The system waited until Yang Ruoqian was drinking water.
This was cruel.
Water was the only thing in the office that had not recently become a strategic asset.
The company dashboard flickered once, then opened a small side notice:
Uncategorized expense channel classification updated.
Yang stopped with the cup halfway to his mouth.
No.
The word channel was still there.
He had refused it verbally, privately, administratively, and emotionally. None of those rejections mattered. The system did not respect office mood.
The notice expanded:
Preliminary classification: passive cultural venue reserve.
Direct revenue: 0.
Administrative cost: rising.
Potential indirect value: under observation.
Yang put the cup down very carefully.
"Passive," he said.
The system did not answer.
"Reserve," he said.
The system continued not answering.
