Lisa pondered for a while. Under normal circumstances, she would never approve such a thing as asking for leave.
But this reason...
After thinking for a while, she sighed.
"Go ahead."
"Thank you manager!"
Wang Man was a little happy and ran away quickly after getting permission.
The new leader of the art troupe doesn't quite understand Lisa's approach.
"Manager Li? The higher ups are planning to launch a star project to become a popular idol to divert attention and adjust the fluctuations in mental energy caused by these two black tides.
All people have entertainment needs, and they need entertainment channels to relieve stress.
We are all ready to push Wang Man up. Li Na and Zhou Xiaoyun are not as good at singing and dancing as her. Isn’t it appropriate for her to be fooling around like this at this time?"
Lisa did not answer immediately, but looked at Wang Man's leave request and murmured:
"It's a pity and he must leave one behind."
"ah?"
The head of the art troupe picked up Wang Man's leave application and took a look at it.
"The cherry blossoms at Jiming Temple? Where is Jiming Temple?"
"An ancient building in the south of the city."
"If there are flowers there, you won't have to ask for leave, right?"
The group leader still expressed his incomprehension, but Lisa's eyes moved.
"The cherry blossoms at Jiming Temple are blooming, which means...that impossible person is back."
"Wang Man is in love? How can this work? If not, I have to go and bring her back."
"Don't go, maybe it's unrequited love?"
"Um, Wang Man is also a little girl from our side. Isn't that impossible?"
…
Wang Man stood not far from Qiangwei Studio, dangling some cat snacks in his hand and muttering:
"Hey? You're back? Brother Xu Le... no, no, it's too deliberate.
"
"I didn't expect to meet you here. Didn't you say you would never come back? No, you will be beaten to death if you are so arrogant!"
"Brother Xu Le, I never thought we could meet here...it's too soft, not like me."
Wang Man scratched his hair in distress, not knowing what to do to meet Xu Le in a "reasonable" way.
And even if they meet, I don't know if Xu Le's cat will scratch her.
That cat is so fierce.
Wang Man looked at the cat sausage in his hand and felt a little more at ease.
This thing should be able to calm it down.
"Wang Man, what are you doing here?"
The sudden sound startled Wang Man, and she did not expect to meet Li Qingcheng here.
"Green Orange, what a coincidence."
"I'm on duty here today. What's the coincidence? It's you. The Zion Art Troupe is not close to here, right? Why did you come to this place?"
"I, I...I heard that there is a good cat food store here, so I came over and bought some cat food."
Wang Man's explanation, which was not very reasonable, barely dispelled Li Qingcheng's doubts.
Li Qingcheng asked curiously:
"You actually have a cat, hahahaha, don't you hate cats the most?"
"Well, it's not me, it's a friend who raised him. I was going to visit him. I didn't know what gift to bring, so I bought some cat food."
"Oh, that's quite interesting. They seem to be good friends, male or female? Is there a story?"
Faced with Li Qingcheng's questioning, Wang Man felt a little at a loss.
But when she thought about the past between Li Qingcheng and Xu Le, Wang Man felt that she shouldn't be so vain about Li Qingcheng.
She has changed a lot over the years.
In the past, when she liked someone, she would look in the mirror and warn herself that she was fat and ugly.
But no need now, she is qualified to like her.
"He is indeed a good friend, what's wrong?"
Seeing Wang Manluo's generous admission, Li Qingcheng felt a little disappointed for no reason.
She has not been able to achieve Wang Man's straightforward attitude until now.
"That's very good."
The two fell into an awkward silence for a while.
At this moment, an insignificant passerby happened to pass by.
The passerby wore a pair of round-rimmed glasses, was holding a black staff, and had a black cat standing on his shoulder.
When passing by the two people, the black cat suddenly barked.
Meow!~
Xu Le knew that Ding would not bark randomly under normal circumstances, so...
He could only pretend not to see it and lowered his head to look at the floor. Well, I was just passing by.
Wang Man also discovered Xu Le, but when she saw that Xu Le didn't seem to see them, she suddenly became anxious.
If Xu Le had stayed in the lighthouse, she would only regard the past as a memory, but now Xu Le has returned to Zion.
