Richard was sitting in his office, flipping through a new set of Spider-Woman photos that Jessica had just handed to him, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
The photo Jessica handed him last time was only a small black dot hanging at the edge of the lens, between existence and disappearance, but this time the photo suddenly became an ultra-high-definition full-body portrait, with all kinds of
Handsome pose, look at the effect of this picture, Spider-Woman's body ratio...it seems that the picture has been slightly retouched?
The picture quality is also simply touching. Compared with the previous one, it's like a small 270p movie has been replaced by a blockbuster with Blu-ray original painting. It's like replacing a shotgun with a cannon.
After Richard finished flipping through the photos, he looked up at Jessica suspiciously: "I just mentioned this photo problem last time, and you solved it so quickly? Your work efficiency is quite high."
"Because...I am serious, responsible and down-to-earth at work?" Jessica thought for a while, "Boss, I said that I really worked hard to take this photo. I had to climb to the flagpole of the building on such a hot day.
Just to wait there for Spider-Woman to swing by. Do you know how hot it was yesterday? It was a full 40 degrees..."
"In fact, it was less than 30 degrees yesterday." Richard said that he had no fluctuations in his heart, and even wanted to complain. You climbed up to the flagpole to take pictures, and they even jumped down to pose for you? Are you lying?
Richard glanced at her sideways: "Okay, I understand, and I will consider giving you a salary increase."
After talking so much, don’t you just want to raise your salary? At worst, you can ask the aunt in the canteen to give you two more chicken legs.
Jessica was satisfied. She did feel that the economy was a little tight recently. Although to be fair, the salary offered to her by the newspaper was not low, and her boss even gave her a discount on the rent, but she had a lot of wages deducted.
I can't stand it at all...
"But you'd better be honest," Richard put down the photo, crossed his fingers to support his chin, and looked at Jessica, "You are on the line with her, right?"
"Huh? Who?" Jessica started to act stupid.
"I just thought about it again. I think I still need to reconsider the salary increase..."
Jessica: "..."
Okay! You are cruel! You are indeed an evil capitalist!
"Okay, actually I was joking." Jessica spread her hands, "I wanted to tell you originally."
Richard smiled and nodded, indicating that I believed it at that time.
"It's true. I did get on the line with Spider-Woman. I also explained your situation to her, boss. We reached some agreements. This is what I'm going to tell you. Well...how do I put it?
What?" Jessica made a weird expression, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Uh, forget it, you'll know it tonight anyway."
Richard moved his eyebrows in confusion.
...
That night.
Although Jessica had been vaccinated to some extent, when he saw Jessica appearing at the door of the house with a little blonde girl carrying large and small bags, Richard could not help but twitch his face.
.
"Boss, this is Gwen; Gwen, this is the Mr. Li I mentioned." Jessica began to act as an introducer, "Uh, you guys... get to know each other?"
The little blonde beauty looked a little nervous: "Hello, I am Gwen Kelly. I heard Jessica said that I can share a bedroom with her, right?"
Richard knew that her real name should be Gwen Stacy, and this was probably a false identity she had made up for herself, but he didn't care about it.
Richard understood instantly. Jessica had made a good calculation. If Gwen lived with her, not only would her photography work become much easier, but more importantly, Gwen could also share her rent and reduce her burden.
Pressure. Let’s make a bold guess. Jessica might even use inviting Gwen to live with her as a bargaining chip to offset part of Gwen’s commission on the photo revenue.
Jessica winked at Richard and pulled him aside to talk.
"Boss, look, this is what I wanted to tell you before. She is the girl wearing tight clothes and flying around on the roof."
"I guessed it." Richard looked at her, "I'm more curious about how you fooled her here."
"I told her about your superpowers and that you rented me a bedroom at below market price. She happened to be a little bit struggling with housing, so I suggested that maybe I could share it with her.
For a moment... I think you, boss, are such a nice person, so you won't mind, right?"
"Mind? Of course you don't mind." Richard sneered, "I might as well rent out the remaining rooms and convert them into staff dormitories."
Jessica said helplessly: "Look, boss, you said before that we need an exclusive superhero. Didn't I just bring one back?"
Richard glanced sideways at Gwen.
"So she looks like she's not yet an adult, right?"
"Well, she should be an adult...at least she said so herself."
This is not just nonsense that Jessica said, Gwen did say this when they first met that night when they met the Hand.
Richard was happy. She said it herself? Then someone often said that she didn't know how to do martial arts.
"Well, can I stay?" Gwen asked from the side, "If you think it's causing trouble, I can leave immediately..."
"Of course." Turning to Gwen, Richard's attitude suddenly became gentle. In fact, he has a good impression of these young superheroes such as Spider-Man. These children have a full sense of justice, which is rare in today's society.
An animal-level good old man, he would be happy to help if there was anything he could do. The only thing he was dissatisfied with was that Jessica didn't ask for his permission in advance.
"There are two vacant rooms at the end, you can choose one by yourself." Richard said that fortunately, his house was large and there were more vacant rooms.
Gwen waved her hand: "No, Miss Jones and I can live in the same room."
The little girl had just been fired from the restaurant. It was a time when she had to tighten her belt and live a life. It was better to save as much money as possible.
"It's okay, you can just pick a vacant room to live in, and I'll give you half of Jessica's rent." Richard said with a smile.
Jessica was immediately unhappy. Why did she spend so much effort to get a roommate back, only to have them take advantage of her without getting any benefits?
"Why?" she asked subconsciously.
Richard looked at her with a smile and said nothing.
"Oh, forget it, it's nothing." Jessica quickly changed her words, "I think this is good."
Jessica discovered that if you say too many things against your will, your conscience will really hurt.
Richard nodded with satisfaction. Okay, okay, this girl is becoming more and more self-conscious.
"That's fine. Okay, now you can move in. Do you need help with your luggage?"
Gwen shook her head: "No, I can do it myself."
After all, she has the power of a spider proportionally amplified. She can easily lift cars and other things with her arms. The weight is just light. It's just that she has a lot of packages, so it's a little troublesome to pick them up.
"You're welcome, we will be roommates from now on, so it's only right to help with this little favor." Richard smiled, and then just when Gwen thought he was going to help, he turned to Jessica.
"Jessica, help our new roommate unload the luggage."
Jessica: "I..."
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