New Times, New Hell

"Quack quack—"

"I was wrong, Miss Peggy, I know I was wrong!"

"quack--"

"Your little skirt is so pretty, it's not dirty at all, it's the most beautiful little skirt in the world!! I mean it from the bottom of my heart!"

As soon as Zheng Yan entered Jinglu Future, she saw that she had grown up a lot. Peggy, who was wearing a floral skirt, flapped her wings and ran after a programmer. Peggy was forced to stand on the chair, raised her hands in a gesture of surrender and begged Peggy for mercy.

Zheng Yan: "..."

Luo Feng Goose's reputation is well-deserved!

Zheng Yan silently took out his mobile phone, took a picture of this scene, and sent it to a group of Internet product managers: [Yaoshou, our company's goose Peggy is bullying programmers again. 】

The product managers in the group have emerged one after another.

[Young birthday, Luo Feng's people are drying geese again! 】

[Fresh Peggy sucked again! ! !I suck! 】

[Is it poisonous, did the ceo buy Peggy a skirt again? ? ? 】

[emmmmm? ? ?Are your programmers serious? ? 】

[Speaking of which, didn't someone satirize the otaku's combat power of only 0.5 goose before?I thought it was an exaggerated way of expression...how come the future programmers really can't beat a goose? 】

【Still a juvenile gosling...】

For a long time, geese have been famous for their fierce fighting power. In the past, there were families in the countryside who would raise big geese to watch their homes. They were honored as "social big geese". Therefore, people often use "goose" as a fighting power on the Internet. unit, and laughed at the weak fat house who probably can't even beat a big goose, only "0.5 goose" combat effectiveness...Of course everyone always thinks this is just a humorous rhetorical technique.

Unexpectedly, the programmers who startled the future were actually chased and bullied by a goose!

【I'm confused, so is the goose really that strong or the programmer really that weak? 】

[Wake up, you guys, is this an ordinary social goose?This is Luo Feng's little public opinion! 】

[Hahahahahaha, programmers also have today!I don't care if I'm going to post! 】

Zheng Yan unintentionally ruined the reputation of the programmer, and his mood was instantly gratified.

After all, product managers and programmers are inseparable!

Zheng Yan looked at everyone's black programmers, and then went to Yu Zhengdu with the computer: "Boss, I have something to ask you."

Yu Zhengdu turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

Zheng Yan put the notebook on Yu Zhengdu's desk, his expression was a bit indescribable, he hesitated for a while before saying: "Last night, a person from the publishing house contacted me, saying that he wanted to buy the copyright of our story..."

"Story copyright?" Yu Zhengdu was puzzled, "What story copyright do we have?"

"Emm——" Zheng Yan's eyes wandered, a little guilty, "...a ghost story."

Yu Zhengdu was even more puzzled: "What the hell?"

Zheng Yan silently turned his computer screen to Yu Zhengdu: "A while ago, I moved the serialization of the stories on the Fengdu forum to the Yangjian forum, and the publishing house took a fancy to it..."

Yu Zhengdu:? ?

He glanced at the computer screen, which was the interface of a well-known gossip forum on the Internet, and what Zheng Yan opened was one of the popular posts.

Title: No Hotel in the Underworld - My Travel Diary in the Underworld

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

He naturally recognized this title. After the life planning app was launched, many users in the underworld expressed their hope that Luo Feng could develop social software to help the deceased re-establish social relationships after death. This matter has always been in Luo Feng's plan.

After a rigorous layout and development, some time ago, the life planning app released a new upgraded version, which added two functions: [Ghost Friends Circle] and [Fengdu Forum].

Among them, the function of [Ghost Friends Circle] is basically the same as that of Yangjian’s WeChat, which can help ghosts contact friends in life and rebuild social relationships after death.

In the past, due to the different time of death and reincarnation of each person, people who passed away at different times often could not get in touch after coming to the underworld, and the waiting time for reincarnation was relatively long, so from time to time there would be ghosts who were lonely after death and endangered the underworld society The order of the situation occurs.

Since the launch of this function, ghosts who are waiting for reincarnation will receive a notification once a relative or friend in the yang world passes away. They can choose whether to contact them and add them as friends, effectively helping everyone's reunion in the underworld.

The emotional needs of the ghosts have been met. During this period of time, the management order of the underworld has improved significantly, and Luo Feng's work efficiency has also been significantly improved.

Another section of the app [Fengdu Forum] is also similar to Yangjian’s public social platform, providing ghosts with functions such as posting information, consulting for help, exchanging experiences, and sharing ideas.

This function has been widely praised since its launch. The ghosts are ghosts for the first time, especially the new ghosts who have just passed away. They often feel at a loss for their new identities. The help and sharing functions on the forum have greatly solved this problem.

