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Chapter 204 Yao Qiguang is out (6k subscription required)

After coming back from Shenzhen last time, Lu Yao has been waiting for Yao Qiangguang's call.

The longer he waited, the more anxious Lu Yao became.

He didn't know whether Yao Qiangguang had never considered calling him or was still hesitating. This uncertainty made Lu Yao look like an innocent boy who was being hooked by a bad girl.

Every time his cell phone rang, he would subconsciously look at his phone with a palpitating heart.

In such an anxious state, Lu Yao was almost suffering from a nervous breakdown.

There were two times when he was cooking with Sister Wang and Jian Xiaojie, and the way he was waiting for messages made Jian Xiaojie laugh at him, saying that he looked like he was in love.

Jian Xiaojie said at the time: "Oh my, is our Miss Lu in love? That's great, it looks like we sisters are going to have a new sister."

Lu Yao was so amused.

If there really is a woman who can make Lu Yao so obsessed, how capable must she be? You know, Yao Qiguang is the key to whether he can defeat Penguin. What kind of woman can have the weight to defeat Penguin?
How could a woman of that importance pay attention to Lu Yao?

Although he knew that Jian Xiaojie was joking with him, Lu Yao still smiled and explained to Jian Xiaojie and Sister Wang that he was waiting for news from Yao Qiangguang.

Not overestimating the relationship between oneself and anyone is something every adult should be aware of.

Don't think that you can treat your relationship casually just because you are familiar with someone. Over time, even the most familiar and close relationship will become distant.

Just like Xu You in the Three Kingdoms, he relied on the fact that he and Boss Cao were childhood friends and did not give Boss Cao face in public, and was then directly chopped to death by the tiger-crazy Xu Chu, who was only severely criticized afterwards.

Lu Yao would not make such a mistake, so he immediately explained it very thoroughly.

So next, Jian Xiaojie felt that she might have said too much. If she were a woman with stronger empathy, she might even feel guilty towards Lu Yao because of this.

It is well known that once a woman feels guilty about you, she will compensate you in other ways.

From the other party's perspective, it seems that the woman suddenly loves you more. This is the case with many unfaithful women.

Jian Xiaojie softened her tone and said, "Oh, I was just joking, but I rarely see you care so much about someone. Is he really that important?"

Lu Yao said seriously: "Well, I recognize his talent and courage. If he can't be my teammate, then he will become my most difficult enemy in Penguin."

Jian Xiaojie frowned and thought deeply, then suddenly smiled meaningfully and said, "I understand. If he can't be your teammate, I can assure you that he won't be your enemy either."

Lu Yao made a surprised expression and asked, "What do you mean?"

When Jian Xiaojie heard Lu Yao ask this, she leaned over the kitchen counter, squeezed out a magnificent view and said with a smile: "Little boy, you don't need to know so much, just leave this matter to big sister to worry about."

In fact, Lu Yao knew what Jian Xiaojie was going to do.

He was also sure that Jian Xiaojie definitely had that ability.

Even such a result was the result that Lu Yao had been guiding intentionally or unintentionally for a long time. Jian Xiaojie might be able to guess it, or she might not. After all, although he usually appeared to be a vicious person who would set up traps to deceive people, making a person disappear completely was Lu Yao's bottom line that he had not touched so far.

But no matter what, Lu Yao was very grateful that Jian Xiaojie was willing to take on this responsibility.

With every day that passes in February 2015, we are closer to the 2015 Spring Festival.

Finally, on February 6th, Lu Yao finally received the call he had been thinking about for a month.

When the phone number that he had almost memorized appeared on Lu Yao's cell phone, he was so excited that he almost jumped up, but he suppressed his excitement and waited for the ringing to last about ten seconds before answering the call.

Soon, Yao Qiguang's hesitant voice came from the phone: "Hello? Is this Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yao smiled calmly and said, "Yes, Mr. Yao, have you thought about it?"

……

After finishing the call with Yao Qiguang, Lu Yao sent a text message to Rong Nianqing, saying that he was planning to go to Shenzhen and Yao Qiguang was willing to talk to him.

