Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

Chapter 592 A Day in the Life of a Post-90s Special Effects Artist at Galaxy (Part 2)
"I'm still a newcomer, but the company has assigned me a mentor."

"What I need to do now is to work with him on a specific film and television project."

As for the specific project, I certainly can't say due to contractual constraints, but it's definitely a very big project, and I'm sure you'll be very interested.

"The streamer is teasing us again. What project is it?"

A large number of comments scrolled across the phone screen.

"Since they are employees of Xinghe Group, it must be Director Wang's new movie."

"How could that be? If it were Director Wang's new movie, his own employees wouldn't need to keep it a secret. It must be a project from another company."

After arriving at the company and clocking in, Zhao Jianfei chatted with his friends in the live stream for a while before focusing his energy on his work as a special effects artist, learning alongside his experienced colleagues.

During this process, he did not disconnect the live stream; he simply pointed the camera at himself.

That same morning, the company leader in charge of his area came to his workstation to talk to him about the live stream. Instead of objecting to his behavior of live streaming during work hours, the leader expressed support.

"Of course, the company hopes that every employee can fully demonstrate their potential and discover more possibilities to make their lives better."

While the viewers in the live stream were still worried that the supervisor was coming to criticize Zhao Jianfei because of his live stream, the supervisor's words surprised them greatly.

"What an amazing company!"

"I don't believe it, this must be fake! It's just for the live stream!"

"I'm from Beijing, and I've always heard that Xinghe Group has good benefits. I didn't expect that not only are the benefits good, but the management is also so humane."

"So, it seems the type of management determines the type of benefits you receive?"

After his boss finished talking to him, Zhao Jianfei hurriedly realized that he hadn't turned off his live stream. His reaction undoubtedly proved that what had just happened wasn't something his boss had said on purpose for the sake of the live stream.

This incident also fully demonstrates how humane a good company is, and how their management is warm and caring.

So, around lunchtime, Zhao Jianfei's live stream saw its online viewership surpass 30,000 at one point because of this incident.

Many people have heard about employees starting side hustles through live streaming, and instead of criticizing them, company leaders have been very encouraging of it.

"You know, that really gave me a fright!"

At noon, on the second floor of the cafeteria at [Oriental Galaxy Cinema], Zhao Jianfei was eating lunch while chatting with viewers in the live stream.

However, compared to what he said, the new viewers in the live stream were more focused on his lunch.

"What is the streamer eating? It looks delicious."

"Host, is this your company cafeteria? Where is it located? Which company is it with?"

"Anchor, turn the camera around, we want to see what you're eating."

"Anchor..."

With a sense of helplessness, the anchor Zhao Jianfei switched to the rear camera and showed the audience the dish he was eating: stir-fried eggs and shrimp with green pepper sauce.

This dish is actually made by cooking poached eggs and shrimp with pounded chili sauce, somewhat similar to the Sichuan dish "Farmhouse Delight" – spicy, savory, and salty.

The viewers in the live stream gave it extremely high praise.

"This dish looks delicious."

"Ah, I love this kind of sticky dish the most. Adding it to rice and mixing it in would make it so fragrant."

"Eggs and shrimp, these are both things I like to eat, but I used to make scrambled eggs with shrimp. I never thought there was such a way to cook it. I'll try making it this way tomorrow."

"Hey streamer, what other good food does your cafeteria have? I think you should just become a food vlogger and specialize in introducing the food in your cafeteria, okay?"

Because of the enthusiastic feedback from the viewers in the live broadcast room, Zhao Jianfei had a sudden idea. He took his phone and contacted the person in charge of the cafeteria that day, expressing his desire to visit and live broadcast the kitchen of the company cafeteria.

In a typical cafeteria, this would certainly not be allowed, but the cafeteria manager at [Star River Cinema] agreed very readily.

Because their cafeteria has an obligation to be open to visitors and subject to supervision, whether they are company employees, members of the film crew, or tourists, they only need to submit an application, avoid crowding in, and wear protective clothing, shoe covers, hats, and masks to enter the cafeteria kitchen for a tour.

This rule naturally shocked and surprised the viewers in the live broadcast room.

After all, the fact that the canteen at [Galaxy Cinema] dares to accept visits and inspections anytime and anywhere is enough to prove that they attach great importance to hygiene, food safety and quality in their daily management, and that their management is extremely strict.

Sure enough, when Zhao Jianfei put on his protective suit as required and walked into the canteen kitchen, not only him, but also the viewers in the live broadcast room couldn't help but gape.

In the canteen of [Galaxy Cinema], the food serving window and the kitchen are usually separated.

So even if the food serving window is clean and tidy, people don't really feel it much, since it's for the public and cleanliness is expected.

However, at this time, even though it was lunchtime and the kitchen was extremely busy, with the chefs working hard at the stoves, the entire kitchen was just as clean and tidy as the front window.

Whether it's the stove, the floor, the food shelves, the sink, the cutting board, or even the chefs themselves, everything visible to the naked eye is spotless.

After showing the viewers of his live stream the cafeteria kitchen, Zhao Jianfei ended his broadcast an hour later at noon.

After a short lunch break, when the show resumed, Zhao Jianfei did not sit at his workstation this time. Instead, he went with his colleague to the film studio where the movie was shot.

In the afternoon, they need to work with their colleagues who are performing human body capture to process the data synchronously at the collection site.

There's no need to keep this a secret, so viewers in the live stream can see how the computer model of the young woman in the motion capture suit gradually takes shape after she completes a set of movements.

"really interesting!"

"That's amazing! What kind of project is this?"

"She looks a bit strange, like a female fairy. Is she a character from some cartoon?"

"Galaxy Group's recent drama 'Sword Echoes in Shu Mountain' was very popular. Could this be the villain in the sequel?"...

