Chapter 104 Temporary Worker

"So, has anyone checked out the situation at White Mill today?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"I have," Jian Nan You replied. "Since the recruitment message was posted online, White Mill has become a popular leveling area. Especially a large number of players from outside the city don't want to make the trip for nothing, so they're staying there to observe our teaching. To be honest, this has caused a lot of inconvenience to our organization of classes. How to protect the interests of these players who have paid tuition is a problem."

Jian Gui and the others couldn't help but feel ashamed. Jian Nan You's dedication was unquestionable. He had been sorting letters for eight hours just like them, without a word of complaint. Even if they were professional players treating this as a job, he would be an excellent employee. Thinking of their own half-hearted attempts to make money, the three of them exchanged glances, at a loss for words.

Jian Gui had always been straightforward. He didn't want to continue with this messy situation, so he said, "I want to say a few words."

"What is it?" Everyone looked at him.

"This matter seems to be taking up more time than expected. Personally, I don't want to spend a lot of time making money in the game, so I think... after finishing this deal, I'll quit," Jian Gui said.

Everyone was stunned. The huge profits of this business had already been proven, yet Jian Gui was willing to give it up. Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming exchanged glances, then suddenly nodded and said, "We want to do the same." These two guys were usually greedy and lecherous and lacked class, but when it came to making choices about important matters, they knew what they wanted. At this moment, they made the same choice as Jian Gui without hesitation.

Now it was Jian Nan You's turn to feel ashamed. He thought these guys would shamelessly rely on their relationship with Gu Fei to reap the benefits, but in fact, these hardcore experts were all independent and had their own pride. They wouldn't do something that completely depended on others.

"But the studio has already used your names. Without you..." You Ge was a little worried. Online games also had fans. What if the players who came were fans of Jian Gui or Yu Tian Shen Ming, asking for autographs or guidance from their idols?

"We just don't want to do this time-consuming business. We're still members of the studio! Just let us know when you need help," Jian Gui said.

"Yes, yes," Yu Tian Shen Ming echoed.

"Uh, since you're using our names, shouldn't we get some portrait rights royalties?" Zhan Wu Shang said.

"That makes sense, that makes sense," Yu Tian Shen Ming echoed again.

"They're still pretty shameless after all..." Jian Nan You finally concluded that he hadn't misjudged them.

Everyone treated Zhan Wu Shang's suggestion as a joke and ignored it. As for the decision of the three, besides You Ge's doubts, Huo Ran Yi straightforwardly expressed his dissatisfaction: "We all agreed to cooperate, and it's only been a few days? Now you want to quit, you..." Huo Ran Yi wanted to say that these people had no integrity and were fickle, but Jian Gui You pulled him back, and Huo Ran Yi quickly shut his mouth.

Jian Gui had anticipated this, so he had seemed quite embarrassed when he said he wanted to quit. Now that Huo Ran Yi had pointed it out, he was even more awkward.

Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming weren't as thin-skinned as Jian Gui. They immediately retorted, "Didn't we not expect it to take so much time before? We're quitting now because we don't want to burden everyone."

"I understand your intentions," Jian Nan You nodded. "We brothers have no objections to your decisions. You can decide for yourselves." Jian Nan You was clearly unwilling to get involved in this issue. When Huo Ran Yi heard his statement, he naturally didn't say anything and quietly retreated to the side.

Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming didn't press their advantage. For a moment, they looked at each other, and no one spoke. Finally, everyone's eyes turned to Gu Fei, wanting him to make a ruling.

Gu Fei didn't disappoint them. He opened his mouth and said, "I think you guys should be temporary workers."

"Temporary workers?" Everyone was stunned.

"Yeah, for example, if you follow this business, then let's do it together! When there's another business next time, if you don't want to participate, then don't. Come again when we need you."

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming immediately applauded. Jian Gui still hesitated. He understood what Gu Fei meant. In other words, Gu Fei, Jian Nan You and the others would support the business, and Jian Gui and the other two would be like overlords, helping out when they had time, earning some pocket money, and ignoring them when they didn't... Jian Gui felt that he didn't deserve to act like that in this business. For a moment, he was a little conflicted.

