Chapter 449: 【357】Promotion! Hereafter, address him as Lord Pei (Seeking monthly votes, recomndations, and genuine support)_2
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“It’s fine, it’s fine, I don’t have much to do anyway, so if I can help you, that’s great.”
Father Pei rubbed his hands together, watching intently how Pei Jinye planted.
After all, Jinye had devoured the knowledge from the Jiang family, famous for their planting, so he knew quite a few tricks.
Father Pei could learn so real skills by following along.
Jinye naturally saw no reason to withhold any secrets and taught everything he knew. If nothing unexpected happened, the heavy responsibility of the family’s planting business would soon fall on Father Pei’s shoulders.
The father and son talked about farming matters for a while.
Concerned that he would be late for work, Father Pei urged him to hurry to the office, but Jinye dismissed it nonchalantly with a wave of his hand, “No problem, there’s nothing big going on at the team recently; being occasionally late is no big deal. morize this mantra; it will help with your planting…”
It was only after Father Pei morized it fluently that Jinye finally set off for the Investigation Team’s Base.
As soon as he arrived, Zhou Ye regretfully said, “I was planning to fleece Brother Bi out of a al this morning, but you didn’t show up.”
“Went ho for a bit.” Jinye smiled and asked, “Where is Brother Bi?”
“Captain Qiu was looking for him just now, not sure if it’s for so task…”
Zhou Ye was sowhat hopeful, but to his disappointnt, it wasn’t any task that would bring much credit. It was just that the logistics departnt was a bit short-staffed and needed a few laborers, and Brother Bi happened to be chosen.
“Old Pei.” Gu Wutong called out from the staircase, “Co here quickly.”
After nodding to Zhou Ye as a farewell, Jinye got up and walked over, “I see you’ve been pretty free these days.”
“Damn.”
Gu Wutong was helpless and, once Jinye got closer, whispered, “I’ve got a task that’s a bit tricky, want to give a hand?”
Jinye was startled for a mont, “A task from your Group Three, and you’re asking ?”
“Brother Kui and the rest are all on assignnts, and I struggled to get my task quota up recently, had no choice but to take on this one…” Gu Wutong said with a wry smile, pointing upwards, “The big boss gave the order, so I can’t slack off now… This task sounds troubleso, doesn’t it make sense to ask my Brother Pei to lead through it?”
After finishing his plea, he took out a pack of cigarettes.
“…Cut it out.” Jinye laughed and pushed away his hand that offered a cigarette, “I don’t smoke. Tell about the task first; I might have my own soon, will check later.”
“It’s a drug dealer case. Recently, we received news that a batch of smuggled drugs appeared around Shunhe Road. As you know, even though so drugs are controlled, the dealers’ dicines could be real or fake, and usually, no one bothers. But then, Sky God International pressured us, claiming this has greatly affected their market… This case is tough to handle, otherwise, it wouldn’t have remained untouched for so long.”
Drug dealers are the indigenous locals with well-established roots; if we offend them, there’s a chance we’ll get an unwelco visit one of these days.
These people value money over their lives and smashing their livelihood could provoke them to do anything.
Gu Wutong blinked eagerly, “Brother Pei, what do you think?”
Pei Jin responded impassively, “Don’t ask what I think, look at the task: are we just supposed to handle it casually or clean sweep it?”
“Uh… Six,” Gu Wutong suddenly seed to have a breakthrough, re-examining the task information, and was a bit surprised, “Seems like they really didn’t specify the details.”
Jinye chuckled, “Then that settles it, just handle it as you see fit.”
“Got it.” Gu Wutong’s playful smile returned, “I spent so ti in Nan Du City a few years back. At that ti, the local authorities, joined by several pharmaceutical companies, cracked down on counterfeit drugs. The scale was massive… It’s just a sha, I can’t say whether Da Peng City has that kind of determination.”
“Stop blathering and go get your task done.” Pei Jinye glanced at his wristwatch, “I’m about to have lunch soon.”
“It’s only ten, big brother.”
“A stroll, and it’ll be lunchti, won’t it?” Jinye retorted with a smacking flick to the back of his head, and then he went straight down the stairs.
Gu Wutong was taken aback.
“Damn, got played. That’s annoying.”
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“What’s wrong with him?” Zhou Ye asked inquisitively.
