Chapter 1428 - 865: Raising Wages for Soul Cultivators—and Shouldering the Infamy Myself, Deep Cold Magical Vein Upgrade

After Fa Liuyuan saw Zhang Yu’s proposal, his mind began to operate at high speed, frantically contemplating the gains and losses within it.

In his view, once the Soul Cultivators of the Old Graveyard start using Law Realm technology extensively, using it to enhance their work capabilities, they will force more and more Soul Cultivators to have to adopt Law Realm technology.

From using Law Realm technology to gain higher workplace competitiveness, it could spiral to the point where one needs Law Realm technology just to find a job... it’s only a matter of time.

Meaning that the salary increase that attracts Soul Cultivators can soon be recaptured through the Law Realm...

Especially since the salary increase Zhang Yu proposed for Soul Cultivators in the plan isn’t primarily base salary, but rather comes from business shares.

"It’s through distributing more of the earned money to Soul Cultivators, encouraging them to use Law Realm more, and finally spending more Immortal Coins within it because they have more money on hand."

"In this process, the Soul Cultivation Company boosts its business volume, thus making money."

"The Law Realm Company gains more users, thus making money."

"The Immortal Emperor not only profits through the Soul Cultivation Company and the Law Realm Company, but also expands the Law Realm’s Taoist Inheritance itself, truly making a huge profit."

"Even Soul Cultivators, despite earning and spending a lot, might not retain many Immortal Coins in the end. Still, they enjoyed the services of Law Realm during this process, improving both their cultivation and longevity."

"Moreover, the source of the wage increase that honors the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, ultimately... is paid by the companies employing Soul Cultivators, and for the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, it seizes greater profits while being able to suppress the sect’s Soul Cultivation faction, gaining both money and consolidating authority."

After scanning through the proposal once, Fa Liuyuan understood this as a five-way win: Soul Cultivators, Soul Cultivation Company, Law Realm Company... gain more Immortal Coins, which can be considered a small win.

The Reincarnation Immortal Emperor, earning money and gaining power, could be considered a medium win.

And the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor, not only earning money but also filling gaps and acquiring influence in the Soul Cultivation industry, while expanding the Taoist Lineage, is undoubtedly a big win.

If the Soul Cultivation Company goes public in the future, it would be even more of a win.

So who loses?

"Originally, the Soul Cultivation enterprises at the Old Graveyard had their market and laborers stolen; whether they throw in money next... it would still be reducing profits, just differing between small losses and big losses."

Fa Liuyuan thought: "But will the sects behind these Soul Cultivation enterprises support them in continuing to throw money to counter Zhang Yu’s side?"

Fa Liuyuan shook his head internally: "Rather than losing money inevitably at the Old Graveyard, it’s better to invest that money elsewhere on winning battles. Moreover, with the factions holding the Soul Cultivation Dao weakened within Heavenly Demons, Bone, and Netherworld, they no longer have a chance to ascend as the Tao Masters of the Supreme Daoist Lineage... This probably fits certain people’s interests."

"Besides, this is also a good opportunity for us."

Through increasing wages to change the industry’s landscape, even enhancing the Soul Cultivators’ longevity, cultivation, and living environment, Fa Liuyuan considered it... a great reform demonstration.

Especially since this demonstration point has almost no conflict of interest with them, while conforming to the momentum of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor, under His aegis.

In future reforms initiated by the Reform Faction elsewhere, Zhang Yu’s move this time serves as a great example and basis.

After a series of rapid thoughts, Fa Liuyuan realized the feasibility of the matter.

And even if there are any shortcomings, if submitted and rejected by the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Emperor, the Reform Faction would suffer no loss.

"From an industry development and Dao struggle standpoint, wage rights used here are a great killer, a weapon to assure victory."

"But..."

Looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Fa Liuyuan further understood the wage rights themselves are a double-edged sword, a terrifying vortex capable of engulfing various Kunxu talents.

At this moment, Fa Liuyuan descends before Zhang Yu, wanting to see whether this cultivator who climbed up from level 1, chosen by Yingxin Heaven as the inheritor, possesses the resolve to wield wage rights, and the capacity and qualification to shoulder this responsibility.

"If the Immortal Road is a path defying heaven, then increasing wages is a heaven-defying action."

Fa Liuyuan seriously addressed Zhang Yu, word by word: "You must know... killing the wrong person is merely the loss of a life, but raising the wrong salary could affect countless people and countless years of money. Have you looked into prior examples of unlimited wage rights delegation?"

Zhang Yu replied: "I know that at the initial stages, when sects were seizing territories and expanding disorderly, in a unique historical era, several industries granted wage rights while competing against other sects for advantage in new Dao struggles."

Fa Liuyuan continued: "The last time unlimited wage rights were delegated was probably during the promotion of intelligent Artifact Spirits, do you know how much Immortal Coin the sect lost back then? How many people were eventually liquidated?"

Fu Ji tried to inquire about Heavenly Question Star.

Heavenly Question Star: Due to legal and regulatory restrictions, I cannot provide specific content on this matter.

Zhang Yu said, "I couldn’t find relevant data."

Fa Liuyuan said: "According to investigations afterward, within just one year, the wage adjustments deemed non-compliant amounted to twenty-five thousand."

"Involving one Ascension Cultivator, three Tribulation Crossing Cultivators, twelve Void Refining Cultivators, and countless Divinity Transformation, Nascent Soul, Golden Core cultivators."

"The vast majority profited through utilizing unlimited wage rights for selfish gains, engaging in insider trading. It ultimately expanded into a collapsed wage increase throughout the entire Artifact Spirit industry, creating a dark wage realm, sparking widespread buying salaries with money, false reporting of performance, stock manipulation, and other phenomena, eventually forming a vicious cycle of wages raising wages."