In Huo Shan's view, Song Xu was a believer who was, to him… too diligent.
Studying hard, cultivating diligently, and working hard to earn money were all good.
But diligently developing believers, diligently managing believers, and diligently enhancing Huo Shan's strength… that made Huo Shan feel not so good.
His mind was once again filled with Song Xu's incessant nagging.
It was one afternoon, not long after he had converted Song Xu into a Cthulhu cultist.
The other party said to him with a sincere expression, "Master, we can't continue like this! Times are developing, the orthodox gods are progressing, and Kunxu's supervision and competition will only become more intense."
"If we don't want to be eliminated by this world, internal reform is imperative!"
"The first thing to do is to speed up the recruitment of talent. We can no longer be as casual as before. We should actively collect talent information, go into campuses, actively compete for talent, conduct face-to-face assessments, and speed up the efficiency of the entire recruitment process."
"I also suggest that you participate in all aspects of believer recruitment as an observer, and participate in the preliminary interviews of key believers…"
If he wanted to work hard to develop more believers, he would need to spend more time finding suitable candidates, from collecting information to secretly assessing them, and then recruiting them.
The time and effort spent in this process… was much more troublesome than sitting in an office, picking and choosing from resumes, and making a phone call to ask interviewees questions.
After all, Cthulhu cultists have particularly high confidentiality requirements, and they must not be recruited easily.
Like the eight believers currently under Huo Shan, the assessment and recruitment of each one took him hundreds of hours of work.
From this point alone, Huo Shan felt that being a company boss was much better than being a Cthulhu. He could easily receive hundreds or thousands of resumes for a position, and those hired would work diligently without worrying about things like leaks.
And expanding the number of believers was already troublesome, but diligently managing believers was even more troublesome in Huo Shan's view.
At this moment, Song Xu's nagging resurfaced in Huo Shan's mind.
Song Xu: "This is my analysis of our current team after observing them for the past three months."
"The main problem with the reduced efficiency is the information gap."
"For example, the deliveryman believer doesn't submit work lists and bank statements. The wear and tear of his running shoes doesn't match the mileage on his food delivery platform, and there are no financial personnel to audit it. He gets to decide how much he earns."
"The construction site believer is even more lacking in supervision. We know nothing about his daily working hours, income, and expenses."
"I suggest that starting next week, every believer must submit a 300-word structured daily report focusing on today's results, tomorrow's plans, and bank statements before 9 . every day."
"Secondly, we will hold a half-hour routine meeting every Sunday at 1 ., disable PPT, and only discuss bottlenecks and resource allocation."
"We also need to establish a problem escalation channel. All problems that are not resolved within 12 hours will go directly to me…"
Although Huo Shan felt a headache just listening to him speak.
But Song Xu's actions did earn Huo Shan more money, allowing him to move from the basement to his current dilapidated apartment, allowing him to shop online, and even allowing him to have more money to spend on gacha games.
So, with Song Xu pushing him and Huo Shan moving, he gradually got to where he was now…
But Huo Shan still didn't want to do the hunting Cthulhu thing.
"Why do we have to fight and kill? Isn't it good to eat, drink, and play games every day?"
At this moment, Huo Shan didn't want to continue participating in the work of hunting Cthulhu, but instead wanted to turn around and continue playing his unfinished game.
But the believer Li Quan exclaimed, "Master, there's ten million!"
Hearing the words "ten million," Huo Shan immediately perked up and quickly jumped in front of the screen to look at the information transmitted by the Shadow Gu.
He skimmed through it and quickly learned the other party's general situation from the information sent by the Shadow Gu.
"So, it's a Cthulhu who escaped from Tiantai City."
"Tomorrow, this guy's believers left in Tiantai City… will bring over ten million in cash hidden outside Tiantai City?"
"Let me see the transaction location…"
Seeing the news of the ten million in cash, Huo Shan's eyes lit up.
Although he didn't want to be competitive, as a Kunxu Cthulhu, it was impossible to say that he didn't love money.
He just didn't want to earn money through his own efforts.
If there was a chance to snatch ten million in one go, then he would not only be interested, but also work hard to spur on his believers.
"Pass the information to Song Xu."
"Let him take someone to the transaction location tomorrow. If there's a chance… then snatch that ten million."
……
Inside the apartment.
After cultivating in the Spirit Realm for two hours, Zhang Yu returned to reality.
However, after taking off the Spirit Realm mask, his expression looked a little strange.
He recalled his cultivation in the Spirit Realm today.
In the illusion, he became a security guard at a high-end club, resisting the boss's exploitation, constantly fighting with the thugs, and striving to find evidence of the club's crimes, constantly fighting, fighting, fighting in desperation!
And the boss of that high-end club was Yu Xinghan, who was exploiting Zhang Yu, the security guard, and also exploiting the attractive employees in the club day and night, constantly fighting, fighting, fighting in the club!
