The staff member continued explaining: “This scenic waterfall is located at the exact center of the entire building. You can think of it as a city traffic circle. It serves to guide the flow, directing all pedestrian traffic to the head of the yin-yang fish. Walking clockwise will lead you to the interior escalators.”

“If you need to go directly to specific floors, using the elevators at the yin-yang fish eyes is obviously the fastest way. However, if you want to better appreciate the scenery of the entire building, or when there’s heavy foot traffic and no space in the elevators, you can choose to take the escalators.”

“Going up level by level from the bottom floor allows you to better observe the full view of the entire building.”

“Tenda Group encourages interaction between departments. Whether in entertainment or business operations, they should collaborate closely without departmental barriers, so understanding where other departments are located is very necessary.”

“One thing to particularly note is that both the gates and escalators are one-way. You can go from the work area to the entertainment area on the same floor through the gates, but you can’t go from the entertainment area back to the work area through the gates. You can only use the escalators to go up or down a floor.”

The new employee paused and asked, “Does that mean if I go from the work area to the entertainment area and want to come back, I can’t directly return to my workstation but have to go up or down a floor and then circle around?”

The staff member nodded. “That’s correct.”

The new employee was bewildered: “Huh?”

The staff member smiled and explained: “The escalators connect the yin-yang fish at different levels, allowing smooth flow between floors. This symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang, endless vitality, and it makes the personnel in the entire building circulate continuously according to the yin-yang fish structure.”

“This is one of the cultural concepts Mr. Pei embedded when designing this building.”

The new employee remained confused: “Although this concept sounds good, what if I’m in the gaming area and need to quickly return to my workstation?”

“I’d either have to squeeze into an elevator or take a big detour.”

The staff member explained: “If there’s truly an urgent situation, I’d recommend choosing rock climbing or rappelling. However, the prerequisite is that you must have received professional training during the suffering trips to obtain the proper qualification!”

Following the staff member’s guidance, the new employee looked to the side and discovered that at the atrium that traversed the entire building, each floor had an area designated for rock climbing or rappelling.

There were specialized staff members responsible for these areas. If needed, employees could present proof they had received special training during suffering trips, then secure safety ropes and perform rock climbing or rappelling to quickly reach their desired floor.

The new employee quietly said, “Then I’ll just dutifully wait for the elevator.”

The staff member smiled slightly: “Once you’ve truly participated in the suffering trips and fallen in love with rock climbing or rappelling, you won’t be able to resist wanting to climb here. A life without having climbed the Tenda headquarters building is incomplete.”

The new employee gave a perfunctory smile, completely unconvinced.

As the two continued upward on the escalator, the staff member continued introducing the twenty-four solar terms of the entire building.

“According to the Eight Trigrams positions, the entire building is divided into twenty-four different solar terms, dividing the entire Taiji diagram into twenty-four small sectors.”

“Employees in each area can take holidays according to these solar terms, with each person having two solar term holidays per year.”

“This is also a manifestation of Tenda Group’s promotion of traditional culture. Employees can better understand traditional solar terms through this holiday arrangement. Every employee is thoroughly familiar with the solar terms and holiday arrangements.”

As the new employee listened to the introduction, he suddenly recalled a long-circulating rumor from outside.

“I’ve heard people outside discussing that Tenda Group’s headquarters building is like a giant Eight Trigrams formation, specially designed by Mr. Pei to suppress something. Is that true?”

The staff member smiled, not surprised by this question, clearly not the first person to ask it.

“Taiji symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang, endless vitality. It can also serve to gather fortune. If explained according to this theory, the entire Tenda headquarters building is a node position for gathering fortune, helping Tenda Group develop better.”

“Of course, some people say that Tenda Group’s headquarters building is suppressing something, and this something is the formless will proposed in the game ‘The Future You Choose,’ which is the desire for capital appreciation and the evil thoughts in everyone’s heart!”

“Perhaps Mr. Pei hopes to forever suppress that formless will that might parasitize Tenda Group, preventing it from ever turning the tables, allowing Tenda Group to forever remember its original intention and what kind of company it is.”

“Of course, these are all just beautiful visions. We Tenda Group employees are firm materialists who don’t believe in so-called luck and metaphysics.”

