Work Prophet
Chapter 395 - 13 One More Favor

Chapter 395: Chapter 13 One More Favor

"A two-day weekend?" Lu Weijia said, "I don’t really have an opinion. I’m a content creator, and a small one at that with just one hundred thousand followers. As long as the conditions allow, I definitely want to post more videos. I have no concept of holidays."

"Then let me put it another way, if there were a rule on Bilibili mandating a two-day weekend for content creators, would you support it?"

"Well..." Lu Weijia pondered, "If everyone stops overworking, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing."

"But your income would definitely decrease, right?" Zhang Yanlin said. "You’re a full-time content creator just starting out, and the number of followers..."

"The number of followers isn’t high either." Lu Weijia quickly helped Zhang Yanlin finish her sentence, which she was hesitant to complete.

"Exactly, and ever since Bilibili revised their creator incentive program, my earnings have dropped a lot, and since I make meme videos, it’s hard to cash in, which means I earn even less."

Zhang Yanlin was about to console Lu Weijia, but he suddenly changed the subject, "But what does it have to do with me?"

"Hmm?"

"I became a content creator purely to fulfill a wish. Rather than call it a job, it’s more of a hobby. I started after getting diagnosed with renal failure. Earnings are good if available, but it doesn’t matter if they aren’t. These years, I’m still living off the savings I accumulated from my previous job."

Lu Weijia self-deprecatingly smiled, "I’m about to die, earning money doesn’t mean much to me anymore."

"Sorry, I overlooked your current situation. Let’s pose a hypothetical, then. Suppose your terminal illness was cured, and you went back to work."

"What work?"

"Since you enjoy being a content creator so much, why not continue doing that?"

"Then I would definitely raise both hands in favor of weekends off."

"Really? But isn’t this what you like doing?" Zhang Yanlin asked, puzzled.

"It’s different when a hobby becomes your job," Lu Weijia said. "I used to like geology a lot too when I was in school, but repeating the same work day in and day out can quickly wear out your enthusiasm. Having weekends off to catch my breath would be great. It would let me relax both physically and mentally, and I could find more inspiration. But unfortunately..."

"In modern cities, forget about having weekends off. For some people, even managing to eat on time has become a luxury, with business spiking at meal times, clients changing requirements on the fly, meetings that never end, and bosses pushing hard. If not that, then you’re simply running around all over the place...

"These situations are all too common; everyone is overexploiting themselves, and it’s become the norm for society. I’m too insignificant to change anything. All I can do is make some meme cooking videos to provide some digital ’pickles’ for people to relax a bit."

After Lu Weijia finished speaking, Li Yu and Zhang Yanlin exchanged a glance before speaking again.

"Mr. Lu, we believe you are the kind of talent we’re looking for."

"Uh, I still need to think about it. After all, it involves reincarnation, so I need to be, um... more cautious." Lu Weijia continued wiping his sweat.

"No worries, there’s no rush. Mr. Lu, remember to keep an eye on the time. You know your own physical condition best. In any case, just make sure to sign the contract before you pass away."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he prepared to stand up.

Lu Weijia then asked, "What about the costs..."

"It’s all free," Zhang Yanlin said. "We’re the recruiters; it wouldn’t make sense for the candidates to pay."

Lu Weijia took a deep breath, "Just asking in advance, but if I decide to accept this offer, is there any preparation I need to do beforehand?"

"You might want to read up on medieval basics, especially daily life aspects, to better adapt once you are there."

The ’Transmigrator’s Manual’ was still being authored by Li Yu, but that didn’t stop him from giving some preliminary advice to Lu Weijia.

"Ha..."

If this were a scam, Lu Weijia would admit that he couldn’t find any flaws and had even unconsciously started to believe it.

Li Yu initially wanted Lu Weijia to review the professional knowledge he had learned at school, but considering that Lu Weijia didn’t have many days left, it wasn’t necessary to fill his remaining time.

After all, once Lu Weijia reincarnated to Bratis, Li Yu could bring the textbooks to him for review.

"Okay, I don’t have any other questions for now," Lu Weijia said, holding the business card and contract.

At that moment, Li Yu also finished the soy milk bottle he was holding and stood up to pay the bill.

After scanning the payment QR code with his cellphone, Li Yu turned to a still-dazed Lu Weijia and said, "Oh, and one more thing. Can you delete the video?"

"Video," Lu Weijia’s complexion changed again, "What video? I-I don’t know what you’re talking about."

"The camera hidden in your laptop bag," Li Yu said, "It has been recording all along, hasn’t it? Its placement was a bit too obvious; I noticed it as soon as I entered the store."

Lu Weijia was very embarrassed. "Ah... It wasn’t intentional. I just wanted to see if I could gather some material."

Zhang Yanlin’s eyelids twitched.

The "material" Lu Weijia mentioned clearly wasn’t anything good—likely intended for making humorous edited videos.

Religious swindler discussing other worlds and reincarnation indeed made for great material for those videos, no wonder Lu Weijia’s attitude had been somewhat frivolous previously.

And he even insisted that the two introduce themselves again.

However, Zhang Yanlin could feel that, as the conversation continued, Lu Weijia’s mind gradually became more disturbed.

And when Li Yu dropped the phrase "Ban Ai is my wife," the shock it caused to Lu Weijia clearly exceeded his capacity to cope, and he still hadn’t fully recovered.

Lu Weijia had even forgotten about the video recording.

He took the small camera from his laptop bag, silently removed the memory card, and handed it to Li Yu, "I have a new card anyway."

Li Yu didn’t refuse, putting it in his shirt pocket.

"If you’re determined, contact me or my assistant. If you have other questions, you can ask us as well. Also, it’s best to keep the matter of reincarnation confidential, including from your relatives and friends."

"Oh, okay," Lu Weijia also stood up, escorted the two to the outside of the store, and watched them get into a taxi.

Even after returning to his hospital room, Lu Weijia still felt as if he were dreaming.

He looked at his Xiaomi wristband and found his heart rate had soared to 150, despite having just drunk a bottle of soy milk, yet his mouth was still dry.

Transmigration to another world... Such an incredible stroke of luck actually falling onto his head, no, there was also Niu Xiangui. If Li Yu wasn’t lying, Niu Xiangui had already gone ahead of him.

Lu Weijia recalled his past interactions with the dependable programmer Niu Xiangui.

Their agreement had initially been a joke, which Lu Weijia quickly dismissed from his mind, and he assumed Niu Xiangui did the same since it was never mentioned again.

Moreover, such an embarrassing slogan was likely not something Niu Xiangui would casually disclose to others.

Damn, the more he thought about it, the more real it seemed.