Pei Qian shook his head and said, “What is the purpose of voting if everyone gives away their award? There is no way we will change the results of the vote. Whoever won it will have it. Prepare your suitcase these few days.”
Bao Xu was flustered, “Boss Pei, I have visited all the places of interest in the country! I have checked in at every site, and I can prove it with my photos and location tracker. There is nowhere else for me to go!”
Pei Qian smiled slightly. “You have almost visited all the places of interest in the country?
“Then, settle your visa tomorrow. You can head overseas to have a look. While you experience the world’s culture and enjoy the exoticism there, you can also take the chance to learn from the game producing experience that the developed western countries have.”
Bao Xu wanted to say something else, but Pei Qian cut him off. “That’s settled then. Settle your visa tomorrow.”
Bao Xu was speechless. “…”
What the f*ck!
Bao Xu felt horrible. He did not want to leave!
Boss Pei, I would even be willing to work overtime!
However, looking at Boss Pei’s expression, it was apparent that the decision was final and could not be changed.
The rules regarding the Outstanding Employee Selection had been set a long time ago. It was in some way a form of accepting his defeat.
Bao Xu thought to himself solemnly. When I come back from the paid leave, I must make it clear to everyone and tell them not to vote for me during the Outstanding Employee Selection ever again!
I am not interested in both the million-yuan Dream Fund and the one month of paid leave. Please vote rationally. Please vote for someone who needs it more!
However, it was too late for that. He could only instill that thought into the others when he came back from the paid leave.
Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang again and said, “Say a few words.”
If others received the Best Employee Award, Pei Qian might be able to congratulate them from the bottom of his heart. He might even laugh at their misfortune. However, now that Lu Mingliang received the Best Employee Award, Pei Qian was a little reluctant for him to leave.
Anyways, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Lu Mingliang held the trophy in his hand and said excitedly, “I am not worthy of this award. The results that I have previously achieved were mainly because Boss Pei provided me a general direction to success, and I have followed his instructions strictly.
“I think that no matter who takes over the position as the chief planner, you will definitely achieve something if you follow Boss Pei’s strategies and ideas from the start to the end!
“I hope that Tengda will reach greater heights. Thank you to all of you!”
Loud rounds of applause sounded in the office. Pei Qian joined everyone involuntarily and clapped wholeheartedly.
Look at that. Such a great speech!
Although Pei Qian did not agree with Lu Mingliang’s words completely, one of the sentences Lu Mingliang said spoke to him.
No matter who took over the position as the chief planner, he must listen to Boss Pei completely.
That was exactly what Pei Qian hoped for!
What was he most worried about?
He was most worried about his employees not listening to him!
They would always try to look into his mind and create many new elements in the game without telling him. In the end, the outcomes of the games were completely different from what Pei Qian anticipated!
On the other hand, looking at Lu Mingliang, although it was a pity that the game succeeded, ultimately, his attitude was much better than Huang Sibo and Bao Xu!
Xiao Lu was really a great employee.
He needed to reward him!
Pei Qian smiled and asked, “Have you thought about how to spend the million-yuan Dream Fund?”
Lu Mingliang was a little hesitant. “Umm… Boss Pei, here is my plan. On one hand, Repent and be Saved is at the crucial phases of its R&D. I think I shall stay and complete the current phase first. On the other hand, I’m not really sure what I want to do. I don’t think I have any skills and expertise in other fields except for the game industry.
“Therefore, should I put this matter aside for now? You can keep the money for now. We can talk about it after I have some ideas about what I want to do.”
Pei Qian furrowed his eyebrows.
Put the matter aside? No way! I have already prepared the money. How could you not spend it?
Furthermore, rules are rules. How could such a thing happen during the second Outstanding Employee Selection? How can I continue to organize it in the future? How can the outstanding tradition of the Outstanding Employee Selection be carried forward into the future?
Although Lu Mingliang was a trusted subordinate of mine, I will not be able to continue leading the team smoothly if I lost their trust. There is no way I will be the first to compromise the integrity of these rules!
Pei Qian shook his head immediately and said, “No. If you do not have any good ideas currently, I have a task for you. You can be the CEO of Upwind Logistics.”
Lu Mingliang was stunned. “Huh? Boss Lu, I know nothing about that.”
Pei Qian smiled slightly. Knows nothing about that? That’s perfect!
“As the saying goes, grasp a typical example; and you will understand the rest. Your experience working at Tengda Games proved that you definitely have some talent in management. You can try it out there first. If it doesn’t work out, you can still take away the 1-million Dream Fund to start a new company in other fields.”
Lu Mingliang was still a little hesitant. However, when he saw the determination in Boss Pei’s eyes, he knew that there was only a slim chance of him staying at Tengda Games.
That being the case, he shall head over to Upwind Logistics and have a look there!
