Xu Tong hesitated for a moment, but eventually nodded, "Alright, I understand."

Xu Tong returned to her office, sat in front of the computer, opened the employee interface, and clicked on the recruitment market.

She dragged all those with low salaries into the recruitment list.

Xu Tong didn't know whether this recruitment strategy would lead to Su Xiuqin's failure to break her fixation task, or if Su Xiuqin would fail because of forcibly treating an employee with a 0% cure rate.

But anyway, this was everyone's final choice.

Xu Tong pressed the [Submit] button.

Soon, the recruitment plan was approved.

The sound of "click" kept echoing, and all the lights on the workstations lit up, filling the entire hall with bright lights.

Xu Tong knew very clearly that this was merely the last burst of the 17th Limited Liability Company.

The only good news was that the big screen temporarily did not announce the failure of the judgement game, nor did it show any hints related to Xu Tong's special task.

But Xu Tong had a bad feeling that the judgement would come sooner or later.

...

In the president's office.

Su Xiuqin approved all the plans. After confirming the employees were all recruited, she opened the page of that lung cancer employee again.

There were two different plans, one was to spend 5,000 minutes of visa time each month for special treatment.

The other was to give up.

Su Xiuqin gently stroked the screen with her hand, her eyes filled with longing and reluctance.

But in the end, she moved the mouse and selected [Give up].

On the computer screen, the two plans disappeared together.

...

"We're back."

Li Renshu and Fu Chen looked desolate. They went with 20,000 minutes of visa time, contemplating whether to tear up the agreement with the 8th community.

But in the end, they chose to comply.

This meant that the company's account balance was already precarious.

But at that moment, new message alerts appeared on the big screen.

[ After knowing the company's funds had a risk of breaking, the cured worker spontaneously raised funds for the company, returning the account balance to 50,000. ]

The company's detailed interface changed.

[ 17th Limited Liability Company ]

[ September company account balance: 50,000 minutes of visa time ]

[ October estimated income: 0 minutes of visa time ]

[ October estimated expenditure: 83,200 minutes of visa time ]

Li Renshu was somewhat surprised, "Hmm? The estimated income is no longer negative? It's back to zero?"

Soon, more message alerts appeared on the big screen.

[ The game has reached specific conditions: ]

[ 1. The game has at least 6 rounds. ]

[ 2. The total number of employees hired by the two companies reaches or exceeds 30. ]

[ 3. The two companies' account balances are positive. ]

[ The economic winter has ended, and the economy will begin to recover. ]

[ 'Wealth Game' has entered the countdown to the end. From now on, after going through 3 more rounds, the game will end and enter the final settlement. ]

[ Now, announcing the final results of the hidden judgment tasks in the game: ]

[ Xu Tong's hidden task: Help Su Xiuqin break her fixation. ]

[ Real task objective: Persuade Su Xiuqin to agree to any layoff action and give up all employees with a 0% cure rate. ]

[ Final result: Completed. ]

Xu Tong suddenly looked up, surprised yet joyful.

She originally worried about laying off all employees to break Su Xiuqin's fixation, but it seems the game wasn't that harsh.

But the broadcast had not ended.

[ Su Xiuqin's hidden task: Help Xu Tong break her fixation. ]

[ Real task objective: After any layoff, persuade Xu Tong to agree to increase the company's employee count to over 20 and not give up more than 5 employees with a cure rate above 50%. ]

[ Final result: Completed. ]

[ You will all be exempt from immediate death penalties. ]

[ Now, you no longer need to keep secrets. Please enjoy the final moments in this game; it is the reward you deserve. ]

"We did it, we succeeded! Achoo!" Fu Chen's expression was joyful.

Although there are still many doubts about the game rules, the economic winter is over, and all hidden judgment tasks are successfully completed. Could there be a better result than this?

Xu Tong quickly got up and went to the president's office to announce the good news.

"Aunt Su, we succeeded!"

Su Xiuqin looked at her with a smile, "So when does the game end? Still need three rounds, right?"

Xu Tong nodded, "Yes, but these three rounds should not be difficult at all."

Su Xiuqin nodded, "Go ahead, I want to be alone for a while. After all, such an opportunity to be a boss doesn't come often.

"Let me savor it a bit longer."

Xu Tong smiled, "Alright Aunt Su, then take your time to savor it. You're an excellent boss! If I can, I'd work for you again next time!"

Su Xiuqin took out a player from her pocket, "I heard on the radio there's no need to keep secrets anymore, right? Take this."

Xu Tong reached out and took it. Looking at the small player, her feelings were mixed.

What it recorded should be her own sins.

Things had reached this point, she could more or less guess, but still pressed the play button.

[ Hello, Su Xiuqin. ]

[ In this judgement game, you have two objectives: ]

[ 1. Achieve team victory conditions in any company. ]

[ 2. Complete a special hidden task: 'Help the sinner Xu Tong break her fixation'. ]

[ Xu Tong, female, 32 years old. ]

[ Occupation: Human Resources Manager. ]

[ Forced employees to resign voluntarily by means of disguised salary cuts, malicious job changes, cross-province relocations, isolation of authority, etc., colluded with other HRs in the industry, exploited legal loopholes, and delayed arbitration to save layoff costs for the company. ]

[ Those in power can always eliminate those beneath without any psychological burden. Arrogance and indifference are sins in themselves, and bullying the weak, helping tyrants do evil, intensifies the crime. ]

[ As for how to break her fixation, as players who have lived together in the same community for a while, you will have to find the answer yourself. ]

[ You must complete this task covertly, keeping its existence hidden from everyone. ]

[ If there is any suspicion of intentional disclosure, you will be warned or even suffer immediate punishment. ]

[ If any of the above goals are not achieved by the end of the economic winter, the judgement mechanism of the game will be triggered and Xu Tong will suffer immediate punishment. ]

[ Learning to empathize will be key to accomplishing your hidden task. ]

[ Good luck! ]

"Aunt Su, I..."

Xu Tong wanted to explain something else, but in the end, she couldn't say it and simply handed her own player over to Su Xiuqin before exiting the president's office.

...

After Xu Tong left, Su Xiuqin didn't choose to press the player but left it on the desk.

She stood up from the large boss chair, and took one last look at that spot.

"Being the boss really feels great, no wonder everyone wants to be a boss."

She fondly touched the leather armrest of the boss chair, then slowly walked towards the cold storage.

Opening the cold storage door once more, a biting wind rushed towards her face.

Su Xiuqin wrapped her several layers of coats tightly around herself and entered the cold storage again.

As the door closed, she trembled as she sat in the corner, curling up into a ball.

But this time, the minute seemed faster compared to last time.

When the time expired, seeing the button light up, Su Xiuqin instinctively lifted her hand, intending to press it.

But her hand paused in the air for a moment and eventually lowered again.

Su Xiuqin's eyes became hollow, chaotic thoughts flashing in her mind like a lantern parade.

Then she closed her eyes in acceptance.

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