[Fengdu Forum] Not long after it was launched, a large number of high-quality posts emerged, such as:

Title: Guidance for Becoming a Ghost - Receiving Sacrifice, Reincarnation Instructions, Underworld Career Guidance, Underworld Activities Introduction, etc.

Title: Introduction to the New Hell - The Destruction of the Two Realms of Heaven and Earth, Why the Hell Office was opened in the human world, Luo Feng's development process, the code of social order in the underworld, etc.

Title: New Ghost Skills Training Encyclopedia: Training on dreaming skills, how to quickly and effectively close the eyeballs, how to pass through walls, how to avoid becoming a ghost, etc.

Title: Dead to Old and Learned to Old: Summary of Ghost-making Tips (continuously updated)

……

There are also many popular gossip posts:

Title: Damn chicken, I just died, and I found out that my husband who died ten years before me has resurged in the underworld with my first love (fucking really dead)

Title: Weep with Joy!I just found out that my ex-boyfriend who often went whoring in his lifetime will be a chicken in the next life! !

Title: Help!The cemetery was dug up by the developer. Is it illegal for me to haunt the developer's house?

Title: [-] The Drowning Ghost Who Lives in the Urn Next Door

Title: You may not believe it if you tell me, I am a ghost with a cat

……

And posts from well-known ghosts:

Title: To be an exquisite female ghost, even if you die, you must put on beautiful makeup (the original poster painted skin)

Title: Comments on the flavor of toilets in various places in the floating city

Title: I really don't know how to thunder, the wind and rain are all brought by me

……

And the post "Huangquan Wudian" that was moved by Zheng Yan to Yangjian Forum was written by a ghost who loves to travel. When the ghost was alive, he was a travel blogger. After his death, he continued his hobby while traveling While updating his travel diary on the forum.

This post records a lot of places that ghosts can only go to, such as wilderness cemeteries, underground black rivers, paper mountain Yin bridges, etc., and also shares different funeral customs, sacrifices, and transportation methods in the underworld.

And the most talked about in the whole post is the host’s experience of dealing with different ghosts in different places. The host not only vividly showed you the underworld life of a lot of ghosts who died in different ways, but also deeply told the stories behind each ghost. Including but not limited to hanged ghosts who committed suicide for love, ghosts in car accidents beyond recognition, murdered ghosts bent on revenge, etc.

Because many people wait until they become ghosts after death to fully see the true face of the people around them and discover many truths that they didn't know before they were alive. These ghost stories are often more absurd and profound, which is embarrassing.

This post is very popular on the Fengdu forum, and many ghosts follow it every day, it can be called a documentary of the underworld.

Yu Zhengdu also followed the update for a while, but later put it down because he was too busy with work. Unexpectedly, Zheng Yan moved the post to Yangjian Forum.

"This post is too scary..." Zheng Yan whimpered, "I just thought I couldn't be scared to death by myself, so I moved it to the gossip forum to scare other people..."

He added: "I have deleted the content related to the secrets of the underworld, a pure version without pollution."

Yu Zhengdu was almost speechless: "...You obviously can choose not to watch it."

Zheng Yan: "It's very beautiful. Did you know that the poster posted a story about a ghost who jumped off a building last week. Wow, it turns out that the ghost's head really fell down. It's really scary..."

As if to prove that what he said was right, Zheng Yan pulled the post he reposted to the latest update, and used the analogy of Zhengdu to eat Amway: "Look, it's super exciting."

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

Forced to eat Amway.

Title: No Hotel in the Underworld - My Travel Diary in the Underworld

……

88896L: ...The jumping ghost is warm and hospitable. He personally took me to visit the local attractions. The fly in the ointment is that he can't control his head down from time to time, and he walks with the top of his head "thump, boom, boom." Scary—fortunately, I'm not human, so I'm not very scared.

During the visit, the ghost who jumped from the building told me about a small mistake he made while being a ghost. That night, he went to the mourning party of a friend who had just died, got drunk, and returned to his own graveyard in a daze. But he returned to his former residence.

When the ghost who jumped from the building was cheated out of bankruptcy by his friends while he was still alive, he jumped off the building in despair. Perhaps it was God's will in the dark. The night he went back to his former residence, he happened to meet the friend who caused him to jump back to search for his property documents.

After death, everything in the world is closed. The ghost who jumped from the building did not want to be entangled with that person. Unexpectedly, when he left the mourning hall of his friend, he accidentally stepped on a yellow talisman. possible.

That night the ghost who jumped from the building drank alcohol and faintly appeared in his spirit. His friend had a ghost in his heart, so he was frightened out of his wits, and hid under the table in desperation, expecting that the ghost would not bend down (the rumor I don't know where it came from, I will go to research when I have time), thinking that the jumping ghost can't see him like this.

