After finishing the busy Spring Festival, Mei Fang, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi set out early on the sixth day of the New Year and returned to Pengcheng.
Although Pengda University will not start school until the 16th day of the first lunar month, in addition to the convenient status of being college students, the three of them also have the more important status of being company bosses.
Of course, this huge Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment is nominally a company of three giants. Currently, Mei Fang is responsible for most of the management work, while Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi are only busy in their respective areas of responsibility;
Lin Youxi is busy developing the underlying framework of the "Code: End" project.
Although this was Lin Youxi's first attempt at the action structure of a Metroidvania-like game, there were many bigwigs in the company's development department now, so Lin Youxi did not shy away from asking directly about his identity, and the pure technical experts of course gave him everything they knew;
Xia Yuan is mainly busy with the creation of a new album. This time, Xia Yuan does not plan to rely on Mei Fang's help but rely entirely on his own lyrics and composing abilities to develop the album. The theme also returns to the most familiar sweet song elements of "childhood sweethearts", and he hopes to make a breakthrough in this regard.
In addition, Xia Yuan will also interact with C Station live broadcast as a virtual anchor [Yuan Jiang]. The live broadcast content once a week and each time for 2 hours is mainly singing songs and trying games. Xia Yuan's optimistic and cheerful personality is fully released under the cover of Yuan Jiang. She often makes all kinds of interesting tricks. She is undoubtedly the number one anchor of C Station live broadcast;
As for Mei Fang, who is a producer by profession, his main focus now is actually on the organization and management of the company. He will devote a small part of his time to promoting the research and development of "Codename: End".
As soon as the three of them returned home, they started to do their own things and didn't have much time to spend together.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the three of them still need to do something very ceremonial. They have to arrive at the company early to distribute red envelopes for the start of work.
In Pengcheng, giving out red envelopes for the start of a new job is called "paying lai see" because it has the same pronunciation as "li shi", which means to wish everything goes well and the start of the job has good luck.
Such small activities are also a tradition that Penguin Empire, the predecessor of Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment, has adhered to for decades. You can even receive red envelopes distributed by Pony Ma himself.
After Mei Fang, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi arrived at the company, they made preparations together with the administrative staff led by Mei Yue, and then began to divide the work.
Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment is still renting an office building, and their building is still under construction.
There are four floors in total, from 20 to 23. Mei Yue is responsible for distributing red envelopes for the start of work on the 20th floor, while Mei Fang, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi are responsible for one floor each. The three bosses stand at the elevator entrance and follow several HRs to distribute New Year's greetings to everyone.
"Happy New Year."
"Oh, boss, happy new year!"
Orange, the HR person who had a strange misunderstanding with Mei Fang before, was distributing red envelopes with Mei Fang this time. As soon as Mei Fang saw her, she called out her nickname and asked about the several interns she had interviewed with her last time.
"Two people have resigned for personal reasons, but the others are still interning in the planning department of the corresponding project team. They are doing well and their monthly evaluations are all A+."
"Well, that's good."
Mei Fang nodded. "You should show more respect to the interns. They should be treated the same as regular employees in terms of benefits. These young people have strong self-esteem and are very active, enthusiastic and have a lot of ideas when working. But once they are ignored and not valued, they will get very angry and fire us, the boss."
"Okay, Mr. Mei."
"Ah, don't call me like that... President Mei sounds like he's scolding me. Isn't it nice to call me the stationmaster?"
"Sorry, sorry... I'm just not used to it."
Chengzi scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "Stationmaster, why are you here at Pengcheng Company so early? Why don't you stay at home and spend more time with your family?"
"There's still a lot of work to do this year. Even though we're doing so big now, we're still a startup, right? There's nothing we can do about it."
Orange listened to Mei Fang complaining to him like an ordinary colleague, and then saw his hard work in greeting the employees who arrived for work with a smile. He couldn't help but feel a natural sense of closeness and admiration for this legendary young boss.
Mei Fang's management policy has always been to build a young, harmonious and friendly workplace atmosphere as the core point. Therefore, although he does not often appear in the company, the employees who have come into contact with him are easily attracted by his personal charm and work hard for him.
Because he himself was a worker in his previous life, he knew very well what workers needed.
The first is, of course, satisfactory remuneration. Nothing is more important than wages. Only when the demands of employees are met on this basis, other small details will have meaning.