It was not easy for her to ask for leave once, it was not easy for her to muster the courage to come, and it was not easy for her to dare to look directly at Li Qingcheng.
So she won't let go so easily this time.
"Brother Xu Le, I didn't expect to meet you here. Didn't you say you would never come back?"
Everyone started talking, but Xu Le was too embarrassed to ignore her just like a passerby.
He could only turn his head and laugh twice:
"Ha~haha, I was persecuted by villains at the lighthouse and couldn't survive anymore, so I had no choice but to come back."
What Xu Le said was actually quite true, but Wang Man only thought he was joking.
"For your position, who can persecute you in the lighthouse?"
Xu Le didn’t explain much, he just smiled and said:
"That's true. The main reason is that the salary is too low and I can't survive, hahaha."
Li Qingcheng felt inexplicably uncomfortable when she saw Xu Le chatting happily with Wang Man.
Looking at the cat on Xu Le's shoulder, I finally realized that the friend Wang Man was talking about was actually Xu Le.
It turned out that she had been hiding it from herself.
Moreover, Xu Le's attitude towards Wang Man was much better than towards her.
When we met before, Xu Le was like a passerby, and the relationship of more than ten years was discarded like garbage.
"Xu Le, why are you here too?"
Xu Le looked at Li Qingcheng doubtfully.
"I work here, what's the problem?"
Li Qingcheng lowered her head when asked, "Okay, it's all her fault."
"sorry."
Xu Le has discovered that this woman seems to know nothing else except saying sorry.
"Don't always say you're sorry, it's all over."
Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually getting uncomfortable, Wang Man felt a little anxious. She came specifically to see Xu Le. If Xu Le talked about those sad past events with Li Qingcheng at this time, it would be over.
"Brother Xu Le, I am now an official member of the art troupe. Can you congratulate me?"
"Congratulations, you have embarked on the path of your dreams."
Xu Le's congratulations are sincere. It is indeed a very happy and admirable thing to be able to fight for one's dreams.
Meow!~
Ding Ke squinted his eyes and stared at Wang Man with an unfriendly look.
He didn't want to talk to Li Qingcheng at all, because in Ding Ke's opinion, Li Qingcheng was too cowardly.
But Wang Man is different. Wang Man has an inexplicable courage. Although he doesn't know where this courage comes from, it is indeed worth worrying about.
Facing Ding Ke's hostility, Wang Man seemed to be well prepared. She took out a sausage and handed it to Ding Ke.
"Hey, Ding Ke, I bought you something delicious."
Ding Ke was a little angry by this move. Damn it, it is so dignified... If it doesn't work anymore, just eat one.
Meow!
"This cat is really worthless." Xu Le looked at Ding Ke surrendering for a piece of sausage and secretly despised him.
"Brother Xu Le, shall I treat you to dinner?"
"You don't have any income yet, right? No need?"
Hearing Xu Le's words, Wang Man puffed up her chest proudly.
"After I became an official member of the league, I got a salary, and it was all my own money."
After saying that, Wang Man looked at Li Qingcheng seriously. Her eyes were firm and confident, and there was no hint of stage fright.
"Qingcheng, let's go together. Since we haven't seen each other for a long time, it's okay to sit down and have a good chat."
Li Qingcheng on the side suddenly raised her head, and she finally realized why Wang Man had become so confident.
Because Wang Man doesn’t know when he started to be able to live on his own.
And what about her? Although she says she relies on herself, in fact she still uses family money.
There is nothing wrong with this, but because she demands too much from her family, she needs to be very considerate of her family's feelings, listen to her parents, and give up Xu Le.
Maybe this is not wrong, but this is really not what she wants.
Although she felt uncomfortable in her heart, Li Qingcheng knew that she no longer had a place in the conversation between Xu Le and Wang Man.
Compared to Wang Man, she is more like an outsider.
She knew it was time for her to leave.
"I still have to go on duty, so I won't go with you."
Wang Man was a little excited. Maybe this was just a verbal confrontation, but she knew that she finally "beat" Li Qingcheng once.
"That……"
Before she could say something nice, Xu Le suddenly said:
"Come together, I just have something to ask you."
"Huh?" Li Qingcheng's expression became a little strange, while Wang Man was a little angry. He finally got a chance. What's going on?
Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he definitely couldn't say that. Wang Man could only invite him again:
"Brother Xu Le has spoken, so Qingcheng will come with us."
"Okay then."
The three of them came to a relatively low-end small restaurant. Normally, Li Qingcheng would never come to such a place to eat.
But Xu Le is different, good or bad makes no difference to him.
And he also knew that even if Wang Man had a salary, before she really became famous, she would only have a dead salary from an art troupe.
He invited Li Qingcheng to come and talk about some things about Zion's official professional system. There was no need to spend too much money.
After ordering a few dishes, none of the three of them drank. Wang Man kept chattering and talking about his experience working in the art troupe during this period.
Xu Le nodded from time to time, and occasionally praised him a word or two. The two of them talked happily.
It wasn't until he finished eating that Wang Man felt a little tired.
Li Qingcheng didn't speak much during this period. She was indeed a bit slow in many things, but there was one thing she was very sensitive to.
That's love. Wang Man likes Xu Le, it's obvious.
Only true love can make Wang Man have so many words in front of Xu Le!
"Brother Xu Le, I'm exhausted from talking so much. Please tell me about yourself. Is your work at the lighthouse not going well?"
Wang Man knew that Xu Le had become a night watchman at the lighthouse.
Although this kind of work is dangerous, it is already a very powerful job in her eyes.
The difficulty of the Lighthouse Night Watchman is much higher than that of the Zion Law Enforcer.
When it came to the work of the lighthouse, Xu Le just shook his head slightly:
"It went very smoothly at first, but then one of my leaders left, and people lost their support. There was no one to support me, so I couldn't continue my work."
"Is the internal struggle in the lighthouse so fierce?"
"Yes, the internal struggle is fierce."
After talking to this point, Xu Le felt that the reminiscing with Wang Man was almost over, and it was time to talk about something serious.
He turned to look at Li Qingcheng and suddenly asked:
"Law Enforcement Li, let me ask you something, about Zion's law enforcers."
Wang Man was stunned for a moment, Li Zhizhi? When she heard Xu Le call Li Qingcheng, she almost laughed, but she held it back in the end.
She was a little curious as to why Xu Le was looking for Li Qingcheng, but when she saw that Xu Le's eyes were not strange and his attitude was very sincere, Wang Man knew that Xu Le wanted to talk about business.
With the experience of Kuroshio that night, Wang Man knew very well not to disturb Xu Le when he was serious.
So she shut up very sensibly and went to find Ding Ke.
"Ding Xiaoke, do you want chicken legs?"
Ding Ke looked at the drumstick with a hesitant expression. It suddenly looked at Xu Le angrily.
Damn it! Others are knocking on your door, why don’t you go to Muyue to practice?
Why are you so poor?
After struggling for a while, Ding Ke still chose to compromise with the chicken legs.
Meow!~ began to lie next to Wang Man’s hand and meow.
Li Qingcheng's nose felt sore when she heard Xu Le call her that. She used to call her "Little Chengzi", but now she calls her "Li Enforcement", it's really okay!
"You ask, I will answer whatever I can answer."
Xu Le pondered for a while. In fact, he had many things he wanted to ask about Zion's official extraordinary execution system and situation.
But he also needs to consider which questions can be asked and which ones are not suitable to ask.
"I would like to ask, what are the entry conditions for your law enforcement officers?"
When it comes to the recruitment of law enforcement officers, Li Qingcheng's eyes light up. This aspect is what she is most proud of.
Because she insisted on practicing on her own despite being disliked by many people, and then was admitted to Zion Law Enforcement.
"The requirements for law enforcers are level 2 warriors. In addition to the basic strength requirements, the reporter's character, family environment, and anima level must also be assessed.
Only those who meet all the requirements can become law enforcers, which is quite difficult."
Xu Le's mouth twitched, is your mental stability worth mentioning? Forget it, these things are not important.
"Oh, does the law enforcer system have warlocks?"
"Yes, but not many. Although there are many warlocks in Zion, their status is obviously higher than that of warriors and ordinary researchers.
After all, only warlocks can access the power of the red moon, warriors and ordinary people cannot do this.
So in Zion, usually only warlocks who are short of money and have no research ability will join the law enforcer system."
