Chapter 21 (1/2)
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Chapter 21: New Housing
One month later, North Luna stood on the second floor of the office and watched as Evelyn's car drove up to the office. Cui Ming and Evelyn got off. The two spoke and shook hands. Evelyn returned to the driver’s seat and lifted her sun hat to acknowledge North Luna. However North Luna ignored the gesture and watched Evelyn drive away. Then she said, ”Add one more condition to the contract, while the contact is in effect the signer cannot apply to join the Aura Alliance by himself.”
Ding Ze blew a kiss towards Evelyn and replied, “I don’t think Cui Ming will sign a contract with Dawn City.”
“Oh? You know him that well?”
Ding Ze laughed, “I’m not interested in men. I just think he’s not stupid and won’t be convinced by Evelyn.”
“How is his progress?”
“He mastered all the basic.”
North Luna said, “The payment from the Cla.s.sical Exploration Company has arrived.”
“How much are we missing?”
“The gap in money is insignificant, but the gap in personnel is still relatively large.”
The two waited for the meeting. Cui Ming came up and stood in front of North Luna and Ding Ze. He bowed his head slightly and said: “Good morning Boss. Good morning Ding Ze.”
“Skip the courtesy, I think Ding Ze has made it clear to you that our relations.h.i.+p is that of an employer and employee.” North Luna looked at Cui Ming, “We can talk in my office.”
When they walked towards the office to begin the meeting, they encountered with a supervisor, the two sides did not say h.e.l.lo as they pa.s.sed each other. After entering the room, Ding Ze closed the door. Cui Ming saw a new desk. North Luna said: ”Our company only has three people including you. We are all free people. We accept commissions to get paid. Money is very important, even in the world of cultivators. For example, we applied to join the Aura Alliance. The enrollment fee was one hundred thousand per person. How much do you think your salary should be?”
Cui Ming said, “I can accept any amount.”
North Luna sighed, “I hasn’t been decided yet, I don’t know how much to pay you.”
Cui Ming looked at Ding Ze, “How much is your salary?”
Ding Ze sat in a chair and replied, “I don’t know what a salary is.”
North Luna never thought about salary. She and Ding Ze lived in a small villa and kept hundreds of thousands of RMB in cash inside the safe of their villa. Whoever needed money, took from the safe by themselves. Cui Ming thought for a long time, “What about me?”
North Luna did not antic.i.p.ate this situation. According to her principles, since it had been determined that they were a team, they should stay together in the villa. Although she felt that Cui Ming was too strange to live with, she thought that if she rejected him, he might think he was being abandoned.
Cui Ming was a specialist in fraud, he could read the embarra.s.sment on North Luna’s face. As an outwardly cold individual, the rare appearance of expression on her face could easily be read by others because she did not know how to cover up her expressions. Cui Ming immediately replied, “Boss, if I make five thousand a month, it should be enough to take care of myself. Is that fine with you?” People’s mentality was very strange, although Cui Ming answered very directly, in his heart he did not want North Luna to agree.
North Luna thought for a while and said, ”Our goal is to join the Aura Alliance and it will benefit all of us. We are all teammates and we should be familiar with each other. You should live with us. But… there are some rules you don’t need me to say to understand.”
Cui Ming understood, smiled, and nodded, “Boss, I’m not a kid.”
North Luna turned around, “Ding Ze, take Cui Ming home and help him pick a room. After you finished, go to the market and purchase some clothes and daily necessities.”
Ding Ze nodded, stood up, and sighed lightly, to lament about going out. He took the car keys thrown by North Luna and said, “Let’s go.”
Cui Ming nodded to North Luna and left with Ding Ze. On the car, Ding Ze asked, “Can you drive?”