After calming his inner turmoil, Director Ding finally stabilized his facial expression and said very reluctantly: “You’ve all done well. Everyone gets a salary increase this month!”

With such detailed data presented before him, Director Ding couldn’t find any fault to pick.

Jin Yongren’s expression remained normal: “Thank you, Director Ding.”

“There’s one more thing I need to report to you: Min Jingchao is leaving. He’s already booked his ticket for tomorrow.”

Director Ding’s expression changed instantly: “What? He’s leaving already?”

“He’s only been here for two weeks!”

“And the new operation plan was only implemented last Friday. We’ve just started to see some signs, without achieving actual results. How can he leave?”

“He should stay for at least another month! After a month, if the data changes, we’ll need to make adjustments based on those changes.”

Jin Yongren explained: “That’s what I told him too, but he insists on leaving!”

“Moreover, when we signed the cooperation agreement, we didn’t specify a particular duration for the cooperation. The end time of the cooperation is completely up to Tenda.”

“Min Jingchao believes that the current data has actually met his expectations. The operations managers can continue to push forward from here, and this work no longer requires him.”

Director Ding was caught completely off guard: “How can that work?”

Min Jingchao’s actions seemed as if he had messed things up and wanted to escape at the speed of light!

Of course, from the game data, these games had already been transformed into a thriving state!

But the problem was that you should escort the Buddha all the way to the west!

To abandon the transformation halfway through and not take care of the latter part of the work—was this something a person could do?

Director Ding was getting a bit restless: “Let’s have Director Kang try to persuade him. No! I’ll personally persuade him!”

Jin Yongren quickly stopped him: “Director Ding, Min Jingchao anticipated that you would try to keep him, so he asked me to tell you that no matter who tries to persuade him, he won’t stay!”

“And since you’re busy with work, there’s no need to waste time on farewell banquets or the like. Tonight, a few of us operations managers will treat him to a meal, and that will suffice.”

Thinking about Min Jingchao’s temperament, Director Ding pretended to be helpless: “Fine, then send him off on my behalf!”

In reality, Director Ding was unwilling and would not personally see Min Jingchao off.

He had never gotten along well with Min Jingchao; they didn’t click in conversation. Additionally, Director Ding was, after all, the boss of Longyu Group, while Min Jingchao was just an ordinary department head from Tenda Group, creating an unequal status.

So, Director Ding was only verbally polite to Min Jingchao, leaving Jin Yongren responsible for handling the specifics.

After Jin Yongren left, Director Ding carefully studied the game operation data he had left behind.

From the current situation, after Min Jingchao’s arrival, work efficiency had indeed been high. He had directed the operations managers to revise the operational plans for several old games.

The institutional incompatibility and employee slacking that Director Ding had worried about hadn’t occurred.

Judging from the data results, Longyu Group had indeed hit the jackpot!

Although the games’ income hadn’t seen an explosive increase in the short term, the lifespan of the games had been greatly extended. As long as they remained stable, the income would definitely surge in the long run.

For some reason, Director Ding still felt that something wasn’t quite right, but he pondered hard and still couldn’t figure out what it was.

……

……

Tuesday, May 28th.

Last night, when Min Jingchao had a farewell dinner with Longyu Group’s game operations managers, he drank a little bit of alcohol, and today he was still a bit foggy on the high-speed train back to Jingzhou.

Jin Yongren accompanied him to the high-speed train station, feeling somewhat reluctant to part.

It had to be said that Min Jingchao’s bold reforms over these two weeks had brought a completely new look to the entire Longyu Group, especially the operations department!

It was just a pity that the time was too short—only two weeks!

Min Jingchao had left too hastily, especially since these plans had just been implemented not long ago. Although they had seen good signs, no one could say for sure what would happen in a month or half a year.

“To be honest, I’m a bit worried that after you leave, everything will return to the way it was before. After all, only you could arm-wrestle with Director Ding!” Jin Yongren expressed his concerns before parting.

Min Jingchao shook his head lightly: “It won’t happen. Don’t worry!”

“One reason I’m leaving so urgently is that Tenda’s Cooperation Department has many companies to collaborate with, and I need to help other companies. I can’t spend too much time at one company. Another reason is that my leaving now is actually beneficial for you all!”

Jin Yongren was somewhat surprised: “Why?”

Min Jingchao explained: “In two weeks, the changes I wanted to bring to everyone are already very clear.”

“In terms of operations, we’ve basically eliminated the interference of upper management with data, allowing everyone to formulate operational strategies based on their own understanding. And in terms of work habits, everyone has already formed the habit of leaving work on time and improving work efficiency.”

“The next step is simply to continue implementing these strategies and planning subsequent operational activities based on them.”

“You all have the ability to handle these tasks. If I stayed, it would actually discourage your initiative. After all, I’m an outsider, and I can’t always stand up for you in everything!”

Jin Yongren nodded with partial understanding: “But only you can resist Director Ding!”

Min Jingchao smiled slightly: “That was true before, but not anymore!”

