novelraw Chapter 354 : Putting Pressure on the Boss
Chapter 354 : Putting Pressure on the Boss
Chapter 354: Putting Pressure on the Boss
This semester, since the start of the school year, Chen Fan seems to have become busier and busier.
The renovation and construction of the club is progressing smoothly, while at Feifan Technology, the research and development of the Security Guard has also entered the final crucial sprint stage.
During these few days, Chen Fan has held several meetings with Liang Shichu one after another.
The Security Guard that is about to be launched is really too important.
This will directly affect Chen Fan's future layout in the internet field.
If Chen Fan's vision for the future internet is like building with Lego bricks, then the Security Guard that Feifan Technology is developing is the most important base for these bricks.
If the Security Guard fails, not only will Chen Fan's future plans be impacted, but he will also have to waste several years finding other methods, which is completely unacceptable to Chen Fan.
Therefore, this Security Guard must succeed, failure is not an option.
Liang Shichu sensed Chen Fan's emphasis on this product, so he has also become exceptionally serious and tense.
The frequency of company meetings has increased significantly.
Chen Fan has set a bottom line for him, the Security Guard must complete research and debugging before the end of the year.
And Chen Fan has another requirement, the game that the Starry Sky Game Studio is developing will be launched together with the Security Guard.
While Chen Fan was busy and preoccupied, Luo Wenjie and Zhou Honghai each called him several times.
Of course, they were concerned about the private game server issue.
However, Chen Fan clearly stated that he would not get involved, and he also advised the two not to intervene.
That day, Luo Wenjie and Zhou Honghai met at Cheat Studio.
Today was the day for the three of them to split the money.
But Chen Fan still did not show up.
"I called him. Old Chen asked me to bring his share of the money back for him."
Luo Wenjie explained.
Zhou Honghai frowned, "Really? He didn't even come on the day we split the money?"
"Could it be that he got annoyed because we kept calling and bothering him these past few days?"
Luo Wenjie smiled, "No, that's not it. I know Old Chen, he's not that kind of person."
"But Old Chen does seem to be really busy lately. From the start of the school year until now, it's been almost a month. I only saw him at the gathering on the first day of school, and after that, he basically disappeared."
Zhou Honghai looked curious, "What exactly is he busy with?"
"It should be the club, right?" Luo Wenjie only knew that Chen Fan had reopened a club, but he didn't understand the specifics.
"The club..." Zhou Honghai murmured, "The last time I had a meal with some old classmates from Feifan Technology, I heard from them that they were developing a new product recently."
"But the company has imposed a gag order, so no one can leak any information. So I asked several times, but they were very tight-lipped about it."
Luo Wenjie smiled, "No one knows what Old Chen is up to, and even if we knew, what could we do? Old Chen is capable, and we can't compete with him."
Zhou Honghai looked at Luo Wenjie, "Chen Fan is unwilling to get involved with private servers for two reasons. First, he now has the club and Feifan Technology to make money for him, so he's not short on cash and doesn't want to take risks."
"But you and I are different. Apart from the game cheat industry, we don't have any other ways to make money."
Luo Wenjie looked up at Zhou Honghai.
"What do you mean?"
Zhou Honghai suddenly smiled.
"If Chen Fan doesn't want to participate, do you have the guts to run a private server with me?"
Luo Wenjie glared at him, "You still want to do it?"
"Why not? You don't understand this industry, so you don't know how profitable it is."
"Let me put it this way, I have the technical skills, and you have the manpower. If we team up, I can guarantee you that as soon as the private server goes online, your monthly income will at least multiply several times."
Luo Wenjie's eyes showed some interest, but he still said, "But Old Chen said that this is very risky, and he clearly opposes doing this."
Zhou Honghai let out a cold laugh. "Riches are sought amidst dangers. Besides, that's just Old Chen's one-sided opinion. He's making money now, so of course he hopes everything stays stable."
"Don't you want to make big money? You two are roommates, do you want to keep working for him forever?"
After saying this, a flicker of hesitation appeared in Luo Wenjie's eyes.
After a while, Luo Wenjie finally asked, "What do you want to do?"
Zhou Honghai seemed to have already made up his mind. "The current cheats from our studio are very stable, and many employees don't actually have that much work to do."
"I've already talked to them privately, and everyone agrees to run a private server."
"This is what I'm thinking, apart from leaving a few employees to update the cheats every day, all the other employees will be dedicated to developing the private server."
Luo Wenjie looked conflicted, "Is this okay? After all, the studio doesn't belong to just the two of us, Chen Fan also has shares in it."
"Don't forget that when the studio was first established, it was Chen Fan who sponsored it with his money."
Zhou Honghai glanced at Luo Wenjie, "Of course I know that Chen Fan is the real boss in the studio. But he firmly opposes running a private server, while the brothers in the studio strongly agree to do it... what do you think we should do?"
"As the managers, we can't just stop the brothers from making money, can we?"
"If we really keep suppressing them and don't allow it, these brothers might all leave. What will we do then if they all resign and join other studios?"
Luo Wenjie glanced at Zhou Honghai, starting to understand.
This sounded a bit like insubordination, doesn't it?
This was a plan to incite all the employees to put pressure on Chen Fan together.
If that was really the case, Chen Fan might not have a good choice.
Either he agrees for everyone to run the private server, or he can only watch helplessly as everyone resigns and leaves the studio.
Luo Wenjie also thought of another issue, all these people were brought in by Zhou Honghai. Even if they all left the studio, they could still establish a new studio with Zhou Honghai.
In that case, wouldn't it be the same as kicking out Chen Fan, the boss?
Luo Wenjie carefully weighed the situation. If he were Old Chen facing this situation, he wouldn't have a good solution either.
In the end, he would probably have to agree for everyone to run the private server together.
Moreover, the private server could earn a lot, a lot of money...
After thinking it through, Luo Wenjie gritted his teeth. "Okay. I'm in on this."
The corners of Zhou Honghai's mouth curled up slightly. "You've got guts. Then let's do this together."
"But, if we want to run a private server, we'll need to purchase the source code for the game 'Legend of Mir' first."
"I heard that other studios have already obtained the source code, but it's not cheap."
"Here's what we'll do. We'll each put in 30,000 yuan. I'll take care of contacting them to make the purchase."
Luo Wenjie's eyes widened, "How much?"
"30,000? I've only saved up less than 30,000 over all this time. Are you trying to take my life?"
Zhou Honghai said indifferently, "Don't forget, the money we split in this studio is the same. I'll also have to use up all my savings."
"Old Luo, you can't get the wolf cub if you're not willing to spend the money."
Luo Wenjie looked conflicted and stayed silent for a long while.
Finally, he gritted his teeth hard. "Okay. I'll trust you this one time."
"I'll put up the money."