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For some reason, her cousin, who used to be so attentive to her, has suddenly become aloof these past few days. She's a bit shameless; when Luo Jiaming was attentive, she was dismissive and wanted to stay as far away as possible. Now that he's become aloof, she's not used to it and misses the old feeling.

As her cousin became more and more outstanding, confident and charming, she felt some inexplicable emotions, a little resentful and unwilling to accept it.

She was determined to showcase her charm and impress Luo Jiaming. After carefully dressing up, and seeing her cousin's reaction, she suddenly felt that she had made the right choice.

"Could it be that my cousin's taste has changed? Does he no longer like the glamorous and seductive style and has started to prefer the pure and innocent girl style?" Zhu Suosuo thought dejectedly.

Li Mu drove Zhu Suosuo to a nearby shopping mall.

Zhu Suosuo asked in confusion, "Jiaming, why did you bring me here?"

Li Mu said, "You will be in charge of the company's preparations from now on. I'll get you some new clothes so you don't embarrass the company."

Upon hearing that she was buying clothes for herself, and seeing the colorful and beautiful clothes in the mall, Zhu Suosuo was overjoyed.

"Thank you, cousin, you're so kind to me."

As she spoke, she pounced on him and kissed him on the cheek. Whether it was intentional or not, she even twisted her body a few times.

Li Mu was prepared this time, maintaining a cool and aloof demeanor, and didn't intend to do anything outrageous. However, Zhu Suosuo's last few twists and turns still made him unable to resist. Taking advantage of her small kindness, he couldn't help but slap her pert buttocks again with a "smack."

The blow wasn't heavy, but it was very loud, and people nearby looked over with meaningful glances.

Li Mu maintained a composed demeanor, keeping a cool expression as if he hadn't done anything. Zhu Suosuo, however, blushed as red as a monkey's bottom, giving Li Mu a slightly embarrassed and annoyed look before pulling him away quickly.

When they arrived at the clothing section on the third floor, Zhu Suosuo's eyes lit up as she focused on the cool and beautiful clothes, and she kept glancing at Li Mu with obvious longing.

Li Mu gave her a strange smile, which made Zhu Suosuo feel a little uneasy. He beckoned to a saleswoman and reprimanded Zhu Suosuo, saying, "With a budget of 100,000 yuan, get this lady a few professional suits that can highlight her composure and temperament. Forget about those colorful or too revealing ones."

Upon hearing the budget of 100,000 yuan, the saleswoman's eyes lit up.

"Sir, no problem, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

He then turned to Zhu Suosuo and gestured for her to enter: "Please, ma'am."

Zhu Suosuo gave Li Mu a resentful look, as if those cool and beautiful clothes had already left her far behind.

Chapter 186 Zhongyou Technology

More than half an hour later, Zhu Suosuo, whose style had changed drastically, came out.

A white shirt, a black skirt, a light blue fitted suit, and a pair of black pointed high heels, all accentuated by her long, dark hair, gave her a very stylish look.

Her outfit perfectly accentuated her slender, graceful curves, and her long, white legs beneath the short skirt exuded a mysterious allure.

This business attire not only made Zhu Suosuo's temperament more composed, giving her a touch of the solemnity of a white-collar worker, but also inadvertently revealed a charm that inexplicably had a certain uniform allure.

Seeing Li Mu's reaction, Zhu Suosuo smiled smugly to herself. She suddenly felt that, compared to those colorful and revealing clothes, office attire was not bad either.

At this moment, Li Mu handed over a Hermès bag: "It would suit you even better with this."

Zhu Suosuo's eyes lit up, and she took it with a look of surprise. Her cousin had suddenly figured it out.

After leaving the mall, Li Mu checked the time: "I have to go to work. You can go home by yourself."

Zhu Suosuo nodded, then suddenly stepped forward and hugged Li Mu: "Cousin, thank you, you're so good to me."

Li Mu laughed and said, "Everyone says that daughters should be raised in luxury so they won't be tricked by poor boys. My cousin is the same; she needs to be raised in luxury so she won't be tricked."

Zhu Suosuo blushed slightly and whispered, "No way!" Her expression was somewhat touched, as she hadn't felt cared for in a long time.

After parting ways with Zhu Suosuo, Li Mu drove to the company. He had been working at Microsoft for some time now, and the experience had been quite good; he had learned a lot.

The Microsoft Shanghai Research and Development Center building has nine floors and maintains a constant temperature and humidity year-round, making the temperature and humidity inside very comfortable throughout the year.

The first floor is a non-office area, where most of the public facilities are located, including a cafeteria, gym, games room, billiards room, and table tennis room.

Floors two through nine are office areas. Although the layout of each floor is roughly the same, each floor has its own theme design. The color changes from earth to sky make the whole building look very layered.

Each floor has a tea room, which is a favorite spot for many employees to pass by, where various free snacks, drinks, tea, and coffee are constantly provided.

Fresh seasonal fruits are supplied to the office area every day. Even the fruit shop owner knows that the requirements for fruits here are very strict, and they are all selected one by one.

Then there are the workstations. The workstations in the office area are also very spacious. Each employee has a computer, two monitors, and a laptop for work.

Such a good working environment is indeed rare among domestic internet companies.

However, even with such a superior working environment, Microsoft employs a flexible work schedule, with no fixed start and end times, and no clocking in or out. Employees can come and go as they please, and even apply for permanent remote work.

Not many people are willing to enjoy this superior office environment.

Li Mu was initially a little unaccustomed to this extremely free work atmosphere, as he had never been so free in his previous work. After observing for two days, he found that his colleagues were all very casual.

