Chapter 471 - Retire and Give Room to Better Men (2/2)

Li Yada and Bao Xu were back. Pei Qian wished that it was an April Fool’s Day joke, but it was not.

Still, Boss Pei was very relaxed now that settlement was over. He felt like a college student starting a new term at schoolpeaceful and joyful. Exams week was far away, and he could enjoy as much as he wanted to at the moment.

Once Li Yada and Bao Xu entered the office, they received a warm welcome from everyone in Tengda Games.

“Big Sister Li, you’re back! Did you have fun?”

“Eh, Brother Bao, you don’t look that tan this time. Did you put a lot of sunblock?”

“Did you have fun overseas?”

Li Yada passionately shared about her travels and her experiences with her affectionate group of colleagues. On the other hand, Bao Xu walked back to his work desk expressionlessly, with earphones on to isolate himself from the rest of the world.

He did not want to leave again for the rest of his life!

Indeed, a homebody who hated going outdoors would never enjoy the experience of traveling no matter how many times he was forced to go through it.

When she noticed that Boss Pei was present, Li Yada quickly went up to greet him. “Boss Pei, we’re back!”

Pei Qian forced a smile and nodded.

Hu Xianbin walked up to Li Yada and proudly said, “Big Sister Li, we’ve completed the mission! After you left, we continued along your train of thought and finished GOG’s mobile game. After that, the game became extremely successful with the help of Boss Pei’s finishing touches!”

Li Yada smiled and said, “I know. I’ve been keeping an eye on GOG’s situation. I’m proud of all of you!

“It’s true—Tengda is now extremely powerful as a whole. Each person has his own role, and we can’t do without anyone! “Of course, that’s aside from Boss Pei.”

The corners of Pei Qian’s mouth twitched.

Pei Qian hated hearing that the company could do without anyone but himself. However, no matter how much he hated it, he had to admit that it was a fact. If not for himself, some projects would not have made that much money.

Take GOG for example. Li Yada had to take the most blame. Who had told her to come up with the idea of a mobile game anyway?!

If she had stuck to creating a client-side game, there would not have been so many issues!

The way Pei Qian saw it-even if he was to be blamed, he could only take a bit of the blame. To spend more money, he had come up with the competition and had accidentally made the game even more popular.

Hu Xianbin was the least responsible. After all, he had just been carrying out Li Yada’s instructions.

Thus, now that Li Yada and Bao Xu were back, Pei Qian felt that the next cycle would be even more difficult.

Li Yada exchanged a couple of pleasantries with everyone and then turned to Pei Qian. “Boss Pei, after this, I’ve made my mind up about something.

“I want to retire and give room to better men!”

Pei Qian was stunned. “Huh?”

Li Yada continued speaking. “I think that Tengda Games has only been this successful because it keeps welcoming fresh blood.

“This is a position that requires a lot of creativity. If one person remains the head of the gaming department for an extended period, he or she would eventually run out of inspiration and become boring. “Thus, I’ve decided to transfer the role of chief planner to Hu Xianbin!”

Eh? Was such a good thing really happening? The person in charge of a successful project like GOG was taking the initiative to make room for better men?

That was great!

Pleasantly surprised, Pei Qian immediately beamed brightly.

Hu Xianbin was stunned as well. He quickly said, “Big Sister Li, I don’t think that’s appropriate. I just joined the company a while

ago…”

Li Yada smiled and shook her head. “You already proved your skills. What’s more, I always thought that I was not capable enough to act as the chief planner as well.

“Boss Pei was the one who encouraged me and allowed me to reach 120% of my potential. That explains GOG’s success. Now, I think it’s time to transfer this role to a young man with a brighter future.

“As for me… I’ll be like Bao Xu. I’ll relax in the department and help out here and there, wherever you need me.”

Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Look! Look at this enlightenment! Zhang Yuan, learn from her!

Before this, Pei Qian had gotten rid of Zhang Yuan through the first-place-elimination system. Yet, Zhang Yuan had been reluctant to leave Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. He had been the complete opposite of free and easy!

Look at Li Yada! She was so easygoing!

Although Pei Qian did not like Hu Xianbin especially much, Li Yada was still more dangerous between the two of them. He had to choose the lesser of two evils. It was a good thing that Li Yada was stepping down as the chief planner!

Pei Qian immediately agreed. “Alright, no problem. We will keep your salary the same, but you will no longer act as the chief planner. Thank you for working so hard for Tengda Games! You’re growing older with each passing day, and it’s time for you to take a break…”

Everyone, “…”

Boss Pei’s words were warm and moving, but what did he mean by ‘you’re growing older with each passing day’?!

Li Yada was only 25 years old this year.

Pei Qian studied Li Yada and Bao Xu and felt like travel therapy was especially effective. A perfectly functional chief planner had returned from her travels, desiring to slack and stepping down from her position.

Great!

Pei Qian would keep Li Yada in the gaming department and allow her to spread her slacking mentality–which she had cultivated during her travels—to the rest of the department.

As time went by, the entire gaming department would be filled with retired chief planners who could only think about slacking.

It would be the perfect scenario, right?