Of course, Rong Nianqing arranged her private plane and prepared to fly to Shenzhen.

That evening, Lu Yao met with Yao Qiguang at Bijiashan Park in Shenzhen, and Rong Nianqing also went with him.

Shenzhen city has become a bit chilly in February. Bijiashan Park is located at a relatively high altitude, so the wind here is also very strong.

When Lu Yao and Rong Nianqing drove the car from her residence to the meeting place, they saw Yao Qiangguang wearing a coat, leaning on a cane, leaning on the railing and looking at the night view of Shenzhen.

The night view of Shenzhen is really beautiful.

It is not as majestic as the capital, nor as charming and passionate as the foreign concessions, but it is young and vigorous. The technological explosion points of the next decade will be here. Even Huaqiangbei here will become a force that cannot be ignored in the domestic electronics market.

Standing here and looking at Shenzhen, any young person with ideals will feel a surge of ambition in his heart.

They will feel that the city is so young and vibrant, and they can accomplish a lot in their time.

But at this moment, Yao Qiguang's back looked particularly desolate. He looked like an old man who was squeezed dry by a bad woman and had to leave here.

Lu Yao put his hands in his coat pockets, walked up to Yao Qiguang and said with a smile: "You seem to have a lot of feelings for this place."

Yao Qiguang looked at the night view of Shenzhen in the distance and sighed, "I have been here for almost ten years. The ten years of my youth, energy and passion were spent here. I have also made very impressive achievements here."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "But those results are all labeled as Penguin, and they can't prove your ability."

The night scene of Shenzhen reflected in Yao Qiangguang's eyes seemed to be much dimmer because of Lu Yao's words.

Lu Yao's words were a bit too vicious, but Yao Qiangguang had to admit that Lu Yao was right.

That's the downside of living under a big tree.

If you enjoy the privilege of being sheltered from wind and rain, you must naturally endure the shadow cast by the big tree and be prepared to always be under the big tree.

As for the ambition to grow beyond the big trees, or even be on par with the big trees... that is somewhat unrealistic.

At this stage, Yao Qiangguang actually does not have much confidence in Lu Yao's future studying abroad. Even the remade "Heroic Wars" was full of signs of wanting to make a quick buck and run away in the early stages.

Various non-standard skins, heroes that are invincible in various versions. Although the re-forged "Heroes of War" has guaranteed the fairness of the game as much as possible, it is also constantly guiding players to spend money and recharge.

Because the remade "Heroes of War" can only get a chance to start over due to a gambling agreement.

The beauty of the future lies in the fact that no one knows what will happen tomorrow, and it is this uncertainty that gives Lu Yao, a future international student, more room for maneuver.

They may see that the future mobile game market is a blue ocean, but they fail to see how deep and broad this blue ocean is.

The performance of smartphones has exploded under Moore's Law.

Future mobile users’ desire for entertainment content.

And the strong demand for entertainment when people had nothing to do during those three years... will create the myth of domestic mobile games.

The year with the highest revenue for "Honor of Kings" was 2022, with annual revenue reaching 160 billion, and that was also the most boring and depressing year in China.

The future is so brilliant, but at this stage none of them can see the magnificent scene hidden in the mist of the future.

Lu Yao extended his hand to Yao Qiguang beside him and said, "Join us. Let us grow into a towering tree that can rival or even surpass Penguin. Let us give the players of Dongda a game that they can show off and proudly display, a game that belongs to Dongda itself."

This backbone was not supported until ten years later by a black monkey.

"You've ridden horses in the American West, been a pirate in Europe, been a soldier on foreign battlefields, and been an assassin in Egypt. Now you can finally return to your hometown and be your own hero."

When this sentence was all over the Internet, God knows what the players of the University of Tokyo felt in their hearts.

Players are actually a group of pretty pure people. They are just a little bit lustful, a little bit warlike, a little bit treacherous... Apart from the fact that most of the players in Dongda are chosen by Slaanesh/Khorne/Tzeentch, they are actually very good people.

Yao Qiguang has many identities now, but when he first entered the gaming industry, he was a real game enthusiast.

After so many years, he may have forgotten his original intention.