For example, some colleagues might arrive at the company around 10:00 AM, while many others arrive at 10:30 or 11:00 AM, which doesn't interfere with lunch. There are also quite a few who don't come at all.

This surprised Li Mu, but it also piqued his interest. He wanted to learn about the management concepts and essence behind it so that he could use them when starting his own business in the future.

I specifically spoke with a person in charge of the R&D center to ask about their management philosophy.

The concept is simple: don't make employees feel uncomfortable, and let them work at their most comfortable pace.

If you're used to working 9 to 6, you can continue working 9 to 6; if you're used to coming in at 11 a.m. and leaving at 3 or 4 p.m., that's fine too.

There are no requirements on how long you work or where you work; you are completely free in this regard. As long as you can complete the tasks and produce sufficient output, that's fine.

The most obvious benefit of such a free working atmosphere is that every employee is highly efficient. Although no one works overtime, and some even arrive late or leave early, very few people slack off during work hours.

There's only so much work to do. There's no point in working overtime or slacking off if you don't finish it. It just makes you look incompetent and inefficient. The sooner you finish, the better.

If the company's management is scientific and fair enough, this model is indeed good.

Li Mu has experienced several worlds. In "All Is Well," he is a software development expert; in "Ode to Joy," he is a cybersecurity expert; and in this world, he is experienced in game development.

The fusion of experiences from several worlds has resulted in a synergy greater than the sum of its parts. In the internet field, he is now a true expert, certainly a prodigy if not a top-tier one.

In addition, Zhu Chaoyang's talent for learning made him even more formidable.

As a senior researcher at Microsoft, his current work mainly involves two aspects: first, the network security and maintenance of the Windows system in mainland China; and second, participating in the development of the latest generation of Windows operating system.

Fortunately, he wasn't assigned many tasks; with his skills and talent, he only had to work three or four hours a day.

You can go to the office or stay at home.

This kind of free working environment, where he can learn Microsoft's philosophy and gain experience while also having enough time to handle his own affairs, is very suitable for him.

For the next period of time, Li Mu worked steadily at Microsoft, honing his technical skills and learning its management philosophy; at the same time, with Zhu Suosuo's assistance, he set up the framework of Zhongyou Technology.

In this world, Li Mu didn't want to do anything earth-shattering. He just wanted to find something to do, start a business to pass the time, and make some money on the side.

Just by looking at the company name, you can tell that Zhongyou Technology is a game company.

Li Mu didn't want to develop a game called "King of Glory" either. Not only would the development cycle be too long, requiring at least two years to polish and launch it to the market, but the investment would also be high, with a minimum investment of one billion yuan.

With so much capital and such a long timeframe, there are many ways to make money faster than playing Honor of Kings, so there's no need.

Li Mu plans to select several games that are easy to produce, have a short production cycle, require little investment, and have achieved good results in the real world, and then remake them in this world to see if they will be unsuitable for the environment and whether they can reach the level of the real world.

Li Mu of Zhongyou Technology did not invest much, only four million yuan. He rented a 1,000-square-meter office in the Science and Technology Park, furnished it with desks, chairs and computers, and spent most of the money.

We have already recruited more than 40 people, all of whom have experience in game development. Li Mu has also completed the design proposal for the first game.

Next, the company will focus on developing this game, and the funds in the account should last for about two or three months.

Funding isn't a problem. Cryptocurrencies have been performing well lately. Once the company's cash reserves run out, we can always cash out some more cryptocurrencies and get through.

Chapter 187 Quarrel

With Li Mu overseeing the direction behind the scenes, Zhongyou Technology quickly got back on track, and dozens of developers were working intensively on the game development based on the game design plan.

Li Mu would go over every two or three days to provide guidance and keep track of the direction, which made things easy for him. Zhu Suosuo, on the other hand, was extremely busy. Lacking management experience, she had to spend most of her time at the company, diligently learning, in order to keep up.

The company's biggest task now is developing games, and it doesn't have much external business, so it's not afraid of making mistakes, which has given Zhu Suosuo plenty of opportunities to practice.

I'm always busy, leaving early and returning late.

That morning, I had just finished my work when I received a call from Zhu Suosuo.

He said urgently, "Cousin, can you do me a favor?"

Hearing the urgency in her voice, Li Mu asked in confusion, "What is it, Suo Suo?"

Zhu Suosuo said, "Cousin, it wasn't me, it was Nansun."

Li Mu said, "Jiang Nansun, what happened to your best friend? Why are you so worried?"

Zhu Suosuo said anxiously, "I just called Nansun, and she sounded like she was crying. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't say. Something must have happened."

"The company is too far from her house, I'm afraid I won't make it in time. Cousin, you have a car and live close to her house, could you go and check on her for me?"

Li Mu said, "You two best friends have such a good relationship. I remember you told me that Jiang Nansun has a boyfriend named Zhang Anren. Why don't you invite him over?"

Zhu Suosuo hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhang Anren should have class today. I couldn't get through to him when I called him earlier. Besides, he doesn't have a car. It would be too much of a waste of time."

"Good cousin, please help me out!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Since my cousin has asked, it's not impossible for me to help."

"Sigh! I've been working all day, and my shoulders are a bit sore. I wonder if there's anyone kind enough to give me a massage when I get home tonight."

Zhu Suosuo rolled her eyes, feeling a little annoyed. Before, her cousin would do whatever she said. Now, he treated her like a little maid.

Frustrated as she was, the matter was urgent, and she couldn't worry about anything else for Nan Sun's sake. It was just a shoulder massage, after all; she'd had them done before. A couple of days ago, she'd made a small mistake at work, and her cousin's punishment for it was a massage. Thinking about it made her blush slightly.

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