled up the announcent, skimd it, and his brows twitched.
New equipnt... from wild monster drops?
He narrowed his eyes. "Impossible. This equipnt just went live, and that guy has a complete set already? No way."
The chat was already exploding with suspicion.
"Hold on, that gear just launched. You’re telling soone already has a full set?"
"He’s not grinding. He’s a shill, guaranteed!"
"Yeah! That’s a developer’s puppet account!"
Chen Cong leaned back in his chair. Shill accounts, huh?
Back in the peak days, shills were everywhere, planted to show off flashy gear and bait people into spending money. He hadn’t seen one in years and thought Horny Princess Interactive had stopped the practice. Yet here it was, staring him in the face.
So the company is trying to revive the ga? Interesting... but laughable if they think a shill can act tough in front of .
He cracked his knuckles and typed in the chat:
"Everyone refresh monsters for . Any new equipnt you loot, I’ll pay 10,000 per piece."
"Received!"
"Brother Hao, too aweso!"
"Brother Hao, I’ll pull an all-nighter for you!"
In a dingy rental flat, one of Cong’s guild mbers, Jiang Jiu, practically threw open his fridge, grabbed a stack of Red Bulls, and lined them up like ammunition.
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