Reborn in the red age

At Qingfeng Li's instruction, He Guangqin came to the office of Lemon Company, which he had not visited for two months.

Entering the office area of ​​the administrative secretariat, Huang Haimei was bored and playing with her work badge in front of her desk. When she heard some noise and looked up, she saw a man with extraordinary temperament and who looked somewhat familiar standing in front of her.

His eyes subconsciously focused on the color of the other person's work badge suspender, and he immediately realized that this person belonged to his department, and it depended on the grade or the leader.

She quickly stood up from her chair, with a smile on her face, and said respectfully: "Hello, leader, I am Huang Haimei, I just joined the company half a month ago"

"Huang Haimei, I heard about you too. I'm He Guangqin, and I'm in charge of the chairman's affairs." He Guangqin said as he looked Huang Haimei up and down in front of him and gave her an evaluation in his mind.

This woman cannot be said to be beautiful, she can only be said to be pretty, but she does have a good figure. In this professional attire of a tight shirt and a tight skirt, she does look quite pretty.

Huang Haimei felt a little uncomfortable being looked at so bluntly by He Guangqin, but she still tried to maintain a smile. Fortunately, He Guangqin's gaze did not stay on him for too long before moving away.

After scanning the office, his eyes finally fell on Huang Haimei. He Guangqin said, "Xiao Huang, you've been in the company for a while. How do you feel?"

"Secretary He, the company environment is great and my colleagues are very friendly. I have learned a lot and I am very grateful for the opportunity to work here." Huang Haimei replied hurriedly.

"That's good. Our company is a Hong Kong-funded foreign enterprise and we pay more attention to the lives of our employees. What are your hobbies outside of work?"

"I usually like to read books and have the habit of jogging every morning, which can exercise my body and relax my mind."

"It's a good hobby, and your lifestyle is very healthy. You have a good education and are pretty, so you should have a boyfriend, right?"

Huang Haimei's heart tightened, not knowing why He Guangqin suddenly asked this question, but she still answered calmly: "Secretary He, I am still focusing on my career at the moment. I want to make achievements in my work first. As for a boyfriend, let's talk about it later. I am still young and there is no rush."

"Is this true? I'm not trying to trick you. Our company is very humane. As long as you are not pregnant before joining the company, we will not fire you for preparing for pregnancy even if you just got married," He Guangqin further tested.

Faced with He Guangqin's repeated temptation, Huang Haimei still shook her head firmly and replied that she had no boyfriend.

After completing the task assigned by his leader, He Guangqin did not stay here for long. After a few simple greetings, he picked up an unimportant document from the office, left the floor where the English company was located, and hurriedly took the elevator upstairs to report to Li Qingfeng.

After listening to He Guangqin's description, Li Qingfeng smiled and shook his head, muttering softly: "A dog licks a dog, and in the end he has nothing. You put others in your heart, but they put you under their feet."

"Teacher Li, what about Huang Haimei? Will she stay and be your secretary?" Hearing Li Qingfeng's whisper, He Guangqin was puzzled, but did not ask. Instead, he asked about the arrangements for Huang Haimei.

"She can stay as normal, but don't assign her to the secretariat. Let the HR department assign her a position according to the normal procedures. Also, go and take back the business card in her hand."

"Ok"

To Qingfeng Li, Huang Haimei was just a trivial matter.

No matter what the relationship or involvement between her and Sun Xuewu is, it has nothing to do with me.

Sun Xuewu was just a teacher at his daughter's school. That day, because he had a good impression of Sun Xuewu, he gave him a business card, which meant he could do him a small favor. Now he had used the business card, and the good impression was over.

As for whether Huang Haimei will eventually date Sun Xuewu and get married, that is a matter between the two of them.

Li Qingfeng's mind is now entirely focused on the upcoming Counter-Strike game.

A few days later, Wu Simin, a good student far away in Hong Kong, was summoned by Li Qingfeng and came to the long-missed capital again.

Wu Simin, dressed in Miss Hong Kong style, got off the plane and looked at the airport, which had changed a lot compared to when she went abroad. She was filled with emotion.

