Work Prophet
Chapter 298 - 56 Boss, I’m Here

Chapter 298: Chapter 56 Boss, I’m Here

Li Yu wasn’t sure if he had just gotten used to the corporate culture of the Third Era, but he really didn’t want to talk about work with Zhang Yanlin during his time off.

However, Zhang Yanlin didn’t give him the chance to refuse. After hanging up the phone, she called a Didi and, with her Golden Retriever in tow, went straight to the industrial park.

Seeing that he couldn’t stop her, Li Yu decided to take advantage of the interim to buy two buns from the nearby convenience store for dinner, and then he also bought two bottles of drinks.

Zhang Yanlin, still in the car, was already impatient and bombarded Li Yu with many questions.

Questions like what projects the department was responsible for, what her job entailed...

About the first question, even though Xu Mengyuan had already told Li Yu that he could tell the truth, Li Yu still opted for a gradual approach and didn’t spill everything right away.

Mainly because if he bluntly stated that the main work of the project team was to disseminate a peculiar religion in another universe, gather faith, and that Li Yu, the project manager, would travel across dimensions every morning and return punctually every evening, it would indeed be a bit too far-fetched.

Any normal person’s first reaction would probably be to think the other person is joking or has gone mad.

Therefore, Li Yu only told Zhang Yanlin that the main work of the project team was to disseminate culture and popularize technological knowledge in underdeveloped areas.

Zhang Yanlin listened with a confused understanding, still thinking the company had some poverty alleviation cooperation with the local government and even asked Li Yu if she needed to go there to support education.

Li Yu then informed Zhang Yanlin that her primary job at the moment was to get the project team’s office renovated and help gather and organize some materials in the meantime.

Zhang Yanlin didn’t take it too seriously at first, assuming that the office of their two-person project team wouldn’t be too large. However, when she saw Building 142, she was stunned.

After that, Zhang Yanlin turned to Li Yu and asked, "Which office is ours?"

"All of them."

"All of them?" Zhang Yanlin was somewhat taken aback.

Especially after following Li Yu inside for a tour and witnessing her Golden Retriever joyfully running and jumping around, frolicking everywhere, Zhang Yanlin fell silent once again.

It took her a while to come back to her senses and ask, "Exactly how many people does your project team plan to hire?"

"For now, it’s just you and me. As for the future... it’s still undecided."

"How did you persuade the company to provide us with such a large office building?" Zhang Yanlin felt like she was hearing a tall tale.

"I didn’t persuade the company... Actually, it was the company’s decision to buy this place," Li Yu paused, "Anyway, can I trouble you to take care of the renovation?"

"I’ve never decorated such a large place before, and I studied art design in college, not architectural design," Zhang Yanlin said.

"That’s alright, you can hire a designer to draw up the plans," Li Yu said, "The company has given us a renovation budget of 1.2 million."

"How much?" Zhang Yanlin doubted if there was a problem with her ears.

"1.2 million." Li Yu handed over a bottle of drink.

Zhang Yanlin twisted the cap off and took a couple of sips to calm her shock. After that, she asked, "Is your boss a prince from the Middle East? So extravagant. And I’ve just joined the company, and you’re letting me handle a 1.2-million project, isn’t that a bit much?"

"There’s nothing much about it. There are only two of us in the project team now. If not you, then me. But I have more pressing matters to attend to on my side and really can’t manage it," Li Yu replied.

"Okay then." Zhang Yanlin finally nodded. "I’ll go back and find some classmates who do interior design to help me figure out how to fit out the building, find a reliable construction team, hmm... and the purchase of materials. I can’t guarantee the lowest price, but getting the engineering price should be no problem. By the way, do you have any specific requirements?"

"Set up a gym, two rest rooms, and a place for showers and changing. Also, I need a data room, a storage room, and a crafts room. You can decide on the rest," Li Yu responded.

And just like that, hiring and renovation were settled. That night, Li Yu submitted Zhang Yanlin’s basic information and employment application on the OA, and the Third Era side was very straightforward. Almost at the start of working hours the next day, Li Yu’s application was approved.

The labor contract was sent to Zhang Yanlin’s residence that morning, and her transition from interview to employment took less than a day. Along with the labor contract, the architectural blueprints of Building 142 were also delivered.

Allowing Zhang Yanlin to dive into work immediately.

After signing the contract, Zhang Yanlin couldn’t wait to send a message to Li Yu.

— I’m here, boss! Accompanied by an emoji of a polar bear blowing a whistle.

However, Li Yu did not respond on his end.

It was then that Zhang Yanlin remembered that Li Yu had told her the night before to just clock in and out on her own and that he would be very busy during that time, probably not seeing her messages or answering her calls.

Any issues could be discussed the next working day.

Zhang Yanlin found it odd at the time; what kind of work keeps you so busy that you can’t reply to a message or take a call?

Moreover, as superior and subordinate, is it really okay to barely interact or contact each other during most of the working hours?

The previous night, she had almost been too excited to sleep. Just thinking about being in the project department with only Li Yu and her made her cheeks flush, and she even chatted with Zhou Xi for a long time about it, looking forward to all sorts of things for the next day at work.

But things didn’t quite go the way she had imagined.

While Zhang Yanlin was pondering why Li Yu hadn’t replied to her message, Li Yu had already returned to Bratis, immersing himself in the construction of the Double Rest Sect.

He first checked the construction progress made during this period, including a new auditorium and four newly dug fish ponds.

The main body of the new auditorium, or the cinema, was still of brick and timber structure, but with the joining of many stonecutters, stone was also used, allowing for 600 people to watch films at the same time. Moreover, it could be used for organizing festivals and recreational activities in the future.

Thus, Double Rest Sect now had its very first religious building, and the designer behind it was still the Northeastern brother with the online alias "Please settle the final payment."

Considering continuity in architectural style, he once again set his sights on his hometown.

Taking the cultural palace of Shentie from the 1980s as the main reference, he made appropriate modifications to reduce construction difficulty. The replica that Green Field produced also bore a striking resemblance to the original.

With a symmetrical central axis, a regular plan, alternating heights with a tall center and lower sides, and a three-part structure... Standing underneath, Li Yu simply felt a strong impression of Suzhou style architecture washing over him.