But he never lost his original intention.

So looking at the hand that Lu Yao extended to him, Yao Qiguang finally extended his hand, and before he could hold Lu Yao's hand, Lu Yao took the initiative to come over and hold his hand tightly!
Lu Yao said seriously again: "I will not enjoy this glory in the future alone! We will all be recorded in the history of the gaming industry."

Yao Qiguang felt somewhat overwhelmed by these words.

The highest pursuit of Dongda people in their life is nothing more than opening a page in the family tree. It would be really great if their names could be recorded in history books.

But Yao Qiguang couldn't help but pour cold water on him and said, "Boss Lu, you seem too confident."

Lu Yao smiled and didn't explain: "When you get to my side, you will know."

Yao Qiguang then said worriedly: "Speaking of this, I have a non-compete agreement, so it may not be over so quickly."

As a grassroots executive of Penguin, although Yao Qiguang's position is not that high, he has a lot of real things to bear. The resignation procedure alone takes three months, and there is a six-month non-compete agreement after resignation.

For the Internet industry, a six-month non-compete agreement is actually enough.

The development cycle of many products is often only about eight months, and larger projects are only fifteen months.

At this time, Rong Nianqing, who had been watching the scenery nearby, suddenly laughed and said, "Non-compete agreement? It's just a matter of paying money. Mr. Yao can rest assured about this."

Rong Nianqing is now worried that there is too much money at home and she can't spend it.

Others may be pretending to be so when they say this.

But when Rong Nianqing said this, it meant she was really worried.

Only if she converts all her money into the real economy, or participates in the operation of the real economy, will her money not be too hot to handle.

Yao Qiangguang had also done some research during this period and found out that the person following Lu Yao was not just an accompanying secretary or assistant, but the direct successor of the Rong family, with an extremely high status.

So after Rong Nianqing spoke, Yao Qiguang was actually a little reserved.

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Don't worry about the non-compete agreement. You can use it to ask for more severance pay and see what Penguin's attitude towards you is now."

Yao Qiguang: "..." Lu Yao continued: "This will also dispel Penguin's doubts. The extra money is what you deserve. After you come to us, we will bear all the non-competition breaches that occur."

Yao Qiguang sighed: "What if they don't give it to me?"

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Penguin is not short of money."

Yao Qiguang shook his head. "Penguin is not short of money, but the Interactive Entertainment Group is. If our group's performance is very good, why should we dismantle all the original departments and reorganize them? Do you know how many people we fired during the reorganization process?"

The splitting and reorganization of Penguin's game studio began subtly around 2012, and the reorganization was not completed until the second half of 2014.

Many of these people have been optimized away by Penguin.

The game science team was streamlined in 2013, and at the same time many Penguin game business staff were transferred to society.

The reason why Penguin did this is because it has suffered a lot of losses in its gaming business in recent years. Before this period, Penguin had hundreds of games, and the ones that really made money among these games were actually the ones that everyone is familiar with.

Many others are operating at a loss, while some are trying to seize market share and squeeze out competitors.

Others are simply losing money or are not very efficient.

For example, "Reverse War", "Gun God", "Ode to the West", etc.

After the layoffs and reorganization, the management of funds has become increasingly strict.

Yao Qiangguang was not confident about how much compensation he would get if he resigned from his position.

Seeing this, Lu Yao laughed and said, "What's there to worry about? I'll pay the money that Penguin won't give."

Yao Qiguang shook his head: "This is not about money."

Although he was working for a large group like a slave, who wouldn't want to be respected and admired by the company he worked for? Especially during his time at Penguin, Yao Qiguang was a good slave with many contributions.

After reaching a cooperation intention with Lu Yao, Yao Qiangguang left the observation deck of Bijiashan Park with a heavy heart, while Lu Yao and Rong Nianqing returned to the car.

On the way back, Rong Nianqing asked, "Aren't you afraid that this is an undercover agent of Penguin?"

Lu Yao leaned his arm against the car door, supported his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter whether it is or not."

It would be best if Yao Qiguang could come and help him sincerely.

