Boss Pei had not even asked Li Yada for a proper explanation. He understood without her even having to say a word.
Could that have been a tacit, mutual understanding between boss and employee?
“Alright, Boss Pei! I understand!”
Li Yada walked out of the office, feeling touched.
Pei Qian looked at the calendar. It was December 21st.
He had two more weeks before the examination week in school.
Boss Pei had donated five million yuan to the needy students in school earlier. He could get his instructor to say a few simple words to the teachers in charge of his modules, and they would surely give him an easier time, but… Would Boss Pei do such a thing?
Of course, he had to pass his modules with his own skills and abilities.
If Boss Pei ended up doing worse than a slacker like Ma Yang, how would he still be able to hold his head up high?
Even he would despise himself!
Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had a lot of work to do.
He accessed the platform to check the results for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The first batch of new employees had taken the Tengda Spirit compatibility test yesterday before the annual meeting. In the end, it had turned out much better than Pei Qian had imagined.
The passing rate was extremely low!
A total of 28 people had taken part in the test, but only three had passed.
Pei Qian had gone to read through those three people’s resumes again, in order to form a deeper impression of them. They were the trusted generals that Tengda would have to rely on in the future!
What kind of precious employees would have managed to do so well in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test on their first try?!
Surprisingly, all three people who had passed the test were from Tengda’s games department.
The one with the highest marks was named Hu Xianbin. He was an ordinary, recent graduate from Handong University, who had achieved nothing of significance during his time at university.
The other two were Min Jingchao and Zhang Nan (a female), who had no experience in the game industry whatsoever. Before they were accepted into Tengda, the former had been an accountant; the latter had been a fashion designer.
These resumes looked perfect to Boss Pei!
It looked like Tengda’s recruitment tests had served their purpose well. Those who had a lot of experience in the industry had been filtered out, and a special batch of slackers had been selected.
The Tengda Spirit compatibility test had also proved this point. All three of the employees who passed looked like very good slackers!
Of course, one could not judge a book by its cover. Boss Pei could not read minds. There was no way that he could guarantee for now that those three people were the kind of talents that he needed.
Still, no matter what, Boss Pei had carefully set the questions for the test, and those three people had answered most of them correctly. At the very least, this proved that they had a significantly better understanding of the Tengda Spirit than most of their batchmates.
There was a saying: if something walked like a duck, spoke like a duck, and ate like a duck; it was a duck.
It was the same with the test. No matter what lay in the hearts of those employees—as long as they had passed the test and applied the same mindset to their work, they were the slackers that Boss Pei desired!
Furthermore, Pei Qian knew very well that the passing rate for the test would only increase as time went by.
After all, he could not stop those employees from discussing the test in secret if they wanted to.
However, if the new employees could learn the right answers slowly and accurately interpret Boss Pei’s hints, they would instinctively reject working overtime, ask for overtime pay, and contribute to a similar culture in their respective departments.
Then, Pei Qian would have achieved his goals.
On the 17th floor of Shenhua View, in Tengda Games…
In the conference room…
Li Yada had just assigned work to the members of the design team.
She had already gotten a visa to go to the United States. Since they could claim all of these expenses from the company, everyone applied from express visas, which they received in no time.
Li Yada had already organized the suggestions that she received from Dream Realization Ventures. The new version of the game was already being developed. Li Yada only had to brief the employees in the design team about those changes. Then, she could be sure that GOG’s development progress would not be impeded by her going to the United States to gather new materials.
Once they were done, the meeting ended.
However, Li Yada purposely asked Hu Xianbin to remain behind.
Once everyone had left the room, Li Yada closed the door and said in a low voice, “Little Hu, what were the questions in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test? Tell me softly.”
Hu Xianbin, “…”
The scene was quite strange.
A department head of Tengda was asking an intern who had just obtained tenure for guidance and information.
Yet, Li Yada really had no idea!
In fact, it was not just her that had no idea; every department head of Tengda had no idea either!
Boss Pei had personally set the questions for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The papers had been automatically marked by the system, and nobody had been allowed to check the question bank or answer sheet.
Nevertheless, Hu Xianbin felt confused. Why was Li Yada concerned about this?
So what if she didn’t know what the questions were like? She was already a department head; she would not have to sit for the test at all.
“They were simple multiple-choice questions. Sister Li, why are you asking about this? I think the rules state that we’re not supposed to discuss the questions in the office, right?” Li Yada sighed softly and tried to keep her voice low as she answered, “I don’t want to discuss it, but… the heads of the other departments have been asking me.”
Yesterday, after the annual meeting, several department heads had approached Li Yada about the Tengda Spirit compatibility test.
