January 12th, Wednesday.

Pei Qian sat in his office, reviewing the results of the latest Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test.

The Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test was conducted almost weekly, but because there were many new employees who had joined at different times, a batch of employees still hadn’t successfully passed their probation period.

Among them, many had only one last chance remaining. If they failed again, they would have to take the compensation and leave. Their nervousness was visibly apparent.

Even though Tenda offered generous compensation.

Even though they could try again next year after leaving.

But after working at Tenda for a while, who would be willing to leave?

During the probation period, although these new employees hadn’t truly participated in work and were just learning, after seeing how others worked, witnessing Tenda’s on-time dismissal policy and various benefits, most people had developed a strong desire to work here.

Therefore, the final Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test was crucial for them.

Pei Qian flipped through the results and was surprised to find that the pass rate had significantly improved again.

“All employees with only one last chance remaining have passed.”

“The overall pass rate for this test has reached over 70%.”

“At this rate, almost none of the newly recruited employees will be dismissed.”

“What’s going on? Did the questions leak?”

“That’s impossible.”

Pei Qian checked the question bank for the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test with slight confusion.

Every question in this bank had been personally created by him, with all options designed to be confusing. Each test randomly selected questions from the bank, and the order of answers was also randomized.

Could the website staff who developed the program have leaked the questions?

That shouldn’t happen. No one would dare to openly sabotage something that Mr. Pei had explicitly forbidden. The possibility of leaked questions was very low.

Pei Qian wasn’t sure if the website developers had left a backdoor, but if they had, and Mr. Pei discovered the questions had been leaked, they would be the only suspects—almost equivalent to self-destruction.

Pei Qian didn’t think his employees would be stupid to that degree.

But the pass rate for this test had indeed significantly improved.

Pei Qian recalled some related clues.

“Hmm… at the beginning, the test pass rate was very low, then gradually improved.”

“New members must have communicated privately, but such communication shouldn’t have such a significant impact. After all, the question bank is completely randomized, and simply memorizing without accurately understanding the Tenda spirit would still make it impossible to pass.”

“That means private communication among new employees is just one factor.”

“The more important reason is that most new employees have already grasped the essence of the Tenda spirit.”

“And thinking carefully, the overtime phenomenon in the company has indeed improved greatly recently.”

“Not only has the new employees’ comprehension of the Tenda spirit improved, but even the veteran employees’ ideological level seems to have improved nicely.”

“Could it be that as soon as this test was implemented, it immediately improved the company culture? Perfectly achieving my original intended goal?”

After much thought, Pei Qian felt this was the only reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, why had the overtime situation among veteran employees also improved?

Recently, the overtime slots reported by various departments have been decreasing. Some departments had even achieved “zero overtime” for two consecutive weeks, almost making Mr. Pei happy enough to award them trophies.

Wait, award trophies?

That seemed like a good idea!

Pei Qian immediately sent a message to Hao Yun from the Human Resources Department: “Starting this week, we’ll hold a Zero Overtime Competition.”

“Every week, we’ll track which departments have no overtime at all. They will receive a ‘Weekly Zero Overtime’ record. Monthly evaluations will be held, and the department with the most ‘Zero Overtime’ records will receive a trophy and an additional 50,000 yuan bonus!”

“Note that ‘Zero Overtime’ means no trace of overtime work, whether at night or on weekends, whether at home or in the company. This includes no document upload records during non-working hours.”

“For shift-based positions like Headwind Logistics, we’ll determine based on actual working days.”

“Your Human Resources Department and Administrative Department will supervise together and monitor each other! If any suspicious activity is found, report to me immediately and cancel the ‘Weekly Zero Overtime’ qualification.”

“If multiple departments simultaneously complete four ‘Weekly Zero Overtime’ records, the department with the most employees will win. However, in the next evaluation, departments that haven’t won before will have priority.”

Fifty thousand yuan per month wasn’t much, as this was the maximum amount allowed by the system.

Why was he being a bit stingy this time? Probably because the system felt it wasn’t very justifiable for Pei Qian to give bonuses for “zero overtime”…

But that wasn’t important, because this was an honor, and the bonus was just an additional perk.

As long as there were trophies, bonuses, and personal commendation from Mr. Pei, these departments would naturally be motivated to compete for this award.

This way, other departments would follow the trend, creating positive competition.

Hao Yun quickly replied: “Yes, Mr. Pei, I’ll handle it right away.”

…

At Universal Street Mall.

A large crowd had gathered around the shared phone booth.

Ruan Guangjian was carefully adding the final details to the painting. After more than two days, the painting was essentially complete, with just about half a day of touch-ups remaining before it could be considered finished.

This was an original painting of “Justice Guardian Modist” with a prominent, thick painting style.

In the painting, Modist had a robust physique and determined eyes. His broad shoulders seemed to protect everyone, and despite his back being pierced with various weapons, he remained fearless and unyielding.

Ruan Guangjian had been painting here for over two days, and during this time, the crowd of onlookers had grown larger and larger.

People watched as the bare side of the phone booth was filled with paint, revealing a distinctive and imposing painting, leaving everyone deeply impressed.

“What is this painting? It looks so cool!”

“This guy is truly amazing, painting both quickly and well. I can’t wait for it to be finished so I can take photos.”

