Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 126 - 61: Small Moves, Upending the Table

Su Yu clearly understood that the essence of the third brigade was to train reserve cadres for the second regiment. All the company commanders were newcomers, and each company was considered their foundational base. If he insisted on interfering and managing everything, he would definitely offend people.

Therefore, his management of the third brigade was very simple: he only needed to control the financial and personnel authority of the brigade, while letting each company manage itself. If there were any tasks from above, he just needed to inform the company commanders and distribute the tasks accordingly.

This reduced trouble and pressure, and avoided any conflicts with the company commanders.

After the meeting, Su Yu finally had time to formally understand the current situation of the first company.

The treasury wasn’t worth mentioning; like the brigade treasury, it was empty. There were no resource points, and the two resource points plus Li Shui Town belonged to the brigade assets.

The only capital now was guild contributions. Each brigade and company had a certain quota of guild contributions, controlled by the leader, to reward guild members.

The third brigade had an annual quota of 100,000 points in guild contributions, with each company having a quota of 10,000 points, freely distributed by each company, leaving 50,000 points for the brigade leader to distribute. Therefore, as both the brigade leader and the first company leader, Su Yu had 60,000 points of guild contributions at his disposal.

Additionally, the brigade leader’s monthly salary was 500 points in contributions, and the deputy brigade leader’s was 400 points.

The company commander’s monthly salary was 300 points, and the deputy commander’s was 300 points in contributions.

The squad leader’s monthly salary was 100 points in guild contributions, with no position for deputy squad leader. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ordinary members did not receive a salary; they had to contribute various resources or complete team-issued tasks to exchange for contributions.

Although the salary was not much, it was better than nothing.

The biggest income for each brigade leader never came from the salary, but from the bonuses.

The brigade leader had the right to 20% of the brigade’s total profit as bonuses, while the deputy brigade leader had 3%-5%, with an upper limit not exceeding 10%, determined by the number of deputy brigade leaders. Two deputy brigade leaders would each get 5%, three would only get 3%, and generally, brigades did not have more than three deputy leaders.

Company commanders also had bonus rights, with the same quotas.

The above bonuses were based on the net profit after deductions, first taking out the 50% handed over to the regimental headquarters.

"The brigade is actually easy to manage. The urgent task is to first manage the first company well and promote one or two assistants from within."

Su Yu pondered slightly and formed a plan in his heart.

He opened communication and contacted the three squad leaders, issuing an order:

"Inform everyone to gather at the dock at 7 a.m. tomorrow for team building."

Zhao Fenglan immediately responded:

"I’ll notify them right away!"

Cheng Yunqing quickly asked:

"Brigade leader, what kind of team building are we doing? We can prepare in advance."

"Doesn’t the brigade have a few battleships? We’ll take one out and train by leveling up and defeating bosses."

Tenth squad leader Fei Mingli then asked:

"How long does the brigade leader plan for the team building? We need to prepare enough elixirs and supplies in advance."

"Let’s set it for ten days first!"

"I’ll prepare them now."

"Hmm!"

Closing the communication, Su Yu rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"Not bad."

They have good abilities and ambition, and can be prioritized for training.

He closed the panel and reopened the member handbook to gather basic information about the team’s internal members.

The member handbook is a basic data sheet for team members, generally updated monthly, including levels, Heart Skill levels, combat specialties, and past performance, giving a rough understanding of members’ strength and growth rate.

However, this isn’t very accurate since not everyone diligently updates monthly; most updates happen every few months.

For someone like Su Yu, who is often away, updates happen every three months.

He doesn’t even update actively; it’s updated passively after a quarterly assessment.

He couldn’t manage the other companies within the brigade, but needed to understand the first company directly under him well. Otherwise, when the squads are reorganized and new squad leaders need to be promoted, he wouldn’t know who to choose.

Li Xuanjing, 27 years old, mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill 62 layers, above average in battle, skilled in Fire Skill, possesses a fifth-grade Magical Treasure.

Qiao An, 29 years old, mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill 68 layers, average in battle, skilled in Water Skill, possesses a fifth-grade Magical Treasure.

Qian Ning, 36 years old, mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill 81 layers, average in battle, skilled in Fire Skill, possesses one sixth-grade Magical Treasure and one fifth-grade Magical Treasure.

Dai Yang, 38 years old, mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill 75 layers, advanced Sword Formulas 86 layers, above average in battle, skilled in Swordsmanship, possesses two sixth-grade Flying Swords and one sixth-grade Magical Treasure.

"Hmm?"

Su Yu’s gaze paused, showing a look of puzzlement.

"With this level, just an ordinary member?"

He immediately sent messages to Zhao Fenglan, Cheng Yunqing, and Fei Mingli, forwarding Dai Yang’s information and asked:

"Do you know what’s going on with this person? Why is someone with this strength still just an ordinary member?"

Cheng Yunqing was the first to respond:

"Dai Yang is indeed strong, one of the best in the entire brigade, but he likes to work alone and isn’t interested in guild positions, almost never participating in guild activities."

Then Zhao Fenglan and Fei Mingli both replied, their answers identical to Cheng Yunqing’s.

"Is he at the base now?"

"No, he went out two months ago and hasn’t returned since."

"Oh!"

Su Yu drew an X next to this name.

Even less of a homebody than myself, there’s no need to consider promoting him.

Such individuals are typical cultivators, focused solely on self-improvement, not caring about guild power or politics.

There’s no need to rely on them normally or involve them in guild activities. Just sustain them, and they might be valuable during critical times in the future.