Indeed, Li Yada had no idea about the contents of the test, but the new employees under her definitely knew the contents very well!
The various department heads had discovered that out of the twenty-odd new employees who had taken the test, only three had passed. Furthermore, all of them were from the games department.
Naturally, all of them approached Li Yada to find out more.
As for why those department heads were so worried…
Wasn’t the reason obvious?
If the new employees failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, they would have to be fired!
The department heads had gone to great lengths to hire those employees. All of their help was greatly needed. How could they give the employees up?
If the new employees were fired just like that
– not only would all their previous hard work have gone down the drain, but it would also show that they had done a bad job during the recruitment that none of the new employees met Boss Pei’s expectations.
How could they allow that to happen?!
Thus, the department heads were as anxious as the employees who had failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. They eagerly wanted to find out the contents of the test so that they could change their own mindsets and meet Boss Pei’s expectations.
Li Yada had no choice but to secretly ask about the test in private.
Hu Xianbin frowned, trying hard to recall the test.
“It’ll be too difficult for me to remember the questions in the test word for word. In fact, I think it’ll be impossible.
“There were far too many questions, and a lot of them looked similar. There may just be one different word, but the right answer might change completely.
“What’s more, I don’t know exactly which questions I got right and which ones I got wrong since t
here were so many of them.
“What if I only recall a question I got wrong? Everyone might be sent down the wrong path, guessing according to my wrong answer. Wouldn’t they fail the test badly then? The consequences would be dire.”
Li Yada considered this for a moment and then nodded helplessly.
That was true.
She had to admit that Boss Pei had planned this out very well. There was no loophole for them to take advantage of.
Even if Hu Xianbin had remembered many questions, he would not know which ones he had gotten right and wrong. It would have been nearly impossible for them to try and guess the answer sheet for the test based on his memory alone. “Do you have any experience to share, then?” Li Yada attempted to resolve the problem from another angle. Hu Xianbin remained silent for a moment and then said, “One must overthink.”
Li Yada asked, “Huh?”
Hu Xianbin explained, “I can only say that while the questions looked simple, they were actually much deeper.
“Those questions reminded me of the way Boss Pei usually spoke. He would always explain extremely deep theories to us using simple language. If one took the questions at face value, they would not be able to understand the deeper meaning behind them.
“Thus, based on my experience, I would say one must overthink. That’s what all of us learned while working in this department as well.
“I must also say, one must absolutely obey Boss Pei’s instructions.”
“As for other things… I can’t summarize them.”
Li Yada nodded.
It sounded like the type of questions that Boss Pei would have come up with. Having to overthink and absolutely obey Boss Pei’s instructions seemed to match Li Yada’s working experience as well. Could that be the Tengda Spirit?
That was probably not all. After all, the Tengda Spirit was made up by Boss Pei, and Boss Pei’s mind was like a galaxy.
Still… it must have been a part of the Tengda Spirit, right? Li Yada nodded. “Alright, thank you!”
When she returned to her desk, Li Yada sent the answers that she had gotten to the various department heads who had asked her about the test before.
“There are perhaps two general principles to keep in mind for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test.
“First, overthink.
“Second, absolutely obey Boss Pei’s instructions.
“I’m not sure if that’s the right direction, but it’s worth a try.”
Chapter 365 - An Essential for Martial Artists
Chapter 365 An Essential for Martial Artists
December 23rd, Thursday… Feeling slightly apprehensive, Chang You arrived outside Boss Pei’s office once again. The last time he came had been two weeks ago. At that time, Chang You had brought the Otto OS—which he had been very confident about – here. In the end, a bunch of bugs appeared out of nowhere, and the entire project failed.
Boss Pei had raised some criticisms about the stability of the system and asked Chang You to prioritize stability over all the gaudy, unnecessary details.
This time, Chang You mainly wanted to show Boss Pei two things.
First, he wanted to show Boss Pei the improved Otto OS. Nothing had changed since the previous time; it contained all the same things. In fact, to improve stability, Chang You had gotten rid of some less useful functions.
His aim was to ensure that the system would be as stable as possible, with minimal bugs appearing, while he was reporting their progress to Boss Pei.
Apart from that, he wanted to present the prototype for Otto Technologies’ first cell phone.
Otto Technologies had been established close to two months ago. Chang You had to admit that it was a first-tier local manufacturer indeed; it had been extremely efficient in producing the first prototype. However, Chang You was feeling apprehensive as he held the first prototype in his hands.
He was not confident at all.
Although he could not bear to present this to Boss Pei, it had already been produced. He had to let Boss Pei take a look.
If he was not satisfied, Chang You could still make edits to it.
