Yu Xinghan did not make it too obvious in his spiritual realm communication, only hinting that he had taken too many leaves of absence recently.

He was either afraid that news might leak easily in the spiritual realm, or he planned to tell Zhang Yu about it face-to-face.

Zhang Yu, upon receiving the message, frowned slightly, already sensing something amiss.

After checking Yu Xinghan’s work hours, Fu Ji also said, “Before, I thought he was busy with the massage platform. But now… his work hours are getting fewer and fewer. Could it be that he’s suffering from the ‘weekend sickness’?”

“Wouldn’t that put the entire construction site at risk?”

Fu Ji suggested, “I think it’s better to turn all your employees into my believers. With ritual blessings, the weekend virus won’t affect them.”

Zhang Yu naturally didn’t readily agree to Fu Ji’s proposal. Instead, he said, “Let’s increase their pay first and see if we can cure Yu Xinghan of the weekend virus.”

“We can’t just watch him be taken to the Abstinence Center. Not only would it waste his time, but what if something gets investigated?”

After a pause, Zhang Yu added, “While we’re at it, let’s give all employees in the company a raise. It’ll also help prevent the weekend virus.”

In Zhang Yu’s opinion, employees like Ying Xin, Shi Huaiyu, Xiao Qingxuan, and Shi Yunxiang, whose backgrounds he knew well, absolutely could not be allowed to be affected by the weekend virus or even forced into abstinence.

As for the remaining soul cultivators, even a small raise wouldn’t amount to much in Zhang Yu’s eyes.

Fu Ji, hearing this, immediately exclaimed, “Are you crazy? A company-wide raise?”

“How can you just casually increase pay? You’re giving them a raise for such a small matter now; what will you want to do in the future? Give employees paid leave directly? The company will be ruined!”

Although she didn’t receive a salary or dividends, as an original shareholder who had helped build the company from the ground up, Fu Ji considered the company one of her life’s blood and could not tolerate Zhang Yu squandering it.

Zhang Yu, however, stated directly, “Raise it!”

Fu Ji pleaded, “You really can’t just raise it randomly. Employees are insatiable. If you give them a raise now, they’ll get used to it soon, and it will be for nothing.”

“Besides, what do they need so much money for? The most important and most worthwhile investment for the company is yourself.”

Fu Ji felt like a loyal minister in ancient times, desperately trying to dissuade the emperor from acting recklessly.

But Zhang Yu’s mind was made up. Seeing Fu Ji’s myriad objections, he directly issued the order to Ying Xin.

Ying Xin looked at the message from Zhang Yu and was slightly stunned: “A raise? It’s actually a raise? How could it be a raise?”

A raise less than a year after joining the company? Ying Xin had never even heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.

How difficult raises were, Ying Xin, a sixth-generation civil engineer, knew all too well. It required going through hardships, enduring suffering, adapting to the times, and aligning with opportune moments and favorable conditions, akin to being blessed by fate in ancient times, like a miraculous encounter, an opportunity.

Fu Ji, watching Zhang Yu actually start giving employees raises, felt her heart ache more and more. “With so many people in this company, you’re going to give everyone a raise of a few tenths of a spiritual coin? Wouldn’t that mean an extra expenditure of 5 to 10 spiritual coins a month?”

“That would be an extra 15 to 30 spiritual coins before the Top Ten Leagues in September.”

“Over a year, that’s an additional expenditure of 50 to 100 spiritual coins!”

“Ten years would be 500 to 1000 spiritual coins!”

“Those are all spiritual coins from our account!”

Hearing Fu Ji’s calculations, Zhang Yu had to admit that he, too, felt a pang of heartache and melancholy, as if he truly saw thousands of spiritual coins being allocated from his account.

“Splitting money…” Zhang Yu chuckled bitterly in his heart, “It really does hurt a little.”

And just as the raise notification was conveyed to each employee in the company, the company group instantly became lively.

Ying Xin’s Grandfather: Grateful to Manager Zhang! This raise is an unforgettable kindness.

Zhao Tianxing: [Fireworks][Fireworks][Fireworks]

Mo Tianyi: Manager Zhang, you’ll see, from now on, every day at the company, I’ll treat it as my last day to work overtime!

Hu Yuntao: Dad! [Kowtow] 24 hours of overtime a day is not my limit, it’s the limit of time.

Watching the constantly refreshing messages in the company group, Zhang Yu replied: I said I wouldn’t monopolize the company’s profits.

Che Yufei: Born a company person, died a company soul! Loyalty!

Shi Huaiyu: Loyalty!

Shi Yunxiang: Loyalty!

Ying Xin: Loyalty!

Seeing the messages still flooding the group, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but reply: Alright, stop flooding the chat, focus on work.

With Zhang Yu’s command, the entire group immediately fell silent.

Then Zhang Yu sent another message asking Yu Xinghan: How are you feeling?

Zhang Yu: A raise should help with that.

Zhang Yu: See if you feel better?

Although Yu Xinghan was only a part-timer, he also received a raise this time.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan was slightly startled when he saw the message from Zhang Yu, then immediately understood what he meant.

“Has Zhang Yu noticed that I might have contracted the weekend virus?”

“Does he want to use a raise to combat the weekend virus?”