Secondly, it is necessary to meet the employees' emotional demands of being respected. Although others come to work to earn money, they are also glorious workers. If the boss does not treat employees as human beings, employees will naturally feel resentful.
Therefore, some regular welfare benefits are always indispensable. Even if it is just a small afternoon tea once a week, filling the cabinet with snacks, and distributing company-related items from time to time, it can significantly improve the employees' work experience.
In fact, Mei Fang gained many of these management experiences from exchanges and learning with Penguin. It is said that the benefits of Penguin can be combined into a deck of playing cards. Mei Fang also yearns for such a company atmosphere and often fights with Sister Yueyue, who is in charge of administrative benefits, over this matter.
Of course, the provision of welfare benefits is based on the company's profitability.
Now Mei Fang's Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment carries huge traffic, but its monetization methods are somewhat weak, and its main source of profit is the continued profitability of Ximilu games.
However, for Mei Fang, this problem can be solved this year by playing a game.
After handing out the red envelopes, Mei Fang asked Xia Yuanlin and Youxi, who were exhausted, to go home and rest first, and then he held a meeting with the management of Ximilu Games to learn about the localization of "Fate: Grand Order", which is more commonly known as "FGO".
This project is currently led by my uncle. Mei Fang emphasized the importance of this game to my uncle, and also asked Fang Wenku, which is managed by my uncle, to prepare for a joint event with "FGO".
"The FATE series is the first series for many fans of the anime. One-third of Fang Wenku's fan works come from the FATE series. FGO can take the influence of this IP to a higher level, and also attract traffic for Fang Wenku itself."
"Fang Wenku's recent award-winning essay contest can focus on FATE fan fiction, and serve as a warm-up activity for the launch of our FGO server in China."
"Got it. We will develop the event plan as soon as possible and show it to you, the webmaster."
The uncle nodded and then asked, "Regarding the progress of the idol industrialization of virtual anchors, we have proposed several plans. You can take a look..."
Mei Fang was busy at work today, from morning till evening before driving home.
"Fuck it, I don't want to go to this class for a day."
Work is always unhappy.
Even Mei Fang, who has become a boss, often feels overwhelmed due to being too busy.
I'm already so rich, why should I waste my life tinkering with this and that every day...
Mei Fang fell into deep self-doubt.
How can I enjoy college life if I continue like this!
There are still many things to deal with tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and there are many company executives and bosses to socialize with.
As a supernova in the Internet industry, Mei Fang's legendary resume has been heard a lot, which has also attracted the attention of many capital giants. Everyone wants to know what kind of person this boss who always seems to be one step ahead is and wants to deal with him.
Although Mei Fang wanted to turn down these social engagements, if the public relations department was not at Mei Fang's level to receive them, the bosses would feel that Mei Fang was not giving them face.
The veterans of Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment who are at the same level as Mei Fang actually refer to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi.
But as a man, would you be willing to let your wives suffer like this
One doesn't like crowds, and the other is so simple.
The key is that she is very beautiful, it’s hard not to be noticed by others!
After being angry in the car for a while, Mei Fang drove home.
In fact, the current pressure is just a drop in the bucket compared to the pressure in the previous life. It's just that Mei Fang's habit of not talking about work pressure is difficult to change. He doesn't like to complain to his wives to avoid mental exhaustion.
But, that being said.
While waiting for the traffic light, Mei Fang glanced at his phone and clicked on the voice message from Xia Yuan.
"Afangfang, come back for dinner tonight?"
"You're making me cry. Did Youxi help you do it?"
"You don't believe in my cooking skills, right? Youxi tasted it herself and said it was delicious!"
"Okay, I'll be there soon!"
When he heard that his wives had prepared delicious food for him, Mei Fang patted his cheeks immediately. After the red light ended, he started the car and rushed back to his community like a flash.
Beep beep.
As soon as Mei Fang unlocked the door with his fingerprint, he saw Xia Yuan walking towards him with a smile. She first took Mei Fang's briefcase, then handed him a pair of slippers, looking very attentive.
But before Mei Fang could change into slippers, she buried her head in Xia Yuan's arms.
"Aiya... Ah Fang, what are you doing... I'm still acting like a housewife in Sakura Country, and I haven't asked you whether you want to eat first or me?"
"Then I'll eat you. I need to replenish Yuanyuan's super energy."
