Master of Absurd Comedy: My Boss Told Me to Laugh While I Cry

For three years, Shen Pi has worked as a scriptwriter at Xiaoguo Culture. His jokes leave audiences laughing so hard they get six-pack abs, but his bosses won't approve them. “Not profound enough! They should start crying while they're still laughing!” Shen Pi stares at the 108th draft of his “positive-energy tragicomedy” script, and his vision goes black. When he opens his eyes again, a mechanical voice rings in his mind: [Ding! You are now bound to the Abstract Comedy Master System!] [First mission: Make your stone-faced boss laugh like a squealing pig at the morning meeting.] Shen Pi looks at the mission, then at his boss's gleaming bald head, and smiles. From then on, the whole company changes its tune. He uses a pun to land a million-yuan deal with a funeral-service tycoon. The client laughs and slaps the table: “Ten years! That's the first time I've laughed out loud!” He organizes a company-wide team-building event where everyone cosplays characters from Tom and Jerry. His boss's wig goes flying and makes an SOS sign in midair, and the whole company laughs until they can't breathe. Data goddess Lin Wanqiu records and analyzes as she goes: “Your absurd antics have boosted company efficiency by 300%.” Only Director Wang keeps insisting, “Not sad enough! It needs a tragic core!” Shen Pi looks at the new mission, [Make your boss cry snot bubbles at the annual meeting], and sighs. “Boss, this is the crying scene you asked for.” “Let me give you an... epic, absurd version.” Later, an “anti-overtime alliance” sweeps through the industry, and the four-day workweek becomes the norm. A competitor shows up wielding a forty-meter broadsword, only to find Shen Pi slacking off, Lin Wanqiu shipping him with someone, and the mastermind Su Mei smiling and nodding: “Keep going. I like watching.” [Laugh-out-loud jokes + workplace tropes turned on their head + System-powered story + lighthearted daily life + short-drama style]