146: Chapter 146 Workplace Intensity, Forced Overtime

The next day. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Tang Luochuan went to the agency early in the morning to rent a place for Zhu Jianhua.

He originally intended to rent for three years, but considering the current situation, he decided to rent for one year first.

After all, in his heart, he knew this marriage wouldn't last long.

Because the girl had already crossed a man's bottom line: cheating.

He just didn't have any evidence, but Meng Fanyi's live streams and the private messages she sent him were definitely not things a decent woman should do.

He hadn't watched the live streams for a few days, and Meng Fanyi had sent a few more messages, implying in every way that as long as the tips were sufficient, she could be asked out.

However, he certainly wouldn't do such beastly things.

11,000 a month!

Tang Luochuan paid 143,000 yuan, including a one-month deposit.

It was a two-bedroom, two-living room apartment with a pretty good environment.

"Now Meng Fanyi shouldn't have anything to say, right!" Tang Luochuan held the keys, his purpose not simply to rent a house for his cousin.

It was to force Meng Fanyi; once she moved in, considering Cousin Jianhua's monthly salary was only so much.

She definitely couldn't live-stream in front of Cousin Jianhua, but she would also have no excuse to go out and live elsewhere.

The conflict was bound to deepen...

"Let them expose it themselves!" he thought to himself, and sent a message to Cousin Jianhua: [Cousin, my parents came to Shanghai, do you want to have lunch together?]

Cousin Jianhua replied quickly: [I'm working overtime... probably until very late (bitter smile). Give my regards to Aunt and Uncle, I won't be able to make it for lunch! Need to earn more money!]

Tang Luochuan: [Where are you? I'll bring you the keys. I rented a house for a year! You and your wife move in!]

After sending the message, Cousin Jianhua was silent for a long time before finally sending the address, adding: "Thank you."

Tang Luochuan could feel the heartbreak behind that "thank you" even through the screen.

He understood that his cousin had fallen for Meng Fanyi because she was beautiful.

She was certainly beautiful, but the extent of how evil human nature could be was something Cousin Jianhua truly hadn't expected.

He wasn't set up by Meng Fanyi, but by this society.

...

Bohan Technology.

Cousin Jianhua wore glasses, scanning the code on his computer.

There was a bug in the project, and he was solving it, but he felt very restless.

It wasn't that he had to earn this money; the company was compliant and paid overtime, but it also deprived him and his colleagues of their right to choose.

That was, they had to work overtime.

This was linked to performance.

At the end of the year, there were 13-15 months of salary as a bonus.

And an annual bonus ranging from 5,000 to 50,000.

If you performed well, you could get up to 15 months of salary and a 50,000 annual bonus.

But this evaluation wasn't just about daily work; who knows why overtime was even counted as part of the assessment.

If you say it's illegal, they pay overtime; if you say it's not illegal, they are forcing you to work overtime in a roundabout way.

If you refuse, you don't just lose this overtime pay, but also the year-end bonus and one or two months' salary reward.

Of course, this effort only qualifies you to participate in the final selection.

Because everyone is caught in the rat race.

"Cousin Jianhua, did you see the customer feedback I sent you? Is this human work?" Cousin Jianhua faced not only high-intensity work but also suppression from management.

The leader's tone carried dissatisfaction; although there was no scolding, the words made him very uncomfortable.

"Ah? Then... I'll take another look..." Cousin Jianhua replied blankly. He hadn't finished fixing the bug in his hands, and now he had to deal with old projects.

By the end of the day, his plan for the day hadn't been started at all.

But he didn't dare to resist at all...

The breakfast beside him had long since gone cold; he didn't care to eat it, nor did he have the appetite.

Around 11:30, Tang Luochuan arrived late, greeted the security guard, and was let in.

The car drove into the office park; the entire building belonged to Bohan Technology.

He watched the hurried crowd around him, then looked at the skyscrapers, feeling a surge of excitement.

Tang Luochuan had never worked a regular job, but he already had plans to become a boss.

As for the greatest benefit being a boss could bring him, that was... the experience.

Experiencing the joy of being a boss.

...

Cousin Jianhua had just walked to the entrance of the cafeteria and sent a message to Tang Luochuan, thinking that since his cousin had come, he had to treat him to a meal, but he couldn't go to a restaurant.

After all, he had to go back and fix the bug after eating.

Just then, a few colleagues he was on good terms with called out to him.

"Cousin Jianhua, wait a second! Old Zhang bought a car!" A few male colleagues walked over and stopped him.

Beside them were his other colleague, Zhang Qianming, and a few female colleagues from the same group.

"Guess what he bought?" The male colleagues gathered around as if the car were their own; although they felt bitter inside, they were also filled with curiosity and excitement.

"What?"

"AITO M9!" the male colleague said, then pointed at the car by the road: "That one right there."

Cousin Jianhua looked over; there was indeed an AITO M9. He didn't feel like the other party was showing off to him.

When he bought his car, his colleagues had also curiously gathered around to join in the fun.

Everyone was just sharing.

"Pretty good! Not bad!" Cousin Jianhua laughed.

But Zhang Qianming felt like he had shown off enough: "My mom only gave me 500,000! I had to scrape together the extra few tens of thousands myself."

This was clearly showing off his family's wealth, but the few guys didn't say much; they all knew each other well enough.

They understood that this wasn't posturing for the guys, but rather for the girls nearby.

"Old Zhang, your family is well-off, a little rich second-generation? Hahaha!" Cousin Jianhua laughed.

Zhang Qianming pressed the car key and added: "Brother Zhu, let's go camping together when we have time off! Bring your wife."

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but the moment he mentioned 'wife', Cousin Jianhua, who was already feeling terrible due to work pressure, felt like dying.

"Yeah... sure..."

"Damn, I'm going too, but I don't have a car. You two take me!"

"The two brothers will pay for the gas, we'll chip in for the drinks!"

Several people stood to the side, chatting and laughing.

"But we have to have a vacation..." Suddenly Cousin Jianhua said this, bringing the atmosphere to a freezing point.

Realizing he had said the wrong thing, he quickly changed his tone and said to the girls nearby: "It's settled then, you guys come too!!!"

This was Old Zhang trying to hit on them; although he didn't know specifically which one, it wouldn't hurt to help invite them.

Zhang Qianming bringing them over was clearly intentional; how could Cousin Jianhua not see that?

It wouldn't hurt to help a buddy out.

"You guys still have the nerve to laugh!!" A familiar, cold voice came.

Several people turned back and saw the furious Supervisor Liu Xianmin.

"Supervisor Liu...?" Cousin Jianhua and the others felt a thud in their hearts, thinking, 'Oh no.'

They felt something was off today; the supervisor's temper was very volatile. Although he wasn't great normally, today he felt like he had eaten gunpowder.

He found everyone displeasing to the eye.