"Teacher, is it okay if I collect some tuition fees? No need for too much, just enough to cover expenses!" said Shen Feixian.
Cultivation was not compulsory education. Everything Shen Feixian owned, apart from a few things his master gave him when he became a disciple, were earned through his own hard work.
He was a disciple from the mortal realm, not a cultivator family, with no one to support him. Even the cultivation techniques he learned were obtained by contributing merit points to the sect.
After cultivators started practicing, they no longer used mundane money. But now the situation was different, they had to get some cash!
Paying tuition to learn a skill was very normal.
After adding this point, Wu Xiao asked again if there were any other requirements.
Shen Feixian suddenly looked at Song Jixing beside him and took the initiative to say, "My junior sister has been here for a while, working hard shooting dramas, but the resources she got were a bit lacking. Can you give her some better roles, to help her achieve her dream!"
"My junior sister can easily handle most evolved creatures. I'll have to rely on her for all kinds of crises in the future..."
Song Jixing finally couldn't stand it and interrupted, "Senior brother, this is not my dream!"
The only reason she was in this industry was for money. If it wasn't for supporting their sect, she might have quit when her contract expired.
"No, it's your dream!" Shen Feixian cut Song Jixing off, extremely serious, "Junior sister, I know the dream you harbor in your heart! You can definitely..."
If it wasn't forbidden for sect members to fight, Song Jixing would have considered kicking him out with one foot.
Song Jixing threw out a spirit art sealing Shen Feixian's mouth.
"The previous requirements all count, but this one doesn't," she said.
Wu Xiao seemed to understand a little, but also understood nothing. Still, according to his duties, he relayed both their words, even adding that what Song Jixing said didn't count.
As for how to decide, that was up to his superiors.
After the requirements were relayed, the reply from above came very quickly, saying they would immediately follow up according to their demands.
There was just one question - how much exactly were the tuition fees Shen Feixian mentioned?
Song Jixing removed the spirit art from Shen Feixian's mouth.
When it came to tuition, Shen Feixian thought about how much Wang Lun paid for soccer lessons.
Just counting per class, it was over 100 yuan, but Wang Lun had full room and board, only coming for two weeks a month, arriving Friday and leaving Sunday, so the monthly fee was 2100 yuan.
However, Shen Feixian did not plan to provide them room and board.
"You know we started a company, right? The price list for ordinary classes is 120 yuan per hour. Since this is more difficult to learn, tripling it isn't excessive!"
360 yuan to learn cultivation techniques for an hour was quite affordable!
Wu Xiao nodded, continuing to type. He even felt the price was a bit low.
With that, Shen Feixian had no other demands.
Wu Xiao asked Song Jixing again if she had any other requirements.
Song Jixing shook her head. She didn't have any demands.
However, they would need to explain to the incoming sect members about this arrangement.
The reply from above came quickly again. They felt the wage standards were a bit low and asked if they should raise them.
Shen Feixian shook his head. "Actually, more or less is the same. Money is irrelevant to cultivators..."
"But going out, taking vehicles, eating, all requires money, so collecting it is necessary."
If they could cultivate here, Shen Feixian would naturally want other things, like spirit stones. But those were useless here, so there was no need to ask for them.
Everyone could just ask for a bit, it was fine.
Shen Feixian's high morals were met with unanimous admiration from the special operations team members.
After the initial friendly discussion, the superiors planned to discuss details with Shen Feixian tomorrow, and also asked Song Jixing if she wanted a special assistant assigned to her.
Or directly replace her current agent and arrange a new one.
Song Jixing directly refused, "No need, I really like my current agent, just keep using him."
Time ticked to 10 pm.
Wu Xiao stood at attention and saluted, "The car is ready, I'm responsible for sending you two home."
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An office in Beijing.
"Minister, Song Jixing's opinion has been relayed. She doesn't want to replace Xu Kai and plans to keep him as her agent," a young man's voice rang out in the spacious, quiet conference room.
Hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
At the previous meeting, someone had proposed observing Song Jixing. As the person closest to that group among their citizens, the information she revealed would be very valuable.
But this proposal was quickly rejected, because the risks of observation were too high, and would be seen as hostile by the other side.
Right after, someone proposed another plan - use the more ordinary people close to Song Jixing as test subjects.
The first one was naturally Xu Kai. As Song Jixing's agent who spent the most time with her and had accompanied her for a long time, their relationship was said to be good.
Xu Kai didn't seem to know Song Jixing's true identity, just an ordinary young man.
Using him as a test subject could probably make clear what this society meant to Song Jixing.
It was gratifying that this test was very successful. Song Jixing still had deep feelings for this society.
"Good, I know. Hard work, everyone. This step so far seems to be the right one. I hope we can walk to the end together." The middle-aged man stood up and said.
"Meeting adjourned, everyone go rest! Eat well, sleep well. We still have meetings to continue tomorrow!"
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This was Xu Kai's first time enjoying being sent to the police station in a police car, but not the first time being brought to the station.
Last time he went to the police station was to get an ID card, he went to the administrative office next door, not this lobby.
The two were worlds apart.
After being brought to the interrogation room, the police directly told Xu Kai to sit, then didn't ask anything, just standing silently to the side.
This situation made Xu Kai very puzzled!
Should he take the initiative to ask?
Xu Kai struggled for a bit, then took the initiative to ask, "Comrade police, what mistake did I make?"
"You said to cooperate with the investigation, what are you investigating?"
If he was asked, he would answer fully.
Xu Kai thought back on his unremarkable life of almost 30 years, really nothing worth talking about at the police station.
The distressed Xu Kai quickly found the answer.
"I went on a blind date with a girl today. We met for the first time and aren't familiar at all! I don't know what she did!"
Footsteps sounded and a middle-aged man walked in with four or five police officers.
Xu Kai instinctively frowned. It looked like a big deal.
Could it be someone from the company was caught for tax evasion?
With Xu Kai's imagination, this was all he could think of.
