Chapter 347 - I Want to Invest in the Most Unwanted Project! (1/2)

December 3rd, Friday…

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd… Tang Yishu cleared Glabella’s poop and filled up its food as usual. Then, she walked past Bao Xu and returned to her own desk.

Bao Xu’s monitor was displaying Zhongdian Chinese Network’s website.

He looked like he was so engrossed in an exciting online novel that he could not be bothered about anything that was happening around him.

However, the moment Tang Yishu passed him, he scanned his surroundings with the corners of his eyes to make sure that he was not within anyone’s line of sight. Then, he switched to the gaming program at once.

He scanned the edited document, saved it, and then sent it to Li Yada using the chat software.

Once he was done with everything, Bao Xu heaved a sigh of relief and continued pretending to read.

Switching back and forth between games and the program was slower and less convenient. It also placed Bao Xu at a higher risk of being exposed. Switching from an online novel website was far quicker.

Although research and development of GOG was ramping up, there was still a lot of designing work to do.

That was because games of this genre often produced many bugs.

The unique mechanisms of each hero; the prioritization of their skills; whether the actions, special effects, and stats of their skills made sense or not; whether other details needed to be perfected…

All of these were design problems that they needed to continuously work on.

The sum of all of these would be beyond Li Yada and her design team’s capabilities. Of course, Bao Xu had to step in to help.

However, the threat of another paid holiday made Bao Xu feel a little weak.

He did not dare to edit the document in the open. Thus, he had no choice but to secretly send it to Li Yada after making edits. She would then be the one to upload the document.

That way, Bao Xu could avoid being named the most outstanding employee once again.

A few minutes later, Li Yada replied to him.

“Should I apply for you to work overtime this weekend? Or are you going to come to the office secretly again?

“I don’t think you should do that anymore. More people mean more chances to be seen. You might easily get into trouble.”

Bao Xu replied, “I haven’t thought about it yet. Let me consider it more.

“For some reason, I feel like the atmosphere has been quite tense recently. I wonder if I’m just overthinking…”

Ever since Bao Xu bumped into Tang Yishu last weekend, he had been having an ominous feeling. He had been prepared to be exposed at any moment.

However, Boss Pei never came looking for him.

Li Yada and Little Zhou had been called into Boss Pei’s office. That meant that Boss Pei had already noticed that people had worked in the office over the weekend.

Bao Xu had been lucky this time; Li Yada and Little Zhou had covered up for him. In addition, the new, young girl—Tang Yishu, had been quite loyal. She had not ratted on him to Boss Pei. Thus, Bao Xu was certain that he was still safe for now.

However, the entire situation had made Bao Xu all the more cautious.

Boss Pei had allowed some people to work overtime this weekend.

The design team had been given a certain quota. Although the number of people who could work overtime and the duration for which they could work were severely limited, it was still good news. Team members no longer needed to work from home in secret like they used to. They could come to the office openly, make themselves a cup of coffee, have some snacks, and discuss the design direction face-to-face.

Still, Bao Xu had no plans to apply for permission.

How would Boss Pei see him if he applied to work overtime over the weekend? How would his colleagues look at him?

Wouldn’t all his hard work be wasted?!

He was only two or three months from the next selection of the most outstanding employee. Bao Xu did not want to let all his efforts go down the drain.

Thus, there were only three options for Bao Xu: he could apply for permission to work overtime and come to the office openly, work from home, or secretly come to the office without applying for permission.

Bao Xu began to feel conflicted. However, his instincts told him that there was no rush to decide. He could observe the situation for a bit longer before making up his mind.

Saturday night, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s Handong University branch…

Pei Qian and Li Shi were sipping their cocktails while remaining silent.

Pei Qian looked distracted. He had a faraway look, and he seemed to be in low spirits. On the other hand, Li Shi sipped his drink and observed Boss Pei’s expression. It was almost as if he was trying to guess what was on the latter’s mind.

Pei Qian felt like everything had been going wrong recently. Thus, he decided to drop all work in the evening and have a drink or two.

He did not expect to bump into Li Shi.

Pei Qian did not think too much into it. After all, Li Shi was considered a regular of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He thought that it was just a coincidence-nothing out of the ordinary.

Yet, this was not the way Li Shi saw the situation. He had come to the Handong University branch on purpose, hoping to see Pei Qian.

As for why…

It was a long story.

When Ming Yun Private Kitchen became famous, Li Shi’s Fu Hui Investments earned a huge profit. As a result, Li Shi became more interested in Pei Qian’s every move.

He had suddenly realized that investing had become much easier!

He had thought that all he would have to do was invest in any area where Boss Pei opened a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or a restaurant. That would guarantee profits!

However, Pei Qian had seemed to lose interest in the physical industry.

He had opened Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 in several shopping malls at the most. Li Shi had heard nothing more after that.

Li Shi had wanted to follow in Pei Qian’s footsteps and freeload off the latter’s wisdom. Yet, he had been failing to do so.

This confused Li Shi a lot.

Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already become popular. More and more people were playing games there, and its reputation was improving. Wasn’t this the best time to expand outwards and open more branches around the country?!