Losing Money to Become a Tycoon: Starting with Games
Chapter 411: Best Employee Selection
"The winner of Tengda Group's First Zero Overtime Competition is—Terminal Chinese Web!"
As soon as Assistant Xin finished speaking, everyone's gaze immediately turned in unison toward Ma Yiqun, who was busy gnawing on a slice of watermelon.
Ma Yiqun froze for a moment. It took him two seconds to react, after which he hurriedly pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth and hands before going up to the stage.
The crowd burst into enthusiastic applause.
Pei Qian was already standing on stage holding the trophy, waiting to present the award.
In fact, Pei Qian had already known the result for a long time.
The selection method for the Zero Overtime Competition was simple: whichever department had the least overtime would win the award.
If multiple departments achieved zero overtime in all four selections within a month, the winner would then be determined by department size, from largest to smallest, though departments that had already received the award would automatically be moved back in priority.
Looking at Tengda Group's current business departments, core departments such as Tengda Games, Feihuang Studio, Shangyang Games, and OTTO Technology were all filled with extremely hardworking people. The employees there were always trying to work overtime, and in places like OTTO Technology and Feihuang Studio, even the leaders were suspected of taking the lead in working overtime. Naturally, there was no way those departments could win the award.
Departments like Against the Wind Logistics and Moyu Internet Café were trying hard to follow the no-overtime policy, but they often encountered unexpected situations, making overtime difficult to completely avoid.
To truly achieve zero overtime, they would need to further improve their management level.
Departments such as Dream Fulfillment Ventures also didn't need overtime, but they had too few employees, so their priority was lower.
Therefore, Terminal Chinese Web, which had more than 30 employees and had never recorded any overtime, successfully won the honor of "First Zero Overtime Competition Champion Department."
After receiving the trophy from President Pei, Ma Yiqun felt somewhat overwhelmed by the honor. He waved to everyone and stepped down from the stage.
But the segment wasn't over yet, because President Pei still had to give a speech.
Pei Qian took the microphone from Assistant Xin and cleared his throat.
"First of all, congratulations again to Ma Yiqun."
"Although the award has already been presented, it is obvious that most people here still do not understand the true significance of establishing this award."
"Why are there rewards for not working overtime, but no rewards for working overtime?"
"For department heads, if overtime occurs in your department, there are only two possible reasons."
"First, the distribution of tasks in your department is unreasonable. Some employees are assigned excessive workloads and can only complete them through overtime. In this case, you department heads cannot escape responsibility!"
"Second, some employees in your department have low work efficiency and cannot complete their tasks within regular working hours. At that time, as department heads, you must give these employees enough care and help!"
"So everyone must firmly remember: at Tengda Group, working overtime is a disgrace!"
"All department heads must follow the example of Ma Yiqun and strive to achieve zero overtime!"
After Pei Qian finished speaking, the audience burst into loud applause again. Many department heads showed expressions of guilt on their faces.
Clearly, President Pei's speech had touched their souls, and the overtime situation at Tengda Group would certainly improve further in the future.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this outcome and signaled Assistant Xin to proceed with the next segment.
The exciting Best Employee Selection, held twice a year!
Li Yada noticed that Bao Xu, who was sitting beside her, had been nervously cracking sunflower seeds the whole time. His face was pale, and beads of cold sweat were sliding down his forehead.
"Brother Bao, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Bao Xu shook his head. "I'm fine."
The previous Best Employee selections had already left him with severe psychological trauma. No matter what, he didn't want to go out again.
During this period, Bao Xu had been following a strategy of keeping a low profile. Not only had he avoided leaving any record of overtime, but even during daily work he deliberately gave people the impression that "I'm seriously playing games."
Any documents he secretly modified were also sent to Li Yada for submission.
From every angle, he shouldn't attract anyone's attention!
By comparison, look at the others:
Ma Yiqun led Terminal Chinese Web to complete a comeback and turn losses into profits, and the online literature training class he organized was thriving.Zhang Yuan had expanded Moyu Internet Café all the way to Lin City, and the ROF computer assembly business was developing rapidly, achieving both strong sales and excellent reputation.Over at Shangyang Games, the three leaders Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin had spearheaded the development of the mobile version of Blood War Anthem: Enhanced Edition, which swept the mobile game market. Now they were also diligently working on BE QUIET.At Dream Fulfillment Ventures, Ma Yang and He Desheng had invested in three additional projects. Among them, IOI was already confirmed to be highly profitable, the Shared Phone Booth had become a new cultural symbol of Jingzhou, and the "Top Student, Come Quickly" project had gained extremely high popularity.At OTTO Technology, although the phone hadn't been released yet, Chang You and his team were working extremely diligently—practically a model worker team.
Thinking about it this way… he should be safe, right?
Bao Xu tried to comfort himself. The trembling in his hands gradually improved a little.
"Now each department will begin voting. Please look at the screen!"
