Cyber ​​Swordsman 2121

Chapter 18, Lucky Coins

This is the big boss. I heard that he received genetic induction before birth, and he is smarter, stronger, and handsome than ordinary natural people...

There are a few people beside his hands. Although they are not as eye-catching as the big boss, they are all in suits and leather shoes, and they are heroic.

These are the core executives of the company, and they are all decent people on weekdays. I used to admire and yearn for them, and I also secretly imitated their outfits, but now I feel a little scared when I look at these people.

Those deep eyes suddenly became ferocious, and they looked at me as if they were looking at a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

I stood carefully behind the door, like a criminal prisoner facing his own judgment.

"You are Zhang San?"

"It's me, boss."

"I remember seeing you when I first took over the company from my father. You are considered the veteran of the company." The big boss said casually while playing with the precious jade seal in his hand. "You must know what our company does."

I nodded, "Our company's main product is adrenochrome."

"Adrenaline red" has nothing to do with adrenaline, and the name was first used to conceal its purpose and essence.

If it is taken according to performance, the real name should be called "human growth hormone".

This is a hormone that only appears in teenagers. It is related to human growth and development. After adulthood, this hormone will disappear miraculously.

But it has been found that the hormone, if extracted and injected into adults who no longer produce it, can slow aging and rejuvenate organs.

This kind of discovery made countless old and rich people go crazy, and then a lot of money was invested to speed up the research...

The company I work for was born at that time.

Although following large-scale clinical trials, it was found that adrenochrome does not open the door to longevity, and many elderly people's cells have reached the end of their lifespan, even if they were energetic the first day, they suddenly died.

But it has also been confirmed that injecting it can maintain a considerable degree of energy and vitality before death, and to some extent it can be regarded as prolonging the effective lifespan.

In this regard, the market is not as frenzied as it was at the beginning, but it has been more sought after than at the beginning.

Being able to produce adrenochrome has brought great benefits to the company, and it also makes people who work for the company have a lot of money.

As a result, I can afford a house in the central area, marry a beautiful wife, and afford a decent life in Brahma.

but now…

The person next to the left hand of the big boss, my immediate superior then said, "We just received the news that the secret of adrenaline red has been cracked by Brahma Bio, and it can be produced and synthesized without extracting from the human body. Now the first batch Samples are out."

I listened to his words, my heart sank continuously.

Sure enough, the boss paused and continued, "Affected by this, the price of adrenochrome will be greatly affected. It is foreseeable that the company will also enter a difficult period. As an excellent employee of the company, you should consider it for the company."

"What do you mean?" My voice changed slightly.

"It means that after working for so many years, you should also retire."

"Retirement? I'm only in my 40s..." I wanted to say loudly that I was still young and capable, but my words stopped.

I knew in my heart that the reason I fired myself wasn't because adrenochrome was cracked, at least that wasn't the main reason.

After years of development, the company has completed the penetration and integration of the upstream and downstream industrial chains of the adrenochrome product.

Even if 'Brahma Bio' can synthesize this special hormone by itself, it will not be able to cause much impact on the mature market.There is no longer such a high profit to make it dilute the cost.

Moreover, it is not the time for the company to rely solely on adrenochrome to survive at the beginning. After decades of development, the company's research laboratory has developed many new drugs, and at the same time, it has crossed borders in multiple fields. There is a layout.

Although adrenaline red is still the core product, it is no longer the only one.

The main reason for firing me is probably still... I have been with this company for 19 years and I am about to reach the 20-year deadline.

According to the federal labor law, as long as an employee has worked in a company for 10 consecutive years, no one can dismiss them arbitrarily.

Bosses also have ways around this law. For example, in the company I work for, according to company requirements, any employee must resign after working for 9 years.

In order to plug this loophole, the supplementary law to the previous law stipulates that no matter what position and reason, no matter whether it is continuous or not, as long as you have worked in a company for 20 years, you can become a voluntary employee of the company. The maximum monthly salary given to employees while on the job is severance pay.

This law is supervised by the Supreme Court, and no one can violate it. If necessary, employees can apply to Tiandao for arbitration.

The law is good, but the people... The law is as high as the law, and the devil is as high as the devil. In order to save money, various companies will dismiss an employee when he is about to reach the 20-year service limit. Generally, it is 19 years, so 19 years is all The biggest catastrophe for employees is to survive if they pass, and die if they fail to pass.

Since my working age is getting closer, I have already expected this moment, but I have always had a fluke mentality before, and now...

I paused and took out the speech I had prepared a long time ago, "Boss, I can adjust the file and transfer the file to outsourcing..."

"We are a serious unit, what are you talking about? I won't care about you for so many years, otherwise I will sue you for inducing a crime, hurry up..."

Looking at those sarcastic eyes, as if looking at garbage, I understand that they don't want me at all, they don't want an old guy with a high salary who is not as good as a newcomer.

I went out, settled my wages, packed my things under the happy and worried eyes of my colleagues, and left the place where I had stayed for 19 years in a daze.

Stepping out of the skyscraper standing in the heart of Brahma, I turned my head and looked around under the faintly pitiful eyes of passers-by, but I didn't know where to go next?
Where should I go now?

Come back home?

The home not far away?
The home with a 70-year mortgage has just been repaid for more than ten years.

Now that I have no job, how can I maintain my home... The monthly mortgage is [-] yuan. If I pay off the ten years before the loan is cut off, I will pay it back in vain.

And my beautiful wife Anne, who just quit her job a while ago and is now preparing for pregnancy at home, if she knew that I was fired and the house at the core was gone, she would definitely divorce me.

And if we get divorced, not only will she take away half of my property, but I will also need to pay her a monthly living allowance. Damn it, I suddenly regret buying a house hastily and getting married.

...

"Uncle...uncle..."

A sudden voice interrupted my reverie.

An 8...9-year-old girl, with two ponytails tied on her head, looked at me with big eyes blinking, "Want to buy a commemorative coin?"

It was only then that I realized that she was holding a big box like the one used to sell cigarettes in ancient times, and there were some commemorative coins in the box that I don't know if they were real or fake.

I really don't know how to do business, so why did so many people find me.

If I used to have that kindness, but now I can't protect myself, why would I buy this.

I was about to refuse, but looking at the clear deer-like eyes, I suddenly thought of my child who was still preparing for pregnancy and might never be born again.

Then he nodded mysteriously, "Okay, how much is it? Get me one."

"Either one is 10 yuan. Uncle, take one yourself. I heard that the natal coin you choose can bring good luck."

good luck?What luck can I have?
Although I didn't believe it, I reached out and took one of the coins in the box. This is a commemorative coin of the same type as the digital currency issued by the Commonwealth Bank.

One side is "new" in the ancient compilation, which represents the meaning of renouncing the old and innovating.

On the other side is a "3" representing a numerical value, which is the same as my name.

"That's all..."

(End of this chapter)