Avoid detours, start by running a nursing home.

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After asking his question, Old Zhang turned around and saw Zhang Yang standing there blankly, his eyes unfocused and looking lost in thought.

The old man immediately felt somewhat disappointed.

Young people are really unreliable!

"Sigh, whatever. I know it's a case of 'a new emperor, a new court.' After the boss changes, we old folks will definitely be neglected."

The old man sighed and shook his head.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. As long as you work diligently, I guarantee I won't fire any of you."

"If they perform exceptionally well, I will definitely reward them further."

Just as the old man, looking dejected, was about to go downstairs while holding onto the handrail, he suddenly heard Zhang Yang's voice behind him.

"Huh? Dean, are you serious?"

He was overjoyed upon hearing this, and turned to look at Zhang Yang with a beaming smile: "You're not just trying to fool this old man, are you?"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Zhang Yang looked at him and said decisively.

"Okay, okay, then I'm relieved!"

You can't help but feel at ease!

Zhang Yang was speechless as he looked at the wildly fluctuating numbers above his head.

Goodness, in just that short time, the favorability rating has almost dropped below 20.

Then, with just that one sentence, it immediately rose back to 50.

This rise and fall is even more thrilling than riding a roller coaster!

Even slot machines don't bounce as fast as you!

At your age, don't you know how to control your emotions?

While mentally ranting and raving, Zhang Yang looked at the newly appeared text in front of him.

The old man had barely finished speaking when his side started jumping words again; otherwise, he wouldn't have been standing there dumbfounded.

"Task targets have been bound to: all elderly residents and staff currently in the nursing home."

"To dismiss an existing employee, the following conditions must be met: violation of rules and regulations, corruption, misconduct towards elderly residents in the nursing home, or other illegal or criminal activities (voluntary resignation does not count)."

Warning: Dismissing an employee without cause will be considered a failure of the task.

"Warning: Those who use unethical or illegal means to persecute the elderly will face equal retaliation..."

The reason he said he wouldn't easily fire employees was because he had seen these things.

The task requires that every elderly person and staff member in the nursing home have a favorability rating of 60 or higher.

That's why he quickly tried to comfort Lao Zhang when he saw his popularity rating plummeting even faster than the A-shares market during a bear market.

Otherwise, if it drops to ten or twenty, or even single digits, who knows if it can ever be brought back up?

Even if it were possible, it would probably take much more effort to achieve the desired result.

To be honest, he had secretly thought that if he simply fired a few employees with the lowest approval ratings, the task would be much easier to complete.

Unexpectedly, before it could be implemented, the system had already blocked the loophole.

Left with no other choice, he could only try making empty promises. Fortunately, the results have been pretty good so far; at least Old Zhang's favorability has finally returned.

"Make way, are you all blocking the stairwell?"

Just as Zhang Yang was staring at the words in front of him, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps behind him, followed by a somewhat anxious female voice in his ear.

"Huh? Oh oh oh..." Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and quickly stepped aside to make way for him.

The next second, a young girl who looked to be no more than 20 years old and was wearing a white nurse's uniform ran up to him, glared at him, and then turned around and hurriedly ran down the stairs.

Zhang Yang was also a little confused by her glare.

Who is this?

I've already given you the way, and you're still glaring at me?

Did I provoke you?

"What was that just now...?" he couldn't help but ask, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction.

"Oh, that's Xiao Li, the head of the nursing department at the hospital. She must be in a hurry to go downstairs to see Old Jiang."

"Her? The director? So young?!"

Zhang Yang was taken aback; this person looked to be about the same age as him!

Could it be someone with connections?

"Hehe, Dean, don't underestimate her! She has a legitimate double degree in Nursing and Nutrition!"

As Old Zhang spoke, he turned and glanced at Zhang Yang, his gaze somewhat strange: "So what if he's young? Dean, aren't you a young man too?"

"A double degree?!"

Zhang Yang was stunned after hearing this; what kind of nursing home was this?

It's one thing for the elderly to be incredibly capable, but now even caregivers have double degrees.

This is incredibly embarrassing for a student like him!

Then I thought about that little girl from earlier... oh, no, I mean the head of nursing's gleaming 32 points of favorability above her head...

Others were even more bewildered, instantly feeling that their future was bleak.

Is 32 really that low?

This shows how much you hate yourself.

Look at this old man. He was just calling himself the dean, but as soon as he heard that he wouldn't fire people casually, he immediately started arguing.

What kind of people are these?!

"Didn't I already tell you? Old Jiang has high blood pressure and heart disease; you have to keep an eye on him!"

"We can't let him play such exciting games anymore! Why won't you listen!"

Just as Zhang Yang was at a loss for what to do after being talked to by the old man, he suddenly heard a loud shout coming from not far downstairs.

Judging from the voice, it was the young nursing director who had just run past him.

game?

Stimulate?!

Zhang Yang, standing on the stairs, was also completely bewildered.

No way, people can still play like this even when they're in nursing homes?

Is that awesome?

No, I have to go check it out!

Thinking of this, he no longer cared about retorting to Old Zhang. He took a step and rushed down the stairs, running towards the direction from which the sound had come.

Deng Deng Deng!

After running a few steps, he saw two people in white uniforms, who looked like caregivers, gathered around a room not far away, watching the commotion.

Seeing this, he quickly stopped and tiptoed over.

"You really can't tell that Old Jiang is old in age but young at heart."

"What do you know? This is called following the trend, okay?"

"I didn't expect him to be so addicted?"

"That's right. I heard they started this morning without even having breakfast, and forgot to take their medicine! It's been almost two hours now..."

"Let alone someone his age, even a younger person wouldn't be able to handle it."

Standing at the back, listening to the caregivers gossiping quietly at the room door, Zhang Yang was practically screaming "Holy crap!" in his mind.

I never expected this!

On our first day here, we got to eat such a huge melon!

Thinking of this, he could no longer suppress his curiosity and quietly peeked out from behind the crowd to look into the room.

The room looked to be about 40 or 50 square meters. Liu Jing was standing not far away, opening the window to ventilate the room.

In the center of the room, an elderly man with white hair, who looked to be about seventy years old, was sitting in a chair, clutching his chest and looking pale.

This must be the Jiang Lao that everyone is talking about.

Beside him stood a refined-looking middle-aged man in a white coat and glasses, holding a stethoscope to the old man's chest with a serious expression.

Beside them, the young head of the nursing department was angrily reprimanding an equally young nursing assistant.

Zhang Yang looked at the people in the room and blinked.

What's going on? Weren't there supposed to be some exciting games?

What about the game?

where?

He looked puzzled and scanned the room with his eyes.

The interior design is similar in style to the exterior of the house, with wooden floors, waist-high wooden wainscoting, and wallpaper on the walls...

It's just a display, nothing special, just a row of tables against the wall, and on the tables are... computers?

Zhang Yang stared blankly at the room that looked like a computer room.

The computer desks were arranged neatly, with retro-style CRT computer monitors on them.

It has everything: a speaker, a webcam, a mouse, a keyboard, and more.

Looking at the rows of computers, at the old man's seat, and then at the computer in front of him that was turned on, with the open window and the game screen inside, I felt a sense of awe.

Zhang Yang was utterly bewildered.

Fantasy Journey to the East?

This is the exciting game you guys were talking about?!

So, Old Jiang was so engrossed in playing games that he neglected his medication and even developed high blood pressure?

Is this a world champion? This looks like an old man addicted to the internet!

Is this an internet cafe or a nursing home?