“I searched online for a long time but couldn’t find a similar image. Could this be an original creation?”

“It looks like a game concept art. Maybe some new game is using this phone booth for advertising?”

“I feel like this phone booth will be dismantled in a week at most. If they wanted to advertise, wouldn’t posters or display boards be better?”

“Painting it directly is way more impressive!”

“Exactly. Using posters and display boards is called printing and promotion. This is called painting, this is art!”

Everyone discussed enthusiastically. After all, watching an artist paint in public was a rare sight.

Ruan Guangjian added another stroke, then stepped back to look. He nodded with satisfaction, feeling the effect was good.

The painting was complete. He would just touch up some details in the afternoon to finish it completely.

It was about time for a break.

Zhang Wang immediately handed him a drink: “The master has worked hard!”

Ruan Guangjian didn’t stand on ceremony and took it: “Your booth design isn’t bad either. The painting complements the phone booth quite well.”

Zhang Wang smiled: “It’s mainly because the master’s painting is so good.”

“By the way, Master, I was thinking of placing a seal inside the booth, either round or square, what do you think…”

Ruan Guangjian immediately understood: “That’s easy. Later, I’ll draw an original pattern for you. You can take this design to someone to engrave it, and it’ll be done quickly.”

As for what to draw, that was also simple—just simplify the hero’s lines, then pair it with the hero’s name and the phone booth’s number.

…

Four o’clock in the afternoon.

Having just finished an exam, Pei Qian walked out of the examination room feeling mentally exhausted.

So tiring!

Although it was an open-book exam with answers in the textbook, he couldn’t find them after flipping through for a long time…

In the end, he could only rely on his high typing speed to copy everything he thought was relevant onto the answer sheet, filling it completely.

Passing shouldn’t be a problem, but getting a high score was impossible.

Pei Qian couldn’t help but sigh. He had been careless!

Although he had known it would be an open-book exam and had read the book before the test, he still panicked during the exam.

He had missed the class where the important points were highlighted because he had other business…

After this course, there were several more open-book exams ahead, and of the notes for the closed-book exam that he had borrowed from Old Ma, Pei Qian had only gone through less than half.

Pei Qian felt a deep sense of despair.

However, looking at Old Ma beside him, he was completely cheerful, the picture of a spirited young man, not at all like someone who had just finished an exam.

Pei Qian guessed that it might be because Ma Yang had indeed done well, or perhaps he just felt good about himself.

The latter was probably more likely.

Considering that he had missed the highlighting of important points for two or three more open-book exams, Pei Qian decided to go to Dream Realization Venture Capital with Old Ma.

This was because Old Ma had been balancing work and study recently and had left his textbooks and notes at Dream Realization Venture Capital.

Pei Qian felt that he could still salvage his remaining open-book exams.

Arriving at Dream Realization Venture Capital, Pei Qian found a seat while Ma Yang went to retrieve his notes and textbooks.

Pei Qian got a cup of coffee from the machine, and while drinking, he unconsciously looked around.

Suddenly, he realized something.

Why were there so few people?

Even He Desheng wasn’t around!

Looking at the time, it was just after four in the afternoon, not yet quitting time.

Pei Qian was confused at first, then felt a small excitement.

Could it be that He Desheng and his team knew that Manager Ma had an exam today and likely wouldn’t come to the office, so they had secretly left early? Sneaked off?

See, this was the team that a brother had trained—reliable!

Pei Qian wanted to set these people up as positive examples and commend them publicly throughout the company.

Just as Pei Qian was thinking this, He Desheng and his team returned.

Pei Qian: “?”

As soon as He Desheng entered, he saw Pei Qian and hurriedly came over to greet him: “Mr. Pei! You’re here?”

Pei Qian was somewhat confused: “Where did you all go?”

If they had left early, even if someone had tipped them off, they couldn’t have returned so quickly, right?

Was this just a coincidence? Had they just gone to the bathroom?

That didn’t seem right either. How could so many people go to the bathroom together?

He Desheng smiled and answered: “Oh, a factory in the suburbs of Jingzhou has produced a batch of products based on the shared phone booth samples. I went to inspect them.”

Pei Qian became more confused: “Hmm? Isn’t that not your responsibility?”

He Desheng smiled: “Indeed, it’s not, Mr. Pei.”

“But the shared phone booth is a Dream Realization Venture Capital project after all. Zhang Wang couldn’t handle everything alone, so we just lent a hand.”

“Mainly, we don’t have much to do during work hours now, so it was just a small favor.”

He Desheng was telling the truth. Previously, when they were at work, they could play games with Manager Ma in their spare time, but now Ma Yang had said he would work seriously and not play games.

These people usually just screened business proposals, their workload was far from full, so they helped Zhang Wang handle some matters related to the shared phone booth project.

Pei Qian: “???”

He had misunderstood!

He had thought these people had such high ideological awareness that they had learned to leave early, but that wasn’t the case at all!

These people not only finished their work but also helped with others’ work!

This kind of thinking was unacceptable!

Zhang Wang and the shared phone booth project were originally quite reliable, appearing to be a sure loss.

If He Desheng and his team helped him, what if some unexpected issues arose?

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: “Well, since your workload isn’t full, I have a new project for you.”

“Shared Top Student.”