At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

In the following days, Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue stayed in the company dealing with various matters.

They needed to prepare in advance for their upcoming trip.

The atmosphere in the company was quite lively, with everyone working diligently.

Gu Yu was looking down at his desk, handling the operations department's business reports for the period.

Yu Xiaochuan put down his amateur entertainment and game commentary accounts and turned to work on the company's promotional channel distribution.

Meanwhile, Cai Hui had officially dissolved his company, reorganizing it into a studio and incorporating it into Ideal Paradise.

These past few days, both of them had been out and about, looking for platforms to establish operational partnerships.

Shengda Game naturally had no issues, and they happily signed a long-term operational cooperation with Ideal Paradise, with Zheng Shou still responsible from the mobile game operations department.

According to Zheng Shou himself, he had been promoted to the position of director because his performance in October was too outstanding.

He had been calling for several days, insisting on inviting Gu Yu to a thank-you dinner.

But Gu Yu turned him down, declaring he was simply too busy.

In reality, Gu Yu just didn't want to have too much personal dealings with Zheng Shou.

Although Ideal Paradise was developing well at the moment, it was primarily because Shengda Game had provided strong resource support in operations from the early stages.

Although the relationship between the two was just a partnership, it always made Gu Yu feel as if Ideal Paradise was at the mercy of Shengda Game.

If one day, Ideal Paradise had a falling out with Shengda Game over business disagreements?

Wouldn't that give them leverage over them?

A company's promotional channels absolutely must not be completely controlled by another company.

Otherwise, they control whether you live or die.

It's essential to be prepared for a partnership termination at any time.

Therefore, it's necessary to find partners from various aspects. Until they have a sufficiently perfect operations platform, finding several partners can effectively prevent their company from being manipulated by others.

After all, if one partnership is terminated, there's another to choose from.

"Chuan, what does Yi Net say?"

Gu Yu approved a contract, picked up his phone, and sent a voice message to Yu Xiaochuan.

At this moment, Yu Xiaochuan and Cai Hui were in Hang City, at the headquarters of Yi Net Games.

Yu Xiaochuan and Cai Hui walked side by side in the hallway, both feeling somewhat anxious.

The hallway was bustling, with everyone rushing around, not even having time to glance at the two men sitting aside.

Especially in the development department, everyone was buried in their work, heads down like ostriches.

Some even rested directly on their chairs, with giant dark circles under their eyes, clearly having not rested the night before.

"Seeing the state of their big company, I suddenly feel that our Ideal Paradise is truly wonderful!"

Yu Xiaochuan looked at the programmers working behind the glass curtain wall.

It was only 8:30 in the morning, yet nearly every workstation was already filled with people.

At Ideal Paradise, everyone would still be in the incubator's cafeteria having breakfast.

They could even leisurely enjoy a cup of richly aromatic coffee in the company's coffee room.

"Yeah! Even though I'm not an employee of Yi Net, I can feel the immense pressure..."

Cai Hui watched as a guy with glasses gobbled up three buns in two bites, then polished off a cup of soy milk in about ten seconds before diving into the studio.

The whole process took less than three minutes, unbelievable!

Won't such a breakfast cause him to choke?

Doesn't it make life lose its joy?

Watching those employees working in the studio, Cai Hui felt he already had his answer.

These people had basically become numb.

Each had an expressionless face, showing a professional smile only when talking with colleagues or handing off work.

Most of the time, they were just a pair of lifeless eyes staring at the computer, their gaze moving with the mouse.

It made one feel as though they were all robots, just covered in human skin…

Cai Hui couldn't help but shudder. He had an associate's degree and had found work at several small companies after graduation, but unable to endure the exploitation, he had gathered some money and started his own company.

Although he hadn't made much money over the years, his life had been relatively easy.

The people behind the glass curtain walls, without guessing, were surely top talents graduated from leading universities in 1992.

After more than a decade of diligent study, they had finally entered a top-tier company.

Moving from the world of books to the realm of programming, life hardly gave them a moment's rest.

They had become "robots" striving for their salaries.

Day after day, day after day, always worrying about being phased out, struggling every moment for the possibility of a raise next month.

"I heard these big companies even have a last-place elimination system…"

Yu Xiaochuan whispered quietly.

Cai Hui nodded; he had heard of this too.

Every month, the lowest-performing employee would be fired by the company. The pressure was truly immense.

After all, having barely made it into the company, no one wanted to be fired for failing an evaluation.

To avoid being fired, they had to engage in intense internal competition.

Competing in performance and overtime hours, and even ingratiating themselves with the leaders so they might go easy during evaluations…

Over time, not only was it physically demanding, but it also wore people down mentally.

Many had heard that programmers typically faced unemployment by the age of thirty or thirty-five.

It wasn't necessarily because they were laid off by the company. A large part of it was due to physical burnout.

This was a profession that consumed one's youth, spending ten years of youth to earn money for the next thirty or even forty years.

"Good thing we didn't choose the software industry back then, or we might be worrying about losing our hair now, right?"

Yu Xiaochuan smiled in relief at Cai Hui.

When he started university, his parents thought the computer industry paid well and insisted he study computer science.

Although he didn't quite like it, he was initially planning to follow his parents' advice.

Until two hours before confirming his majors.

Suddenly, he realized that if he followed his parents' plan, he might end up on a path he did not like.

So, he stealthily changed his major to broadcast and television journalism.

In the end, he indeed managed to get into the major he liked.

Only he knew that he wasn't rejected for computer science, but had changed his life in the last moments.

If he had just followed the plan at that time,

now he would be the one sitting behind the glass curtain wall, pulling out his hair.

A single thought could often change a person's entire life.

Yu Xiaochuan was relieved that he hadn't made the wrong choice.
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Although he had suffered a lot in the two years after graduation, he was ultimately on the right path.

He had found a good company, and had been appreciated by a good boss.

Even though this boss was two years younger than him and also his junior, what did that matter?

He only recognized those who were better than himself.

The two lingered outside the development department for a while, then headed towards the operations department.

Today, they were here to discuss a contract with Yi Net.

It was also the first time they represented Ideal Paradise in talking business with a major company like Yi Net.