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The number of operators available in this system will be based on the number of operators you have unlocked; operators that have not been unlocked cannot participate.
The Operator Recruitment feature is based on the interconnection between this world and Terra. You can unlock Operator Recruitment permissions by paying a certain fee. Paying another fee will allow you to deploy Operators to this world and maintain them for a certain period. The required fees will be listed under each Operator's tag.
This feature is not available on credit. The summon button will only be unlocked after the daily fee has been prepaid.
[In addition, to provide excellent customer service, this system is offering you one free opportunity to unlock an operator. For other needs, please contact the regional manager, Precys, at 0312-XXXX-XXXX.]
After Li Ji opened the operator recruitment button, a beginner's guide-like prompt appeared.
"Is it possible to deploy operators to this world?"
After reading it carefully, he was redirected to the operator recruitment interface.
Unlike the operator recruitment interface in the game, this is a completely new UI design. There are no longer the single draw and ten-draw icons, nor are there any pre-designed large-character posters.
It's simply tagged information.
As indicated, apart from the Samsung operator and the Silent Texas, there are no other operator resumes.
He opened Melanie's resume and quickly glanced at its contents.
[Samsung, Guardian, Dauntless, Melantha]
[Elite Stage 1, Level 55]
Trust: 200
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Melantha's profile is quite consistent with the one in the game, with no major differences. However, there is a separate salary and benefits contract on the next page of this personnel contract.
Melansa's salary: 50 yuan/year.
Daily pay available, salary 1500 yuan/day.
"So expensive?"
Li Ji was inevitably a little surprised. In his mind, although operators would earn more than ordinary people, this was still a three-star operator.
The average cost of hiring a Samsung employee is only slightly higher than that of an average person.
With an annual income of 12 to 20, they wouldn't play any maps with too much pressure. Their work was similar to that of Wang Zhuo, Li Ji's classmate, who was a miner, and they would just collect materials every day.
As a five-star player, Wang Zhuo's monthly salary of 3 to 5 is almost the top salary in the slave team.
But Melantha, at only three stars, is almost earning the same salary as Wang Zhuo.
Even if Melantha has two excellent and three standard combat attributes, shouldn't it be overpriced so much?
Li Ji thought for a moment, then opened the personnel contracts of other Samsung agents next to him.
I initially thought the increased hiring costs were due to the versatility of Melantha products.
But when he saw that all the other Samsung operators were earning the same 50 a year, or 1500 a day, he roughly understood something.
The system prices are the same; you won't pay more to unlock a system just because it's more convenient or used more often.
Moreover, the system stores top-tier operators, including those with modules, all of which are unlocked and pre-installed, so the higher price is reasonable.
However, for a poor guy like Li Ji, this price was still somewhat unacceptable.
It's hard to say whether he can even afford a month's salary from Melanie right now.
He then opened the personnel contracts of Silent Texas.
Just a quick glance at the salary and benefits offered made Li Ji feel that he might be stuck here for the rest of his life.
Silent Texas Salary: 2000 million yuan/year.
Daily pay available, salary: 55,000 yuan/day.
"55,000 a day, and I only earned less than 10,000 today... How could I ever save up that much money in my lifetime?"
The situation is basically the same as Melantha's.
In this world, the basic salary for a normal six-star character is around three million, and those with better skill sets naturally receive even better contracts.
It might reach around ten million.
However, the silent Texas also offered almost double the price, reaching a salary level of 2000 million per year.
You might say this price is expensive, but it's not really that expensive. In the past, star players' prices were in the hundreds of millions.
But if you say it's cheap, Li Ji really can't afford that much money.
The virtual simulation of the war sandbox does not drop materials, so Li Ji has no way to obtain any materials from it and can only rely on live streaming revenue to maintain his financial operations.
The surplus this month might be enough to hire Texas for a few days, but that's certainly not a long-term solution.
If the invasion level rises in the future, he will definitely go to the border.
Not to mention encountering things like the Flame Demon, the Blood Demon Lord, the Essence of Evolution, the Crisis Contract, the Humanity's Radiance Water Moon, the Boundless Echoing Kreeson (Sentinel), the Twin Kings who are having a great time in battle, or even the Demon God Dorothy.
