I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

He did say that, but that was based on the premise that the things the mole brought back were of very high quality.

He hadn't expected that Beichen's game was such a mess, utterly unpresentable and of no reference value. If he showed this to the people at Echang, they would laugh at him.

Previously, Beichen could be considered a competitor of Echang because of that PV, but with the quality of their products, they no longer even qualify as competitors.

In this case, treating the mole so well with generous rewards seems like making a mountain out of a molehill.

He hesitated for a moment, then said to the mole:

"Well, your company is about to start the first test, right? We'll talk about your onboarding after the first test is over."

Seeing the mole's dark expression, he added:

"It's not that I'm dragging things out, it's just to be on the safe side. If it's still at the level it was at during the closed beta, it's not going to be good at all. The reputation might change again during the first test, so you'll have to put up with the work and lie low for a while longer."

The mole said with a bitter face, "Brother Qiang, I'm exhausted from lying low like this, and people in the company are starting to suspect me..."

Zhang Weiqiang picked up his phone and said, "Here's what I'll do: I'll transfer another 10,000 yuan to you in my personal capacity."

Upon hearing this, the mole was immediately flattered: "Brother Qiang, this..."

“You’ve really worked hard,” Zhang Weiqiang said. “From now on, we’ll charge you based on the data you bring back. One terabyte of content will cost 10,000 yuan. What do you think?”

The price isn't high, but it's not cheap either. After doing the math, the insider felt it was a good deal.

If he hadn't known about that "shared database" before, he would have felt that collecting 1TB of data would be an impossible task.

But now, with the shared resource library available, getting some materials is a piece of cake for him.

This is all money!

So he nodded and agreed.

Seeing that the mole had been dealt with, Zhang Weiqiang breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Let's continue to work together well in the future. Once our game is released, you'll get your share of the profits."

While the mole on one side was filled with the promises Zhang Weiqiang made, Chen Ya had already successfully implanted a backdoor on the other.

Moreover, the firewall of the Ezhou factory did not detect it at all.

He can now not only freely check the development progress of E-games, but also tamper with their development projects.

With just a few taps, the technical development team at Ezhou Factory will encounter a constant stream of inexplicable bugs.

Later, by using this tactic, the game development progress of the E-factory was indefinitely delayed, and the project's developers engaged in a two-year tug-of-war with various strange bugs.

Many programmers question their life choices because of this, and only after leaving the company and joining other projects do they realize that their previous development experience was like a dream.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

The next day, the mole returned to work at Beichen as usual.

Lu Keke rushed to Chen Ya's office immediately.

"We weren't dreaming yesterday, were we?" Lu Keke asked in a low voice. "Why is that mole back?"

Chen Ya looked through the window at the seemingly unaffected mole, holding a cup of coffee, and slowly said:

"That's normal. Both sides have tasted the benefits this time, so they certainly won't let it go easily."

Then, Luan Qingying rushed into the office.

"Brother Ya, that guy's back at work. Did he... fail?"

Chen Ya gestured for him to calm down and said:

"Our plan succeeded, but it seems that the mole hasn't betrayed us yet, so we'll have to keep playing along."

Luan Qingying frowned and said, "Brother Ya, I'm not questioning you, but isn't this playing with fire?"

There's this annoying guy in the company; we have to be on guard all the time. Who knows when we might mess things up and he actually finds out some secret information? Then everyone will suffer.

Chen Ya said, "This play won't last long with him. We'll have to perform at least one more act. Come here, and I'll tell you how to act."

Luan Qingying and Lu Keke came closer, and Chen Ya whispered to them how to do it, and then told them another part of the story.

After saying that, he looked up and asked, "Do you understand?"

Lu Keke's eyes sparkled as she said, "Understood!"

She felt she had become an acting enthusiast. She loved acting, and even more so, she loved acting in roles that could harm people.

Luan Qingying was a little worried: "What if they don't take the bait?"

"If they don't take the bait, we'll proceed with the process of eliminating the mole tomorrow."

...The mole was absent-minded at work, unable to get into a working state.

He was all set to start his business yesterday, even planning how he would live his life, but he still has to go to work today. Anyone would find this hard to adjust to.

Moreover, if he gathers a little more information and makes enough for one terabyte, he can earn another ten thousand yuan. This way of making money is much more comfortable than waiting for a salary.

After a moment of stunned silence, he got up and went to the tea room to get some water.

He would pour water and drink it at the same time, which would allow him to dawdle for another ten minutes and reduce his work time by ten minutes. This was his usual way of slacking off.

However, as soon as he stepped into the break room, Lu Keke and Luan Qingying, a senior executive of the company, stood behind him.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

"So, besides Zhang Weiqiang, who else is our company boss's mortal enemy?" Lu Keke suddenly asked.

Upon hearing the name "Zhang Weiqiang," the mole shuddered.

He thought his identity had been exposed.

However, Luan Qingying immediately spoke up, dispelling his concerns:

"The boss also has a mortal enemy, Cai Zhenyi from Donghuang Qixing Company."

"Donghuang Qixing? That company seems to be a long-established game company."

