Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 10 Maurice

After more than an hour of negotiation, Loren finally finalized the first draft of the contract with the other party. The contract was for two years and would be renewed normally unless there were special circumstances.

It likely contains the following:
According to the contract, Loren the Red Dragon's working hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM every Tuesday to Sunday, which is the time when the zoo opens and closes.

Loren needs to be on duty for five out of these six days. If the red dragon is on duty for six days a week, it will be considered as having accumulated one day of leave. However, it is best to inform the zoo in advance about the use of the leave so that it can be reported to the visitors.

During working hours, the Red Dragon Loren needs to appear in the Lava Heart, a special venue created by the Emerald Leaf Rare Zoo.

The venue needs to include a geothermal lava circulation system and a private resting nest for Loren, which will not be open to the public.

However, in return, Loren must not appear in public in his true form for less than four hours each day.

The red dragon needs to perform at the zoo about twice a week. Currently, it is tentatively scheduled to fly in the park or above the stage play, capture princesses, play villains, and participate in dragon knowledge classes in the children's theater, etc.

As a member of the zoo, Loren the red dragon has a certain obligation to rescue colleagues who are attacked or when rare wild species are hunted outside the park.

If Loren is injured or incurs significant expenses, the park will reimburse all costs associated with his performance.

Loren the Red Dragon's salary is currently calculated by weighting the salaries of a Tier 3 Arcane Mage, a Tier 3 Warrior (advanced class), a Weapon Master, and the young Red Dragon himself. It is tentatively set at 4500 copper coins per week, plus 15% of the revenue from Red Dragon-related merchandise and toys.

In addition, there are some other miscellaneous details, but overall, it is quite broad.

The restrictions placed on Loren were quite few, which showed considerable sincerity.

It is worth mentioning Loren's salary. 1500 copper coins per week is the minimum income for a third-tier professional engaged in combat-related work under federal regulations.

Yes, after discussions between the two, the contract stipulated that Loren would not be entering the Emerald Leaf Rare Animal Zoo as an exhibit, but as a special, limited-ability combatant.

This is a rather borderline identity, proposed because of the Federation's long-standing problem of defining the age of immortals.

A juvenile dragon can destroy a town under certain circumstances. We can't just let it go because it's a minor, right?
Similarly, during the nearly 100-year period of immaturity of the immortal species, they can't be prevented from working and going to work in the city, right?

After all, with societal progress, everyone needs to work.

However, completely lifting the working age restrictions for immortal beings is a somewhat cruel and troublesome issue.

Therefore, during past discussions, the somewhat delicate identity of "capable combatant" was brought up.

Obtaining this identity means that an individual's development has reached a certain level, and they have been proven to be a long-lived individual with sufficient talent and intelligence.

They are permitted to participate in certain combat/work under certain conditions, but in non-emergency situations, combatants should be relegated to a marginal or auxiliary role.

Building a long-term combat/work system centered on combatants is illegal.

You should have enough time to grow, not waste your time standing still – Federal Regulations on the Protection of Minors.

The wages of those with limited abilities are capped at the lowest level of the entire class and rank; any wage below this standard is considered illegal by the Federation.

However, at the same time, those with limited abilities are also the ones who receive the most severe and standardized payments.

Even if they are paid a day late, they will absolutely win if they sue the company.

Loren naturally acquired this identity. And it was through this identity that the contract was able to establish its legal validity.

In the contract, the part about helping colleagues outside the office is actually Loren's main job in a legal sense.

He's a security guard, no, a bodyguard who deals with unexpected situations outside.

Living in the venue and attending weekly performances are all ways to maintain and comfort Loren's physical and mental health.

After all, Loren is only twenty years old this year, which is only slightly older than a young dragon in the dragon race.

Reasonable social activities, such as interacting with peers, like in a children's theater, are perfectly normal and beneficial to Loren's physical and mental health.

So, according to the contract, Loren's performance was actually free.

His basic income comes from his dual professions and his dragon body. His dragon body is considered a high-level magic crystal machine of the same level and is also considered part of his combat profession. This is how he earns 4500 copper coins a week.

Fortunately, Loren was quite satisfied with this income. Although it was less than half a magic crystal coin, he usually only earned five thousand copper coins from selling dragon blood once!

If he doesn't use this money to buy online courses, medicine, spellcasting materials, or experimental equipment, it will be enough for him to use for a long time!
Not to mention he also earns 15% from peripheral revenue!
If he really becomes famous, then the money will come in like crazy!
Inevitably, Loren had some wild thoughts; after all, he was used to being poor, so it was not uncommon for him to have such thoughts.

“If you have no other questions, I’m prepared to take this contract and try to persuade my boss and my husband.”

Morris wiped the sweat from his brow, adjusted his glasses, and carefully examined the revised contract again, afraid of overlooking anything.

He has been with the Green Leaf Zoo for twenty years since graduating from college.

This is a job he enjoys; he loves all kinds of animals, and the staff here are very kind.

Twenty years have passed, and he now has a family and a career, a happy and stable life, and a lot of friends. Whether at work or after get off work, his life is running smoothly.

Safe, stable, and with a clear view of the entire area.

But his heart hadn't beat as fast as it did today in a long time. He was all too familiar with the past, and the familiarity made him somewhat weary.

So regardless of the scene that the red dragon Loren described to him;
Whether it was the intense debate with him over contracts and benefits, or the mutual criticism, all of this made him feel a long-lost vitality.

He truly felt that he was still alive, rather than a corpse waiting to be buried.

He was diagnosed with no talent for magic or martial arts at a very young age.

But thanks to her ability to calculate, her reading skills, and her financial acumen, she still became the top housekeeper at the Green Leaf Rare Animal Zoo.

He had thought he would spend his entire life in this position until the end of his life.

But now, this somewhat peculiar red dragon boy has given him another answer, an answer he would have chosen when he was very, very young, before he was found to have any extraordinary talent.

With my abilities and my identity, I want to change the world, even just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

(End of this chapter)