Chapter 867 Former Days Salary King!
Looking at the various intelligence reports about Zhang Yu’s side raising salaries, the first thought that popped into Xiao Yunhe’s mind was: Is this fake news?
Could it be deliberately promoting comprehensive salary increases and easy salary increases? While in fact, very few Soul Cultivators actually get a salary increase.
After the Soul Cultivators are deceived into going there, they find out that reaching Zhang Yu’s salary increase requirements is actually as difficult as ascending to heaven?
Although this strategy of fake salary increases also involved stirring up salary conflicts and promoting salary increaseism, which Xiao Yunhe hated very much, it was after all just deceiving employees, and could still be considered a competitive method within the rules.
However, soon, Xiao Yunhe looked at the newly collected intelligence and knew his judgment was wrong.
The promotion is actually true? He’s really raising salaries based on business volume and Dharma Realm usage points…? And raising the revenue share?
On the other side, Xie Lanyin shouted angrily, “What a madman! With such malicious salary increases, is he going to completely destroy the good business ecology that so many enterprises have worked hard for years to build in the Former Days Graveyard?”
Xiao Yunhe also felt in his heart that Zhang Yu was crazy, but at the same time felt strongly that something was wrong.
“Is this a strategy from the higher-ups of the Myriad Laws? Did they start planning this early and pass this round of salary increases?”
“Or was it a salary increase instruction given by the Immortals? Something the Reformist Faction of the Myriad Laws Sect cooked up?”
“Or could it be…”
Various speculations surfaced in his mind, each making him feel grave. Xiao Yunhe said, “What is his backing for acting so crazy? We must find out.”
As he spoke, Xiao Yunhe had already divided out streams of consciousness, trying to gather relevant intelligence from both the Myriad Laws Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Xie Lanyin said from the side, “Investigate… naturally we must investigate, but no matter what Zhang Yu’s backing is, this kind of malicious salary increase behavior absolutely cannot be tolerated!”
Another Management Committee Vice President who was discussing from the side, Rank 6 Sect Staff Xie Xue, said coldly, “That’s right! This kind of improper salary increase, driving up compensation, is turning back the wheel of history! It seriously harms everyone’s business enthusiasm and must be severely cracked down upon!”
Xiao Yunhe nodded. No matter what, Zhang Yu’s actions were tantamount to holding a knife to their necks, and they had to fight back.
And regardless of the ultimate success or failure, facing the salary increase… if he did nothing, the higher-ups would absolutely not let him off easily.
“Zhang Yu’s actions are no longer an ordinary Dao Lineage Struggle, but rather a vicious and extreme behavior that challenges the order and peace of the entire Former Days Graveyard. We must strike back heavily.”
“This is no longer just a struggle between us and him, but a battle between the entire Former Days Graveyard and him. I believe that none of the enterprises in the Former Days Graveyard will support Zhang Yu’s behavior.”
“As long as I am still the Management Committee President, I will absolutely not allow anyone to destroy the Former Days Graveyard like this!”
Thus, in the next moment, Xiao Yunhe, Xie Lanyin, and the others followed the procedure and issued an impeachment of Zhang Yu to the superiors of their respective sects, hoping that the sects would jointly exert pressure to force the Myriad Laws Sect to quickly suspend Zhang Yu for investigation.
At the same time, Xiao Yunhe knew that if they did not respond quickly to the salary increase on Zhang Yu’s side, a large number of Soul Cultivators would inevitably throw themselves under Zhang Yu’s banner.
“We must make the Soul Cultivators feel that Zhang Yu’s fire won’t burn for long…”
Xiao Yunhe knew that throwing money at the problem was impossible for the Former Days Alliance, and raising salaries was completely out of the question. They could only continue to intimidate the Soul Cultivators, making them feel that Zhang Yu’s side was unreliable, and making them fear the cost of jumping ship, in order to reduce the loss of Soul Cultivators.