Lu Mingliang’s personality was different from Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo had many ideas and would actively attempt to have a shot at other fields. He had a clear understanding of what he wanted. Therefore, after receiving the Dream Fund, he started Fei Huang Workspace immediately.
Meanwhile, Lu Mingliang was comparatively less curious about other fields. He was a dutiful and unadventurous employee.
One could tell that difference from the games that they produced. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu would try to involve more of their ideas into the games while Lu Mingliang would obediently follow Boss Pei’s orders closely.
He thought about it for a while. Although he was not very interested in logistics, he believed that there was definitely potential for development in all the industries that Boss Pei invested in. Speaking from his career life, the ceiling of a chief planner was obviously way lower than that of the CEO of a large logistics company.
Therefore, Lu Mingliang did not decline any further and accepted the job offer.
Anyways, Boss Pei had said that if he was uncomfortable with that job in the future, he could still take the 1-million Dream Fund and use it on things that he enjoyed.
After settling the two best employees, a new problem arose.
The chief planner was gone, and he needed someone to step up to that position. Otherwise, the work at the company could not run smoothly.
However, the problem Pei Qian now faced was that those employees that he was familiar with at Tengda Games all had their assigned jobs.
Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, Lin Wan. They had all been assigned to their respective jobs by Pei Qian.
Pei Qian only recognized a few faces amongst the rest of the employees, but he was unfamiliar with them.
Most of them were working on the execution phases of the plans. They were not expected to report to Pei Qian directly. Therefore, Pei Qian did not have many chances to get to know them.
However, that was not a big problem. After all, he still had the results of the Outstanding Employee Selection. He had the name list and votes in his hands, and that information had a very strong reference
value.
It would be too much if he started selecting from the bottom to the top. After all, many people did not even have a single vote. It would be too bizarre if they were chosen.
Pei Qian randomly chose one person from the top ten list who had an average number of votes.
“Li Yada, you are the one!”
The female employee who was wearing a pair of spectacles with a huge frame and was sitting at her work desk near the corner of the room looked up in a daze. She had absolutely no idea why Boss Pei chose her as the chief planner. She did not know how to react to the news and was stunned.
Pei Qian was very pleased with the new chief planner. Her name caught his eye amongst the long list of employee names.
It was auspicious!
Her Chinese name was Li Yada. That meant that her English name would be Yada Li.
Yada Li sounded similar to Atari, which was a great company. It was one of the industry leaders in the game industry. Boss Pei’s ultimate goal was to be like them.
Li Yada looked at her surroundings and saw Boss Pei smiling at her.
She was stunned for a moment before standing up hurriedly. “Bo-Boss Pei! I do not have sufficient work experience…”
Pei Qian appeared unhappy.
This again?! Why wouldn’t I know that you lack experience? If you have sufficient experience, I would not have chosen you!
Every time that I promote someone as the chief planner, they would always use that as an excuse to decline the promotion.
Pei Qian’s face fell.
Li Yada noticed that Boss Pei’s expression turned dark and instantly realized her mistake. Weren’t the previous few chief planners all promoted similarly as she did? They had all done well in that position.
How could she fumble the ball?
That would disappoint Boss Pei!
Li Yada said hastily, “However, I will do my best to complete the final phases of Repent and be Saved!”
Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction.
Yes. That was it. As long as the attitude was good, I would not blame you even if the game failed because of your inability.
Chapter 220 - A Baller Smashed the Shenhua N7 in Anger, the Reason Was…
After settling the matters regarding the Outstanding Employee Selection, Pei Qian returned to his rented apartment. He took out the express delivery package that had just arrived.
Pei Qian bought two phones this time around.
The first phone was Shenhua’s latest flagship phone model-Shenhua N7. It was priced at 4199 yuan and was mainly targeted at office workers. The other phone was the latest flagship phone model of an overseas company called MSC—the B90 model. It was priced around 4600 yuan.
Many industries in that universe were a little different from those in Pei Qian’s memory. In the current year, domestic phone companies should only be at their developing stages. They found it hard to fight against overseas phone companies. However, in that universe, Shenhua’s mobile phones were developing very quickly.
Although the overall strength of their flagship phone model could not be compared with Pineapple phones, the value of their phones could be reasonably priced at the 4000 range. What they achieved was three or four years ahead of the progress of the domestic phone companies in Pei Qian’s memory.
Of course, considering the development stages of cell phone and mobile games in that universe, Shenhua’s achievements did not give Pei Qian too much of a shock.
Anyways, those were just a side note.
The main thing was that the Shenhua N7 was about to become the second victim today.
He should leave the MSC cell phone for the next episode.
Similar to the previous episode, Pei Qian shot the video with his cell phone and ran through the procedures. He dipped it into the water, threw it from midair, smashed it apart, and rewound the clips. Anyways, he did whatever he could to give the phone a hard time.
After completing the standard procedures, he did some simple editing and rendering to the clips and uploaded the final video.
