Chapter 588 - Tengda Life App (1/2)

Recently, Yu Pingan had been feeling frustrated, confused, and directionless.

Everyone else in the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ project largely felt the same way. Every day, they went to work to slack and do whatever they wanted. There was no clear aim.

Some suggested making adjustments to the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ project, but progress was slow because Yu Pingan knew full well that trying to fix something that wasn’t spoiled was useless.

He could not say it would be ineffective, but it would not be fixing the root of the problem. Even if they could gain a few more active users in the short-term, the application’s popularity would only continue to decline in the long-term. It was unsalvageable.

Yu Pingan had already noticed this problem earlier on and had even reported it to Boss Pei.

However, Boss Pei’s reply had been a bolt from the blue.

He had said: ” ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ has already completed its historical mission. It can now come to a graceful end.”

Yet, he continued to pour funds into the project without changing the employees’ pay or benefits. There were no signs that he intended to terminate the project or retrench anyone.

Those who didn’t understand the truth might have found the situation very comfortable. They could slack every day without working; how perfect was that?

However, employees of ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ begged to differ.

Their income was stable, and their life was without stress. Under such circumstances, anyone with slight ambition would want to look for something to do to achieve success in their career.

The other departments in Tengda Corporation were progressing at rapid speed and achieving outstanding results. Yet, they were slacking all day and doing nothing of substance.

It was a fate more torturous than death!

Thus, all of ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ had been feeling frustrated.

Even after pondering about it for a long while, Yu Pingan still felt helpless. He felt like he had walked right into a dead end.

Ding.

The cell phone that he had placed on the table lit up with a message. Yu Pingan picked it up to take a look, feeling slightly astonished.

“Eh? Thriller Hostel wants us to create a software?”

Yu Pingan was shocked because ‘Top Student, Come Quick’, which he had been in charge of, had never been that close to the other departments.

‘Top Student, Come Quick’ was more like a tool that was meant to direct traffic to and run advertisements for all the other projects. Other departments very rarely took the initiative to contact them to work together.

Yu Pingan studied the requirements closely; they were not that complicated.

The main function was for visitors to get a number just like the shared phone booths. That way, they would not need to stand in line the entire time. Instead, they could walk around in the surrounding shops.

However, they could not take the application meant for the shared phone booths wholesale, because Thriller Hostel had other special requirements.

For example, the queues for all three projects had to be kept separate, a map had to show the live update for each project’s line, and a brief introduction and comments section for each project were to be included.

The application was meant to be a smart directory which could lead and guide everyone interested in visiting or already visiting Thriller Hostel, so that everyone could enjoy a better experience.

“In short, we have to create an entirely new application. Indeed, this is the mobile Internet era. Every project now requires its very own application. However, ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ is about to be given up on…”

Yu Pingan could not help but feel sorrowful and regretful at the same time.

“Eh, wait a moment…”

“Logically speaking, shouldn’t the mobile Internet era be our time to shine? Why did Boss Pei say that the project could come to a graceful end?

“Is Boss Pei unaware of the opportunities available in the mobile Internet era?

“That’s impossible. Every game department has been developing mobile versions of their games at an insane rate. Boss Pei has even invested in Otto cell phones, which shows his awareness of the opportunities available in the mobile Internet era!

“Well… why does Boss Pei seem to be contradicting himself, then?”

All of a sudden, Yu Pingan noticed a conflict. All the other departments of Tengda Corporation had been focusing on developing applications. Tengda Corporation’s own business emphasis seemed to be in this area as well.

Yet, why was ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ the only one that was said to be coming to ‘a graceful end’?

“Boss Pei could not possibly be contradicting himself. There must be a common principle hidden inside. Could it be… that Boss Pei means something else when he says ‘a graceful end’?”

Yu Pingan tried hard to recall Boss Pei’s original words. All of a sudden, a light bulb went on in his head.

“I understand now!

“Boss Pei was absolutely right to say that ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ is coming to a graceful end and has already completed its mission! That’s because ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ is satisfying a pseudo-demand. It could only become so popular because of Boss Pei’s god-like management skills. However, even that is limited. That’s why this project is unsalvageable.

“In other words, the initial concept behind ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ is indeed coming to a graceful end.

“However, ‘Top Student, Come Quick’s graceful end would probably signify the birth of another new project!

“If Boss Pei really wanted to give up on this project, he would terminate it completely. However, he continued to pour funds into it. Obviously, he had other plans for us! Thriller Hostel is a good opportunity!

“Similarly, Boss Pei definitely asked us to rest well so that we could recuperate and physically prepare ourselves for a new challenge! Until now, Tengda Corporation already has so many applications.

“The shared phone booths, Deposit Fitness, ‘Top Student, Come Quick’, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, Thriller Hostel, TPDb…