Once again, Jinye felt Zhou Ye’s curiosity burning, “It’s nothing, don’t worry about him.”
Understanding the unspoken agreent, they didn’t go looking for Brother Bi and went their separate ways.
But while Jinye was admiring Big Black Dog showing off his cultivation achievents, soone from outside ca looking for him.
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“Mr. Pei, Ms. Xu Jing is looking for you,” said the young man outside the door with great respect.
Although accustod to others bowing and scraping, Pei Jinye was still a little surprised to be held in such esteem by soone at the Investigation Team.
Without any change in expression, he nodded, stepped forward, and followed the young man to Ms. Xu Jing’s office.
“Knock, knock.”
“Co in.”
Pei Jinye entered the room alone and was t with the sight of Ms. Xu Jing holding a ladies’ cigarette, “Long ti no see, busy man.”
Pei Jinye’s lips twitched into a slight smile, “No matter how busy I am, I’m not as busy as you, Sister Jing.”
Ms. Xu Jing, seeing that he was determined to call her ‘sister,’ gave him a look that was sowhat coquettish and no longer teased him, “The matter in the Western Continent has been discussed by the higher-ups, and it has been decided to grant you Extraordinary Third Rank recognition.”
Pei Jinye was taken aback, “That’s news to .”
How long had it been since that… Surely they hadn’t spent ten days to half a month just holding a seminar.
Of course, this was just Pei Jinye silently complaining to himself.
“Normally, to be recognized for an Extraordinary Rank, you would at least need to go to the headquarters in each state for certification, but you’ve made quite a stir in the Western Continent, so they’re making an exception for you,” Ms. Xu Jing said as she blew a ring of smoke, “Reaching Extraordinary Third Rank at the age of seventeen… tsk, tsk, you’re now on a par with those kids from the big cities.”
Pei Jinye replied with an “implicit” smile, “I’ve been lucky to et so generous people and I can endure a bit more hardship than most… which has brought to where I am today.”
Ms. Xu Jing, who had heard about Pei Jinye’s obsessive training, didn’t make fun of him and instead nodded, “I hope you won’t forget your original intention. The path ahead of you is not just what you see now, and the scenery you will encounter will beco increasingly ‘beautiful.’ Be prepared for all sorts of sugar-coated bullets to co knocking at your door.”
Pei Jinye nodded.
“Here, take this.” Ms. Xu Jing opened a drawer, revealing a docunt and a small box, “This is your new employnt identity from the team. Take a look and see if you like it, and if you do, sign it.”
Pei Jinye curiously took the docunt.
“Investigation Base of Da Peng City Special Consultant Employnt Letter”…
He was startled.
“Special Consultant?”
Ms. Xu Jing replied sowhat irritably, “A Third Rank Extraordinary being an investigator in our base would scare people to death if word got out. Do you know how many Third Rank Extraordinaries there are in Da Peng City?”
“How many?” Pei Jinye asked.
“Thirty-six,” Ms. Xu Jing answered.
“That many?” Pei Jinye was surprised. He thought there were only a few, but to think there were over thirty was indeed unexpected.
“Many?” Ms. Xu Jing shook her head, “That’s very few. Half of them can barely muster any real power, and most are old bones. The new generation of Da Peng City’s strength has mostly left… Oh right, that old thing from the Jiang family is an exception.”
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Pei Jinye let out a dry laugh.
“What are you afraid of, I’d only say this in front of you.” Ms. Xu Jing had no idea what Pei Jinye’s strange smile ant and thought he might be sensitive about the individual from the Jiang family.
“However, this is not an absolute number. At least the official records are as such… The fact that you reached Extraordinary Third Rank so quickly was, frankly, quite a surprise even for the high-ups in the Central State. It’s a pity that Xu Shanwu died early, otherwise, if he could have t you in Da Peng City, soone higher up might have given you a hand.”
Pei Jinye rely smiled “innocently.”
And they are still looking… That guy has gone down to repent, sister!
Pei Jinye carefully read through the Special Consultant’s salary… an annual salary of five million, not including various performance bonuses and operational rewards…
Honestly, it was quite generous.
At least for his public identity, it was extrely generous.
He quickly signed the contract and handed it over.
Ms. Xu Jing extended her hand, “Congratulations, I’ll treat you to dinner tonight.”
“Should I call the Ancient Martial experts?”
“No need.”
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