Xu Le nodded and asked again:
"Then what are the daily tasks of your law enforcement officers? In addition to your daily duties, are there more dangerous tasks, such as field service?"
Li Qingcheng didn't know why Xu Le asked this, and although this question was not included in the confidentiality agreement.
But as law enforcers, they usually don't talk about the internal affairs of their units. This can be regarded as a rule that is not stated on the surface.
But now, the person asking is Xu Le...
Xu Le also saw Li Qingcheng's hesitation, and he quickly said:
"If it's not convenient to say it, you don't have to say it."
"No, there are no strict rules. In fact, it is not impossible to say these things. If you ask from other places, you should be able to know.
There have been a lot of field development tasks in Zion recently. In addition to daily duties, we also need to participate in field tasks regularly and quantitatively."
"Then what is your field mission and personnel structure roughly like? Is this easy to say?"
Xu Le was very concerned about field tasks, so he had to ask more questions.
Both training and research and development cost money.
He now has an expected money-making chain.
Generate Anima Fruit by intercepting other people's Anima, and then collect extraordinary resources through Guyin Multi-Vision to create anima shielding devices to obtain Zion research rewards.
This series of operations can form a stable chain of interests, and at the same time, it can also rapidly improve one's own strength.
But whether it is interception of psychic energy, resource exploration, or the most basic start-up capital, they all need to be obtained from outside.
Therefore, the situation of field missions, especially the team structure and command are very important.
"Field mission teams are usually a team of 10 people, and usually recruit 2 field warlocks as a guarantee for the extraordinary.
Then 3 mercenaries will be recruited, these are usually Tianrui Lifeng people, and then the law enforcement personnel will be supplemented, usually 1 commander + 4 team members, totaling 10 people.
Of course, because there are relatively few warriors in Zion, more Tianrui Lifeng mercenaries will sometimes be recruited."
This is not the first time Xu Le has heard the name Tianrui Lifeng mercenary.
He had little impression of this city and had never been there, so he was quite curious.
"Are there many mercenaries in Tianrui Lifeng? Are they all warriors?"
"Yes, Tianrui Lifeng has a lot of mercenaries, but not all of them are warriors. They also have warlock mercenaries. In short, it is a very martial city-state."
Xu Le frowned slightly. If that's the case, how is the social structure of Tianrui Lifeng formed?
"Why are there so many extraordinary beings in Tianrui Lifeng? Don't they need to produce them?"
The idea of all citizens becoming soldiers sounds great, but what about basic production?
At the very least, someone has to farm the land, right? Someone has to make clothes, shoes and daily necessities, right?
These are very basic things. Does Tianrui Lifeng not have them?
"I can't say for sure, but what is certain is that they have a lot of extraordinary people, especially warriors.
Tianrui Lifeng's policies are somewhat special, and they are conducting some kind of revolution. You have to go and see the specific situation to know."
Xu Le nodded. According to Li Qingcheng, the personnel composition of the Zion Trail Blazers mission is a bit complicated.
There may even be a ratio of 5 officials + 3 mercenaries + 2 recruited warlocks.
Although this is not absolutely the case, in any case, as long as the composition of extraordinary beings is not a system, problems can easily arise.
What should I do if I don’t listen to the command?
What should I do if I have selfish motives?
What to do if there is internal strife?
What should I do if the spoils are unevenly distributed?
These are basic things, and more serious issues include combat coordination and so on.
These issues...didn't Zion officials think of them?
Xu Le felt that he could think of the problem. Zion officials didn't even have anyone as smart as him, right?
"Then with a team structure like yours, won't there be chaos during the mission?"
"It sounds confusing, but actually it's okay. The requirements will be explained in detail before the mission. The quality of the warlocks recruited in Zion is pretty good.
Mainly the Tianrui Lifeng people, the quality level of mercenaries does vary, especially the mercenaries who come to other city-states.
However, Zion’s development tasks are not very strict. If the captain feels that he encounters a problem that cannot be solved, he can just go back and report it.”
"I see!"
It's easy to get good things by exploring in the wild, let alone floating clouds such as antique materials.
But the weird materials, relics, and moon stones that may appear in the development area are all very valuable.
Xu Le thought about some of the profitable points, and then continued to ask the question he was most concerned about:
"Is there a possibility that the command of the team can be exercised by the recruiter?"