The next day, as the sun was setting.
This time, Lei Ting was smarter. He specifically waited until after 7 pm, had dinner at home, and then came over. When he walked into "Little Xu's Home-style Dishes", which still had no customers at all.
He came to the familiar reception room. Both Liu Wang and Xu Zhi had been waiting there for a long time. From the resentful look that Liu Wang gave him, he could tell that they had been waiting for a while.
However, Lei Ting wouldn't feel guilty about it. Instead, this was exactly what he had expected, as a way to get back at Liu Wang for ignoring his messages a few days ago.
After Lei Ting took his seat, Xu Zhi didn't hesitate. He decisively took out a paper contract and handed it to him.
Lei Ting picked it up and quickly scanned through it. He found that the benefits that had been agreed upon before were indeed clearly written on it, word for word. There was even an additional clause: "One can apply for sick leave up to three times a year without conditions, with each sick leave not exceeding one week (sick leave is not included in the annual leave. If the sick leave exceeds one week, the excess time will be counted as part of the annual leave, and any period less than a full day will be counted as a full day)."
It could be said that with this clause added, it was not an exaggeration to call this job the one with the best benefits in the world. At least in Lei Ting's heart, it was.
At the same time, he also noticed that on the left side of the signature section of the contract, there was a square seal that he had never seen before.
There were ten big characters marked on that seal: Seal of the Chinese Special Incident Response Department.
Although he wasn't worried that the official organization would cheat him, for the sake of safety, Lei Ting still asked about that seal.
Xu Zhi also gave an explanation: "Just by looking at the characters on that seal, you can understand. This seal was personally stamped by the headquarters of the Chinese Special Incident Response Department. It means that this contract has been inspected by the headquarters, and it also means that this contract is no longer an ordinary contract. It is not bound by normal legal effects but is supervised by a special 'Supernatural Court'."
"Supernatural Court?" Hearing a new term from Xu Zhi's mouth, Lei Ting, who was eager for knowledge, immediately asked.
Xu Zhi didn't show any impatience and replied, "Just as soldiers have their corresponding 'Military Court', we superpower users also have our corresponding 'Supernatural Court' to supervise and judge superpower users. Similarly, there are special laws for superpower users, such as the 'Superpower Management and Punishment Law', the 'Superpower User Restraint and Supervision Law', the 'Superpower Use and Research Law', and so on. If you're interested, I'll send them to you later."
"No, thanks. I don't need them. Anyway, it just means not to misuse superpowers. I understand, I understand." Lei Ting decisively refused. Just hearing about these legal provisions made his head spin. What was the difference between making him read these things and killing him?
After going through the contract again to confirm that there were no mistakes, Lei Ting signed his name and handed it back to Xu Zhi.
Xu Zhi put away the contract, stood up, smiled, and extended his hand to Lei Ting, saying, "Welcome to join us, Lei Ting."
Seeing this, Lei Ting quickly stood up and reached out to shake his hand, saying, "It's my honor to join you. To be honest, I've had the ideal of sacrificing my life for the country since I was a child. Now I can finally realize it. I..."
"Come on, that's enough. Stop being so hypocritical." Liu Wang looked at Lei Ting with disdain, seemingly very disgusted by the latter's insincerity.
"At least my love for the country is genuine!" Lei Ting retorted unconvinced.
"Okay, stop arguing. We're colleagues. Don't ruin our relationship." Xu Zhi intervened to stop them. Then he turned and said, "By the way, Lei Ting, there's something I haven't made clear yet. Although the name of our headquarters is the 'Special Incident Response Department' and our official name is indeed the 'Shanghai Branch of the Special Incident Response Department', in fact, we generally don't use this name privately."
"This name is indeed too official, and it's quite long." Lei Ting understood the practice of using a different name privately. "So, what do we call our branch privately?"
Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Since we're going to change the name, it must be something simple, easy to remember, catchy, and closely related to our work content, right?"
Lei Ting nodded.
"So, the people in our branch thought hard and discussed for a long time, and finally came up with a name that satisfied everyone!"
"Stop keeping me in suspense! Just tell me!"
"That is!"
"Is it?" "The Superpower Investigation Team!"
"Uh..." Lei Ting's expectant heart sank, and he said speechlessly, "Is that it?"
"Yes, that's it." Both Xu Zhi and Liu Wang nodded in affirmation.
"Is such a hasty name worth thinking hard and discussing for a long time?" Lei Ting questioned the descriptive words Xu Zhi had just used.
"Well, actually, it was only about two minutes..." Xu Zhi said somewhat sheepishly.
"I thought you could come up with a really cool name..." Lei Ting muttered softly.
"Just tell me if it's simple and easy to remember, and if it's catchy enough." This time, it was Liu Wang who spoke.
"Well, it's definitely that. And such a hasty name is also very hard to forget..."
"Then that's it. Remember, the fancier the name, the quicker you'll die! What's the use of having a great name? You die at the beginning, and then it's too late to change it." Liu Wang said.
"It seems to make sense... But no, in novels, it's the more ordinary names that die faster!"
"Can novels be the same as reality?"
"..."
...
In an Audi car that Lei Ting didn't recognize.
Xu Zhi was sitting in the driver's seat, and Lei Ting and Liu Wang were sitting in the back seat.
After signing the employment contract at the old stronghold of the original "Superpower Investigation Team", which was now Xu Zhi's restaurant, Xu Zhi drove Lei Ting to their current new stronghold.
In the car, Lei Ting learned from Liu Wang that the new stronghold was located in the Dongpu New Area and had been moved there eleven years ago. It was also very close to Binjiang Garden, the community where the luxury house given to Lei Ting as stated in the employment contract was located.
This made Lei Ting excited again, both about the current stronghold of the "Superpower Investigation Team" and about his top-notch luxury house. Of course, his expectation for the latter might be even stronger.
After driving for about half an hour, when they were about to reach their destination, Lei Ting saw the community of his new house - "Binjiang Garden".
Lei Ting had often watched introduction videos of the houses in "Binjiang Garden" on video apps before. Without saying anything else, just looking at the exterior of the community, the resplendent residential buildings were enough to prove its luxury to outsiders.
This was the color of money!
When they drove into the parking lot of "Binjiang Garden", Lei Ting's attention was immediately drawn to the numerous luxury cars parked in the parking lot, some of which he could name and some he couldn't. After all, which man didn't like cars?
Although there were many luxury cars on the streets of Shanghai City, they were basically concentrated in those commercial areas, and it was still very rare to see them in other places in daily life.
"If you want to look at the cars, you can take your time later. We have to go up now. Don't keep the captain and the others waiting too long." After the car was parked, Liu Wang reminded.
"I understand." Lei Ting said so, but his eyes still lingered on those luxury cars.
"This is really speechless... Quickly put away that look of someone who has never seen the world. Let's go!" Liu Wang grabbed Lei Ting's shoulder and pulled him out of the car.