“I’ve already sown the seeds of the Tenda spirit in your hearts. Two weeks of not working overtime, while still doing projects well, has already made many people understand that overtime is not necessary. If Director Ding tries to demand overtime again, he’ll face collective resistance.”

“As for the upper management beyond Director Ding, many don’t actually care whether employees work overtime; they care more about the games’ revenue. Now that various game metrics are rising, they’ll tend to maintain the status quo and won’t act rashly!”

“With opposition from upper, middle, and lower levels, even if Director Ding wants to cause trouble, it will be difficult.”

“Of course, Director Ding is the boss, and if he really wants to make trouble, no one can stop him!”

“If it really comes to that, it’s fine. After all, the world is vast, and with ability, you can go anywhere!”

“Morning Dew Gaming Platform is currently in a rapid development period and is very short of talent.”

Min Jingchao said, winking at Jin Yongren with a smile.

Jin Yongren understood Min Jingchao’s implied meaning and couldn’t help but smile in acknowledgment.

So that was it!

Clearly, Mr. Pei’s unrelenting promotion of the Tenda Cooperation Plan, on the surface, was to help other gaming companies by sending out employees to work on projects and share money. But in reality, there must have been other considerations!

That was to promote the Tenda spirit and popularize Tenda’s way of working!

The mandatory use of Tenda’s office software, ARS, was for this purpose.

Now, Min Jingchao had already brought real changes to Longyu Group, and in the future, Director Ding’s approach would likely take one of two possibilities.

The first possibility: Director Ding still didn’t agree with Min Jingchao’s approach, but seeing all the metrics improve and revenue increase, he would decide not to interfere and instead let the operations managers continue in Min Jingchao’s way.

If so, Director Ding would essentially be a hands-off boss, and Longyu Group would gradually evolve toward Tenda’s direction, essentially becoming an ally of Tenda!

The second possibility: After Min Jingchao left, Director Ding would start to have wild thoughts and make a mess again! Then these employees, who had already experienced Min Jingchao’s leadership and felt Tenda’s work model, would inevitably be dissatisfied.

At that time, those who were unwilling to endure would angrily resign and switch jobs. The end result would still be Tenda gathering talents from across the industry!

It seemed that Tenda was striving to spread this model to all enterprises in the country, with the gaming industry as the first choice!

This wasn’t hard to understand, considering Tenda had the strongest power and highest prestige in the gaming field, and almost no one dared to question Mr. Pei.

At parting, Jin Yongren shook hands with Min Jingchao and sincerely said: “Thank you very much for your guidance, Brother Min!”

Min Jingchao smiled slightly: “You’re welcome. I hope we can have more opportunities to cooperate in the future!”

“And if it’s related to the Morning Dew Gaming Platform, that would be even better!”

……

Pei Qian was happily slacking off in his office when suddenly, he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Assistant Xin pushed the door open and said: “Mr. Pei, bosses from several companies have called and said they would like to have a personal chat with you.”

“It’s about Tenda’s Cooperation Department.”

Pei Qian was clearly a bit unhappy: “Didn’t you tell them that Min Jingchao isn’t here right now? We’ll have to wait until Min Jingchao returns before we can select the second company, and they just need to apply and queue up themselves! Why do they need to talk to me?”

Assistant Xin explained: “They seem to have received information from other channels saying that Min Jingchao is already leaving Longyu Group and will be back in the next couple of days.”

“Most of these companies have already applied, but they’re worried about not being selected, so they want to have a face-to-face chat with you.”

Pei Qian was somewhat surprised: “Min Jingchao is coming back so soon? I didn’t even know!”

“Alright, leave me the list of these companies. Tell them I’ll study each one, but forget about meeting face-to-face.”

“Yes, Mr. Pei.” Assistant Xin complied, left the list, and withdrew.

Pei Qian opened the list of prospective companies for Tenda Cooperation Department with some resignation, and just one glance made him jump in shock at the number of companies on the list.

“When did so many get added? It’s surged to a hundred companies!”

Pei Qian clearly remembered that when Min Jingchao selected Longyu Group, the number of companies on Tenda Cooperation Department’s list was only a few dozen!

In just two short weeks, it had doubled!

However, he had no impression of most companies on the list, with only a few familiar faces.

It had to be said, these companies were quite well-informed!

Min Jingchao had just left Longyu Group, and these companies were already at the door, obviously having seen the good effects of Min Jingchao’s bold reforms at Longyu Group, so they were flocking to cooperate with Tenda, trying to grab onto this golden thigh!

Some companies even humbly stated that if Min Jingchao was busy with work, he could send another manager instead.

As long as it was a manager approved by Mr. Pei, that would be fine!

These companies also collectively promised that once a cooperative relationship was established, they would firmly stand on Tenda’s side and resolutely struggle against the anti-Tenda alliance!

Pei Qian felt a bit confused.

This wasn’t right, this situation wasn’t right!

It seemed that some unexpected things had happened!