"Simin, Simin, here, here." The old classmate came back. Yi Xuexue, who is currently the general manager of an aerospace company, volunteered to go to the airport to greet him. He was wearing a neat shirt and had a warm smile on his face. He waved vigorously in the direction of Wu Simin.

When Wu Simin saw Yi Xuexi, a bright smile also bloomed on her face, and she walked over quickly with her luggage: "Xuexi, long time no see, I didn't expect you to come to pick me up in person."

"You are the leader of the headquarters now. As a subordinate company, it's my duty to pick you up," Yi Xuexi said jokingly as he took her luggage with a smile.

"How can I be called a superior? Your satellite company has nothing to do with the Lemon Company. It's the teacher's sole proprietorship. We have nothing to do with it." Wu Simin patted Yi Xuexue's shoulder lightly and responded with a smile.

Yi Xuexi said seriously: "No matter what, Mr. Li's arrangement is an order, and I have heard from Liu Guangmin and others in Hong Kong that you have been able to stand out and secure a senior management position in the Hong Kong headquarters where there are so many talented people. In terms of ability and knowledge, I have a lot to learn from you."

"Okay, stop teasing me. If you have anything to say, let's talk in the car. The teacher is waiting. Take me to Huaxin quickly."

Yi Xuexue responded, put the luggage in the trunk himself, and drove Wu Simin to Huaxin.

On the way, two classmates who hadn't seen each other for many years started chatting about all sorts of things, from their respective experiences over the years to the changes in the international market, and then to the differences between China and foreign countries. They had a very pleasant conversation along the way.

The strange feeling after not seeing each other for many years gradually disappeared, although they could not be said to be very familiar with each other. Wu Simin had been a taciturn person for four years in college, not to mention that they were of different genders. The number of words they had spoken during college definitely did not exceed a hundred.

After sending Wu Simin to the downstairs of Huaxin Building, Yi Xuexi personally led her to Li Qingfeng's office. When leaving the office, Yi Xuexi could not help but sigh, "It is true that a man is reborn after three days of absence. I haven't seen him for so many years. The little black girl who always kept her head down and felt inferior has become pretty and cheerful now."

In the office, Li Qingfeng personally poured tea for Wu Simin. After a brief conversation of concern, Li Qingfeng talked about the serious matter of asking Wu Simin to come over.

"Simin, I called you back from Hong Kong this time because I have an important task for you. Our company is about to launch Counter-Strike, and the global launch will be held in America. You have lived and worked in America for many years and are very familiar with the environment there. I want you to be in charge of this launch."

Wu Simin frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, although I have some experience in America, it is not easy to organize a global game conference. Why don't you hand the task over directly to the local people in America?"

"There are reasons for letting you go, and there are reasons for not letting them do it. How can there be so many reasons?" Although he said this, Qingfeng Li still told Wu Simin the reason:

"Based on some of the game clips we released recently, the market players have responded enthusiastically to this game. Its release is bound to cause a sensation in the gaming community. This is a good opportunity for you and will add a strong touch to your resume." Wu Simin understood Li Qingfeng's intention. This was to pave the way for himself to take over Fang Wanzhen's position.

Being at the headquarters, Wu Simin knew clearly about the open and covert struggles among the senior executives who were qualified to take over.

He also knew that Li Qingfeng had no trust in the senior executives at the headquarters.

The reason why Fang Wanzhen's retirement application had been delayed and not approved was to buy more time for his students to grow and shine.

After considering for a moment, Wu Simin nodded and took on the task.

Seeing Wu Simin nod in agreement, Li Qingfeng nodded with satisfaction and began to tell Wu Simin some of his ideas for this product launch conference.

Li Qingfeng's idea is very simple. To sum it up, don't be afraid to spend money. The press conference should be held in a grand manner, and it would be best if it could attract global attention and attract crowds of people.

When it comes to the global promotion of Counter-Strike, Qingfeng Li has no budget. If it can make the whole world know about this game, even if it costs $100 million, Qingfeng Li will sign and approve it without hesitation.

The lifespan of FPS competitive shooting games is so long that it can be described as enduring.

The game Counter-Strike still has its audience even in 2024.

