The next day.
Seven thirty in the morning.
Su Yuniang was excited last night, an emotion she hadn't felt in a while. She wanted to stay up late gaming but struggled to fall asleep and just woke up, groggy. She quickly freshened up and started her livestream:
"Hey guys, I need to go to work as a blacksmith today, going to serve the old steward, no streaming during the day."
She was a bit excited, almost addicted, and casually complained:
"This game is really something, won't let me stay up late and play, opens servers only at 8 AM, huh?"
"Early eight, late seven, is this to give us the experience of working at a construction site? They're really trying hard to make it feel real, can't even stay up late gaming."
"Let the game planner come out, I'll strangle him with my twin tails!"
She wanted to stream gaming, but they apparently wouldn't let her.
Internal streaming is built-in, mockingly called [Queueing to Log In], but can only accommodate 900 people.
And without a streaming feature, she couldn't bypass and stream?
There's a way.
Wear a pair of capturing glasses under the game helmet and use the glasses to capture what she sees and sync it live in the streaming room.
But that's too blatant, without their permission, publicly testing the internal version might result in a lawyer's letter, or more likely getting kicked out.
She wasn't daring enough.
Firm believer in adhering to laws.
Before she logged in, fans were saying: "Something's wrong, Jiucai Rong is being cyberbullied, all sorts of secrets revealed."
Here's the scoop:
Jiucai Rong was previously an obsequious admirer, fawned for two years in college, yet secretly the other was promiscuous, and Jiucai Rong was hit hard, hence became a Pure Love Warrior.
Moreover, the gossip spiraled out of control: premium goodsilf, buying contraceptives, hospital for abortion, rented rooms, described as if he were present at the scene.
The troll in the stream deliberately provoked her, asking: "Was it you secretly taking him down so you could compete for the steward position?"
Su Yuniang laughed in anger right on the spot.
"What era is this? You're still pulling all-nighters for palace intrigue? Is there a throne to inherit too?"
"Undermine him? Although I do want the steward position, I'm not that petty, and how could I know who he is in reality, whether his girlfriend is cheating?"
She paused, "Probably someone around him dislikes him, saw him rise, then secretly caused trouble."
"In every popular game, some people rise overnight, reap game rewards. If Jiucai Rong keeps the steward position, his upward momentum should skyrocket, because this game isn't simple."
"Besides, I feel I can't beat him, he's really good, has deep understanding of the game. I'm not suited for this, let me fight and maybe I can be a second or third choice."
"And I know his situation, protagonist was a simpering admirer, then cheated on, mocked by surroundings, cyberbullied by entire net, then triumphed, unleashed harem, domineering female CEO, pure school beauty, pretty stewardess..."
She spoke and everyone was amused.
Fans spammed: "I get it, you're the spoiled little brat wealthy lolita needing discipline in the harem."
"Pfft! At least I'd be a domineering boss lady!" Su Yuniang joked back and sent Jiucai Rong a private message in front of everyone:
[Ignore them, must adapt to certain trolls, keep a good mindset in the spotlight.]
This perfect move made fans spam 666:
"As expected of you, exuding high emotional intelligence, bully the weak and fear the strong. In ranked matches, crush a weak opponent as trash trash~~ Encountering a strong opponent, recognize your ignorance cutely and call 'brother', even in such mess earn goodwill from bystanders."
Su Yuniang couldn't be bothered with them, treated it as something trivial, and directly logged into the game.
All went black then bright, entered the estate again.
...
Ning Zheng is also someone with a good routine, started work on time.
Today's mission was simple and straightforward.
In the morning, wrap up the dormitory construction, in the afternoon start arranging the blacksmiths for formal work, teaching them forging.
Ning Zheng had thought it out, divide into three batches.
One batch to mine.
One batch to smelt.
One batch to forge.
Only forging has a rationale.
And teaching them how to make Magical Artifacts, Ning Zheng was somewhat half-baked.
Not much talent.
Otherwise wouldn't be bullied, run down the mountain.
Ning Zheng's idea was to give them a copy of , rely on self-research and exploration of various Basic Standard Magical Artifacts, then teach the basic process of using their nails to forge Magic Coins, and that would basically be it.
Previously, the Money Childs in the estate were unintelligent demon creatures.
Now they're bright, Ning Zheng originally feared that these Money Childs wouldn't be willing to use their nails for forging.
After all, removing nails is painful.
Even if pain senses are lowered, fingertip sensitivity is still somewhat felt.
But they're so carefree and happy, shouldn't take removing nails seriously, should they?
He hesitated.
If they don't forge Magic Coins, without Magic Coins production, he couldn't pay salaries.
Wait to see their reaction.
Unlocking the door to the estate, Ning Zheng saw those blacksmiths squatting and sleeping everywhere, slowly getting up, starting a fresh day's work, continuing from yesterday's dormitory construction.
Ning Zheng glanced around, called over a young blacksmith, frowned: "Where's Jiucai Rong, still not awake?"
The blacksmith paused, that guy really hadn't logged in.
Jiucai Rong was offline, squatting in a corner, posing like a thinker statue, made him sigh at fame bringing trouble, and explained: "Seems like some issues, encountered a psychological blow."
Ning Zheng pondered but didn't harshly blame.
No expectations for full attendance naturally.
Yet he thought of a new issue, steward isn't working, need a deputy steward?
A mature management mechanism is always necessary.
He scanned around, saw the Qi Fortune Value above various blacksmiths, finally found one with over twenty point surge in Qi Fortune Value.
"Su Yuniang, right? Come here." He confirmed the name with Ai, and called over.
Su Yuniang sighed, not logging in makes me, the beneficiary, look like the culprit.
But it seems last night's impressive 0-shaped bench design won over the old steward.
Sigh.
A person's talent simply cannot be hidden.
She didn't overthink, promptly approached, eyes instantly in a student's naive, silly, and dumb cute mode, eyes sparkling, "Ste...Steward, any instructions?"
"From now on, when Jiucai Rong is absent, you'll be Deputy Steward, in charge of command." Ning Zheng finished speaking and went to sit on a chair and resume cultivation.
Su Yuniang saw the old steward was adamant, took over the work.
She was very experienced in command and management, decisively made everyone continue with the previous day's tasks.