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

The next few pictures that followed were quite detailed.

Cai Zhenyi scanned the contents of the picture and immediately called the other party again, but it took a long time for them to answer.

"Hey, Mr. Cai, have you changed your mind?"

"You've already started preparing for the first test?" Cai Zhenyi asked seriously.

The mole was a little nervous: "Yes, we said we need to speed things up."

Cai Zhenyi was greatly shocked; the development speed of Beichen was much faster than he had imagined.

The mobile game industry is still a blue ocean at this stage. Before it gets too competitive, everyone is fighting a time war.

As long as you seize the market early and gather players, the game can reap the benefits.

Players are loyal to a game; they have already invested a lot of time and emotion. Driving them to your game will significantly increase customer acquisition costs.

Therefore, Tsai Chen-yi is once again using the time difference to pursue a quick victory.

Beichen is a startup company, and it actually formed its current development team later than our own company.

Normally, their development progress should be slower than ours. We haven't even finished closed beta testing, and they've already started preparing for the first test?

If the other party has this kind of development speed and even a little bit of quality, they can make a lot of money.

Cai Zhenyi asked over the phone, "You have test data in this, right? How is the performance?"

The mole wasn't that stupid; knowing this was the most important information, he immediately said:

"This includes all sorts of data from the closed beta, market performance data, paid data, and reader survey statistics. Hehe, you'll see how the data performs once you see it."

Cai Zhenyi thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about it first. Keep your phone accessible."

After saying that, he hung up the phone and immediately asked his secretary to come to his office.

Soon, Cai Zhenyi's studio executives all gathered in his office.

“I’ve received some important intelligence. We have an inside source within Beichen Company who sent me some information about the other party’s projects,” Cai Zhenyi said seriously to everyone. “The other party is interested in selling us this internal information. I’d like to hear your opinions.”

He showed everyone the pictures the mole had sent him, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

After reading the content, everyone expressed their opinions, and chaos ensued.

"Quiet down," Cai Zhenyi slammed his hand on the table. "I have two questions for you. First, is it necessary to buy these materials back? If so, what's a reasonable budget?"

The crowd started chattering again, and according to their opinions, they definitely had to buy it.

The information shown in these images represents all the content and engineering documents of a project from its inception to its current state.

In terms of value, even if we only consider the investment involved, it is worth at least several hundred thousand.

Furthermore, it includes pre-production testing data. Market research is extremely expensive; if you can understand the market data of similar competitors in advance, it's like helping your company avoid pitfalls—how much money could that save?

Why not spend a little money to get this kind of thing back?

They're not short of money.

So buying it is definitely going to be done. However, a disagreement arose regarding how much it should cost.

Some said a fixed price of 100,000, while others said they would only give 80,000.

After a lively discussion, the group finally reached the following conclusion:

Start by asking for 78,000. The other party will definitely raise the price. Then we can slowly negotiate. The bottom line is 150,000.

After the discussion was settled, Cai Zhenyi called the mole again and quoted his price.

"78,000, I'll buy all the resources you have, cash on delivery."

The mole immediately said, "Deal!"

Cai Zhenyi was taken aback.

The deal was closed so easily?

He was prepared to haggle back and forth a dozen times to get a good price!

The mole hung up the phone and was in a daze, pinching his thigh hard a few times to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

What kind of incredible deal is this? What kind of incredible buyer is this?

Seventy-eight thousand?

Was there any mistake? !

He's starting to wonder if he overpaid when he sold the property to Zhang Weiqiang.

Hey, why can't there be more competitors?

That evening, he met with Cai Zhenyi. Both sides were on high alert, wearing two or three layers of masks, and completed the transaction in a dark corner.

Both sides felt they had gotten a great deal.

After obtaining the hard drive, Cai Zhenyi returned to the company and immediately convened a meeting of the heads of various departments in the studio to discuss the information leaked by the mole within Beichen Company overnight.

Each department gave a speech, creating a lively atmosphere that lasted all night. When Cai Zhenyi woke up the next morning, he felt full of confidence and energy.

The road ahead of me is now clear and smooth.

After working through the night, the Donghuang Qixing team came to a simple conclusion about Beichen Company's project.

That is, mental retardation.

That's so stupid.

Such a large team produced this.

Those in the know understand that they have a large-scale development team of hundreds of people, but those who don't might think that their company only has three people doing the work.

With such an outrageous product that's like playing house for children, with such outrageous copywriting, outrageous modeling, and outrageous character design, this company has actually managed to get this far.

Cai Zhenyi even suspected that the company's employees had been brainwashed, had no sense of their future prospects, and were just there to get by, taking each day's pay as it came.

Anyone with even a little bit of skill would have run away long ago if they saw this level of project management.

However, I heard that Beichen Company can't recruit top students from prestigious universities; they mostly recruit graduates from ordinary schools.

That makes sense.

In Cai Zhenyi's mind, a logical loop of his own has formed.

However, what pleased him most was that even with Beichen's level of expertise, they were able to produce remarkably excellent data during the closed beta test.

He didn't feel angry; instead, he felt happy.

The fact that the data for this kind of thing is so good is enough to show the market's tolerance. When our Donghuang Qixing game is released, won't it be the birth of another new century's hegemon?

Of all the issues, the only one worth worrying about is the other party's development speed.

Based on the development schedule in the other party's materials, he adjusted the development schedule of our studio.

We must launch our game at the same time as our competitors and crush Beichen's game right under our feet!

Strangely, starting that day, their project began to experience inexplicable and malicious bugs.