Even if they are not sincere in helping him, as long as Yao Qiguang arrives in Shangnan, it means that "Heroes of War" will always be just Heroes of War, and there will be no Penguin "Honor of Kings" on the stage in the future.

He was a butterfly that traveled back from the future, and his flapping wings finally created a violent storm that was enough to tamper with and destroy part of the future.

It’s just that people nowadays don’t think that Lu Yao’s “incitement” this time is very powerful.

At that moment, everyone felt that it was just a breeze and a fearless charge.

……

Lu Yao and Rong Nianqing returned to Shangnan secretly again, and Yao Qiguang finally made up his mind to submit his resignation to the Interactive Entertainment Group.

It is a relatively important matter for grassroots executives like Yao Qiguang to submit their resignation, at least within Penguin, and the corresponding procedures were immediately initiated among various departments within Penguin.

First, the human resources department came to talk to Yao Qiguang and asked him why he wanted to resign. They then wrote a detailed report and submitted it to the S-line functional system for evaluation.

The functional system's security management department and risk control department will conduct value and risk assessments based on Yao Qiangguang's information, and then send the assessment reports to the management of the interactive entertainment business group for discussion.

In Penguin’s internal evaluation report, Yao Qiguang’s value rating is C and his risk rating is B-.

The reason why the risk outweighs the value is that Yao Qiangguang has worked at Penguin for almost ten years and knows Penguin very well.

Yao Qiguang's own value is not rated high in Penguin's functional system, because Yao Qiguang is already 39 years old, which is an age that can be optimized in large Internet companies.

It’s just that Yao Qiguang is indeed capable and has already been a grassroots executive, so he was not promoted.

As for the "Tiantian Series" of mobile games created by Yao Qiguang, although these games have also been successful, the main reason for their success is that the "Tiantian Series" are Penguin games.

In the evaluation of the functional system, this kind of game that has already existed on the market will actually have similar effects if someone else makes it.

When this evaluation report was sent to the emails of the executives of the Interactive Entertainment Business Group, Mr. Ren, the boss of the Interactive Entertainment Business Group, looked at the report in his hand and finally decided to ask Yao Qiguang to come over for a chat.

People in a position like Yao Qiguang deserve the humanistic care from Penguin.

Three days after Yao Qiguang submitted his resignation, Mr. Ren invited Yao Qiguang to a lounge building exclusively for executives in the Penguin Park.

The interior decoration of the leisure building exclusively for senior executives is extremely luxurious. It not only has functional areas such as a gym, heated swimming pool, whiskey bar, cigar bar, but also rest suites and meeting suites comparable to five-star suites.

The level of luxury is much better than the leisure buildings for grassroots executives.

Yao Qiguang, who is nearly 40 years old, has been working hard in the Penguin Department for nearly ten years, but he still cannot step into such a place freely... It is impossible to say that Yao Qiguang has no ideas.

In the whiskey bar box here, Mr. Ren met Yao Qiguang. He started by asking about Yao Qiguang's recent health and whether his life was going well recently. He did not mention the fact that Yao Qiguang was going to resign at all.

Yao Qiangguang was somewhat uncomfortable with such "concern and concern", and being an introvert by nature, he seemed a little restrained.

About ten minutes later, Mr. Ren talked about Yao Qiguang's resignation: "I saw the report sent by the HR department. Why would you want to resign? If you are unhappy or have difficulties at work, you can always come to me and talk to me."

Hearing this, Yao Qiguang suddenly felt nauseous.

I think about how he was running around a month or two ago for his studio's upcoming game "Heroes of War", begging like a dog for some resources that others didn't want...where is this high and mighty Mr. Ren?

Can I talk to him about my difficulties?
Yao Qiguang suddenly felt resentful, so he forced a smile and said, "It is indeed difficult, especially since our studio is about to launch Heroes of War. The early testing, publicity, channels and other resources are all not available to us."

“It is indeed a bit difficult for me to carry out this work.”

Hearing what Yao Qiangguang said, Mr. Ren still had a smile on his face, but he felt a little cold in his heart.

