Chapter 223: Tools are indispensable

"You're welcome."

Zhou Jing took out fifty yuan and gave it to the girl pretending to be deaf and dumb, then walked away without taking the bracelet.

Bai Xiyao said to Zhou Jing: "She obviously heard you talking. You are really generous. If it was a man, would you give it to her?"

"I don't want to give you the impression that I'm stingy with girls."

Even though he knew his sympathy would be deceived, Zhou Jing didn't care.

Zhou Jing looked down on people who had arms and legs but still asked for money with their hands, but at the same time he admired them for being able to put aside their face and dignity. In this money-oriented society, being able to cash in on one's face and dignity is also a kind of ability. The girl selling handmade bracelets in the Internet cafe is not as offensive as those who directly ask for money.

"I'm not your girlfriend."

After confirming the accounts of Innovation Internet Café for last month, Bai Xiyao signed the Internet Café's May payroll and handed it to Zhou Jing for signature.

Zhou Jing was too lazy to sign and just glanced at the network administrator's salary.

The salary for the front desk clerk and ordinary network administrator is 1,800 yuan a month, including accommodation but not food. There is a 200 yuan attendance bonus. If the network administrator does not take leave or skip work that month, he can get 2,000 yuan in salary. The salary is not low, and working in an Internet cafe is not tiring.

"Don't you want to give your father a share of the salary?"

Zhou Jing gave the pay slip to Bai Xiyao. Bai Xiyao's father was always worried about the Internet cafe.

"Need not."

Bai Xiyao said as a matter of course.

"You are such a good daughter. Buy your dad a bottle of wine and two packs of cigarettes."

Bai Xiyao can take it for granted, but Zhou Jing cannot. He should express what needs to be expressed.

"Forget about the alcohol. My dad won't drink unless he drinks. Once he starts drinking, he can't stop."

Bai Xiyao still remembers that when she was a child, her mother and she often quarreled because of her father's drinking.

After finishing the Internet cafe business, Bai Xiyao sent Zhou Jing back to school and then went to the store. Zhou Jing went to the dormitory and lay down until he went to the classroom for the afternoon class.

The first class in the afternoon was the English class for Class 1-2. Gu Jia arrived outside the classroom of Class 2 in advance and stopped for a while. She only went in after Zhou Jing came out of the classroom.

When the weather is hot, the classroom feels a bit lifeless, and the same goes for the office. There is no air conditioning in the office, only two electric fans, and there is not much difference whether there are fans or not.

Zhou Jing had no classes in the afternoon so he prepared to write a novel. He went to the campus store and bought an ice cream to refresh himself. He also bought a bottle of iced mineral water, the kind that is frozen solid. In his previous life, Zhou Jing liked to drink Coke, Sprite and the like, but after realizing that he had gained weight, he rarely drank carbohydrate drinks.

In the office, after the afternoon class, there were no teachers around. Yang Wenwen was about to go back to the dormitory. When she saw Zhou Jing coming to the office, she sat down again and opened her phone to send a message to the boy: [You really know how to enjoy life. Seeing this makes me want to eat ice cream too]

Zhou Jing ate the ice cream in one gulp and threw it away before replying: [I am going to bring one for you, as I remembered that you cannot eat cold food these past two days]

Yang Wenwen continued to post messages with a smile on her face: [Backstage shows that the manuscript fee has been paid]

Zhou Jing: [I will check it when I have time]

The royalties and school salaries are paid in the middle of each month, and Zhou Jing pays Yang Wenwen's salary at the beginning of each month.

The book Zhou Jing is currently writing has more than three million words. With the accumulation of words and word of mouth, its performance has entered a period of explosive growth, firmly occupying the top spot on the monthly ticket list. It is not only the most popular book on the fantasy channel of the publishing website, but also extremely popular on the entire Internet. Its fame is in no way inferior to those of the great writers' books, and its royalties have also increased greatly.

At noon, Zhou Jing went to the Internet cafe and heard the network administrator discussing his books. Zhou Jing didn't know whether they were reading genuine or pirated copies.

The editor discussed the issue of publishing physical books with Zhou Jing last week and plans to hold a physical book signing event during the summer vacation, at which time Zhou Jing will be present in person to sign books.