Some bugs are hidden very deep, like mosquitoes in the dark, waiting for their chance to strike at the most unexpected time.

The studio later hired a few more programmers to debug, and those programmers lost their hair much faster than the others. Eventually, they all started to give up.

Of course, Tsai Chen-yi did not connect this matter with the information retrieved from the mole.

Cai Zhenyi, brimming with self-satisfaction, was inwardly celebrating, unaware that Chen Ya and others at Beichen Company on the other side of Beijing were experiencing the same reaction.

On Chen Ya's computer, all the files of the projects under development by Cai Zhenyi's studio were on full display.

After Luan Qingying, Shi Chuandong, and others browsed through their project details, they all gasped in shock.

However, the shock was in the opposite direction.

"I thought the Seven Stars of the Eastern Empire were really strong, but it turns out they're nothing special?" Ishikawa Takashi pushed up his glasses and said.

“We still can’t underestimate them,” Luan Qingying said, showing maturity and composure. “They are still in the early stages of development, and we can’t say that this is a finished product.”

“But this approach is outdated,” Ishikawa Takashi said. “Their engine is not suitable for making open worlds on mobile phones; it would be very choppy.”

“The overall game concept is also problematic,” Ge Zhang said. “It’s like an MMO game, but it’s also wrapped in a two-dimensional style, so it’s a hodgepodge.”

“Be confident,” Chen Ya said. “What they’re doing is just not good. Don’t think that Donghuang Qixing is necessarily strong. They are complete amateurs when it comes to second-tier games.”

Luan Qingying breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest, saying, "I almost started to doubt ourselves."

“Don’t doubt yourself. Just follow the established path, and it’s only a matter of time before our game succeeds,” Chen Ya said. “The problem now is that we can officially close the net and catch that mole.”

Luan Qingying nodded and said, "All the surveillance evidence and document retrieval evidence have been prepared, and the interpretation of our confidentiality agreement has also been drafted. We can sue him at any time."

Ge Zhang asked, "If we close the net now, won't the buyers have any suspicions?"

“So you have to act a little furious,” Chen Ya said with a smile. “Who among you is a good actor? Act out a scene of someone throwing a tantrum, film a short video, and try to get it into Cai Zhenyi and Zhang Weiqiang’s circle.”

Luan Qingying looked enlightened: "If they think we've leaked important trade secrets, they'll be more likely to believe the information they have, right?"

"And we also need to be prepared to send lawyer's letters to both Zhang Weiqiang's and Cai Zhenyi's studios separately," Chen Ya said. "It's just a lawyer's letter warning, but we won't sue. We just need to find a way to make things bigger."

Luan Qingying asked, puzzled, "We still have evidence, right? If we file a lawsuit, we might have a chance of winning..."

“They’re too deeply entrenched; we can’t win. Even if we do, it’ll be a huge hassle,” Chen Ya’s smile gradually turned sinister. “What’s the money we win from suing them? What we want is for them to invest more. The more money they invest, the more they lose, and the more miserable their fate will be.”

Ishikawa Toru couldn't help but shudder.

How insidious! I was terrified.

Luan Qingying replied, "That makes sense. I've learned something."

Ishikawa looked at him with surprise.

Luan Qingying said, "I'm a good actress. I was in the drama club when I was in school. I'll go."

"Well, let's go."

Upon receiving the order, Luan Qingying immediately ruffled her hair, rushed out of the office, stood in front of the mole, and overturned everything on the mole's desk.

"What a terrible thing you've done!"

With a smile on his face, Chen Ya, who was enjoying the spectacle, took out his phone and started taking pictures.

The evidence was irrefutable; moreover, this mole had profited from the company's internal documents.

According to the confidentiality agreement, the company suffered losses of over one million yuan due to this "leak of trade secrets" (in reality, there were no losses at all).

Even if the company ultimately reduces the amount slightly to account for the vulnerable status of its employees, this "insider" will still have to pay the company around 80 yuan in compensation after the confiscation of his illegal gains.

Neither Zhang Weiqiang nor Cai Zhenyi would help him pay this money.

Moreover, after this incident, he's completely ruined in the gaming industry, and no company will want him.

As for Zhang Weiqiang's promise to let him join the Hubei factory, that's utter nonsense.

The addition of such a tainted individual to the E Factory is tantamount to the E Factory admitting to stealing trade secrets.

The poor mole, a college graduate, has lost his prestigious job and everything else. He may only be able to pay off his debts by doing manual labor from now on.

It can be said that his actions ruined his life.

……

Chapter 373 A Handful of Shit and Urine

Meanwhile, in Beichen, the game's development is proceeding smoothly.

The closed beta test achieved excellent results, and the subsequent first and second closed beta tests also received very positive feedback, even generating a lot of discussion in a small circle.

During this period, Chen Ya's overtime hours also increased every night.

At first, Lu Keke could still insist on accompanying him home from get off work, but later, even she couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't risk her life to accompany him.

The workday was extended from 10:30 PM to 11 PM, then until midnight, and I didn't get home until 4 AM. After showering, I went straight to the office at 7 AM.

One morning, Chen Ya woke up at his desk and saw the world teetering on the brink of collapse. Standing up, he looked out at the bright sky and bustling traffic, and a strange question arose in his mind:

"earthquake?"

It wasn't an earthquake. It was just an earthquake in his own world.

When Luan Qingying pushed open the door to report on his work, he was startled. He saw that Chen Ya's lips were pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked haggard, not like a normal person.

"Brother Ya? Are you alright? Can you hear me? Why is your face so hot?... Someone come quick! Help me out!"