deltrittennovels #142 - Do the opposite (ask for order)
#142 - Do the opposite (ask for order)
Right now, Lu Yu was most worried about losing control.
This loss of control included two aspects:
One was the loss of control over people. Once employees were pumped up and entered a frenzied state of work, they were very likely to degenerate into 'involution kings'.
The other was the loss of control over team size. As the team expanded, there were always areas that his limited energy couldn't monitor. In those hidden corners, the 'involution kings' secretly huddled together for warmth, multiplying infinitely, and ultimately dragging the entire team into the hell of involution.
The thought of it was terrifying, and he absolutely didn't want that!
In this round of the cycle, he had already earned tens of thousands with his Leisure Points. As long as he maintained the current team size and continued the endless loop, he could enjoy life while earning tens of thousands of pocket money, leading a relatively successful life.
But after the team expanded, facing higher-level competitors, involution was almost the only outcome.
Because, after these few days of investigation, Lu Yu had a rudimentary understanding of the game industry in this world.
Strictly speaking, the reason Taoyuan Village could achieve its current success was through clever tactics and finding alternative paths.
The game genres that Taoyuan Village had entered were all niche markets, areas that major companies didn't bother to get involved in.
And those traditional areas, such as MMOs, sports games, FPS, MOBAs, SLGs… had already been divided up by numerous giants in the country.
For example, among Teng Hui's four major studios, Quantum Light Studio had taken the first and second largest shares of the domestic traditional FPS market, with monthly revenues in the hundreds of millions.
And Di Mei Studio monopolized the top spot in MOBA and sports games, with monthly revenues in the billions.
The Dog Niang Paradise project team, within Di Mei, could only be considered a small, peripheral group. It didn't even represent the tip of the iceberg of Di Mei's true strength.
Teng Hui had money and people!
And then there was You Yi. Just the two IPs of Fantasy and Da Hua brought in tens of billions in revenue for You Yi every year.
After acquiring 'Magic Dragon World,' 'Bright Destroyer,' and 'Pot Stone Legend,' the annual revenue from agency operations was also in the billions.
In addition to the giants, there were also some medium-sized factories that focused on a specific area, and their strength should not be underestimated.
For example, Sheng Ju Network, which focuses on national war PK games, Beautiful World, which focuses on Xianxia MMOs, Nanshan Residence, which focuses on martial arts MMOs, Seven Three Interactive Entertainment, which focuses on web games, Sisi Li, which focuses on idle games, and Mi Le You, which focuses on ACG games…
The annual revenues of these medium-sized factories were all in the hundreds of millions.
In Lu Yu's previous life, these friendly companies were not kind people, each one as fierce as a wolf.
And in this world with an even more involuted environment, who knows how fierce the competition would be.
If he continued to be involuted, even if he himself could be a hands-off manager, the employees under him would repeat the fate of his previous life.
Putting aside the loss of Leisure Points, he, Lu Yu, absolutely couldn't do the capitalist behavior of tearing down the bridge after crossing the river.
He didn't want to become the kind of person he hated the most.
Thinking of this, he secretly made up his mind.
...
Monday.
The 'Carefree Mouth Cannon Life' project team group chat was quite lively.
Zhang Fan: "Damn, Su Yu Fan is endorsing 'Boss Simulator.' I never thought that You Yi could pull off something big so close to launch…"
Hao Shuwen: "The popularity on Weibo is terrifying. Is this the power of a top-tier idol?"
Shao Peng: "The key is that there's something wrong with that interview. Su Yu Fan is so influential that a single accusation of 'vulgarity' could ruin months of our efforts!"
Zhao Yuhang: "Actually, there's something even weirder! Why can't I find any reports about our game on many media outlets?"
Liu Mengyuan interjected at this time: "I asked Sister Li to send letters to some media outlets with good relationships. They said it was You Yi's notification."
Lin Ying: "Why does You Yi have the right to demand the removal of reports?"
Sun Rou: "Hmph, they're bullying us because they're bigger! They're worried we'll steal their thunder!"
Liu Mengyuan: "Everyone, don't panic. President Lu has already notified us that there will be a company-wide morning meeting later. Let's see what President Lu has to say."
