2030.

With the explosive growth of AI, more and more factories are running around the clock with the lights off, leading to a sharp rise in global unemployment.

Most schools have closed down.

Young people have started to turn to the entertainment industry.

Although Su Wangchuan found himself at the tail end of the era, disheveled and in a sorry state, his parents had given him a decent appearance. Through disciplined fitness, he gradually accumulated over five thousand followers during high school and college.

Ring ring!

The alarm for the early morning grind sounded promptly at 6:30.

Su Wangchuan started his live stream at 7:00 sharp, entering work mode.

"Family! Let's get to work."

After a quick wash, his chiseled abs began their relentless routine, from push-ups to pull-ups, and then to increasingly skilled space walks—this had become a daily ritual upon waking.

Though the tail end of the era was suffocating, each apartment was quite spacious and luxurious, easily accommodating a high-tech gym where all sorts of exercises could be performed.

Su Wangchuan spoke little, and his followers were rather reserved as well.

After a simple two hours, drenched in sweat, he ended the day's live stream.

Checking his earnings, it was 15.8 yuan.

"Sigh."

"Just enough for a chicken leg again."

"Fortunately, the government covers half of the public rental housing rent, and utilities are free; otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to get by."

Su Wangchuan felt quite helpless.

With unemployment benefits and the platform's monthly allowance of a thousand yuan, he could scrape by.

However, he still needed to find a part-time job, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to find a girlfriend.

Emerging from the shower, Su Wangchuan changed into a fresh white outfit, put on a mask, and headed out.

Standing at 180 cm with an athletic build, his clean and neat appearance, enhanced by the mask's mysterious allure, was quite appealing.

After all...

He needed to find a part-time job.

What if he happened to meet a truly wealthy lady... true love?

As he stepped out, he ran into his neighbor opening her door.

A beauty with long, fair legs and a short slip dress, exuding a lazy, sleepy aura, holding a bag of trash that likely contained breakfast.

This was 'Taotao,' who had been live streaming all night, probably a C-cup, with an 85-point appearance and over 300,000 followers, taking the late-night emotional companionship route.

Taotao's eyes lit up when she saw the guy next door heading out.

"Hey, handsome, heading out? Could you help me throw out the trash? I'm so sleepy."

"Uh, okay."

Su Wangchuan's camera captured this warm moment.

Since he was taking out the trash anyway, it was no trouble.

He could later edit it into a short clip of a pretty neighbor striking up a conversation, boosting his own appeal.

The camera recorded:

"Thanks, handsome."

"You're really nice."

Hmm, the latter part could be edited out, replaced with subtitles like:

'Want to come in for a bit?' "Come in and enjoy the air conditioning"...

Su Wangchuan gave a charming smile:

He was really getting the hang of this; becoming a big streamer was within reach.

Outside the apartment building, the sun was already blazing hot at 10:30.

Those who could come out at this time had a thirst for life.

Su Wangchuan took the city's free electric rail to a nearby office building.

"Hello, sir."

The receptionist robot greeted him with a bright smile.

Looking around, the first floor of the office building was quite spacious, with only twelve sweetly smiling receptionist robots at the entrance providing service.

"Hello, I have an appointment for an interview with the 'Warring States' Game Studio..." This was the main reason for going out today.

"Hello, Mr. Su, the elevator to the 75th floor, please follow me."

The receptionist robot led Su Wangchuan inside.

Su Wangchuan marveled along the way.

The entertainment industry was becoming more and more standardized and grand.

Recruiting for a game-playing and grinding job, not only offering a salary of over ten thousand a month but also opening a studio in such a prime business district...

The world of the wealthy was indeed different.

With the robot receptionist leading the way, Su Wangchuan reached the 75th floor.

Another young lady was already waiting at the door.

She wore a name badge on her chest, named Su Wan.

Oh, a family member.

Su Wangchuan was a bit surprised.

Su Wan was in her early twenties, with a pleasant appearance, fair skin, and a few freckles on her face, making her look playful, cute, and approachable.

"Hello, are you Mr. Su Wangchuan?"

"I am."

"I'm the HR from the Warring States Game Studio, responsible for the interview. Please follow me."

Su Wangchuan increasingly felt that this game studio was quite impressive, even having an HR department.

"Oh, okay."

Su Wan led the way.

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Su Wangchuan observed along the way.

The entire 75th floor seemed to belong to this game studio, with many workstations partitioned off, but no one was around.

It seemed to be a company that was recruiting game grinders on a large scale, with numerous workstations indicating that the company was about to make a big move.

Su Wangchuan couldn't help but ask:

"Miss Su, may I ask, are we preparing to enter a popular game, or is there a new game launching?"

An entire floor of a business district office building, tens of thousands of square meters! Plus a large-scale recruitment with a salary of over ten thousand a month, this was no small investment.

Su Wan turned back with a smile:

"Mr. Su, you'll need to pass our interview and sign a confidentiality agreement before we can officially disclose our company's detailed information to you."

"Oh."

Su Wangchuan was once again surprised:

Playing a game required signing a confidentiality agreement.

These days, even second-generation wealthy individuals were becoming more professional.

"By the way."

"Mr. Su, could you turn off your camera?"

Su Wan pointed to the ear-mounted camera on Su Wangchuan.

He quickly took it off and put it in his pocket.

"Okay."

Entering the interview room.

Before Su Wangchuan could take a good look at the room, a machine beside him spat out a piece of paper.

Su Wan took it, glanced at it, smiled, and said to Su Wangchuan:

"Based on our interview results, we are very satisfied with your gender, age, physical condition, and work experience. The interview result is that you have passed our interview. If you have no objections, you can now take a look at our employment contract."

Huh?

Su Wangchuan was dumbfounded:

He passed the interview?

Could this be the legendary formality?