The ghost who jumped from the building didn't want to see him, but he was drunk, one lost control, and his head fell down again, just like the posture when he jumped from the building—unfortunately, it happened to be the same as the one hiding on the table The next friend was face to face, dripping with blood, which frightened the friend to have a heart attack, and he lay in the hospital for more than half a year.

88897L: Damn, I imagined that scene, and I cried in fright.

88898L: The poster continues, and is there any follow-up to the ghost in the car accident last time?

88899L: Damn, I won't dare to hide under the table anymore.

88900L: The poster is good at editing, how can there be so many wonderful ideas!

88901L: I just like the serious nonsense style of the poster.

88902L: This means not doing anything wrong in your life, not afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night.

……

Yu Zhengdu glanced at the page number of the post while watching it, and was shocked: "...the popularity is so high?"

This post has almost [-] replies.

Zheng Yan spread his hands: "The tolerance of netizens is stronger than I thought."

Yu Zhengdu: "...The main reason is that you are too weak."

Zheng Yan pretended not to hear it, and said: "I didn't expect netizens to like this post so much, it seems that many other forums have reposted it..."

Speaking of this matter, he was still very embarrassed. He really just wanted to scare the netizens at first, but he didn’t expect that the netizens’ curiosity-seeking psychology was so serious. The popularity of the posts became higher and higher, and people kept begging him to continue to update every day.

The publishing house that came to seek cooperation this time is actually not the first one, but it is the one with the most sincere price. Zheng Yan also knows that ghosts in the underworld are making money nowadays. It could bring an income to the real travel blogger, so after thinking about it, he decided to come to Yu Zhengdu to discuss it.

Yu Zhengdu’s considerations are basically the same as Zheng Yan’s, but a little more than Zheng Yan’s—if the stories of the underworld can be published in Yangjian, they can not only earn copyright fees, but also take on part of the function of coordinating the balance of yin and yang. , as long as the content that may reveal the secrets of the underworld is deleted, the other parts actually have a positive warning effect on the underworld.

Since ancient times, ghost stories have been used to satirize people, and they are also applicable today.

Yu Zhengdu quickly discussed and confirmed with Shang Que, and then Luo Feng's staff came forward to get in touch with the original author and explained what happened. The original author was also very happy that his travel diary was so popular in Yangjian. After agreeing to the publishing authorization, of course, due to well-known reasons, the copyright of Yangjian can only be attributed to Luo Feng, and Luo Feng will transfer the royalties to the original author in the form of agency sharing.

……

Posts on the Underworld forum will be published in Yangjian soon, and the news of successfully earning Yangjian’s currency has spread. The ghosts of the underworld have created unprecedented enthusiasm for creation. Afterwards, works on other themes have been successfully adapted and published. After these ghosts are reborn, the copyright has truly become Luo Feng's exclusive copyright will not be repeated here.

During this period, Zhao Ruola submitted a relatively long leave application to the company to go back to accompany her mother on the last journey.

Zhao Ruola's father passed away a few years ago, and her mother's health was not very good. Part of the reason why she chose to return to China when she was in full bloom was to accompany her mother.

Both Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que knew about this, so Shang Que readily granted her a vacation and allowed her to continue to extend the vacation if necessary, and Yu Zhengdu would take over temporarily in terms of work.

However, it didn't take long for Yu Zhengdu to receive a message from Jiao Shanlan, telling him that Zhao Ruola's mother was in very bad condition, and the hospital issued a notice, probably within two days.

Yu Zhengdu felt very heavy after receiving the news, and finally, after obtaining Zhao Ruola's consent, he went to the hospital with Shang Que to visit Zhao Ruola and her mother.

Zhao Ruola's mother was indeed very weak, with a tube inserted in her nose, and she was sleeping.

Zhao Ruola was by the hospital bed, her face pale.

"Erica, life is a matter of life and death, don't worry too much." Yu Zhengdu comforted.

Zhao Ruola sighed softly: "I have worked in Luo Feng for so long, of course I know, you don't have to worry about me."

Having said that, two tears still couldn't be controlled from the corners of her eyes, she covered her face with her hands, and her voice became choked up: "It's just, just..."

Zhao Ruola has always been strong, and she is even more invincible in the workplace. This is the first time she has shown such a fragile look in front of others.

Yu Zhengdu patted her on the shoulder: "I understand."

He said with some self-deprecation: "Working in the underworld, you can only watch your relatives pass away. Death is probably the fairest thing in the world."

"Actually, when my mother was seriously ill, I had the idea of ​​checking the life and death book..." Zhao Ruola said suddenly.

Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que looked at her, and Yu Zhengdu felt something: "But you didn't."

Zhao Ruola showed a forced smile: "I am a technician, this is the basic ethics."

