Super Soldier in Campus-Chapter 767 - 772: Salary and Value_1

When Zhu Xiuyue heard Lin Feng ask if she wanted a higher salary, her eyes reddened, and she nearly burst into tears.

"What’s wrong?"

"Lin Feng, did you bully Xiuyue?" Su Zi and Ning Aoxue, hearing Zhu Xiuyue’s earlier excited cry and seeing her aggrieved expression, hurried over with concern, quietly asking what had happened.

Both Su Zi and Ning Aoxue knew Zhou Yang was Lin Feng’s best friend. Since Zhu Xiuyue was his girlfriend, they naturally cared for her as their prospective sister-in-law. Seeing the scene unfold, they immediately assumed Lin Feng had bullied Zhu Xiuyue!

"Lin Feng, tell us, what exactly happened? Did you make Xiuyue cry?" Su Zi, seeing Zhu Xiuyue standing frozen with red-rimmed eyes, couldn’t help but demand an explanation from Lin Feng.

"Uh..." Lin Feng, feeling a bit guilty under Su Zi’s and Ning Aoxue’s stares, lowered his voice and explained weakly, "I was just discussing her salary with Xiuyue. I offered her a hundred thousand a month, and then... well, she reacted like this..."

After hearing Lin Feng’s explanation, Su Zi and Ning Aoxue exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat perplexed. As young ladies who had been pampered their whole lives, they had little concept of money. Thus, they didn’t realize Zhu Xiuyue was stunned by excitement; instead, they thought she was devastated because Lin Feng’s offer was too low!

"Lin Feng, honestly..." Su Zi began to chide Lin Feng for his misjudgment. "That’s not how you do things! You can’t just offer others whatever salary Uncle Ning pays you! You’re all brute strength; being a bodyguard just requires quick reflexes, so a lower salary for you is understandable! But Xiuyue has to manage this huge mess for you, deal with workers, business administration, taxes, utilities, hire staff, and set up the entire company structure. That’s a job only a superhero could handle! How could a hundred thousand possibly be enough? Not to mention, Xiuyue is Zhou Yang’s girlfriend—she’s practically family... I think... you should at least offer... three hundred, yes, three hundred thousand a month sounds about right..."

After stating what she considered a fair price, Su Zi smiled confidently at Zhu Xiuyue. "Xiuyue, is this price acceptable to you?!"

In Su Zi’s mind, tripling the offer to three hundred thousand, while perhaps not an enormous sum to her, was surely more reasonable than Lin Feng’s initial one hundred thousand. She expected Zhu Xiuyue to calm down upon hearing this figure. Even if it wasn’t her ideal amount, she would at least voice her expectations...

However, when Zhu Xiuyue heard Su Zi’s words, her already stiff expression tensed further. Speechless and choked with emotion, tears streamed down her face.

"Hey, hey... Xiuyue, don’t, please don’t cry... It doesn’t suit you... There, there, be good. Just tell us how much you want. You’re making me so anxious!" Su Zi gently cradled Zhu Xiuyue’s head, comforting her against her soft, firm bosom, and said urgently, "Lin Feng is loaded, after all. You can name any price you want..."

Feeling the soft touch of Su Zi’s chest, Zhu Xiuyue finally, albeit a little uncomfortably, lifted her head. She took a deep breath, then looked at Lin Feng with a sorrowful expression and asked in a low voice, "Brother Feng, do you know what my previous salary was...?"

Lin Feng found Zhu Xiuyue’s tone a bit strange, but he was open-minded and not afraid of her demanding an exorbitant sum. After all, as the saying goes, what’s rarest in the 21st century? Talent! As long as Zhu Xiuyue had the ability, Lin Feng was prepared to accept any figure she quoted!

"Go on, tell me..." Lin Feng said in a deep voice, his expression serious as he looked at Zhu Xiuyue.

Ning Aoxue and Su Zi also watched Zhu Xiuyue anxiously. They were eager to find out just how high her previous monthly salary had been...

Zhu Xiuyue gave a bitter smile. "Coincidentally, I have my payslip from last month right here. You’ll understand once you see it, Brother Feng..."

With that, she took a small, officially stamped payslip from her bag and placed it in front of Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took the payslip from Zhu Xiuyue and looked at it. He was dumbfounded. Though he had braced himself for any shocking number, the figure on the paper still left him stunned.

The payslip itself was unremarkable, clearly listing items such as base salary, performance bonus, and full attendance award as gross pay, along with deductions for social insurance, housing fund, and other items. Finally, there was the net salary...

A very clear number was printed there: 3,938...

Less than four thousand. That was Zhu Xiuyue’s monthly salary!

Lin Feng finally understood her earlier reaction. If just a second ago you were a junior employee earning less than four thousand a month, and suddenly someone offered you a hundred thousand a month to be a manager with full authority, most people would likely react no differently than Zhu Xiuyue...

Su Zi and Ning Aoxue also fell silent after seeing the figure on Zhu Xiuyue’s payslip. It wasn’t that they thought her salary was shockingly low—they both kept up with current affairs and knew that many people faced hardship in the current economic climate. Rather, Su Zi and Ning Aoxue felt a little ashamed. Zhu Xiuyue’s capabilities were undeniably superior to their own, and she wasn’t unattractive. Yet, after a whole month of hard work, she earned so little. It truly seemed too little.

Then, Su Zi and Ning Aoxue simultaneously looked up at Lin Feng, curious to see how he would respond.

"Xiuyue, keep this payslip," Lin Feng said calmly. "Don’t misunderstand; I just want you to keep it as a memento. I completely understand how you feel. But I want you to remember something: this payslip doesn’t define your worth as a person. It only shows the compensation you received in a previous position that perhaps wasn’t the right fit for you. Life has many different stages, and everyone encounters different fortunes. It’s difficult for me, Brother Feng, to make everyone in the world happy, but I can at least ensure that the people around me don’t have to live feeling so wronged!

"So, let’s go with the salary Su Zi just suggested. I’ll give you a monthly salary of three hundred thousand, with performance bonuses calculated separately. How does that sound?"

Three hundred thousand—a 75-fold increase from a monthly salary of nearly four thousand. Brother Feng, with his wealth, was just that capricious...

Seeing Lin Feng so uncharacteristically serious, Su Zi and Ning Aoxue were mesmerized by his confident and proud demeanor. They both couldn’t help but wonder: could Lin Feng truly say such things?

"Brother Feng, no... I haven’t done anything. How could I possibly accept such a high salary...?" Hearing Lin Feng’s final decision to offer three hundred thousand a month, Zhu Xiuyue was completely flustered.