"I've got one, Mr. Jackson! My love for you is like the eternal flame guiding me forward in the darkest nights into your embrace..."
"Could you get any more old-fashioned? I need it to be artistic, okay? It has to make me sound sophisticated!" Xavier wasn't satisfied with that suggestion and emphasized his request.
"Ooh, I know! There's only one thing I want to change about you, and that's your last name."
"That's a good one! Repeat it so I can write it down!" Xavier began scribbling into his notebook, much to that employee's delight as he said it again.
Haha, I'm really talented at this! Since Mr. Jackson is offering us a hundred per line, I've got to come up with a lot more!
"All right, next!” Xavier called out to the rest of the employees.
"I have one, Mr. Jackson!"
"Me too!"
With such a huge reward for something so simple, everyone began fighting to share their pickup lines.
"One at a time, people! There's plenty of chances for all of you!" Xavier said while glancing at the notebook in his hand.
His assistant on the other hand, wasn't too happy as he helped calculate and keep track of the reward.
Okay, a hundred for this guy, and two for that guy... Oh, my... This secretary has submitted ten entries, so that's a thousand for him! Mr. Jackson, I've been working under you for a few years and have contributed tons of ideas, but you've never even given me a bonus... Can you imagine how miserable I feel...
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