Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 180: Planning and Goals

The entrance was permeated with a slight smell of alcohol, Yang Hongye’s face was a bit flushed, apparently she drank quite a bit.

"Ran into a difficult client again?" Jiang Yuan handed her a glass of water. The two of them had vented about "difficulties for thousands" together before, knowing how tough it is for her to maintain good client relations.

"It’s not just difficult, it’s downright perverted!" Yang Hongye perked up when she started gossiping, "The economy hasn’t been great these past couple of years, and Old Zhang somehow found a client from some corner, who honestly has no manners at all.

You know, as partners offering some conveniences, most clients would at least treat us with respect, right? Damn it, this new client actually treats me like his maid!

The most disgusting part? He has some mistress or the other who had a miscarriage, and he wants me to take care of her postpartum!

Jiang Yuan suddenly felt a strong urge to make her quit, selling a few incense sticks and protective talismans every now and then to pay her salary wouldn’t be a big deal, but thinking about it again, it seemed inappropriate.

Yang Hongye’s current job officially pays around fourteen to fifteen thousand, but with subsidies and reimbursements, she manages to get quite a bit extra, plus year-end bonuses, so she saves about a hundred thousand a year after expenses.

Managing client groups for business, delivering goods to earn commissions, as a side income, she easily makes over twenty thousand a year, but if she were to quit and work exclusively for him, Jiang Yuan thinks it’s awkward to pay her too little, yet losing money if he pays more.

In essence, besides occasionally posting announcements and links in the group, there really isn’t much work content; delivering goods and posting parcels are done on the side, arranging an employee to keep an eye out specifically, Jiang Yuan is concerned that she might be too idle at home, affecting his traversing between realms.

"This is too much. You didn’t agree, did you?" Chuci raised an eyebrow and asked, "Maybe consider quitting, Jiang Yuan can pay part of your salary, and I’ll help you find a more relaxed job, aiming for you to buy your own house next year."

Yang Hongye finished her water in one gulp and laughed, "I’m not stupid, and I’m not a nanny. How could I agree to take care of a mistress? So, I found Old Zhang to drink after I got back, he foots the bill..."

While she was speaking, her phone buzzed twice, she looked at it and smiled even happier, "Old Zhang increased my salary by fifteen hundred and gave me more resources, haha, I won’t quit!"

Jiang Yuan watched her swinging her waist, humming a tune as she headed to her room, suddenly a face of confusion, "Women can be so fickle?"

"She’s just venting, she won’t really quit." Chuci explained with one hand in his pocket, "Yang Hongye has ambitions and goals, she’s been doing client maintenance for three years and has got the hang of it, in less than half a year she’ll move to the sales department, that’s where one accumulates resources and earns money.

She knows you don’t have that much work for her, paying a high salary isn’t cost-effective, less and she has nothing to do and no growth potential.

I previously wanted to introduce her to work alongside my father, but she declined after understanding the situation, what Yang Hongye wants is resources that can be cashed in hand, not a salaried job."

Jiang Yuan felt a bit envious as he listened, people really can’t be compared. No wonder in past conversations Yang Hongye often asked about life plans, future goals, and the development prospects of certain industries, seems she always knew what she wanted from the start and designed the easiest path to achieve it.

What are my specific goals now?

Playing games is fun, having money to spend is relaxing, being busy in the Wilderness World feels fulfilling...

Until he handed the fragrant incense to Chuci and saw him off, Jiang Yuan soaked in the bathtub, gazing at the twinkling lights outside the window, and pondered for a long time before clarifying his inner self — I want immortality!

Previously, without a steady job and income, running around every day just for survival, barely managing to establish himself in the big city, muddling through, dreaming but not daring to dream big, just hoping for a stable job and income to save enough to pay a down payment, carry a mortgage like millions of workers and live a blurry existence.

Now, having a cheat system, witnessing the vastness and infinite possibilities of the Wilderness World, and being able to cash in the learned skills in the real world, the next goal is seeking immortality!

Even if after binding the system there’s no spiritual power, no realm, can’t cultivate, I will find a way to live long, to enjoy more comfortable living and explore the mysteries of the Wilderness World.

"Currently, only the Immortal Peach in Wo Hu Temple is known to increase lifespan, can I team up with Yin Mountain Lady to get it?" Jiang Yuan clicked to check his personal interface, currently, his attack power relies entirely on ring bonuses, almost no defense mechanisms.

Paperman and Paper Horse Skill is certainly impressive, but it has clear shortcomings.

Still need to find a way to get enough Spirit Stones to the Mysterious Jewelry Merchant’s place to buy more jewelry to increase attack power, while upgrading the jujube wood stick; additionally, find a channel to get good heart and liver equipment to increase defense.

Yin Mountain Lady should have channels, but the price is too high, and her goods were stolen, indicating the channel isn’t very reliable;

Another related to heart and liver is the Auction House in the Market of Cyan Fish Mountain, Eagle Twenty-One’s subordinates were certainly dealt with in some way, extracted and made into products for sale.

"Can I get something from the auction house to use for now?" Through learning from Yang Hongye, Jiang Yuan finally planned future routes for the first time in his life, realizing the system covers a wide range but wastes too much time.

Must identify goals, abandon less important projects, and focus limited time and energy on worthwhile projects such as alchemy, weapon upgrades, and equipment refinement.

While animal husbandry doesn’t need much time, if seeding and planting time can be reduced, even better.

This time leaving the game and in the real world, can’t just indulge in leisure without purpose, must hurry to resolve lingering concerns, like returning to hometown, having made money using resources brought from the Wilderness World living in spacious flats, it’s unacceptable to let parents stay in inconvenient villages.

Before returning home, need to cash out more money — buy a car!

Jiang Yuan’s hometown is in the countryside, in childhood his parents worked in the town and wanted to settle there, but unfortunately, the commodity housing prices in town were unaffordable for two honest workers.

Later machines replaced manual work, lacking skills and education they finally returned to the village, renovated the house and cultivated a few acres of poor land, till now.

Though the map shows not too far away, whenever wanting to go home, Jiang Yuan must first take a bus to the train station to the neighboring city’s district, then transfer two buses to the coach station to take a coach to the county town.

Before the urban-rural buses existed, he had to spend money to take over half an hour on a three-wheeler to reach the village entrance.

After the urban-rural buses appeared, the three-wheelers became extinct, could only wait for the hourly bus departures. Sometimes when the coach is late, even the urban-rural buses are gone, relying on his father riding an electric tricycle dustily to pick him up.

As cars increased these years, there aren’t many rundown urban-rural buses left, Jiang Yuan, whose family didn’t have a car, needs almost a whole day to travel home each time.

So for this homecoming, he decided, no matter what, he’ll drive back, never enduring the hassle again!

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