Pei Zong's words were enough to make someone regret reading books for ten years.

Hao Yun felt as if the HR management knowledge he had learned before had been fed to the dogs, completely incompatible with Pei Zong's requirements!

But then again, this was Tengda, this was President Pei!

President Pei had always been a maverick, and he clearly had his own unique theories on talent management.

Hao Yun nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I'll leave these matters to the Human Resources Department. We will definitely handle them properly!"

Hao Yun accepted a long-term epic challenge from the new NPC, and left full of fighting spirit.

Pei Qian rested for a while and continued to work on the movie script.

...

November 2nd, Tuesday.

At 10:30 AM, Pei Qian arrived at the company on time, turned on his computer, opened the document, and made the final revisions to the computer script.

He would try to finish the script today and send it to Huang Sibo and the others.

There was no helping it, President Pei was just that efficient.

Based on the previous story structure, Pei Qian had to continue to improve some details.

The more details there were, the lower the possibility of Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce misinterpreting his intentions.

First of all, he had to add some science fiction elements.

Pei Qian thought about it, it was best not to add those too complicated and too conventional science fiction elements.

Things like space battleships and time travel were best avoided.

Why?

Because Pei Qian planned to spend a lot of money on special effects, and if the special effects were too good-looking, and the audience felt that "just watching the special effects is already worth the price of the ticket," what could he do?

Burning money on special effects without letting the audience see big scenes was President Pei's ultimate pursuit.

Elements similar to time travel were also best avoided, because the script Pei Qian wrote was incomplete, and he was afraid that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce, those two brain-supplementing geniuses, would change the script beyond recognition.

The theme of time travel was relatively suitable for brain-supplementing monsters to unleash their talents, and Pei Qian couldn't rest assured.

He didn't want to see a divine script like "I green myself, I sleep with myself, I kill myself, I marry myself," where "the movie only has me from beginning to end."

So Pei Qian thought about it, it was best to just hang a sheep's head and sell dog meat, put on a science fiction skin, but not shoot those big science fiction scenes, only shoot some very boring daily life.

When it came to publicity, he would vigorously promote "domestic science fiction masterpiece," "moving plot," "gorgeous special effects," and so on, raising the audience's psychological expectations.

When the audience entered the cinema, they would see that there were no gorgeous special effects, no cool scenes, and even the science fiction elements were particularly thin, just a modern story wrapped in a science fiction skin.

Not only that, but the plot was also feeding people poison like crazy.

How infuriating would that be!

The angry audience would definitely shout "refund," right?

As for how to specifically feed people poison in the plot, this was also what Pei Qian had to carefully consider.

The male protagonist was a simp and ended up with nothing, this big framework could not be changed, but how specifically would he simp, and how specifically would he end up with nothing?

This required Pei Qian to use his intelligence.

If the strength was too small, the effect of feeding poison would not be obvious, and the effect of dissuading people would not be very prominent.

Therefore, he had to increase the strength!

With the story framework in place, Pei Qian felt his thoughts flowing like a spring, and he quickly tapped on the keyboard, writing down all his ideas.

...

...

In the future society, technology is highly developed.

Robots replace humans, undertaking the vast majority of physical labor, and a large number of manual laborers in society are unemployed and reduced to the abject poor.

Fortunately, there is the most basic social welfare to provide them with housing and survival.

And the male protagonist is a poor wretch who has no job and can only rely on the most basic social welfare and relief to survive.

He lives in a capsule-like living space, where he can only curl up his legs to sleep, and accidentally hits his head when sitting on the bed.

Every day, he can receive a quick-frozen relief meal, which looks like a grayish-white paste that can be brewed with hot water to provide the nutrition necessary to barely maintain survival.

There is a television in the male protagonist's capsule compartment, which is his only entertainment activity at the moment.

The television programs are full of various advertisements, and he can't skip the ads because he has no money.

The television can also play games and chat online, but these require payment. The male protagonist doesn't even have the money to skip ads, so naturally he has no money to enjoy other entertainment activities.

The male protagonist's daily life is watching advertisements and television. He only has three hours a day to leave the capsule and go outside for a walk.

Because the outside city space is not available to everyone.

The rich can enjoy the external world from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM; civilians can enjoy the external world from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM; and the abject poor like the male protagonist can only enjoy the external world from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM.