Before entering, Chang You closed his eyes and said a short prayer that the Heavens would watch over him and that minimal bugs would appear. Then, he knocked on the door.
When he heard ‘come in’, Chang You pushed open the door to enter the office and then explained the purpose of his visit to Boss Pei.
Pei Qian nodded happily. “Alright, let me take a look.”
Pei Qian was quite interested in this cell phone. After all, this was the first tangible product that Tengda was developing.
Before this, Tengda had produced many games, but they were intangible at the end of the day. One could only operate them on computers or game machines; they could not hold the games in their hands and play with them.
ROF was a computer-installation business, but its products were not that different from other DIY computers.
This cell phone would be different. It would be produced using ODM, but cell phones were digital products with a high level of integration after all. The cell phones they created would be unique.
Pei Qian watched as Chang You placed a ‘brick’ in his hands.
…it was very heavy!
Pei Qian could feel an obvious weight on his hands. “How much does this cell phone weigh?”
Ashamed, Chang You answered, “247 grams.”
Pei Qian was silent.
He did not know what else to say other than that it was awesome!
What did this weight mean?
At the moment, the cell phones that were in trend were small. Take Pineapple’s flagship models throughout the generations as an example for instance. Until now, they all weighed about 140 grams. Even the bigger models only weighed about 190 grams.
In fact, a phone weighing more than 200 grams would already be considered quite heavy for relatively weaker girls. One could say that only athletes and martial artists would be able to carry a cell phone weighing 250 grams.
Pei Qian considered the weight of the cell phone in his hand.
Hmm, it would probably feel really good to hit someone with this!
Chang You obviously knew that the cell phone was way too heavy as well. Looking embarrassed, he said, “Boss Pei, we had no other choice. There are too many things in this cell phone.
“A monitor with high refresh rate, a 5800 mAh battery, the latest microchip, a custom-made cooling system, a horizontal linear motor…
“All of these add up to a lot of weight.”
Pei Qian nodded.
Indeed, they had no other choice but to do this because they wanted to make the phone worth the full eight thousand yuan.
If they failed to add enough material and the cell phone’s worth ended up being far less than eight thousand yuan, the System would not allow Pei Qian to sell the phone at such a high price.
However, that also meant that the cell phone would be relatively heavier.
After all, while other cell phones had 2000 to 3000 mAh batteries, this one had close to 6000 mAh. It would be a surprise if this cell phone model didn’t turn out heavy.
To Pei Qian, the additional weight was a good thing. In fact, it would be best if everyone coined the cell phone as a 250-gram machine that charged an IQ tax. Then, Otto Technologies would fail to sell the cell phones and end up accumulating stocks in their warehouses!
Of course, Pei Qian remembered there being cell phone manufacturers who did that. One example was manufacturers of gaming phones.
However, the current market was still significantly different from the market in which gaming phones were introduced.
First, gaming phones only appealed to a small market.
Cell phones were different from computers. They were digital products with high levels of integration.
Computers could be adjusted based on requirements. A gaming laptop and a light notebook were extremely different in terms of appearance and use, so that one could not replace the
other.
Yet, the same could not be said for gaming phones and ordinary cell phones.
At the same time, cell phones had too many functions. People used them to take photos, record videos, and the like. Most users of cell phones would prioritize everyday functions such as video playback, chatting software, and taking photos and videos. Gaming was only one additional function a cell phone had.
Thus, most people would find it a waste to spend the same amount of money on a cell phone that had worse camera functions, portability, and interface… even if it offered a better gaming experience.
Of course, a gaming phone might still be a good option for hardcore mobile gamers.
However, there were two more problems.
The mobile game market was not yet thriving in this world.
At the moment, the more popular mobile games in the market were card war games. Mobile war games like Bloody Battle Song were now considered too hardcore and had become very rare.
Less hardcore mobile games did not require screens with a high refresh rate; neither did they require a lot of battery.
Thus, from the perspective of consumers, Otto Technologies’ cell phone would be quite… useless.
It was manufactured by a random brand that no one had heard of, and it was quite heavy. These two points alone were enough to form a horrible first impression in consumers’ eyes.
Seeing Boss Pei in deep thought made Chang You think that he was unhappy with the prototype. Thus, he quickly said, “Boss Pei, this is only a prototype. We haven’t started producing it in bulk.
“If you think it is too heavy, we can think of other things. For example, we could cut down the battery’s capacity to about 4000 mAh. That would probably cut 200 grams from the cell phone’s weight…”
Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. “No, it’s quite good this way! “No matter how good the cell phone’s functions are-if it runs out of battery, it would be as good as a brick. It would not be able to do anything. We have to make sure that the cell phone would have enough battery, so that nobody would have to worry about battery life!
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