Mei Fang hugged Xia Yuan and made out in the entrance hall. Xia Yuan did not stop him, but gently soothed Mei Fang's head, "Okay, okay... You've been tired at work, come with me, I'll give you a surprise."
Mei Fang was brought to the living room by Xia Yuan. The first thing that caught her eye was her classmate Lin Youxi, who was sitting by the window, enjoying the good times.
"You're back, Alfon."
"Ah... you, what the-"
Lin Youxi changed his Ji Qie hairstyle from the daytime, cut off his long hair and changed to a medium-length hairstyle. He wore the star earrings that Mei Fang gave him on his birthday, and his black work clothes showed off his body curves.
But in Mei Fang's opinion, this kind of elegance and calmness also reveals a special kind of loveliness -
"Do you like my new haircut?"
Lin Youxi asked softly by the window, and Mei Fang just nodded slightly, then sat down next to Lin Youxi and observed her new hairstyle. The long hair with a few strands on the forehead gave her a very chic look, but Mei Fang felt a little regretful about it.
"Such beautiful long hair, why cut it off suddenly? It hurts so much."
"So you were just trying to coax me, but you don't like me at all?"
"No, I like your hairstyle too."
Mei Fang said cheerfully, "It feels like we're back in elementary school. You and Yuanyuan haven't had short hair for a long time."
"If you like, let Yuanyuan make one for you."
"No, no!" Xia Yuan muttered, pulling her hair, "I really don't want to give up my big waves."
Yuanyuan said as she sat down next to Mei Fang, took his arm and whispered, "Ah Fang, I'm telling you, I've been very brave lately. After the Chinese New Year, I've been full of creative ideas. I think I'll be able to release a new album next month!"
"Before sending it, remember to fill out the form that the company sent you before and protect the copyright of your digital record. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble."
Mei Fang was chattering to Xia Yuan while Lin Youxi stood up from her chair and slowly sat on Mei Fang's lap.
"Ah Fang, don't just talk to Yuan Yuan, take a look at me too."
"I'm just reporting my work, why are you jealous?"
"I want to talk about work, too."
Lin Youxi put her hand on Mei Fang's shoulder and said, "I have finished what I need. Ah Fang, give me some more work to do."
"Such a big framework, have you finished it all?"
Lin Youxi was very unhappy with Mei Fang's questioning and pouted with a look of disgust.
"You are the one who taught me how to develop my skills. Don't you know exactly how capable I am?"
"I'm not doubting you! I'm just a little surprised—"
"Compared to this... Yuanyuan and I discussed it on the way back today. We both want to be more involved in the company's affairs in the future, not just as mascots or poster girls."
"But don't you usually work?"
"This is just our own business."
Lin Youxi pinched Mei Fang's ear and said, "You have so many things to do now, and it takes time to plan your work. It would be better if you had a secretary or assistant to accompany you."
"We've talked about this before, I don't need an assistant, I can manage it myself—"
"We still need assistants, it just depends on who will be the one to take the position."
Xia Yuan leaned on Mei Fang's other shoulder and said, "In the future, when you work, Youxi and I will accompany you. Although I may not understand what you are talking about technology, at least I can take notes and record the main points of today's work... When I was in college, I took the secretarial course."
"Ah Fang, if it involves the technical department of Station C, I hope you can trust me more and let me take full responsibility."
Lin Youxi said softly, "If I'm unsure, I'll consult you."
"Me too, you don't have to worry about the connection with Yuanxia Music all the time. I think it's okay for me to manage it myself. Yuanxia Music doesn't have much to do anyway. I can also study the background music with Xiaoyu Bingbing..."
Mei Fang felt very happy when he heard Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi's future plans for the company. He put one arm around Lin Youxi's waist and slid his other hand down Xia Yuan's shoulder to her belly, posing like Ge You on the sofa.
"Why... are you too tired to listen?"
"Let me replenish my wife's energy first."
"Wife... what the hell is that? We haven't even gotten married yet... Ah Fang is making up a term again."
Lin Youxi teased Xia Yuan, "But wasn't it you, Yuanyuan, who coined the term 'replenishing energy'?"
"But, that—"
Xia Yuan wanted to say something else, but found that Mei Fang had fallen asleep with his eyes closed.
Looking at their childhood sweetheart's peaceful sleeping face, the childhood sweethearts did not continue to disturb him. Instead, they each kissed him gently on the cheek, then lay in his arms and took a nap with him until it was time for dinner.
(End of this chapter)