"Okay, it's settled then!" Gu Fei said decisively, and then looked at Jian Nan You and the others.

Jian Nan You, who had long recognized his exploited status, had already stated that he had no objections to any decision. Moreover, this decision was not bad, at least it was still based on work. So, he also came out to express his strong support.

"Okay, everyone has no objections." Gu Fei nodded with satisfaction, and added, "I'll be a temporary worker too in the future."

"Damn it!" Everyone despised him. They thought he was righteously solving the problem for Jian Gui and the others, but now it seemed that he was paving the way for himself!

"Since that's the case, let's hurry up and finish this business." Once the decision was made, everyone didn't hesitate. Jian Gui and the others actively demanded to fetch the letters, so everyone set out again, heading towards the mailbox.

"Is there no limit to the number of emails now?" Gu Fei asked You Ge on the way. He remembered that his mailbox used to be filled with 1000 emails, but now they were dealing with 20,000 at a time.

"Now there are more and more players, and there's more and more movement between cities, so the limit has been removed to make it easier for everyone to contact each other. But emails will be automatically deleted regularly, so remember not to keep them for too long, otherwise even if there's some top-quality equipment inside, it will be deleted," You Ge reminded him.

Jian Nan You also suggested at this time: "There are too many players gathered at White Mill now. This situation may continue to happen in the future. I suggest that we don't recruit so many players this time. Let's recruit 20,000 first to see what kind of situation will arise. Then we'll have a better idea in the future."

The members of Gongzi Elite Group looked at Han Jia Gongzi. According to his habit, he would definitely despise Jian Nan You's suggestion, and then come up with a better decision that would leave the despised person speechless. Sure enough, Han Jia Gongzi glanced at Jian Nan You and said, "I already have a good idea of what will happen. The recruitment plan remains unchanged. The target is 40,000 people."

"The current progress is about 20,000 letters every eight hours. Only half of the 20,000 letters actually pay, which means we recruit 10,000 people every eight hours. Counting the letters that have already arrived at the mailbox, we still need 16 hours..." Gu Fei said.

"The sorting of the last batch of letters 16 hours later will take another eight hours. Comrades, we have 24 hours before we can rest," You Ge further clarified.

"You're wrong," Han Jia Gongzi said calmly.

"Huh?"

"24 hours later, there will be another 40,000 emails to reply to," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Everyone spat out blood. Yu Tian Shen Ming grabbed Gu Fei's hand with tears streaming down his face: "Is it still okay to quit now?"

Gu Fei's face was also pale. He looked at the pale-faced crowd and said, "Actually, we're not in a hurry, are we?"

"Let's get these 20,000 done first!" Everyone sighed, dejectedly arrived at the mailbox, took out the letters, and packed them into sacks, attracting the attention of passersby.

Everyone knew that time was precious, so they hurried back to the office and started working mechanically. But perhaps after eight hours of training, everyone's professional skills had improved. This time, it only took six hours to sort out more than 20,000 emails. The statistics showed that there were 11,428 students and 1,113,057 gold coins. There was another error, but no one cared.

"It's ten o'clock," You Ge announced with a tired voice. Even Jian Gui and the others, who were used to staying up all night, were feeling a little overwhelmed. Although they usually spent a lot of time in the game, they rarely spent all their time doing the same thing, especially such a boring thing.

"We've received another 11,102 emails in the mailbox. It seems a bit less proportionally," Gu Fei said.

"It's not surprising, it's late at night, and there are fewer people online," You Ge said.

"Let's all go offline and rest for a while, and then continue working when we get back online. You Ge, before you get back online after resting, go to the forum and announce the end of recruitment," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"I'll be rested? It might not be 40,000 by then!" You Ge said.

"It doesn't have to be so precise. I estimate that even if it's not enough, it won't be far off. Let's just do it that way!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

You Ge nodded. It was meaningless.

"Everyone, let's act in a unified manner. See you in ten hours. Any questions?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

Everyone nodded and left the office together, rushing to the offline area like they were getting off work.