"Yes, Donghuang Qixing has a much longer history than our company, and they recently received investment from Zhuchang. Their games are similar to ours, but they were developed earlier. You could say that our games are direct competitors with theirs."

The mole, who was listening to their conversation, felt his heart pounding.

He vaguely sensed that there was a business opportunity involved.

Lu Keke added, "That's great! I'll go to Cai Zhenyi's place and take some orders too, so I can make a living from both sides."

Luan Qingying laughed and said, "Why are you like this? Our company has treated you very well!"

Lu Keke said nonchalantly, "What's with all this talk about thinness? What era are we living in now? Everyone's just getting paid to work, it's not like we're emperors just because we get paid. We can't be blindly loyal."

After saying that, she turned to Luan Qingying and said, "Hey, are you interested in working at Donghuang Qixing? If you are, I'll give you Cai Zhenyi's phone number. You can contact him. If things don't work out here, you can go there."

Luan Qingying exclaimed in surprise, "You still have Cai Zhenyi's phone number?"

“Yeah, right,” Lu Keke said. “You forgot? I run a voice actor studio, of course I have his phone number.”

Luan Qingying thought for a moment and said, "Give me his phone number."

Lu Keke laughed and said, "What? You want to switch jobs?"

“No, that’s not it,” Luan Qingying said. “However, everyone has to think about the long term, don’t you think?”

Lu Keke pointed her finger and said, "Wow, you're really cunning. Cai Zhenyi is our competitor, he'll definitely use any means necessary to get information out of you, you little rascal..."

Luan Qingying smiled and said, "Keep it low-key. What's the phone number?"

Lu Keke gave Luan Qingying a number.

The mole started panting heavily.

He repeatedly recited the string of numbers that Lu Keke had mentioned, trying desperately to force himself to remember them.

When the two left, he grabbed a pen and frantically wrote the string of numbers on a napkin.

Around the corner not far away, Lu Keke watched his actions and made a face.

This guy is too easy to fool.

They've taken the bait again.

Chapter 372 The Traitor Who Ruined His Life

"What? Internal project documents from Beichen Company? Explain yourself clearly, who are you?"

That day, Cai Zhenyi was sitting in his office when he suddenly received a strange phone call.

The person on the other end of the phone was acting mysteriously, saying that he had internal information about a project that Beichen Company was developing and was willing to sell it to him.

Cai Zhenyi was stunned on the spot.

Goodness, I've heard of companies planting corporate spies in rival companies, and rival companies directly packaging their own content and selling it?

How long has Beichen Company been established? How come it's already this corrupt internally?

Even a large company like Donghuang Qixing only embezzles some funds; they wouldn't go so far as to sell company information everywhere.

While bewildered, Cai Zhenyi couldn't help but feel a little schadenfreude.

However, while he could enjoy the amusement, he decided to reject the other party's suggestion.

The reason is simple: how could he know what the other party would pull out to sell?

What if I end up buying a bunch of junk?

Moreover, this kind of transaction carries certain risks.

What if this is a setup by the other party?

You paid for it yourself, and then the other party got the evidence and sued you.

That would be a losing proposition.

Moreover, what's Beichen? What is that?

Now that our project team has the technology of Donghuang Qixing and the financial resources and channels of Zhuchang, what are you, Beichen, to compete with me?

The reason he valued Beichen before was simply because Beichen had released that wildly popular teaser PV.

The technical prowess displayed in that PV did indeed create a tense atmosphere for the Seven Stars of the East.

However, he later stopped worrying at all.

At that time, he discussed it with a group of senior executives and core technical staff of Donghuang Seven Stars.

Based on everyone's opinions, they came to the following conclusion:

This is a common PV scam tactic.

Are you kidding me? With Beichen's qualifications, how could they possibly produce an effect like the one shown in the PV?

Even if they could achieve this effect, could they really do it on a mobile phone?

Even if they could achieve this on a mobile phone, what kind of phone would it need? What market share would it be able to capture?

Therefore, they unanimously concluded that it was a scam.

Why are they so sure? Because they do the same thing themselves.

So Tsai Chen-yi immediately decided that his side should also release a PV right away, and take the lead in stealing the limelight.

Their PV uses more technology and cutting-edge techniques, making it cooler and more sophisticated than Beichen's. It looks very high-end, but in reality, it has little content and is quite empty.

But this tactic worked, because the pearl factory immediately approached them with a request for cooperation after seeing their PV.

After gaining access to the pearl factory, Cai Zhenyi paid little attention to Beichen, his competitor.

Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly appeared at this moment.

"Sorry, not interested." Cai Zhenyi said, preparing to hang up the phone.

The person on the other end sounded anxious.

"Don't be so quick to refuse. If you don't trust me, I can record a video to prove it, okay? What I have here is truly genuine, guaranteed authentic!"

Cai Zhenyi was initially uninterested, but the words were on the tip of his tongue when, suddenly, as if possessed, he said:

"Okay, send me two first, as an example, so I can take a look."

He added the person on WeChat using a secondary account, and the other party immediately sent him several short videos and more than ten pictures, with his WeChat constantly beeping.

The video appears to have been secretly filmed at his workstation with a mobile phone, and the footage is very shaky, but it at least proves that he was indeed at Beichen Company.