To some extent, Goto Shunsuke's wish came true. Fushimi Roku returned to the shell company this time to make money.

But unfortunately, after hearing Goto Shunsuke's resume, Fushimi Roku felt that his social experience was too shallow and might not do well in the gray economy, so he straightforwardly said:

"Sorry, you're fired. If you want compensation, it will be paid along with this month's salary in a few days."

After all, Fushimi Roku didn't plan to run a proper company, so he had no interest in training new employees.

How exhausting is starting a business these days? It's better to dabble in investments, become an angel investor, let capable investors charge into battle, and capital only needs to collect money.

Upon hearing this, Goto Shunsuke felt as if struck by lightning. His face shifted from shock and disbelief to terror and panic.

He quickly stood up, like a corporate drone standing at attention, respectfully saying: "I'm very sorry, is there something I didn't do well? Why so sudden? Generally, you have to be notified a month in advance, right? And... and your company really does need a financial person. I am confident in accomplishing the tasks you assign me!"

Fushimi Roku just took it as hot air and impatiently waved his hand: "Whatever, then consider it official notice just now. Leave next month, you can go home, you won't be short-changed."

Goto Shunsuke was dumbfounded, realizing that this young president was determined to get rid of him.

He didn't understand what exactly happened. If the company was really on the brink of bankruptcy, shouldn't the first to be let go be the idle Watanabe Shun and Kazama Tatsuya?

Since when do they fire the financial accountant first?

Goto Shunsuke couldn't figure it out, he only knew that if he left like this, he would fall back into that dreadful hell.

Looking back, when he just graduated, he went through endless interviews, competing with dozens or hundreds of applicants, enduring repeated oppression and abuse from interviewers, along with all sorts of difficulties from HR, and after being eliminated, he still had to smile and say 'Thank you so much for squeezing time out of your busy schedule to interview me'...

Some of his classmates couldn't withstand the pressure and left Tokyo. Others continued to struggle, living in basements or parks every day, except wearing moldy suits, almost indistinguishable from homeless people.

Just a few days ago, Goto Shunsuke was leisurely drinking with Watanabe Shun and Kazama Tatsuya when he received a text message announcing a classmate's obituary, saying that someone couldn't bear the pressure and jumped off the building to commit suicide.

At the time, Goto Shunsuke sighed, thinking people nowadays were really fragile.

He still remembered Watanabe Shun nodding in agreement, saying that many young people lived in the West Nishisakagawa Apartments, mostly unable to find work, either becoming delinquents gambling or idling every day, or getting depressed, drinking or slitting their wrists daily, and some even jumping off the buildings for good.

The gratitude Goto Shunsuke felt back then equaled the terror he felt now.

Fushimi Roku was just about to tidy up the office when unexpectedly Goto Shunsuke fell to his knees with a thud. Fushimi Roku was stunned for a moment, took a step back, and saw Goto Shunsuke kowtowing to him, his forehead heavily hitting the back of his hand: "Please! I really need this job!"

"Is it that serious? It's just a job, if things don't work out, just work at a convenience store..."

Before Fushimi Roku finished speaking, Goto Shunsuke interrupted: "The convenience store jobs have been snatched by foreign stowaways, or they're high school or college students doing part-time work. The hourly wage is very low, and it's impossible to cover normal living expenses—Please, President, I really need this job!"

"..."

Fushimi Roku was truly speechless, and he could understand why Japan had so many 'renowned scenes of men bowing in humility'.

Seeing Goto Shunsuke begging like this, a classic line automatically played in his mind: 'Madam, you wouldn't want your husband to lose his job, would you…'

It was so familiar.

Fushimi Roku was no saint, nor did he possess some perverse hobby; he had no interest in Goto Shunsuke's wife, and besides, Goto Shunsuke had just graduated and might not even have a girlfriend. To be accurate, he wasn't interested in Goto Shunsuke's monthly payments, and he firmly refused, "Sorry, no matter how much you beg, it's useless."

Goto Shunsuke, unwilling to give up, thought that instead of begging those interviewers who wouldn't even give a chance, it would be better to plead with this big-headed president in front of him. He still lay on the ground, almost clutching Fushimi Roku's leg:

"Please, President! I will work very hard! I've done a great job these past two months; you can check the ledger records—"

Fushimi Roku waved his hand; he casually flipped through the ledger on the desk and said: "Just one set, huh?"

Goto Shunsuke paused, finally understanding where the problem lay, and quickly shuffled on the ground to change the direction of his kowtow, keeping his forehead aimed at Fushimi Roku: "As long as the President is willing to let me stay, I am willing to do anything!"

"Willing to do anything?" Fushimi Roku asked again.

Goto Shunsuke sensed the ill intentions. His mind flashed with various rumors of accountants taking the fall, of several peers who handled businesses for the underworld and were used as scapegoats, eventually ending up behind bars.

Recalling carefully, this shell company seemed quite suspicious indeed, and it was always gang members funding it; it might be a money laundering company, no wonder the accountant was the first to be fired…

Fushimi Roku saw Goto Shunsuke hesitating and couldn't be bothered to waste more words, so he straightforwardly said: "If you're unwilling, no need to force yourself; I dislike forcing others…"

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