The sequel CS:GO still generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year, and is still growing. There are several professional competitions every year, which is already infinitely close to traditional sports and some traditional chess and card games.

After recording some of Li Qingfeng's ideas in detail in the office, Wu Simin did not stay in the capital for too long. She accompanied Li Qingfeng for dinner, and that evening she boarded a plane to America with the people from the electronic game department.

Half a month later in the afternoon, the Counter-Strike game launch conference was held in the United States with great fanfare. Wu Simin directly rented the most famous Madison Square in New York as the venue for the conference.

Madison Square is quite famous in the United States. It is one of the most famous sports and entertainment venues in the United States and a landmark building in New York.

Not only has it hosted many classic sports competitions, but many famous singers and bands such as Elvis, the Beatles, and Madonna have also held concerts here.

In 95, Jacky Cheung held his world tour concert here, becoming the first Asian singer to hold a large-scale solo concert here.

The venue has 20,000 seats for spectators, all of which are filled with game fanatics from all over America and game practitioners from all over the world.

Lemon Company invited more than 100 media outlets from around the world to attend the event. Even CCTV sent reporters to report on the event. Fortunately, there were plenty of camera positions on site, otherwise so many media outlets would not be able to find a suitable location to place the cameras.

In the center of the venue, there are two rows of sixteen computers each. This press conference will demonstrate both human-computer battle mode and online battle mode.

Shao Hengwei from the American branch of Lemon Company looked at the crowded venue and couldn't help but sigh: "I originally thought that only a few thousand people would come, but I didn't expect that all 20,000 seats would be filled. Although we don't charge tickets, it is still quite a success to have 20,000 people come to the venue."

"As expected, Counter-Strike was unveiled at the Huaxin press conference at the beginning of the year. Half a year has passed, and after our publicity, many players are looking forward to the launch of Counter-Strike. As the most prosperous city in the world, New York itself has a huge number of video game enthusiasts and an active gaming community," Wu Simin responded softly with a smile on her face as she looked at the crowded scene.

At this point, it was time for the press conference to officially begin.

First, Wu Simin invited Toni Braxton, a popular American singer at the time, to perform on stage. After the song, and the thunderous applause and cheers from the audience, the product launch officially began.

According to the process of the press conference, he first briefly explained the basic operations of the game Counter-Strike, and then without further ado, he started logging into the game for a demonstration.

As soon as the game started, it instantly attracted the attention of the entire audience.

Shocking, so shocking.

Although I had already seen the promotional video, it was just promotion. Only when I actually witnessed the real scene of the game opening on this huge screen did I truly feel the shock brought by this game.

First there was a man-machine battle, and then two teams of staff wearing different uniforms came on stage. They represented the Counter-Terrorist camp and the Terrorist camp respectively. They each sat in front of a computer prepared in advance and operated their own characters to start the battle.

"Oh my god, this is incredible, this game can actually be played online"

"This is a real 3D game on the Internet. Duke Nukem is nothing compared to it."

"Lemon is truly a giant in the software industry, and they have revolutionized video games once again"

"I have a feeling that CS will become the star of the game in the next few years. No one will be able to surpass it in the next three, if not five years."

Watching the players' operations on the big screen, the audience couldn't help but let out various exclamations of admiration.

The major game manufacturers who came to observe the release of "Counter-Strike" all looked terribly gloomy when they saw the images on the big screen.

After the game demonstration, Wu Simin bought the game discs that had been prepared in advance on the spot. In order to prevent some players from having no graphics cards on their computers at home and being unable to enter the exciting battle game that night, Wu Simin also thoughtfully prepared a batch of graphics cards for players to purchase.

A game disc costs $29.9, which is not cheap in the PC gaming world.

After all, this is no longer the 1980s, when any game could be sold for dozens of dollars.

The price of PC games has continued to drop in the past two years. Low-quality games can be bought for a few dollars, and better games generally cost between ten and twenty dollars.

However, even though the price of "Counter-Strike" is high, players' enthusiasm for buying it has not diminished at all, and long queues soon formed in front of dozens of sales booths. (End of this chapter)