Life and death are the most fair things between heaven and earth, and Luo Feng's technology is to maintain this fairness. Strangers cannot spy on life and death. Even if facing her own mother, Zhao Ruola still chooses to abide by her bottom line .

Yu Zhengdu felt for a moment that only Zhao Ruola's character can be qualified for the position of Luo Feng's technical director.

Of course, it is also fortunate that she kept the principle and did not investigate. It is technically feasible to spy on the fate, but it will bring disaster to herself in actual operation.

Shang Que stood on the side and watched blankly. He is not as human as to life and death, and has always been ignorant. Hearing this, he suddenly said: "Living people always regard the life they live as too important."

Zhao Ruola looked up at him.

Yu Zhengdu coughed lightly, glared at Shang Que, and Shang Que continued: "But there's nothing wrong with it. Human feelings are wonderful. Maybe it's because of this that life is too short."

Just as she was talking, Zhao Ruola's mother woke up, stretched out her hand to the bed in a daze, "Ruoruo... Ruoruo..."

She was so angry that her voice was dying.

Zhao Ruola hurriedly held her hand, listening to her various instructions one after another.

"Is this your boss and colleagues?" Mother Zhao looked at Shang Que and Yu Zhengdu with difficulty in her cloudy eyes, "Please... please help take care of Ruola..."

"She's always been alone...never worried us...but, but how can we not be worried..."

Yu Zhengdu nodded solemnly: "Auntie, don't worry."

Zhao Ruola smiled miserably: "Mom, I will take good care of myself."

"You..." Zhao's mother struggled to raise her hand to touch her face, but in the end she couldn't use the strength, "Mom is gone, don't be sad."

"I'm not sad." Zhao Ruola burst into tears, "Don't worry."

"Alas..." Mother Zhao let out a long sigh, and slowly closed her eyes.

Soon, medical staff rushed in. The doctor checked Zhao's mother's condition, and said to Zhao Ruola, "Ms. Zhao, my condolences will change."

Zhao Ruola nodded and buried her face in her palms.

Yu Zhengdu also felt a little uncomfortable. He wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.

He glanced blankly at Shang Que, who took his hand and patted the back of his hand lightly.

While feeling sad, a brisk voice suddenly came from the ward: "Oh, old man, is it really you?"

It was Zhao's mother's voice.

Yu Zhengdu was startled, and when he looked up, he saw Zhao Ruola raised his head suddenly.

I saw busy medical staff around the hospital bed, and Mother Zhao's body was lying peacefully on the hospital bed, no longer breathing.

In the middle of the ward, the soul of an old lady was holding a mobile phone and happily making a call: "So the technology in the underworld is so advanced now?"

"What is a ghost circle of friends? ... It is a circle of friends? Then I will download one quickly."

"...And the news of death? Does that mean that all my old friends have received the news of my death?"

"That's great, I haven't danced in the square for several years, now I can organize the game."

"Oh, I just died, and I don't understand a lot... Okay, then hurry up and pick me up. I'm here at the People's Hospital. I'll wait for you at the gate of the hospital."

Zhao Ruola stared blankly at the ghost of her mother chatting happily, opened her mouth, but finally said nothing.

After a while, Mother Zhao finally remembered something and turned to look at Zhao Ruola.

Zhao Ruola hurriedly buried her face in her palm again, pretending not to notice it.

"Old man, my daughter is here too. Would you like to take a look?" Zhao's mother asked, she didn't know what was said there, she slowly put down the phone, with a relieved smile on her face, "Ruoruo, would you like Good."

After saying this, she grabbed her phone and walked out of the ward.

From a distance, she could still hear her calling her old friend: "Yes, yes, yes, I just died, let's dance together."

"Old Zhang has already been reincarnated? It's a pity that I didn't get to see him for the last time..."

……

Zhao's mother's voice gradually drifted away, leaving two Luo Feng's employees in a mess in the ward.

Shang Que nodded: "I forgot that you can see ghosts."

Zhao Ruola: ==

Yu Zhengdu: ==

"Sorry, I'm late." Panting, Jiao Shanlan ran in, looked at the hospital bed, and comforted Zhao Ruola heavily, "Erica, you can't be resurrected after death, don't be too sad."

Zhao Ruola exhaled slowly: "I'm not sad at all now..." Really.

Jiao Shanlan:? ? ?

The author has something to say: The setting of the ghost jumping from a building is not original, it is a ghost story I have read before, and it borrows two points from "ghosts can't bend over" and "jumping off a building with their heads down". This story is quite famous, and someone should read it However, I can find the original story on the Internet, and the original story is quite scary, so everyone should be careful at night.

Programmers and product managers do not live together, probably a bit like Party A and Party B (x

Lan: I didn't expect Erica to be so cold!

Crowdfunding for Peggy today to buy a skirt (x