“After all, in the process of leading Tenda Group to continual development, growth, and success, Mr. Pei didn’t rely on any luck. It was entirely due to his vision that transcended the times, his attitude of excellence, his superior business methods, and his firm stance of always standing with consumers and the people.”

“We at Tenda Group firmly believe that success depends on human effort and never giving up. We won’t place our success on illusory things like luck and metaphysics.”

The new employee nodded slightly, gaining a deeper understanding of the Tenda spirit.

The staff member continued: “If you’re interested in the Tenda spirit, the Human Resources department holds Tenda Spirit Learning Seminars at fixed times each month. The Tenda spirit is a subject that rewards repeated study. If you’re interested, you can also participate in discussions and present your own ideas during your spare time.”

“Alright, that’s about everything. You can now report to your department head.”

“If there’s anything else you don’t understand, you can log in anytime to the Tenda Life app with your internal employee account. You can see the structure of the entire building and the current status of each area.”

“In short, Tenda Group is a warm family. Our Tenda Group’s purpose is to make every employee feel the warmth of home, not only working diligently here and receiving good material security, but more importantly, realizing their life value.”

“Mr. Pei believes that as Tenda Group employees, we shouldn’t separate work from life or have the concept that ‘working hard is for a better life.’ Instead, we should see work as part of life.”

“Work is about better expressing your imagination and creativity, and obtaining good material conditions in this process is just a side benefit.”

“In the materials given to you, there’s also a booklet about the Tenda spirit. It contains some specific examples of Mr. Pei leading Tenda Group’s development and growth, as well as some interpretations of the Tenda spirit. Make sure to read it first when you get back—it will be very helpful for passing the Tenda spirit test.”

The previous Tenda spirit booklet had already been published, but after printing, it wasn’t widely distributed, only circulated within a small range.

Later, as the content of the Tenda spirit test became increasingly rich and the relevant cases became newer, the content of this booklet became a kind of basic knowledge. It was no longer something you could read once and directly get the standard answers for the Tenda spirit test; instead, you had to deeply understand and think critically in combination with practical examples.

So there was no longer any need to keep this booklet hidden—it was directly printed and distributed on a large scale. The goal was for every Tenda Group employee to have a copy, and many people in outside society were also purchasing this booklet for interpretation and learning, hoping to learn something useful from Tenda’s successful cases.

The new employee waved goodbye to the staff member and, holding his materials, went to report to his department.

…

On the other side of the building in the entertainment area, some employees were experiencing Tenda’s new games or trying out the VR glasses newly developed by the Slow Progress Studio.

The entire entertainment area was very large! Inside were various entertainment facilities, including Slackin’ Internet Cafés, Tuoguan Fitness centers, and large VR game equipment experience halls. All of Tenda Group’s latest entertainment projects would first appear in this entertainment area for employees to experience and provide feedback.

These employees naturally became Tenda Group’s first batch of internal testing users.

This was normal—if a game was deemed unsatisfactory even by Tenda’s internal employees, there would be no point in releasing it to players and embarrassing oneself.

Although occasionally you could see some employees hurrying along with anxious expressions, seemingly with insufficient overtime quotas and urgently heading to work overtime, most employees moved about the building with relaxed, natural expressions, as if strolling through a shopping mall.

For them, it was enough to diligently complete their tasks step by step and improve their abilities one level at a time.

Someone once expressed concern about this phenomenon and went to ask Wu Bin from the Human Resources department:

“Tenda Group’s employees all seem to have no pressure and are very relaxed because their material conditions are fully satisfied—they don’t worry about food or drink, and they have rich spiritual and entertainment activities. Will this cause employees and even the entire Tenda Group to lose their fighting spirit in the long run?”

Wu Bin answered like this:

“We encourage collective struggle, not individual struggle.”

“When the entire collective is in a state of stagnation, individual struggle may bring employees more achievements and a better life, but this is actually a tremendous waste. Individual employee struggle cannot produce much positive meaning for the collective’s improvement and will only lead the entire environment into a state of involution.”

“What we call collective struggle means the entire company is on the right path. Each person doesn’t need to struggle too hard; they just need to methodically complete their own work, which can allow the company to develop in the long term.”

“Only when everyone is relaxed enough, not deformed by various pressures, can employees unleash their powerful potential and inspiration in freedom, allowing the entire company to develop better.”

“We hope that Tenda Group is in collective struggle rather than individual struggle.”

“This is the most important lesson Mr. Pei has taught us.”