Even if you don't encounter this kind of underworld boss, the smaller monsters will still be unable to withstand it once the invasion level increases.
As mentioned before, the area outside the border is a place of "life calculation and development", not an ordinary pass!
A bunch of Sarkaz Grudges, Sarkaz Chargers, Flower Madmen, Surprise Eggs, Family Exterminators (red barcode), Near-Earth Hovercrafts, Woodcutter Warriors, Flying Locks (the planes among the Sentinels, 12 HP and 9 HP)...
The thought of all these things rushing headlong towards the blue door of the house came to mind.
Li Ji couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
"Why do I feel this suffocating sense of life and death, like I'm saving up for a dowry, even though I've been transported to another world? It's numbing."
Li Ji covered his face as a sudden thought occurred to him: in his past life, he hadn't gotten married, so he didn't have to consider this issue.
Great, now I'm going to experience another world.
"These are all wives I got with my own money, why should I have to pay to hire them? That's not fair!"
But Li Ji had no choice. If it weren't for the Arknights system, he might still be a small-time streamer.
Every advantage has its disadvantages.
"Forget it, my wives need to make a living too, and I need to go out and earn money to support my family... But where am I going to get the money? Fifty-five thousand a day!"
Li Ji was really having a headache.
"I'd better check if I have any money in my card first."
But just as he exited the operator recruitment function, a message popped up.
[Special Mission: Clear stage 7-18, The Death of the Patriot. Mission Reward: World Invasion Level +1, World Module System unlocked.]
"World invasion level increased by one, but the module system is activated at the same time?"
Li Ji didn't have much interest in the previous missions. After all, he already had a lineup that could clear all levels with three stars in his previous life, and he also had the Silent Texas. 7-18 was not a difficult level for him.
However, the rewards for the later tasks left him somewhat puzzled.
Mods are a matter of personal preference; if designers are willing to allocate them, the improvement can be a qualitative leap.
It can even jump from the level of "large cup" to "super cup", but if not given well, it will just be a mess of medium cup operators and medium cup modules.
But the +1 to the world invasion level is a real thing.
But since the suggestion was about a reward... Li Ji didn't dare to draw a conclusion for the time being.
Fortunately, this task has no time limit, so Li Ji can put it aside for now. The most important thing now is to consider the issue of recruiting operators.
Li Ji took off the device, opened the mobile banking app's official WeChat account, and clicked to check his balance.
In an instant, a message popped up from the official WeChat account.
"Your savings card ending in 4396 has a available balance of 11451.4 yuan. We wish you a pleasant life."
Looking at the balance on his card, Li Ji felt like crying.
"Can you pay by the hour?"
Chapter Twenty-Six: Behind the Scenes
In a bright office, Lin Dong sat quietly in a chair, her gray hair neatly combed back and tied into a small braid.
He sat facing the wall, dressed in a well-tailored suit, his back straight, like a stone sculpture rather than an elderly man.
Holding freshly brewed goji berry water in his left hand, he gently tapped the table with his right fingers, making a soft, rhythmic sound.
"Isn't it a bit beneath your status to be drinking goji berry water here?"
A young man poked his head out of the door and joked.
"How could that be? An old man like me isn't like a young person like you, Secretary Chen, who needs to pay attention to health."
Lin Dong raised his old-fashioned thermos and took a sip of warm goji berry water. "Does someone like me have to be wearing a suit and holding a wine glass full of red wine while talking to you?"
"With your status, you can do whatever you want. Is there anything in this region that you, the underground emperor, cannot do?"
Secretary Chen walked into Lin Dong's office and slowly sat down in the guest seat.
"I came here to ask you how the matter I asked you to handle is going. My boss is a bit anxious, so he asked me to bother you again. Please forgive me."
"That guy's in such a hurry, it's only been a few hours?"
Lin Dong put down his thermos, leaned forward slightly, and said, "Silent Texas, I did watch the video you sent. He has potential."