Thus, Xiao Yunhe, along with Xie Lanyin and the people in charge of various enterprises in the Former Days Graveyard, jointly issued a condemnation against Zhang Yu and his faction.
“Recently, there has been malicious salary raising behavior represented by Zhang Yu in the industry, using irrational and non-market-oriented means to drive up salary standards! Maliciously disrupting the normal flow of dead people in the industry, destroying the market environment of fair competition, and causing a serious negative impact on the healthy ecosystem of the industry!”
Xie Lanyin: “On behalf of the White Bone Cult, I firmly condemn such malicious salary raising behavior by Zhang Yu! Maliciously raising salaries violates the laws of market salaries, exacerbates vicious competition in the industry, and not only drives up unreasonable labor costs but also triggers a series of problems such as disorderly poaching and salary bubbles, damaging the long-term interests of all market entities and practitioners.”
Xiao Yunhe: “In response to this, the Development Zone Management Committee, together with the various enterprises participating in the joint statement, have studied and decided to strictly pursue the legal and regulatory responsibilities of the relevant responsible persons in accordance with the rules and regulations of each company.”
“For all those who attempt to provoke salary conflicts, advocate extreme salary raisingism, advocate salary hegemonism, are against the Immortal Path! Against Kunxu! Against the sects! We will not let go of any of these rule-breaking personnel! All will be strictly punished!”
Along with the heads of the various sects and companies in the Former Days Graveyard issuing their condemnations, countless cultivators and even Soul Cultivators could feel a terrifying pressure sweeping over and surrounding Zhang Yu’s faction.
That was almost all the wealthy and powerful individuals in the Former Days Graveyard, simultaneously surrounding and suppressing Zhang Yu.
This terrifying pressure made many Soul Cultivators feel a chill just from looking at it, let alone imagining what the situation was like for Zhang Yu, who was directly facing this pressure.
“The White Bone Cult, Netherworld Palace… and quite a few other sects have issued condemnations.”
“All the companies in the Former Days Graveyard are opposing him, refusing to provide any services to Zhang Yu’s side.”
“Sure enough… blindly raising salaries like this won’t work in the end, right? Zhang Yu might… have to change it back before long.”
And right when Xiao Yunhe issued his condemnation, Soul Cultivators were brought to the live broadcast scene, about to be publicly executed today.
With a point of Xiao Yunhe’s finger, the relevant violations appeared above the heads of the Soul Cultivators.
“Wang Jiaban! Publicly advocating for high-salary-ism in the work group, inciting Soul Cultivators to use the salary level as a standard for choosing a job!”
“Li Xinxin! Blindly comparing salaries on your feed, creating salary anxiety!”
“Zhao Youye! Publicly promoting the logic of salary hegemony, smearing the normal employment system! Despising industry rules!”
As the crimes of the Soul Cultivators were announced, the escorted Soul Cultivators also began to beg for mercy.
“I am a tenth-generation dead employee of the company! The company is my home, I am the company’s domestic Living Soul, I didn’t compare salaries…”
“I sacrificed my physical body for the sect, you have no right to judge me!”
“The Righteous God knows I am poor, so poor that I haven’t topped up my Spirit Realm Flow for a long time. How could I post? How could I promote anything? You cannot wrong a poor ghost like this!”
But naturally, none of the cultivators at the scene paid attention to their pleas and excuses, and the viewers in the livestream room could neither see nor hear what these Soul Cultivators were saying.
“Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish!”
After Xiao Yunhe recounted the Soul Cultivators’ rule-breaking behaviors one by one, he finally shouted, “…The facts of violating the company’s rules and regulations are clear, and the evidence is conclusive. By ruling, you are sentenced to the salary penalty, to be executed immediately.”
“Deprive your salary!”
As Xiao Yunhe pointed out with his fingers, the struck Soul Cultivators all wailed, their hearts filled with terror.
But in the next moment, a registration invitation had appeared before them.
Following the approval of their registration, Zhang Yu’s figure crossed the Spirit Realm and descended with a boom.
“I’m raising your salary!”