Ten hours later, everyone logged in as agreed. You Ge had already revised all the posts he had published, announcing the end of student recruitment. The first thing everyone did after logging in and meeting at the mailbox was to have Gu Fei lock the mailbox to temporarily stop accepting emails.

"37,654 emails," Gu Fei announced the final result.

"I said it would be about the same, right?" Han Jia Gongzi said to You Ge. At a rate of 50 percent, there would be about 18,000 people here. Counting the 20,000 people from the previous two statistics, it would be enough to exceed 40,000.

It took two trips for everyone to completely transport the nearly 40,000 emails. Some people began to sort them, while others were sent out to buy the materials needed to reply. Thinking of the more than 40,000 replies, everyone couldn't help but tremble.

Everyone's professional skills reached a new high. It took ten hours to count 37,654 emails. In the end, the White Mill Practice Class successfully recruited a total of 41,526 registered students. The tuition fees that should have been received totaled 4,111,074 gold coins, but the actual amount received was 4,108,954 gold coins, with an error of 2,120 gold coins. In the past, this would have been a number that would have made people gnash their teeth, but now, compared to the total amount, no one cared about this error at all. No one bothered to figure out how the error occurred.

"We can start replying now," You Ge said with a solemn expression.

Everyone's eyes turned to the large number of sacks that had been sorted and piled up high in the room. You Ge got up and distributed paper and pens to everyone.

"I've calculated that there are 41,526 letters. There are 14 of us, so that's an average of 2,966 letters per person. I suggest we have a competition. How about a bonus of 100,000 gold coins for the first person to finish writing?" You Ge was now very rich, and he was talking about 100,000 gold coins. In the other corner of the room, more than 400 red and shiny 10,000-gold coin bags were piled up like a small mountain.

"Agreed," Jian Nan You and other professional players flexed their muscles. Gu Fei raised his hand and said, "Can I just abstain?"

"No way!" Everyone scolded.

"The letters in each sack are the same, a thousand letters. I'll take out 34 from this one. Okay, now there are a total of 2,966 letters in these three sacks. Yu Tian, these are yours." You Ge distributed them one by one. 14 people each took three sacks and occupied a corner of the room, making it a little crowded.

"Prepare an empty sack for each person and put the written replies into the empty sack. Dispose of the old letters yourself. Everyone must be careful, careful, and careful. Once the final statistics don't match, it will be a terrible thing to review again. Please imagine it," You Ge said.

Everyone closed their eyes and imagined, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. They all expressed that they would take this work seriously.

"Very good, now each person has received 2,966 letters, a total of 41,524 letters. The extra two letters are here." You Ge raised them and then put them in his pocket.

"There's one more thing to say, everyone must listen carefully." You Ge looked at everyone. "In order to avoid excessive personnel gathering and make it easier to manage, we will adopt a batch teaching method. We will take 10,000 people as a batch, starting from 4:00 AM on March 3rd, 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00 AM, each hour as a unit, and divide them into four waves to complete this teaching. Therefore, your replies will be slightly different."

"Jian Gui, Yu Tian, Wu Shang, you three will write: Assemble at 400 meters south of the east gate of White Stone City at 4:00 AM on March 3rd. Those who are late will not be waited for," You Ge said.

"Gongzi, Qian Li, Bai Shi, you three will write: Assemble at 400 meters south of the east gate of White Stone City at 5:00 AM on March 3rd. Those who are late will not be waited for."

"And so on, Hei Shui, Jiao Shui, Huo Ran Yi, you three at six o'clock; Dao Xiang Mu, Invincible Lucky Star, Lin Mu Sen Sen, you three at seven o'clock."

"Finally, Da Nan, you and I, we have six bags of letters in total, divided into four time periods, one and a half bags per time period. So, I will write for four o'clock and five o'clock, and you will write for six o'clock and seven o'clock. The quantity doesn't have to be accurate, just about one and a half bags."

Jian Nan You nodded.

"Does everyone understand? Do you want me to repeat it?" You Ge asked.

"Don't be long-winded." A chorus of contempt.