Looking back at Zhang Yu’s message in the company group, Yu Xinghan felt a warmth in his heart: “Was the company-wide raise also for this?”

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Xinghan felt his spiritual power and blood qi surge within him, making him want to immediately stand up and work harder, doubling his output.

But this feeling lasted only for a moment before the motivation gradually faded, and his entire body felt glued to the ground, preventing him from getting up.

Yu Xinghan: I’m useless.

Yu Xinghan: You don’t need to worry about me anymore.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan had made up his mind to simply go to the Abstinence Center and cure his weekend virus.

He thought to himself, “Zhang Yu, I’ll work overtime for the company once I’m out.”

Aside from Yu Xinghan, Zhang Yu also chatted with other employees about their recent situations and confirmed their current work status.

Fu Ji analyzed, “After the raise, other employees should have no problem preventing the weekend virus.”

“But Yu Xinghan… he’s probably deeply infected, and a regular raise won’t solve the problem.”

Fu Ji then advised, “I told you, just turn him into my believer. Isn’t that more reliable than a raise?”

Zhang Yu didn’t speak, because he knew that becoming a believer wasn’t that simple, and he didn’t know if Yu Xinghan would agree or be willing to become a cultist.

If he wasn’t willing… would he have to silence Yu Xinghan?

As Zhang Yu was pondering, Zhang Pianpian sent a message.

Zhang Pianpian: Do you remember the Fourth Bureau? They plan to send people to the construction site to check if your company has any members of the Weekend Cult.

Zhang Yu was startled and replied: Why? Is someone trying to frame me?

Zhang Pianpian: What I can confirm so far is that the Fourth Bureau received a report.

Zhang Pianpian: Whether someone is targeting you, and who it is, I need to investigate further.

Zhang Pianpian: In short, be careful yourself. If there are any problems on the construction site, deal with them quickly.

Zhang Yu’s heart grew heavy. He remembered the last time Xu Yang Zhenren questioned him on the flying boat.

“This happening repeatedly clearly means someone wants to target me and link me to the Weekend Cult.”

“Who is it?”

Zhang Yu couldn’t figure out the answer for a while, so he could only rush out of the lab and head to the construction site.

“It just so happens that after Yu Xinghan contracted the weekend virus, the Fourth Bureau is bringing people to inspect.”

“I’m afraid the target this time is Yu Xinghan.”

“Do they want to drag me down through Yu Xinghan?”

Whether it was the construction site being sealed off because of Yu Xinghan, or himself being investigated because of Yu Xinghan, Zhang Yu clearly could not accept either.

Not to mention the potentially severe consequences, just the time wasted by an investigation would hinder his preparation for the Top Ten Leagues, making a fierce glint appear in Zhang Yu’s eyes.

A moment later, Zhang Yu’s figure soared from the top of the university city building, cutting through the atmosphere in a blink of an eye, and streaking towards the battlefield construction site.

At the same time, a black light, like a meteor, followed closely behind Zhang Yu. It was a black sword box.

This sword box contained the twelve Taihao Sheng Lü Flying Swords that Zhang Yu had just finished refining, and he had brought them along with him.

Battlefield construction site.

Shi Yunxiang, who had just received a 10% raise, was filled with fighting spirit and drive, wishing he could split himself into multiple bodies to finish all the work on the construction site.

At the same time, one thought kept repeating in his mind.

“Zhang Yu didn’t lie, nor was he just making promises. He really does give raises.”

“Isn’t this more impressive than a Golden Core or Nascent Soul boss?”

But Shi Yunxiang hadn’t been working long when he felt the ground shake, almost making it impossible to work on the entire site.

Sensing this, Shi Yunxiang sharply turned his head and looked at another construction site in the distance.

He knew that was a project contracted by Tian Yao University, and their large-scale construction often affected their side recently.

This time, it was particularly severe, making Shi Yunxiang feel like the entire construction site was about to be paralyzed.

After a full hour of work stoppage, Shi Yunxiang felt he couldn’t tolerate it any longer.

Hu Yuntao shouted in the spiritual realm, “It’s been an hour! We haven’t worked for a whole hour!”

“How can we repay Manager Zhang’s kindness of a raise if this continues?!”

Che Yufei followed, shouting, “With the new raise, how can we earn it if we don’t work?”

Although Zhang Yu initiated the raises, the construction site still followed the old rules, distributing salaries based on workload. For everyone in the company, the raise had greatly boosted their morale, making them eager to work more overtime and earn more money.

So, the group went to the demon race’s construction site, only to unexpectedly find Xiang Shan, the top demon of Tian Yao University’s Civil Engineering Department, on the site.

Listening to Shi Huaiyu, Shi Yunxiang, and others speak, Xiang Shan said indifferently, “Your work stoppage… what does it have to do with me?”

Xiang Shan snorted coldly, his elephant trunk twitching slightly as he said, “We need to transform the earth veins here. Should we stop working just to accommodate you?”

“You all can bear with it a little longer. It’ll be fine in half a month.”

Shi Huaiyu angrily retorted, “Half a month? You mean we have to stop working for half a month?”

Xiang Shan said nonchalantly, “You can also choose not to stop, as long as you have the ability to avoid the environmental impact.”

“If you can’t, then your ability is lacking, so just endure it.”