After coming out of the illusion, Zhang Yu couldn't help but ask the other party in the Asked Path, "Does this have any cultivation effect?"
Yu Xinghan smiled and shook his head: "Zhang Yu, you who have been sterilized, cannot understand my current realm."
Obviously, although Zhang Yu introduced Yu Xinghan to Xiong Haohan, he did not tell Yu Xinghan about his physical condition.
And Yu Xinghan, after experiencing these two days of growth, felt that his spirit and will had greatly improved.
In his eyes now, although Zhang Yu's strength was strong, his spiritual realm was just a sterilized child.
Unlike him, who had experienced wind and rain and had been tested for a long time through puppets and illusions.
"The so-called passing through thousands of flowers, not a single leaf touches the body."
"Only when hobbies and preferences become work can one cut off desires and return to one's true self."
"This is what I have comprehended… the true meaning of how to overcome lust."
"Hehe, remember my words, they will definitely be of great benefit to you in the future."
At this moment, inside the apartment.
Bai Zhenzhen stopped exercising and asked Zhang Yu, who had woken up, "How is it, Yu Zi? Did it work?"
Zhang Yu nodded: "Let's go out and discuss it."
So Zhang Yu then took Bai Zhenzhen to the familiar bridge hole, next to the small river.
Bai Zhenzhen immediately asked impatiently, "What's the situation now?"
Fu Ji said: "The information has been sent, jumping through three puppet machines, which can be regarded as tracking the location of my colleague."
Bai Zhenzhen said: "Then let's go and beat them unexpectedly?"
Fu Ji said: "Although the other party's location has been tracked, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, I didn't take the opportunity to investigate them."
"So I don't know how many believers and how much strength my colleague has."
"But don't worry, I have already sent false information. Tomorrow, I should be able to lure away their main force."
"Then we will collect information according to the plan…"
Zhang Yu said nervously: "Won't they find out?"
Fu Ji chuckled and said: "Your sister has a good saying, information is very important in this world."
"Sometimes the information gap is even more important than the strength gap."
"Just like this time, using the Shadow Gu to counter-track the other party, with them in the open and us in the dark, using this information gap, we can be invincible."
……
The next night.
A container truck was driving towards the suburbs.
In addition to Song Xu, there were also five other Cthulhu believers at the peak of Qi Refining in the truck, each of them full of energy and exuding the fierce aura from the food delivery, construction site, and express delivery industries.
A thin believer with a fluttering figure said, "When we see them, we will directly crash into them with the truck to see if we can kill one of them first."
Another dark-skinned man with a face full of horizontal flesh said, "Although the location is in the suburbs and there are no surveillance cameras, don't forget to set up a shielding ritual first to avoid being discovered by the orthodox god's dogs."
Another person said, "Although the other party is also a Cthulhu believer and should not dare to call the police, we still have to act quickly to avoid them jumping over the wall in desperation."
At the same time, Song Xu was sitting in the passenger seat of the truck, closing his eyes and resting, listening to the other believers chatting, and didn't say anything.
His mind was still recalling the Cthulhu information he received yesterday.
"Ten million?"
When he first knew this number, Song Xu's heart also jumped fiercely, and a strong desire arose in his heart.
After all, in the Kunxu world, money is potential, is the future, and is the wing on the road to immortality, which can help people advance bravely and break through the class.
For this ten million, Song Xu had an idea in his heart at the time: "Should I ask Mo Tianyi and the others to help?"
But in the end, he suppressed this impulse.
After all, the Poor People's Alliance was not a Cthulhu believer. It was a force he had formed himself, and it could be regarded as truly belonging to him. The money he earned for him also belonged to his personal small treasury. He didn't want to easily expose them in front of the Cthulhu.
And that ten million…
"Even if this ten million is snatched, Huo Shan will definitely take the lion's share."
"With so much money, this lazy ghost will definitely not want to work hard anymore."
Song Xu seemed to have seen the other party saving the money to earn interest and then completely lying down to play.
With his understanding of Huo Shan, the other party would definitely do such a thing.
"At that time, this guy will definitely not want to help me hunt Cthulhu anymore."
"What's more, I don't know where the other party's Cthulhu is now."
"Once this ten million is moved, it will inevitably cause the other party's vigilance, and the matter of hunting Cthulhu may not be easy to handle."
Although Song Xu's heart was full of greed when he heard about this ten million, he quickly restrained himself after careful consideration.
After all, the ten million was not his even if he snatched it, and snatching it would affect his plan to hunt Cthulhu and improve his potential.
Just like how he endured the pain, waited for the opportunity, and finally sold his grandfather's grave.
Song Xu felt that now was not a good opportunity to snatch this ten million, especially compared to the ten million, he wanted to hunt Cthulhu and stimulate his potential even more.
He flicked his fingers and stroked the palm-sized civilian-grade flying sword in his hand, thinking in his heart: "I'll use the flying sword to investigate the situation later. If there's no chance, then forget it."