"Then, start!!!" You Ge gave an order, and the letter-writing competition officially began. You Ge also hurriedly started writing his three bags of replies in his territory. No one spoke in the office anymore, only the rustling of pens on paper and the flipping of pages alternated. Everyone chose to throw the replied letters directly on the ground. You Ge felt frightened when he saw those guys casually throwing them around and couldn't help but remind loudly: "Pay attention when you throw the letters, don't throw them into someone else's finished or unfinished sacks."

"Don't be long-winded, are we that out of proportion?" Strong contempt again.

Time passed little by little. Everyone wrote while paying attention to the time and the quantity. Gradually, a look of horror appeared on everyone's faces. This was not a very complicated arithmetic problem. The first to estimate was Jian Nan You. The time he spent writing each letter was about 20 seconds, and he needed to write about 3,000 letters. Without considering any delays, let's say it takes 20 seconds for each letter. 3,000 letters would take 60,000 seconds. Jian Nan You divided by 3,600 and came to the conclusion of 16.666666, which could not be divided completely...

The second to calculate was Yu Tian Shen Ming. It took him 30 seconds to write each letter. Using the same formula, he came to the conclusion of 25, and his little face was pale.

The third, the fourth... When everyone scientifically demonstrated the minimum time it would take to write these letters, they were angry. They found that they had once again underestimated the workload of this matter. Since starting this business, they had repeatedly made mistakes in underestimating the difficulties.

"Damn it, it takes 33 hours to write these? Are you kidding me!" The first to shout was Zhan Wu Shang. Everyone was stunned. According to the reverse calculation of the formula, Zhan Wu Shang actually took 40 seconds to write each letter. He was really slow enough. Everyone expressed their contempt and then started trading with each other, asking "How many seconds does it take you to write a letter?"

It was not yet possible to demonstrate whether adding agility points had any impact on this job, but personal writing habits were clearly the main reason. The warrior Jian Nan You could pull Yu Tian Shen Ming by a full 10 seconds. Gu Fei, who had both agility and kung fu, also showed no advantage in this matter, and his writing state was extremely unstable. The time it took to write a letter fluctuated around 25 seconds. Bai Shi Jing Lun's writing speed was acceptable, but his attitude was too proper. He was afraid that the other party would not recognize him, so he did not seek speed, but sought neat handwriting. It actually took 45 seconds to reply to a letter, 5 seconds more than the slow-handed Zhan Wu Shang. In addition, there was Han Jia Gongzi, the opposite representative of Bai Shi Jing Lun. Not only was his handwriting scribbled, but he was also extremely shameless. He did not follow the format at all. After continuous evolution and condensation, the final format was: 3.3 5 AM, 400 meters south of the east gate! Quick!

Everyone scolded him for being shameless after seeing it, but quickly imitated Han Jia Gongzi's format. You Ge tried to persuade them to no avail, so he had to follow the mainstream and degenerate. Everyone's writing speed was greatly improved as a result. Jian Nan You, who originally needed 20 seconds, now only needed 10 seconds for each letter. The time was shortened by half at once, and he was very pleased that he could complete the work in eight hours, and he was determined to win the 100,000 gold coins.

After several hours of fierce competition, the third bag of letters was running out. Jian Nan You, who had victory in sight, suddenly saw You Ge get up with a smile on his face, with three neatly packed bags piled up at his feet, and making a V-sign with his right hand.

"Finished?" Jian Nan You was shocked.

"8 hours, 6 minutes, and 47 seconds!" You Ge announced.

"As expected of You Ge!" Everyone exclaimed. It was clear that practice makes perfect. You Ge hadn't written so many notes for nothing.

"Just a little bit short." Jian Nan You was depressed. If he had discovered Han Jia Gongzi's shameless writing method earlier, he might not have lost.

"Don't worry, you'll have another chance," You Ge smiled slightly, but everyone felt a chill in their hearts. That's right! This work will be repeated in the future.

"I'm done for, I'm not going to live!" Zhan Wu Shang cried. After using the Han version format, this slow-handed person only shortened the time by about ten seconds, and he still had a chance to break the 20-hour mark.