tkworld #164 - I must be seeing things.
#164 - I must be seeing things.
"Speaking of this President Lu, he has so many labels. Through some internal employee interviews, we know that he is a remarkable person."
"He can open gashapon machines to distribute benefits to employees, and he can also look at racy swimsuit booklets with them. He even allows employees to nap during work hours."
"At the EASTJOY exhibition, he even hired Michelin chefs to provide work meals for employees, and even players got boxed lunches."
"Regarding President Lu's style of doing things, everyone will understand after listening to the following interview clips."
After that, Lu Yu's voice began to appear in the video:
“Actually, we are just an ordinary, unremarkable little studio.”
“Our game was just too lucky to be developed. There was no real journey.”
“My employees probably just came up with it after eating, drinking, and having fun. It's that simple.”
“Eat what you should eat, play what you should play, don’t keep anything bottled up, and give employees more benefits. It’s all about laissez-faire.”
Bolo Bing finally concluded:
"Seeing these interviews, everyone might think, can someone like this succeed in running a company?"
"In fact, this is precisely President Lu's brilliance. By appropriately hiding his abilities, he can make competitors lower their guard, and then deliver a fatal blow with a winning strategy!"
"Calculating everything, taking every step carefully, President Lu can be said to be a rising star in the game industry!"
The live broadcast chat also started praising Lu Yu:
“Great wisdom may appear dull, a stroke of genius! President Lu is the real game production master!”
“The employee benefits are really enviable! I want to work at Peach Blossom Village with such a generous boss!”
“President Lu doesn’t engage in internal competition or torment employees, yet he can be so successful. It’s simply counterintuitive.”
“This industry needs more legendary entrepreneurs like President Lu!”
……
Monday, at work.
Just as Lu Yu stepped into the villa's foyer, a series of light footsteps came from behind.
A group of Peach Blossom Village employees ran over with smiles to greet him, saying, “Congratulations, President Lu.”
??????????
Lu Yu was dumbfounded.
Congratulations for what?
I lazed around for three days on the weekend. What the hell did I do again?
He immediately became wary.
Could it be that these geniuses have created something incredible again?
Lu Yu went upstairs with trepidation. After sitting at his workstation, he glanced at Liu Mengyuan next to him.
When he saw that this girl's eyebrows were slightly furrowed and her pretty face was also full of sorrow, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Probably the number of online users for 'Verbal Warfare' is too low. Look how worried this girl is.
That's good, that's good.
But while relieved, Lu Yu still felt a little guilty.
Although he successfully prevented the project from developing into an out-of-control hit due to internal competition, he felt a little sorry when he saw Liu Mengyuan's dim eyes.
I’ll take her out for some good food when I have time to compensate her.
Thinking like this, he turned on the computer and casually checked the company's operations backend. Lu Yu was shocked—
What????
500,000 concurrent online users!!!
He calmly closed the backend, rubbed his eyes, dripped several drops of eye drops into his eyes, and then took a deep breath.
I'm seeing things, I must be seeing things!
It's all because I look at too many lewd picture books, my eyes are full of round things, which led me to see a few extra zeros.
That's right, it must be like this!
However, when he reopened the computer, the data still hadn't changed.
Boom!
He was struck by lightning, his body stiff, sitting motionless in his chair.
His lips were pale, the muscles on his face twitched slightly.
His pupils shook, his eyes lost focus, and he fell into endless self-doubt.
Where did I come from, and where am I going after death?
Why did I appear in this world?
Did fate choose me, or did I choose fate?
Does the universe have an end? Does time have a length?
Where does the past history end? Where does the future destiny originate?
After a while, he looked up at his colleagues with a complicated expression.
How the hell did you guys turn the game into a hit with 3.5 million active users right under my nose?
And this is only after being online for 3 days. I can't imagine how popular it will be later!
He said weakly to Chu Xiong:
“Fatty, the reason you said congratulations to me this morning was because the game was a hit?”
Chu Xiong's fat face squeezed out wrinkles with a smile:
“Of course, it's more than that. Brother Lu, you yourself have become a legendary new star in the game industry!”
“??????????"
Lu Yu trembled and, with Chu Xiong's prompting, opened the video released by Bolo Bing OL.
The more he watched, the more confused he became, and the more he doubted his life.
Hey, wait, wait a minute!
This… which parallel universe is this talking about? Why don’t I know anything?
First of all, isn't it normal to give employees benefits?
Isn't this what a boss should do? Is this also worth mentioning?
Secondly, Liu Mengyuan did discuss the game's charging model with him before,
But he didn't know anything about the global spokesperson.
The latest novels are first published on Liu Jiu Jiu Shu Ba!
In Lu Yu's memory timeline, the last management thing he did was to take them to Gusu City for tourism.
When did they come up with these crazy operations?
Lu Yu glanced at the system light screen again.
Because the broadcast of Leisure Points is too frequent now, Lu Yu would set the system to do-not-disturb mode when he was on vacation.
As soon as he turned off this mode, a series of broadcasts came:
The first thing that caught his eye was:
[1 million Peach Blossom Village users feel happy from the 'Verbal Warfare' game, Leisure Points +500]
He was overjoyed,
Because of the existence of the Bountiful Festivities buff, he is now more efficient at fleecing users.
However, before he could be happy for long, there was a series of point deduction prompts:
[Employee Zhang Fan, due to staying up late on the weekend to develop, experienced fatigue, Leisure Points -10]
[Employee Shao Peng, due to fixing game bugs on the weekend, experienced fatigue, Leisure Points -12]
[Employee Mo Xiaoxuan, due to troubleshooting game version issues on the weekend, experienced distress, critical hit, Leisure Points -20]
……
Looking at this long list of point deduction records, Lu Yu was dumbfounded.
Good heavens, no wonder he didn't know about those operational tricks. It turns out you guys were secretly working hard at home on the weekend!
And this round of point deductions also resulted in his point income for the first few days of this round being -250.
Even the wool he fleeced from users was not enough for these little internal competition kings to deduct.
The reason is very simple. The employee's rebate ratio has been raised to 20%, and the deduction ratio has also been increased to 20%.
In other words, if employees continue to compete internally, the deduction will be even more severe than before.
Everything is an equivalent exchange with a price.
What the hell…
In less than 3 days since the start of this round, you guys have made me lose more than 20,000 yuan!
This is really what you fear is what comes.
Did they misunderstand his intention again during that trip to Gusu?
Lu Yu was scratching his head, wondering how to tell them without exposing the existence of the system that he really just wanted to give out benefits and wanted everyone to lie down and not to overthink…
Seeing Lu Yu petrified on the spot, the employees covered their mouths and snickered.
President Lu, you are not being sincere.
The company has become such a big hit, you must be secretly happy in your heart, right?
Keep pretending!
They said with a wicked smile:
“Actually, all of this is within your expectations, right, President Lu?”
Lu Yu forced a smile: “E、everyone did a good job. I will reward everyone handsomely later.”
He almost gritted his teeth when he said the word "reward."
Just wait and see, I will definitely make you guys completely degenerate!
“Yay!” The employees cheered and returned to their workstations.
Lu Yu glanced at Liu Mengyuan next to him and smiled bitterly:
“So, why were you frowning this morning?”
Liu Mengyuan said:
“Actually, it's because our game is too successful, many times more successful than I imagined.
There will definitely be a lot of interviews and cooperation invitations next, and a celebration party has to be held, so I'm worried about how to make choices. I'm simply dazzled.
There's no way, who made the game too successful?
This can also be considered a happy worry, ehe~”