The viewers in the live stream were buzzing with discussion, but Zhao Jianfei, busy with work, didn't have much time to explain.

However, during the break, Comrade Xiao Zhao couldn't help but reveal a little information.

"This is not a movie or an animation; it's a character model from a game."

What game is it specifically?
The project is still in the confidential stage, so I can't say anything, but the announcement date should be soon, either at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

Our company will likely release the news then, and I can only say that many game enthusiasts will be absolutely astonished.

Zhao Jianfei worked until 6 p.m. After finishing his work, he went to the cafeteria for dinner as usual, and then took the bus back to his dormitory.

When he boarded the bus, the viewers in the live stream were undoubtedly shocked, because it was only 7:30.

7:30!
Zhao Jianfei left work in such a grand manner; he didn't even work overtime that night.

Although Zhao Jianfei is an intern who has only been working for a short time, his job is a special effects artist, a profession that normally involves the most overtime.

But Zhao Jianfei always leaves work on time. If he didn't have to have dinner at the company, he could even go home at six o'clock.

Why not work overtime?

On the bus back to the dormitory, Zhao Jianfei looked at the questions in the live chat and asked with a surprised expression:

"Why do I have to work overtime? I've already finished most of my work for today, and I'm not in a rush to complete any tasks. What am I doing at the company?"

Besides, when I joined the company, my mentor also said that our company does not encourage overtime.

Although the company provides overtime pay, the chairman believes that Xinghe Group is a cultural enterprise dedicated to bringing happiness to the general public.

To bring joy to the audience and users, the creators themselves must first be happy. If the creators are unhappy, full of resentment while working, and only thinking about cutting corners, how can they possibly create excellent and inspiring works?
Moreover, when someone works overtime, there are only a few possible scenarios.

Either there are too many tasks and too little time, and it is impossible to complete the tasks within the stipulated time without working overtime.

Either the employee lacks personal ability, or they slack off at work and are unable to complete their tasks within working hours, forcing them to make up for it by working overtime.

In addition, there is another situation where the company itself has an overtime culture, and the boss or manager cannot stand employees leaving get off work on time, thinking that it is a bad work attitude.

As a result, employees eventually started to work overtime to impress their bosses, seemingly working overtime but actually just putting on a show.

Of course, regardless of the form of overtime, in our big boss's eyes, it means there's a problem with the management and that the leaders aren't competent enough.

If there are many temporary tasks and the time is tight, the leader in charge of the task should do a good job of task allocation. If there is a shortage of manpower, the staff can be borrowed from other companies.

If there is a sustained increase in business volume, then the human resources department should be notified to recruit new employees.

If overtime is caused by an employee's lack of personal ability, then the leader does not understand his subordinates and does not know what kind of work his employees are suited for.

Such a leader not only has problems with task allocation, but also lacks understanding of the work and subordinates, making the problem even more serious.

As for employees slacking off at work, that's still the manager's responsibility. If they can't even manage their own employees, what's the point of the company's rules and regulations? It proves there are loopholes in the management.

Oh, and working overtime just for the sake of working overtime, or working overtime to impress the boss, is an even more egregious form of bureaucracy.

Therefore, Xinghe Group's attitude towards overtime is: occasional overtime is acceptable, but if an individual, team, or department frequently works overtime, then the relevant leader definitely has management issues, and higher-level leaders and the department specifically responsible for this matter will come to their rescue.

Zhao Jianfei's words elicited a barrage of "yes" comments on the screen, almost completely obscuring the live stream, and some people even made jokes about it.

"No wonder I feel my work performance is not outstanding; it turns out I have a terrible boss who is dragging me down."

"No wonder he's the chairman of a big company. It's no wonder he's built such a large business at such a young age and made such popular movies. His awareness is really high, at least ten years ahead of his domestic counterparts."

Are there really companies in this world where you don't have to work overtime?

"How do you even get into this amazing company?"

"If I could work at a company like this, I wouldn't feel at ease slacking off."

And so, Zhao Jianfei chatted with netizens about various aspects of the company's internal situation on the bus, and only ended the day's live broadcast after returning to his dormitory.

However, although his live stream has ended, the impact of this live stream has not been eliminated.

After all, when Zhao Jianfei was live streaming, the number of people in his room once reached as high as 50,000.

Meanwhile, the subsequent live stream recordings were also seen by countless people.

So through his live streams and videos, everyone has learned what it's like to work at Xinghe Group and what the company is really like inside.
It's truly enviable! Even a little bit enviable.

This was the first impression many people had after watching Zhao Jianfei's live stream recording.

Single dormitory, canteen, shuttle bus service, interesting job content, and no overtime...

Which worker wouldn't want a job like this?
As a result, the relevant content began to spread rapidly on the Internet, and Zhao Jianfei's words, especially his theory that overtime work was due to poor management, resonated with many working people.

After everyone learned that these words came from the internal culture of Xinghe Group, and that the chairman of Xinghe Group was Wang Hao, the related topics and comments quickly became trending topics due to his status as a famous director.

It's worth noting that in 2017, the prevalence of overtime culture had already sparked strong discontent in society, with many workers complaining bitterly. In some companies and enterprises, employees even died suddenly due to continuous overtime work.

In other words, Alibaba's CEO, Ma Huateng, hasn't yet uttered the famous phrase "996 is a blessing," otherwise netizens would probably be pushing Wang Hao and Ma Huateng to a fight right now.

Even without Alibaba's "blessing theory," Xinghe Group's relaxed and pleasant work atmosphere and high welfare, as well as Wang Hao's resistance to overtime culture, still won him a lot of goodwill from the general public, beyond his fan base.

As a result of the public's affection for the film, "Swords of Shushan," which was released in October, unexpectedly benefited from increased viewership.

(End of this chapter)