Everyone raised their heads. On the big screen appeared a bar chart, where each person's vote count steadily increased, with candidates constantly overtaking each other.
People took out their phones, opened the TPDb website app, and cast their precious votes.
Even ordinary employees who were not present at the venue could vote on their phones. Anyone who failed to vote before the deadline would automatically be considered as abstaining.
Names rose and fell on the chart one after another. Most of the candidates with the fewest votes had already been eliminated early.
Bao Xu nervously looked at his own name. To his surprise, he had actually received more than twenty votes!
Suddenly he very much wanted to know who those twenty people were so he could go have a serious conversation with them about life.
Fortunately, that number of votes was clearly not enough to support him entering the top two.
As he watched his name being quickly surpassed by one candidate after another, Bao Xu finally let out a long sigh of relief and could resume cracking sunflower seeds with peace of mind.
Finally, the bar chart flickered slightly a few more times before freezing in place.
Best Employee: Zhang Yuan
Second Place Best Employee: Li Yada
Third Place Best Employee: Ma Yang
Although Dream Fulfillment Ventures had also achieved outstanding results, it was difficult for this kind of voting to be completely objective and fair. To some extent, personal relationships would always have some influence.
Dream Fulfillment Ventures functioned almost like an independent department and didn't interact much with other departments.
On the other hand, Zhang Yuan, who was in charge of Moyu Internet Café and ROF computer assembly, maintained close connections with many different departments. For example, the computers used by Ma Yiqun's Online Author Training Class had been purchased from ROF at cost price. Meanwhile, Against the Wind Logistics frequently delivered ROF computers, so the two sides were quite familiar with each other.
In addition, departments like Moyu Delivery, Moyu Internet Café, and Against the Wind Logistics had a large number of employees. Since Lu Mingliang had already won the Best Employee award once and no longer participated in the selection, Zhang Yuan winning the award this time felt entirely well-deserved.
As for Li Yada, her main achievement was taking over Turn Back Before It's Too Late midway through development. The game's popularity added many points to her evaluation. Combined with the testing of GOG and the long-standing influence of the game department, she ultimately ranked second.
Zhang Yuan clearly hadn't expected this result at all. He froze for two seconds before realizing he needed to go up on stage to accept the award.
"Thank you, President Pei, and thank you to all my colleagues!"
"I'm unworthy of this award, but I'll continue to work hard in the future and won't let everyone's trust down!"
Although his words sounded happy, there was not the slightest hint of joy on his face.
Winning the Best Employee award meant receiving a Dream Fund to pursue one's dreams. But Zhang Yuan didn't really have any dream he wanted to pursue!
The business he enjoyed the most was ROF computer assembly, and he also liked his identity as the CEO of Moyu Internet Café. But winning this award meant he would have to leave both of those responsibilities behind!
Even though he was extremely unwilling, in a situation like this he could only silently shed tears in his heart.
Pei Qian, however, was very happy.
Great! The first-place elimination system had successfully taken down another one of the people who had backstabbed him the hardest!
This Zhang Yuan had stirred up quite a lot of trouble while managing Moyu Internet Café and the ROF computer assembly business. Now that he had been removed from those positions and would be assigned to other work, things could finally be a bit more peaceful.
Of course, the businesses originally handled by Zhang Yuan—such as Moyu Internet Café and ROF computer assembly—would have to be reassigned to someone else.
But Pei Qian didn't mind at all. In fact, he was full of anticipation.
Zhang Yuan stepped down from the stage somewhat dejectedly. Next, it was Li Yada's turn.
However, the first sentence Li Yada spoke after going on stage left everyone completely stunned.
"President Pei… may I give up this award?"
Pei Qian's expression immediately darkened.
"This award cannot be refused. Haven't we emphasized that many times already?"
Li Yada said with a bitter expression, "But President Pei, I really don't have the ability to live abroad by myself… applying for visas, booking hotels, planning itineraries, communicating with foreigners… I can't handle any of that!"
"And I'd have to stay abroad for a whole month. I'm a girl, it's too unsafe…"
For someone who was a homebody, those things were indeed quite difficult.
Pei Qian fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Hmm, you have a point."
"For a girl to travel abroad alone, safety really is a big issue."
"How about this—find someone to go with you. You can travel together, and they can also look after you and keep you safe."
"Hmm… it should be someone experienced."
"Bao Xu—you're the one!"
In the audience, Bao Xu, who had been leisurely drinking tea, suddenly spat it out with a "pfft."
He didn't even have time to wipe the tea from the corner of his mouth.
"President Pei! I—"
Pei Qian waved his hand impatiently, clearly not in the mood to listen to his explanation.
"You're the most experienced, and you're also very familiar with Li Yada. You're the most suitable person. This is a work assignment—you can't refuse!"
Bao Xu wanted to say something else, but when he opened his mouth, he suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
He never would have imagined that even though he didn't win the selection, he still couldn't escape the misfortune of being sent out traveling!
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