Please Don’t Make Things Difficult for a Wage Earner

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1.

Shang Luoluo died suddenly, right in the classroom during his final exam.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder manager in an office power fantasy novel. He had been parachuted into the company on the very day the protagonist started work.

Manager Shang was a graduate of a prestigious overseas university and fluent in eight languages.

Shang Luoluo: M-me?

He used to have eight a.m. classes. Now he had to be at work by eight: D

Shang Luoluo, who hadn't even graduated from college, was forced to play the part of a workplace elite.

*

His first day at work.

At the company's regular meeting, the chairman flew into a rage, leaving all the senior executives on edge.

Shang Luoluo furrowed his brows, seeming to listen intently, while actually drawing a whole string of little turtles in his meeting notes.

The chairman saw him sitting there without a word. "Manager Shang, what do you think is the risk of this project?"

Shang Luoluo hesitated before answering. "The biggest risk... might be putting me in charge?"

The chairman: "..."

His second day at work.

At a business dinner, the chairman asked Shang Luoluo to fill in as an interpreter.

Interpret what? Spanish.

Shang Luoluo opened Bilibili and put on his headphones: "Learn Spanish from Scratch."

The chairman: "..."

His nth day at work.

At a company team-building event, the chairman specifically asked Shang Luoluo to join him for morning exercise.

The manager from the neighboring department had disliked Shang Luoluo for ages. "Young people nowadays all stay up late. They can't sleep at night and can't wake up in the morning. Getting Manager Shang up this early to exercise must be a real hardship, right?"

Shang Luoluo: "Not at all. I walk my dog at this time every day."

The other manager: "..."

The chairman: "..."

A coworker: "He takes shots at everyone equally. Manager Shang is a role model for us all!"

Shang Luoluo: Getting up early is annoying enough as it is: )

Could you just fire me?

2.

A manager named Shang Luoluo was parachuted into the Marketing Department.

Manager Shang was a distinguished graduate from overseas, as cold as ice and decisive in his actions.

Fu Minghuai: Lies. All lies.

At a multinational business dinner, Manager Shang kept spinning the lazy Susan, leaving everyone at the table unable to get a bite.

Manager Shang elegantly served a vegetarian dish to the foreign client, who was a vegetarian.

The client asked in confusion, "Why does this vegetable called lotus root have so many holes?"

Shang Luoluo: "I poked each one with my chopsticks."

Fu Minghuai: "?"

The senior executives dropped by the Marketing Department for an impromptu meeting, and Manager Shang came in carrying several cups of tea.

Shang Luoluo: "President Fu, drink."

Fu Minghuai felt deeply gratified.

But the very next second, wakame pushed the lid off his teacup.

Fu Minghuai: "??"

...Though Manager Shang might be a bit dim, he had a good heart.

So when someone questioned Manager Shang,

Fu Minghuai couldn't help stepping in to back him up. "I approved the proposal. What's the problem?"

In that moment, everyone looked at him differently.

"Chairman, if you put out a few plates of macadamia nuts, are you really not going to provide a nutcracker?"

Fu Minghuai: "???"

3.

As chairman of Hengxin Group, Fu Minghuai came from a wealthy family and was exceptionally capable. At just twenty-eight, he had built his own business empire and was an undisputed "business genius."

And none of it would have been possible without his indispensable assistant.

Manager Shang might say shocking things from time to time, but whenever a crisis struck, he always managed to save the company from disaster.

Even Fu Minghuai's secretary couldn't help exclaiming, "Manager Shang is so reliable."

Until one day, on a business trip.

After bustling around for ages, Shang Luoluo finally got the car started. He turned around and humbly asked, "Honey, do I press the gas or the clutch first when I pull away?"

Fu Minghuai had fastened two seat belts. "Let me get out first: ("

The secretary: "!!!" They didn't know which part to be more shocked by.

*An innocent college student transmigrates into the life of an office worker.

Reader's guide:

1. A comedy. Most of the logic will be sacrificed for laughs, and you could also say there's no logic at all.

2. One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending, sweet romance, no secondary couple.

3. A silly, beautiful bottom. Silly, silly, silly. Important things should be said three times.

4. If you don't like the first chapter, you won't like what comes after. Please don't force yourself to keep reading. Comments with personal attacks or insults toward the protagonist will be deleted.

[Coming soon: I Went Viral Livestreaming Cemetery Sales]

Blurb: Graduation is approaching in his senior year. His classmates are either going on to further studies or landing job offers.

Only Pu Li chooses to go home and inherit what his grandfather left him: three thousand gravesites.

As he lay dying, his grandfather urged him to make sure he sold them all.

Nowadays, people prefer sea burials, tree burials, and keeping ashes in columbariums. Who would buy a gravesite that costs tens of thousands?

With sales sluggish, Pu Li starts a livestream to sell them.

But instead of singing and shouting sales pitches, he livestreams feng shui readings.

"Is the feng shui in your new home any good? A piercing-soul curse is suppressing your fortune and lifespan. The elderly in your family won't live much longer. Hurry and reserve a double gravesite so they can have a dignified resting place."

"Is your ancestral grave in a good spot? Your grandpa's bones are practically getting moldy from never seeing the sun. I've got a sunny gravesite available at twenty percent off. Want it?"

"Do you have pet graves? We do, but your pet will outlive your second child in college. You should reserve a grave for yourself first. Your husband has been plotting to make your 'accidental' death happen for a while now."

The livestream became famous for all the wrong reasons:

[Even cemetery salespeople have scripts now?]

[Gravesites cost more than houses. The streamer should stop scamming people.]

[The streamer's acting is pretty good. He said all those lines without even laughing.]

But before long, people were asking, "Mom, why are you watching the livestream on your knees?"

"The old person in our family passed away that very night. Thank goodness the streamer helped us take care of everything after their death. Our whole family will always be grateful to him."

"I listened to the master's advice and moved my grandpa's grave. That very night, he appeared in my dream and said his new house was huge and spacious. He could even marry a few more wives without worrying about running out of room!"

"Boohoo, I checked my husband's dashcam footage and he really was plotting to kill me! That deadbeat husband of mine has already left with nothing!"

Viewers: [I went to check the place out in person. The streamer's cemetery is lush with trees and beautiful scenery. It's actually not that expensive.]

[Streamer, can an old fan get an extra discount?]

[Streamer, do you have a family package? I'll reserve graves for three generations of my family. Families should stay together!]

The livestream was a hit!

Besides livestreaming cemetery sales and feng shui readings, Pu Li also opens a funeral services company. He works part-time arranging funerals and doing makeup for the deceased.

Pu Li's daily routine is sewing and mending with a needle and thread, occasionally answering questions from the ghosts that gather around him.

One day, while receiving a client, Pu Li gets a call from home.

"Honey, where's my head?"

Pu Li: "Oh, the company ran out of chairs, so I brought it over to sit on for a while."

Blurb screenshotted on November 15, 2024.

Theme: Work hard and live earnestly for a brighter future.