As soon as she mentioned President Lu, the anxious atmosphere in the group instantly eased.
Yao Jun: "Yeah, everyone calm down. President Lu has always been unerring as we've come all this way. He definitely has a solution."
...
After that, Lu Yu called everyone to the top-floor conference room for a meeting.
Just as everyone looked at Lu Yu with anticipation, Lu Yu suddenly smiled and said:
"I think everyone has been working pretty hard recently. It just so happens that our game is launching this Friday. To reward everyone for their hard work lately, I announce that starting today, the entire company will begin a team-building and vacation extravaganza!"
"??????"
After Lu Yu finished speaking, the entire conference room was silent. Everyone was stunned.
They almost thought they had misheard.
Liu Mengyuan also stared blankly at Lu Yu.
Hey, wasn't she the one who told Lu Yu about You Yi's various moves before the meeting? She even deliberately exaggerated to increase the urgency of the matter.
Why was this young man going in the opposite direction and directly telling everyone to slack off?
She even suspected that Lu Yu, like a fish, only had a seven-second memory.
Mouth Cannon Life producer Mo Xiaoxuan stood up and said: "President Lu… You Yi, they…"
Lu Yu directly waved his hand to interrupt and asked in return: "I ask you, how is the development progress of Mouth Cannon Life?"
Mo Xiaoxuan replied: "The main framework of the game has been completed, and various more obvious bugs have been fixed, but…"
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"Alright, alright, no buts. Since that's the case, everyone can just wait patiently for the game to be released and go live.
After this meeting, everyone should go home and pack their things. In the afternoon, we'll directly charter a bus to the Gusu Ancient City Resort in Zheshang Province to start a two-day, one-night team-building trip!"
After saying that, Lu Yu didn't give everyone a chance to refute and left the conference room, leaving the employees looking at each other in dismay.
In the corridor, Lu Yu thought to himself, 'Good heavens, I was almost backstabbed by You Yi.'
Originally, he was worried that You Yi's provocation would ignite the involuted wildness of these employees. He didn't expect what he feared would come true.
But, it doesn't matter!
He was determined to completely cure the employees' involution syndrome this time!
In fact, he had his own deep meaning for choosing Gusu Ancient City for this team-building vacation.
Before, he took the employees to various city blocks for team building, but the effect wasn't very good.
After self-reflection, Lu Yu realized that he had only given the employees some material freedom and time freedom, but their spirits had not been freed, and they were still trapped in the shackles of the urban steel jungle.
So this time, he wanted to make the team members aware that there was no end to involution by letting them understand the ancient people's detached and idyllic life.
...
At this time, many Taoyuan Village fans, as well as some neutral onlookers who liked to watch the fun, gathered in front of Taoyuan Village's official Weibo and D station official account, waiting for Taoyuan Village to counterattack.
Before, Taoyuan Village had strongly responded to the slander against Flowing Years through documentaries.
And this time, it was You Yi, which was much larger than Flowing Years, that was jumping in their face. Taoyuan Village's response must be even more intense.
"Go, Taoyuan Village, defeat You Yi!" Taoyuan Village fans eagerly anticipated.
"Fight, fight, hahaha!" People who didn't mind watching the fun were also stoking the flames in the comments section.
However, the netizens waited and waited, directly until the afternoon, but they didn't see any response from Taoyuan Village.
All the official accounts were quiet.
In fact, these official accounts used to occasionally post some game character pictures or interact with players in the comments section, but now, they were all collectively silent.
All the players had a question mark on their faces.
What's going on? T-This doesn't seem like Taoyuan Village's temper and style?
Some people comforted:
"Let's not worry, everyone. Think about it, Taoyuan Village must be planning something big. Let's wait until tonight to see."
"That's right, maybe the people at Taoyuan Village are now holding intensive meetings in the conference room, thinking about how to make things happen!"
"They've worked hard, and they'll probably be busy加班to the point of vomiting blood these two days, sigh…"
...
At the same time, the tourist bus chartered by Taoyuan Village had already arrived at Gusu Ancient City.