From 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM, the external world will be thoroughly cleaned to ensure that the rich can leave their homes at 6:00 AM in a clean and tidy world.

There are very serious penalties for the abject poor who go out or linger at the wrong time.

Most of the abject poor's biological clocks are completely reversed. They cherish the opportunity to "air out" in the external world and consider it the most important moment of the day.

Of course, strictly speaking, the abject poor like the male protagonist are not completely without work.

They can choose the programs they like to watch on television and vote for those programs.

Depending on the length of viewing time, these abject poor will receive a small amount of virtual currency, which can be used to buy some consumer goods, such as nice clothes, delicious food, and good drinks or alcohol.

Each television program will have guessing activities. Use this currency to complete these guessing activities, and if you win, you can earn more virtual currency.

Some programs will also invite some abject poor people who have earned a lot of money through guessing activities and become civilians or even the rich to come on stage to share their experiences.

The male protagonist is also keen on this, with wins and losses, but he has a good talent, and he can often make a small profit, rewarding himself with a can of beer.

One day, the male protagonist comes to the external world again.

Here, he accidentally meets the female protagonist, who is also one of the abject poor.

Although the female protagonist is not particularly beautiful, and not very charming, she is very pure and lovely, and she has a unique charm for the male protagonist, making him deeply infatuated.

The male protagonist relies on his innate sense of humor to strike up a conversation, defeating several other competitors and winning the female protagonist's heart.

From this day on, they meet every day during these three hours, eating something delicious together, or spending money on some cheap entertainment activities.

The two quickly establish a romantic relationship.

The male protagonist begins to economize and carefully performs each guessing activity, fearing that he will lose everything if he is not careful.

He wants to save money to buy a living space that can be shared by two people.

The male protagonist focuses on saving money, and has not bought gifts for the girl for a long time, nor has he eaten a big meal with her for a long time.

The girl is not angry because of this. On the contrary, she is very tolerant and expresses understanding and support for the male protagonist's behavior.

Until one day, the male protagonist finally saves enough money to buy a capsule space for two people.

But at this time, the girl proposes that earning money in this way is too slow, and it is impossible to become a civilian class forever. She hopes to participate in the television program audition. If she can get screen time on the television program, then the speed of earning money will be much faster than now.

The male protagonist is unwilling, and the two have their first quarrel because of this.

But the next day, the male protagonist falls into deep self-blame. After repeated consideration, he still transfers the money he has saved to the girl, so that she can pursue her dreams.

On the day the girl participates in the television program audition, the male protagonist, as a relative of the contestant, is given a day of ad-free privileges and can watch this audition program from beginning to end in front of the television.

On the stage, the girl tries her best to show her talents, singing and dancing. The male protagonist watches seriously, and never feels that television programs are so good.

The female protagonist finishes her talent show, but only one of the four judges nods.

According to the program rules, the audition is only successful if more than three judges pass.

The other judges ruthlessly point out the girl's problems: the dance is stiff, like a clumsy bear; the singing vocal technique is wrong, the breath is unstable, and it is obviously out of tune; she is too nervous on the stage and has no stage presence.

The only male judge who nods only thinks that the dress the girl is wearing today looks good—it was rented at a high price before the show, making the girl look very pure and very neighborly.

The girl leaves the audition program very lost.

The male protagonist is instead a little bit lucky, because he knows very well that if the girl really passes the audition, then the two will only drift further and further apart in the future.

Now that the girl's dream is shattered, the two still have hope of living together.

Meeting again, the male protagonist comforts the girl and continues to work hard to save money in order to buy a capsule for the two to live in.

The boy spends more time watching different television programs, studying the tricks in them, and carefully participating in guessing activities.

He must ensure that every guess he makes is profitable.

In later dates, the girl begins to become a little absent-minded, often unable to hear what the male protagonist is saying, and just nods in agreement blankly.

The male protagonist doesn't think much about it, just thinking that the girl's dream has been shattered, so she has suffered some temporary setbacks, and she will always cheer up.

Finally, the male protagonist saves enough money again to buy a capsule for two people to live in. He is very happy to tell the girl that the two can finally live together.

However, the female protagonist gets angry for the first time. She hysterically yells at the male protagonist, shouting "You don't understand anything at all," and then proposes to break up.

In confusion and collapse, the male protagonist notices the girl's slightly bulging belly.

The girl confesses everything to the male protagonist. She has been with that judge all this time.