The editor of the previous book also discussed the issue of publication with Zhou Jing. However, because the previous book contained some plots that were not suitable for children, Zhou Jing did not agree to attend the signing event, and did not allow the book to introduce Zhou Jing's real information. The website and the publishing house were responsible for publishing the book. Zhou Jing discussed with the editor about making deletions before publication. The editor said that it would affect the reading experience. Zhou Jing thought so too. If it was deleted, it would lose its soul. Anyway, the erotic plots accounted for a very small proportion of the whole book, but those that were too explicit needed to be deleted or modified. The manuscript was in Zhou Jing's hands, and Zhou Jing sent it to the editor after revising it.

After sitting in the office for a while, Zhou Jing went to the dormitory to write a novel. He went to the classroom for the fourth class. All the college entrance examination questions for this year had come out. The students were studying them consciously, and many students bought newspapers with real questions.

A boy put a Rubik's Cube on his desk, and Zhou Jing picked it up and took a look at it.

"Can Teacher Zhou restore it?" "Isn't it easy?"

The Rubik's Cube was one that Zhou Jing had played with a long time ago. Zhou Jing looked at the six sides of the Cube and started to rotate it. It was restored in six or seven seconds.

"It turns out that Teacher Zhou is an expert."

The students nearby all looked at him with admiration. They felt that this head teacher was omnipotent.

"Teacher Zhou, please pass this back."

A boy took out two colored cubes from his Rubik's Cube and changed their positions so that his head teacher could rotate it.

Zhou Jing turned it twice and found something wrong. He soon discovered the problem. "You are too obvious. How can it be restored if the two sides of the same block have the same color?"

"Teacher Zhou has good eyesight."

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Zhou Jing picked up a student's newspaper and turned to the comprehensive science paper. With Zhou Jing's memory and current mind, it would not be difficult for him to get more than 290 points on the comprehensive science paper.

"You can't do questions just for the sake of doing them. You need to be good at summarizing and generalizing. On the basis of mastering the knowledge points, think about how the test method will change. Some knowledge points will be tested every time but in the same way every time. You can't look at the answer this time and understand it, but don't know it next time when the test method changes."

Zhou Jing returned to the podium and said.

The group stage of the first-year high school basketball competition has begun. The game lasts half an hour, with the first half lasting fifteen minutes each and the second half. The classes that have games occupy the fourth self-study class in the afternoon. Non-team students in the class cheer for their class, and the cheers can be heard throughout the campus.

The basketball game was more formal, with physical education teachers and leaders who understood the rules of basketball serving as referees. There were six games going on at the same time, and discipline was inevitably loose during the game. Twelve of the twenty classes in the first year of high school were competing at this time.

"Why don't you let the classes that don't play watch basketball games? Only by knowing yourself and your opponent can you win every battle."

The students who were studying in the classroom without any competition were restless and their minds were on the playground.

"I'll go and see for you."

At this time, there was a competition between Class 3 of Grade 1 and Senior 2 on the playground, and Zhou Jing went to watch it since he had nothing to do.

Zhou Jing came to the playground where Class 1-3 of Senior High School were competing, walked behind Yang Wenwen and asked how it went.

"Class 3 is trailing by four points. If we send you into the game, we'll definitely win."

Yang Wenwen looked back and said.

The playground was very noisy. Zhou Jing watched the game for a while and then went back to the dormitory. On the way, he met Gu Jia who was about to go out for dinner.

“Is there a competition for your class?”

Gu Jia asked with a smile.

"Not today, being a teacher limits the beauty of the Master."

Zhou Jing noticed that Gu Jia changed her clothes. Gu Jia was very diligent in changing clothes in the summer. She wore more formal clothes to class and changed into a beautiful skirt after get off work in the afternoon.

"I feel so too."

In class, Gu Jia cannot wear too obvious makeup or too fashionable clothes. She buys nice clothes but has little time to wear them.

"I'd like to invite you to dinner on Friday night. Are you free that day?"

Zhou Jing’s birthday is on Friday, so Gu Jia must be taking it to heart.

"Master is always available to treat us."

On Friday, Zhou Jing planned to go to Yang Wenwen's house for lunch at noon, and used the excuse of having dinner with his cousin in the evening to have dinner with Gu Jia. Whenever Zhou Jing couldn't arrange the time, he would think of his cousin. For a scumbag, a tool is indispensable.

(End of this chapter)