Chapter 38

Hearing Xia Tianqi's doubts, the middle-aged man just smiled and shook his head, then said:

"To be honest, whether it's solving supernatural incidents or killing ghosts, these are the tasks you will need to do in the future.

The probationary period is an assessment of whether you can handle this job. Those who meet the criteria will stay, and those who don't will be eliminated.

The rule of 'survival of the fittest' applies in any company, but here it is more 'unusual' and more brutal.

Because those who are unsuitable and eliminated—will die."

These extremely cruel and brutal things, which Xia Tianqi found deeply disturbing, were spoken by the middle-aged man with a particularly casual and dismissive tone, as if the people who died in supernatural incidents were not people but just a pile of bugs.

Dead is dead.

This feeling of contempt for everything made Xia Tianqi deeply repulsed, especially since he himself was in the category of those being despised.

"Wait a moment!"

Xia Tianqi finally couldn't hold back and interrupted the middle-aged man, not caring whether the man was willing to listen to him, and said bluntly:

"Tell me now, what kind of company is this, and how can I leave?"

"Do you mean leaving this company?" The middle-aged man avoided Xia Tianqi's question and asked uncertainly.

"Yes, can I leave the company alive and return to a normal life?"

"I don't know." The middle-aged man shook his head with a bitter smile.

"You don't know?" Xia Tianqi looked at the middle-aged man with a strange expression, then re-evaluated the thin, middle-aged man sitting opposite him, realizing he didn't even know who the man was or what he did in the company.

"You don't know? Aren't you the company's supervisor?"

Xia Tianqi asked with suspicion.

However, the middle-aged man showed no dissatisfaction with Xia Tianqi's doubts and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket:

"Do you want to smoke?"

Xia Tianqi originally had no intention of smoking, but when he saw it was a premium Yellow Crane Tower, his hand reached out uncontrollably.

After lighting the cigarette and taking a deep puff, the middle-aged man continued:

"The organizational structure here is basically no different from a regular company.

From the bottom up, it goes: intern—regular employee—supervisor—senior supervisor—manager—senior manager—director. It's said that above the director, there is a 'Boss,' but no one can confirm this."

"Boss? Are you talking about the owner of this company?"

Xia Tianqi's doubts deepened.

"Perhaps, or perhaps not, because it's hard to imagine such a company having an owner."

The middle-aged man murmured, his tone equally filled with deep confusion.

Xia Tianqi opened his mouth, intending to ask more questions, but after some thought, he remained silent, deciding to wait for the middle-aged man to explain on his own.

In fact, the middle-aged man did just that. After throwing away the cigarette, he continued:

"Once a formal contract is signed, employees will be evaluated, and the standard for evaluation is—how well supernatural incidents are resolved.

Generally speaking, the resolution of supernatural incidents is divided into three levels, rated as ordinary, excellent, and perfect.

An ordinary resolution means that after participating in a supernatural incident, you are not killed, and the ghost still exists."

At this point, perhaps fearing that Xia Tianqi wouldn't understand, he added:

"Let me give you an example. Take the supernatural incident you participated in this time.

You didn't kill the ghost in the women's college, and the ghost couldn't kill you either because you saw through its weakness of only being able to kill on the top floor, thus avoiding it.

This is what I call an ordinary level of completion.

Continuing with this example, if all conditions remain the same, but the number of ghosts increases to two or more, and you ensure you won't be killed while also killing one or more of them, your rating will be excellent.

That is, you must ensure your own survival and also resolve the ghost problem.

As for perfect, it means ensuring your own survival and completely resolving all ghosts in the incident, which is perfect.

Do you understand my explanation?"

"I seem to understand." Xia Tianqi nodded blankly:

"So, solving supernatural incidents is rated as ordinary, excellent, and perfect.

But I want to ask, what's the use of these ratings? Can they be exchanged for money? And who does the rating?"

After Xia Tianqi spoke, the middle-aged man stared at his eyes without blinking and asked:

"Do you think your current salary is high?"

"It's okay. At first, I thought it was high, but after finding out what I'm doing, it doesn't seem high anymore." Xia Tianqi answered honestly.

"Do you think money is more important than life? Or do you think that a few tens of millions, a hundred million, or even more money can buy your life and make you die immediately?"

"I'm not an idiot, of course not! Money is good, but you need to be alive to spend it."

Xia Tianqi didn't know what the middle-aged man was trying to express, but he heard him say:

"So, when you have a certain amount of money, no amount of additional money can move you. What you want is what you just said—having a life to spend it.

An intern's salary is 20,000 yuan per month, and an Audi A6.

A regular employee's salary will increase to 100,000 yuan per month, and your car will also be upgraded to a BMW X5. The company will also provide you with a place to live, a villa shared by four employees.

This is just the treatment for a regular employee. Imagine what kind of treatment you will have if you become a supervisor, a senior supervisor, or even a manager!"

Xia Tianqi's expression was somewhat surprised, but he didn't say anything because he had seen Liang Ruoyun's limited-edition Ferrari, so there was no doubt that even at the senior supervisor level, the salary and benefits were already quite substantial.

Seeing that Xia Tianqi didn't speak, the middle-aged man took another cigarette from the pack, lit it, and said:

"You are currently a regular employee, so I will only talk about the things related to regular employees. Anything beyond that is meaningless to you.

Do you understand?"

"You haven't answered my previous question. What kind of existence is this company? Why must you follow the company's orders after signing the internship contract, or else be killed by ghosts?"

"Regarding this company, you can consider it a huge secret.

And this company, you can view it as a pyramid.

The secret is at the top of the pyramid. If you want to know everything, you must keep climbing.

The more you climb, the more you will understand.

However, you can view it as an independent organization that stands above secular power.

So even if you kill someone while solving a supernatural incident, the police won't come after you. This is one of the privileges of a regular employee.

As for why you must absolutely obey the company after signing the internship contract, or else be killed by ghosts, this can only be attributed to—rules.

This is also the doubt I will resolve for you next, why you received the interview call."