So this time he wants to win resources by quitting his job? If he really gets resources in this way, what if someone else follows suit?
Mr. Ren couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, thinking that Yao Qiguang was so old, how could he still make such a mistake?
So Mr. Ren comforted him, "Qi Guang, the company is in a difficult time right now, and the Internet landscape is also undergoing major changes. In the north, there is Xiaomi Group and ByteDance, and in the east, there is Dahai City, and many Internet companies in Shangnan City are rising rapidly."

"You must have known recently that the main strategic direction of the Interactive Entertainment Group is to compete with Shangnan."

Mr. Ren is indeed very worried: "Shangnan released "She Le Ge She" secretly. The simple structure in the early stage was continuously updated and eventually turned into a new game with rich content and novel gameplay."

"Coupled with the empowerment of ByteDance's social software, if Nanfang Guangan Network is not curbed, it will inevitably become a major concern in the future. You have to understand us."

Yao Qiguang's heart was already cold, so he smiled and said, "I understand that the competition pressure inside the company is high, and the competition outside is even more cruel. But my body can't take it anymore. I really need to take good care of my leg."

Mr. Ren was already aware of his haggardness and staggering before meeting with Yao Qiangguang.

Even when checking the recent movements of Yao Qiguang within the group, seeing Yao Qiguang's hunched and staggering figure, even Mr. Ren, who has been in the business world for a long time, felt a little bit sorry for him.

The group...seems to really owe Yao Qiguang a lot.

Mr. Ren smiled and said, "Why don't I transfer you to a less busy position, and I'll give you a raise in salary."

Yao Qiguang pursed his lips and smiled: "Mr. Ren, I am only thirty-nine years old."

Mr. Ren sighed in his heart, you are already thirty-nine years old...

At this age and with this resume, it’s too late to start a business.

As for whether Yao Qiguang will be poached by other Internet companies, Mr. Ren is not worried about this.

Judging from the "Heroes of War" recently developed by Timi Studio, Timi is lagging behind in all aspects, and the current popular game is the "Mojinliu" developed by Shangnan Guangan Network.

No matter which trend it is, Yao Qiguang is not competitive.

Mr. Ren's current attempt to retain Yao Qiguang is purely out of humanistic concern.

So Mr. Ren proposed another plan: "How about I let you take a paid leave and come back to work after you have rested? During this period, the work will be handed over to other people to take over?"

This is even more nonsense.

Once a person leaves a position of power, it will be quickly replaced by someone else. If he wants to come back after being replaced by someone else, is that possible?

Even though his position here is a grassroots executive, this position is also an important channel leading to middle management and then to senior management. I wonder how many people are eyeing it.

Yao Qiguang thought for a moment and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Ren. Actually, what I'm thinking is, doesn't the company have a non-compete agreement? I hope the company can give me more compensation during the non-compete agreement... Is that okay with you?"

Mr. Ren laughed: "This..."

"Of course it's no problem."

Mr. Ren agreed readily. Through this conversation, Mr. Ren roughly understood Yao Qiangguang's psychological state.

In his opinion, Yao Qiguang really wanted to retire.

During the ten years he had worked at Penguin, Yao Qiguang had actually accumulated a considerable fortune, including a large flat in Shenzhen and tens of millions in savings. Coupled with his increasingly weak health, it was normal for him to want to retire while the going got tough.

The non-compete agreement is probably his last bargaining chip.

The conversation between Yao Qiguang and Mr. Ren went very smoothly. Mr. Ren even did not refuse the increase in non-compete compensation. Everything went well... which made Yao Qiguang feel a little empty inside.

Is this the place he has been fighting for for ten years?
After leaving the executive leisure building, Yao Qiguang looked around the green penguin park. A huge sense of unreality surged into his heart like a tidal wave, making him almost unable to stand steadily as he was already suffering from sciatica and leg pain.

Standing by the floor-to-ceiling window of the whiskey bar, Mr. Ren couldn't help but shake his head as he watched Yao Qiguang staggering away.

The competition in the Internet has always been cruel, with survival of the fittest and continuous iteration and updating being the foundation for the survival of major Internet companies.

Under this mechanism, the weak will not be given any breathing space.

and so.

Yao Qiguang is out.

(End of this chapter)