Xia Chujian used to get her bullets for free from the Association; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to afford to practice, let alone use a gun.
But Su Buyan said casually, "...50,000 Beichen Coins a box."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
"50,000 Beichen Coins for fifty Shao Siming Mecha bullets?!" Xia Chujian was shocked.
Can't afford it, can't afford it, can't afford it.
With consumables at this price, no wonder even those bulky, conventional mechas are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Su Buyan raised a finger and shook it, saying mysteriously, "Of course not, 50,000 Beichen Coins for five Shao Siming Mecha bullets."
Xia Chujian took a deep breath and bowed to Su Buyan, "Sorry for disturbing you. I can't afford this stuff."
"You don't want it?"
"Of course, I want it. Aren't you giving me five hundred free bullets?" Xia Chujian wasn't being pretentious; a free mecha was a free mecha.
Su Buyan nodded in satisfaction and said, "However, if you agree to be my special expert assistant, I'll supply your Shao Siming Mecha bullets for free—for life!"
That was indeed a huge temptation...
Xia Chujian hesitated for a second, then raised her right index finger and said, "Give me a monthly salary of 1,000, plus Five Insurances and One Fund fully paid by the employer, and I'll be your expert assistant!"
Su Buyan: "!!!"
He never expected that Xia Chujian only wanted a monthly salary of 1,000!
1,000 wasn't even enough for his family's monthly garbage disposal fee!
Su Buyan immediately grabbed Xia Chujian's hand and said seriously, "It's settled then! 1,000 a month, and I'll fully pay your Five Insurances and One Fund."
The Beichen Empire's Five Insurances and One Fund are pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity insurance, plus a housing fund.
In the Beichen Empire, according to imperial law, these Five Insurances and One Fund are not mandatory but voluntary.
In other words, employers can provide them or not without breaking the law.
Providing them is a favor; not providing them is reasonable.
In the entire Beichen Empire, only the four largest corporations, government agencies, and Royal Family subsidiaries provide employees with these Five Insurances and One Fund.
Most companies only offer medical insurance.
And the premium is split, with the employer paying half and the employee paying half.
But Xia Chujian was asking Su Buyan, as the employer, to pay her full Five Insurances and One Fund.
In terms of benefits, this was already outrageously good.
Xia Chujian didn't expect Su Buyan to agree so readily.
Seeing Su Buyan's excited expression, Xia Chujian suddenly realized she had definitely asked for too little.
But she didn't immediately change her mind, just added a time limit to her terms, saying, "I still have to go to school, so I can only work on weekends. No more than ten hours a month. Our agreement is valid for one year, and after one year, we'll discuss it again. Also, this contract of ours must be kept secret, and no one can know about it!"
"And no one can know about this Shao Siming Mecha of mine!"
Otherwise, she probably wouldn't see the sun tomorrow before someone "snatched the treasure."
"No problem! No problem at all! I agree to everything! This mecha is a personal gift from me! Absolutely no one will know! Besides, you were originally my privately hired assistant; the Royal Family mecha doesn't need to know!" Su Buyan said quickly, "Should we sign the contract right away?"
Xia Chujian: ...She was definitely being taken advantage of.
Su Buyan wanted to settle Xia Chujian immediately, so he stretched out his arm, revealing the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier on his wrist, and said to Xia Chujian, "Let's add each other as friends, and I'll send the contract to your Quantum Optical Brain account."
Xia Chujian glanced at the dazzling Quantum Optical Brain watch, felt envious, and said, "I don't have a Quantum Optical Brain; I only have a smart bracelet."
"What era is this? Someone still uses a smart bracelet?!" Su Buyan was genuinely surprised, looking at Xia Chujian in disbelief.
Xia Chujian shrugged, "Poor, no money to buy a Quantum Optical Brain."
Su Buyan was shocked again, "Are Quantum Optical Brains very expensive? Aren't they issued for free by the government?"
Xia Chujian: "...That's only for citizens. The government only issues Quantum Optical Brains for free to citizens and those above. I'm a commoner; I have to buy one myself. They cost over 30,000 apiece, enough to buy an apartment. Who can afford that?"
Su Buyan realized his understanding was on a completely different wavelength than this little girl, and immediately shut up, ceasing his rambling. He directly placed an order on the Star Network for the latest and most expensive Quantum Optical Brain for Xia Chujian, saying, "This is an onboarding benefit. From now on, you're also someone who has a Quantum Optical Brain."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
She's also someone who has a Quantum Optical Brain! Heaven knows, this was a dream she had secretly cherished ever since she learned about Quantum Optical Brains from her classmates in elementary school!
But she also knew that, given her family's situation, selling her and her aunt together wouldn't be enough to afford a Quantum Optical Brain.
(Speaking of which, recently, there have been a few too many situations where she's selling herself and her aunt together...) From a young age, she had been very well-behaved, pretending not to know about it, and of course, she had never mentioned it to her aunt.
When she entered high school, her aunt bought her a smart bracelet, which made her extremely happy.
Although she often didn't have data and couldn't access the internet, it didn't stop her from playing with the smart bracelet like a pro.
Now, although she had money, she still suppressed her own needs severely in order to treat her aunt's illness.
After all, as far as she was concerned, not having a Quantum Optical Brain wouldn't kill her, but her aunt not having money for treatment would.
Weighing the two, she knew what was more important.
...
After Su Buyan placed the order, Xia Chujian's Quantum Optical Brain was delivered by a drone in just ten minutes.
However, during installation and connection, Su Buyan told her not to choose a Brain-Computer Interface, but to just use a wrist device.
Xia Chujian accepted Su Buyan's suggestion and replaced her smart bracelet with a Quantum Optical Brain wrist-mounted carrier system.
All the content from her smart bracelet was also transcribed into her Quantum Optical Brain bracelet.
Then, her social accounts and bank accounts were all upgraded to Quantum Optical Brain accounts, ensuring absolute security from then on.
Because smart bracelets were in danger of being hacked.
But Quantum Optical Brains were impossible to breach.
After all the settings were completed, Su Buyan sent the contract to her Quantum Optical Brain account.
Xia Chujian pressed confirm, and the two's contract took effect immediately.
Su Buyan was so happy that he sent her another 30,000 Beichen Coins as an onboarding bonus, jokingly saying, "Take it and buy a house."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Was this person the kind of "fool with too much money, come quickly" idiot her aunt talked about? This 30,000 Beichen Coins was just a joke to Su Buyan.
Because even when he left, he was still thinking, could 30,000 Beichen Coins buy a house?
His small apartment in the Imperial City district of Beichen Star, less than a hundred ping, but 30,000 Beichen Coins wasn't even enough to buy a square chi of area.
It wasn't even enough for him to put a trash can, how could anyone live there?
That Xia Chujian must be making things up.
Well, in the future, he had to educate her properly.
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