“Good. I’m done!”
Pei Qian stretched his body. Working was really tiring
To his surprise, the Shenhua N7 model had pretty good drop protection. Its rear cover was even sturdier than the Pineapple phones. Pei Qian had some difficulty trying to pry the rear cover of the phone open, and he spent quite some effort in doing so. However, as the saying went, blunt force led to miracles. There was not a single phone in the world that Pei Qian could not pry open.
After completing all of that, Pei Qian felt that the duration was shorter than he had expected. He still had some time to do other things.
“Umm… that’s great, why don’t we finish the MSC flagship cell phone model today as well?
“After that, we can stop working on cell phones temporarily. We can explore other digital products, such as headphones, cameras, and laptops. Those were all worth considering.”
Pei Qian yawned and opened a can of cola to wake himself up. He continued working on the third episode of Hardcore Reviews.
He most certainly could not upload two episodes at the same time. Pei Qian wanted to wait for the responses of this video that he had just uploaded. If the responses were good, he could upload the MSC episode either tomorrow or two days later.
After ‘Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7’ had been uploaded onto Aili Island, viewers that had previously subscribed to this account quickly received a notification.
Even if the ‘Hardcore Reviews’ account did not have many fans, many viewers that saw the first episode had subscribed to this account. Therefore, when the second video was uploaded, there were quickly many voices in the comments section.
“Holy sh*t. Episode 2 was uploaded so quickly!”
“Previously, it was Pineapple 4, now Shenhua N7? The total number of views for these two videos had not even reached 5000, and yet the production cost of both videos reached 10,000?!”
“Pineapple 4 was almost 5000 yuan while Shenhua N7 was 4199. The cost was around 9000 in total! I can only say that we cannot understand the life of a baller!”
“Could these videos be reposted?”
“They are not reposted. You can’t find the ‘Hardcore Reviews’ account at any other platforms. Aili Island seems to be the first platform that these videos had been uploaded onto.”
“That’s a real baller!”
“There’s no need to say anything. Like. Tip. Share. I need to support this video no matter what simply because of its production cost!”
Many viewers shared the video.
Because of the user volume from the first video, there were more views for this episode.
Moreover, there was no news conference for new products during this period. Therefore, the electronics area in the platform was rather inactive. There was not much new content that was uploaded.
Since the video was uploaded at such timing, it naturally had more views.
Furthermore, the keywords of the video’s caption included words such as hardcore, reviews, and Shenhua N7. If people searched for similar words, this video would appear in the search results.
At night…
Shenzhen…
Hu Xiao had just finished a ‘battle’ with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum. He was still trying to calm himself down.
As the creator of Shaohu Reviews, Hu Xiao had been living a rather lavish life due to the earnings from his videos. Viewers nowadays could be easily fooled, and it was easy earning the money of his fans. Many overseas companies were also very generous with the money they offered him.
As a professional hater of Shenhua, Hu Xiao took the responsibility of criticizing Shenhua. However, Shenhua’s cell phones were becoming increasingly popular. That made him very angry.
He had just had a ‘battle’ with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum and had ended the conversation by demeaning each other’s relatives.
Hu Xiao opened the page leading to the electronics area of Aili Island. He origi
nally wanted to just scroll through the videos and check if there were any new videos.
“Huh? ‘Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7? I have never heard of this review organization. Is this new?”
Brimming with curiosity, Hu Xiao clicked on the video.
The video was not very long and was only about ten minutes. Although most of the content was recorded in a single shot, he could tell that there was some evidence of simple editing in some parts of the video.
However, the content caused Hu Xiao to almost laugh out loud.
How the f*ck was that a review? That’s just aggressive testing!
He dipped it into the water, threw it onto the ground, and chopped it with a kitchen knife…
The dismantling part at the end was even more hilarious. He used a flat head screwdriver and pried the rear cover of the phone along its gaps. The way he dismantled the components of the phone proved the ‘blunt force leads to miracles’ theory. He did not care if the cables at the back were connected and was also unconcerned if there were any dispensing. He simply gouged the components out of the cell phone.
One could clearly see the veins on his hands. That showed how much force he was using.
When there was nothing more to dismantle, the phone was utterly ruined. It was similar to the scene of a car accident.
The most absurd part was that the video creator said that he would revive the phone, and yet the only thing that he did was to rewind the clips of him dismantling the phone aggressively.
“Good job! It feels nice watching someone smashing a Shenhua cell phone. I need to share this video! I want to smash it too. It’s a pity I do not have the money for it.”
After arguing with the netizen who supported Shenhua phones, Hu Xiao was still a little enraged. Seeing a video that smashed and cracked a Shenhua cell phone made his mood turn for the better.
No need to say anything. Share!
Hu Xiao mainly used Weibo for his Shaohu Reviews. However, his account at Aili Island had three to four hundred thousand subscribers.
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