If the countless spectators had been as quiet as winter cicadas and terrified in their hearts when they saw Soul Cultivators having their salaries deducted just now… Then, with Zhang Yu’s descent and his action of raising the salaries of the Soul Cultivators one by one, countless spectators were even more shocked.
“Zhang Yu!” Xiao Yunhe shouted coldly. “In broad daylight, in front of so many companies and so many sect enterprises, you dare to arbitrarily raise the salaries of Soul Cultivators like this?! You are simply lawless!”
Zhang Yu said indifferently, “Xiao Yunhe! You are the one who is lawless! Being able to buy all talents with money is the Righteous Path of my Kunxu, the Righteous Path of the sect. You people who cannot afford the money are the ones who are going against the Immortal Path! Against Kunxu! Against the sects!”
As he spoke, the infinite salary-raising power within Zhang Yu’s body erupted with a boom. Following his pointing fingers, more Soul Cultivators who had successfully registered were given salary raises on the spot.
Zhang Yu shouted, “Today, I just want to tell the entire Former Days Graveyard, the Soul Cultivators you don’t want, I want! The salaries you deduct, I will raise! The money you cannot afford, I will give!”
“If you guys don’t have money… and can’t afford to match it, then get the hell out, I still have to continue recruiting.”
Xiao Yunhe, Xie Lanyin, and the other Sect Staff watched this scene in shock, anger and killing intent surging explosively in their hearts.
Xie Lanyin said coldly, “This is rebellion! Utter rebellion! A Rank 5 Sect Staff, a cultivator who hasn’t even reached Void Refinement, actually dares to say such things? Do such things?”
“If you are allowed to be promoted another two levels, will you even dare to alleviate poverty? Will you make unconditional donations? Will you evade taxes? You are simply committing high treason!”
“Holy crap, to think Kunxu has these terms. Are these words allowed on a live broadcast…”
Meanwhile, as the two sides faced off, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room continued to grow.
And Feng Tingting, who was live-streaming and watching this scene, also started commentating, “The battle has begun! Minister Zhang and President Xiao have now officially gone to war!”
“President Xiao’s move, the Salary-Eliminating Divine Light, is invincible within the Former Days Graveyard.”
“But this time, upon encountering Minister Zhang’s Salary-Raising Flames, he is holding back for fear of collateral damage and is hindered at every turn! This is because the Salary-Eliminating Divine Light is innately countered by the Salary-Raising Flames. In this battle, I’m afraid Minister Zhang will cross two realms, using the Spirit Transformation realm to counterattack a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator!”
Accompanied by Feng Tingting’s commentary, she saw a large number of bullet comments from the Heavenly Sword Sect flooding the screen.
“Are they going to fight until the Minor Realm is wiped out?”
“Holy crap! Why didn’t you say so earlier!”
“To be able to see such a brilliant battle, it’s worth it even if it exhausts all my data flow!”
Seeing the number of bullet comments and viewers increasing, Feng Tingting thought to herself, “I did the right thing. These cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Sect really do like this style.”
Meanwhile, at the scene, Xiao Yunhe looked at Zhang Yu’s confident appearance and felt even more risk.
Especially when seeing the number of people in the livestream room still skyrocketing, he felt the crisis within it even more.
But Xiao Yunhe knew in his heart that even if he turned off his livestream now, Zhang Yu could still continue broadcasting.
Thus, Xiao Yunhe could not help but say coldly to Zhang Yu, “Zhang Yu, do you know what kind of behavior this is right now? Do you know how much destruction your malicious salary increase will cause? And how many stock prices will plummet because of it?”
Xiao Yunhe questioned, “Is this the Myriad Markets Great Peace you keep talking about? Where does this put the common people of this Minor Realm in the Former Days Graveyward?”
Zhang Yu scoffed coldly and said word by word, “You think you are worthy of lecturing me about the common people? When the Heaven Collapse occurred, it was me who carried the weight of the Former Days Graveyard on my shoulders! I saved the entire Soul Cultivator Industry! And it’s not your place to talk to me about peace!”
