Work Prophet
Chapter 639 - 12: Shi Yitong’s Conjecture

Chapter 639: Chapter 12: Shi Yitong’s Conjecture

Li Yu took advantage of this rare opportunity to ask Shi Yitong some questions, most of which related to the company.

"As you can see, employees of the Third Era are scattered all over the world, with all sorts of characters among them,"

said Shi Yitong. "In fact, how the company actually goes about selecting new employees has always been a mystery. Even someone like Kulu managed to pass the assessment."

"What’s wrong with Kulu?"

"He’s a complete hedonist, doesn’t care about the past, nor is he concerned about the future, merely seizing every second of the present to indulge in pleasure. Morals and laws are like scrap paper to him."

"I thought the company required all employees to abide by the law." Li Yu frowned.

"It’s a suggestion, not a requirement. When you joined, HR would have recommended that you obey the law, but in reality, even if you break the law, as long as you don’t get caught, no one will hold you to account."

Shi Yitong paused, "Look around you. I dare say that more than half of the people here have done their fair share of shady deeds.

"When you suddenly gain unprecedented power, get used to being adored and surrounded by followers, the rules of old naturally lose their grip.

"For example, if with a snap of your fingers, you could silently transfer gold bars from a bank vault to your residence, how many people can resist such a temptation?"

"Besides, if you really cause some trouble, you can use one of the employee wishes to ask the public relations department to step in and settle the matter. They are all highly efficient professionals with no situation they cannot handle."

As Shi Yitong spoke, he pointed towards the southwest corner of the living room, where a group of men in black with sunglasses, stern faces, and looking as if they were attending a funeral, were playing Texas Hold’em.

They naturally exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay, and employees from other departments in the living room also consciously maintained their distance from them.

"I haven’t used my employee wish yet," said Li Yu.

"Why not? I used one as soon as I got it," said Shi Yitong, finishing his apple and accurately tossing the core into a trash bin two steps away.

"What did you use it for?"

"I said I wanted to see the Great Auk."

"The Great Auk?"

"That’s a kind of flightless water bird that lived in the Arctic looking very much like a penguin. It went extinct in 1844."

"Why did you want to see that bird? Does it have any special meaning to you?" Hephaestus butted in.

"No, it was just that those guys in PR looked so smug that it really annoyed me, so I deliberately gave them a tough problem to solve."

"Did you finally see the Great Auk?" asked Li Yu.

Shi Yitong nodded, "I don’t know how they did it, but they found a Great Auk frozen in a huge ice floe for centuries.

"They woke me up with a phone call at four in the morning and when I awoke, two guys were standing in front of my bed, telling me the plane was ready and that I should go to the airport with them now.

"I stumbled out of bed, threw on some clothes, and their car took me to the airport.

"We first flew to Moscow, then changed planes for Oslo, and then flew to the Svalbard Islands. We found a small sailboat there, and after sailing for more than ten days... I was about to give up and head home, but in the end, I actually saw the Great Auk."

"Those guys are pretty capable," added Hephaestus. "They managed to get my nephew into Zhongguancun No. 3 Elementary School."

After the half-blooded handsome guy finished speaking, he realized that both Li Yu and Shi Yitong were staring at him.

"What’s the matter, got a problem?" Hephaestus was somewhat baffled.

"Nothing much, I just didn’t expect you to adapt to local customs so quickly," Li Yu said.

"What do you mean ’adapting to local customs’? I was born and raised in City B, a native through and through."

Hephaestus rolled his eyes, "I’m not one of those dumb foreigners who can’t even speak proper Mandarin. With an opportunity like this, of course, I would invest in education. Isn’t that what everyone in this city does?"

"Visionary!" Shi Yitong gave a thumbs up.

Li Yu turned the topic back to the main issue, "There’s something that’s been bothering me—have you guys noticed the electronic clock at the company’s reception?"

"You mean the one that’s always counting down? Of course, it’s so noticeable that it’s hard to ignore even if you want to. There’s less than three years left until it hits zero..."

Li Yu continued, "I asked Xu Mengyuan, and she told me it’s just a weird little quirk of some of the directors on the board who think it’s cool to use a countdown as decoration."

"That woman says the same thing to everyone, but she’s definitely hiding something from us."

"Do you know something?"

"Just my speculation," Shi Yitong leaned back in the sofa, propping up his legs, "You know how many civilizations have similar legends about the end of the world? The Great Flood in Christianity, the Mayans’ doomsday predictions, Twilight of the Gods in Nordic mythology, our Nuwa mending the sky... So I think that countdown might also be a sign of some impending major disaster.

"Of course, it’s not in the universe we live in. 2012 is long past, but it may well be related to the place we work."

"But aren’t we collecting faith in different dimensions?" Li Yu frowned, "Does the company have the capability to bring down disasters in all dimensions at a specific time?"

"Not that I know of," Hephaestus said without hesitation, "Our research on faith is just getting started, and we can only do so much.

"Destroying a civilization’s disaster, that’s too exaggerated. How much faith would it take to create something like that? Shi Yitong, you’re an outsider to the business department, stop making wild guesses."

The mixed-race handsome guy didn’t forget to throw in a mocking comment at the end.

Shi Yitong snorted coldly, "You’ve just started the third epoch, you don’t know anything about the capabilities of those directors on the board."

"No matter how capable they are, they must obey the basic laws, right? Faith is, after all, a special kind of science, and as long as it’s science, it’s always traceable. There’s no such thing as the kind of punch-that-destroys-heavens-and-earths found in fantasy novels."

Speaking of his area of expertise, Hephaestus was not to be outdone, staring straight at Shi Yitong, "You’re just a pseudo-scientist!"

Shi Yitong simply laughed, "Pay up."

At the mention of these two words, Hephaestus visibly deflated, "Just... give me a little more time, I’ll pay you twenty thousand as soon as I get my salary."

"Twenty thousand a month, how long is that going to take?"

"You’re not short of cash."

"But I need to make my motorbike faster."

"Still researching, still researching..." the mixed-race handsome guy said listlessly, "We agreed if I can make your bike 40% faster, my debt to you is written off."

"Agreed."