“The Soul Cultivator Industry of the Former Days Graveyard has always been in an era of salary suppression. The inefficiency and low quality of Soul Cultivators… all these problems stem from salary suppression, which is why they are gradually being surpassed by High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.”
“I am not doing this for myself, but to reshape the entire Soul Cultivator industry, to pass the torch of Myriad Laws! To open up eternal peace for myriad generations!”
After saying that, his salary amount and its breakdown had already appeared above Zhang Yu’s head.
“I am worthy of my salary.”
Revealing his salary like this and demonstrating his approach to salary transparency was also a decision Zhang Yu had thought through, to show his determination not to abuse his power to raise salaries.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yunhe’s heart chilled: “We guarantee salary stability and shape the business environment, that is the true Myriad Markets Great Peace! If you keep raising salaries like this, how many companies will be squeezed out? How many will go bankrupt?”
“Then let them collapse! If they don’t open business, there are plenty of people who will!” Zhang Yu said.
“In all of Kunxu, is there a shortage of people wanting to start a business to make money?!”
Having said that, Zhang Yu turned toward the camera in the broadcast room and said, “I announce that from now on, all Soul Cultivators who come to register as new users will immediately enjoy the same salary increase policy upon registration. Just like the Soul Cultivators in our company who previously received salary increases, they will have the opportunity to enjoy a higher share…”
“Also, if old users invite new users to register, there are bonuses to be claimed.” Naturally, Zhang Yu allocated this bonus from the Soul Cultivators’ shares.
And even as he spoke, the specific rules had already materialized into text behind him, and were transmitted to various text broadcast points for every viewer to see.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yunhe’s heart tightened, but he knew that no matter what, he could not admit defeat now.
Xiao Yunhe said, “Zhang Yu, the great sects will not let you act so recklessly. This fire of yours won’t burn for long, and the Soul Cultivators of the Former Days Graveyard aren’t fools either. When the fuel is exhausted, the fire will die out. No one will board your destined-to-sink ship!”
Zhang Yu, however, smiled. “Xiao Yunhe, open your eyes wide and look carefully.”
Xiao Yunhe was slightly taken aback, then immediately adjusted the various shields targeting the Soul Cultivators.
In an instant, sky-reaching flames lit up.
As Soul Cultivators registered as new users one by one, the salary increase notifications set up by Zhang Yu descended across the Spirit Realm, transforming into streaks of skyward flames falling down.
Unknowingly, these streaks of salary flames had already covered a large number of Soul Cultivators, transforming into a sky-filling blaze that appeared in the Spirit Realm, the material world, and every corner of the Former Days Graveyard.
Especially because inviting new users came with both bonuses and the previous Dharma Realm benefits, it prompted the newly registered users to continuously invite unregistered Soul Cultivators.
Thus, the emergence of every streak of salary flame would drive the surging of more salary flames all around it.
What made many high-level cultivators feel furious was that they saw salary flames emerging around Xiao Yunhe, Xie Lanyin, and the others; even the outsourced Soul Cultivators around them had jumped ship.
Xie Lanyin shouted, “Zhang Yu, do you know how much profit the entire market will lose because you distributed so much money to the Soul Cultivators? You are just a dirty knife! Myriad Laws won’t protect you forever! Aren’t you afraid that the Immortals’ wrath will reduce your salary by a trillion?”
Zhang Yu said coldly, “So what if they are Immortals? Look at what this is!”
After saying that, under the illumination of countless salary fires, the words ‘Limitless Salary Increase Authority’ slowly emerged above Zhang Yu’s head.
Zhang Yu enunciated each word clearly, “Increase salaries first, report later, specially permitted by the Immortal Emperor!”
In an instant, countless Soul Cultivators in the Spirit Realm seemed to burst into cheers.
A massive number of comments appeared under Zhang Yu’s account.
“Minister Zhang 💪”
“Minister Zhang 🔥”
“Former Days Salary King!🔥”