Noticing Pei Qian looking at him, hesitating to speak, Bao Xu instantly panicked.

Damn, it’s not me again, is it?

Last time with the paid vacation for a month, Bao Xu had traveled all over the country until he was exhausted, feeling like he had used up his quota of going out for an entire year after returning.

And now, after just a few months of rest, it’s happening again??

Bao Xu hurriedly said, “Mr. Pei, I voluntarily give up this spot! Please give it to someone who needs it more!”

Pei Qian shook his head: “What’s the point of voting if we just keep passing it around? The voting results cannot be changed—whoever gets it, gets it.”

“Take these couple of days to pack your luggage properly.”

Bao Xu panicked: “Mr. Pei, I’ve already been to most of the famous scenic spots and historical sites in China! I’ve checked in at all of them, with photos and location proof. There aren’t any places left to go!”

Pei Qian smiled slightly: “You’ve been to most of the famous scenic spots in China?”

“Then go process visa paperwork tomorrow, and travel abroad. While experiencing exotic foreign cultures, you can also immerse yourself in world culture and learn about game development experiences from Western developed countries.”

Bao Xu wanted to say something more, but Pei Qian spoke first: “It’s decided, go process the visa tomorrow.”

Bao Xu: “…”

This is going to the dogs!

Bao Xu felt completely dejected. I don’t want to go out!

Mr. Pei, even if you asked me to work overtime, I’d be willing!

But looking at Mr. Pei’s expression, obviously, once this decision was made, it couldn’t be changed.

The selection and reward of outstanding employees was a rule established long ago. One could only say this was a form of accepting the consequences of the bet…

Bao Xu silently thought that after returning from this paid vacation, he must make it clear to everyone: don’t vote for me as an outstanding employee ever again!

I have no interest in either the 1 million yuan dream fund or the one-month paid vacation. Please vote rationally and vote for someone who needs it more!

But it was too late to say these things now. He could only wait until he returned from the paid vacation to gradually instill this idea in everyone.

Pei Qian turned to Lü Mingliang: “Say a few words.”

If it had been someone else who won the best employee award, Pei Qian might have sincerely congratulated them, or even felt a bit of schadenfreude.

But Lü Mingliang winning the best employee award made Pei Qian feel a bit reluctant to part with him.

In short, his feelings were very complicated.

Lü Mingliang held the trophy, saying somewhat excitedly: “I don’t deserve this award. The small achievements I’ve made are mainly because Mr. Pei provided a successful general direction, and I’ve always strictly followed Mr. Pei’s instructions.”

“I believe that no matter who takes over the position of lead game designer, as long as they firmly implement Mr. Pei’s strategic thinking, they will achieve something!”

“I hope Tenda keeps getting better and better. Thank you, everyone!”

Warm applause broke out in the office, and Pei Qian couldn’t help but join the others in applauding sincerely.

Look at that, how well said!

Although Pei Qian didn’t completely agree with Lü Mingliang’s speech, there was one sentence that he particularly wanted to hear.

“No matter who takes over as lead game designer, they must always listen to Mr. Pei.”

This was exactly what Pei Qian hoped for!

What was he most worried about?

He was worried about employees not listening!

Every time they overthought his intentions too much, adding all sorts of innovations to the games themselves, the games always ended up being completely contrary to Pei Qian’s expectations!

But looking at Lü Mingliang, although the game still succeeded, which was a bit unfortunate, his attitude was much better than Huang Sibo and Bao Xu!

Xiao Lü was truly a good employee.

He deserved a reward!

Pei Qian smiled and asked, “Have you thought about how to spend the 1 million yuan dream fund?”

Lü Mingliang hesitated: “Uh… Mr. Pei, I was thinking.”

“On one hand, the development of ‘Turn Back to Shore’ is at a critical moment, so I should stay and continue to complete this stage of work.”

“On the other hand, I haven’t thought about what exactly I want to do. Besides games, I don’t seem to have many other areas that I’m particularly good at.”

“So, how about we put this on hold for now? You can keep the money for now, and we’ll talk about it again when I figure out what I want to do.”

Pei Qian frowned.

Put it on hold?

How could that work?

I’ve already prepared the money, and you’re not going to spend it? Is that reasonable?

Besides, rules are rules. If we start making exceptions during just the second outstanding employee selection, how will I continue this in the future? Can the tradition of eliminating the top performers continue?

Although you, Lü Mingliang, are my trusted lieutenant, when people’s hearts scatter, the team becomes difficult to lead. This precedent cannot be set!

Pei Qian immediately shook his head: “No.”

“If you don’t have a better idea for now, then I have a task for you—become the CEO of Against-the-Wind Logistics.”

Lü Mingliang was stunned: “Huh? Mr. Pei, I don’t understand this field.”

Pei Qian smiled slightly. Don’t understand? Isn’t that perfect?

“As the saying goes, knowledge is transferable across related fields. You have experience working at Tenda Games, so your management talent is not lacking. You can try it out first, and if you feel it’s not working, you can still take the 1 million yuan dream fund and start a business in another field.”

Lü Mingliang was still hesitant.

But seeing Mr. Pei’s determined gaze, he also understood that it would be difficult for him to continue staying at Tenda Games.

Since that was the case, he might as well check out Against-the-Wind Logistics!

Lü Mingliang’s personality was quite different from Huang Sibo’s. Huang Sibo was the type of person with many ideas, eager to try new fields, and very clear about what he wanted. So after receiving the dream fund, he didn’t hesitate to establish Fei Huang Studio.

Lü Mingliang, on the other hand, wasn’t as curious about other fields and was a more conventional employee.

This could be seen in their approach to making games. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu would incorporate more of their ideas into the games, while Lü Mingliang would faithfully execute Mr. Pei’s orders completely.

He considered for a moment. Although he wasn’t particularly interested in logistics, since it was an industry Mr. Pei was developing, it must have had promising prospects.

For his career, the ceiling for a lead game designer was much, much lower than that of the CEO of a large logistics company.

So, Lü Mingliang didn’t decline any further and accepted the job.

After all, Mr. Pei had said that if he didn’t adapt well later on, he could still take the 1 million yuan dream fund to do something he liked.

After arranging for the two best employees, a new problem emerged.

With the lead game designer gone, they needed to quickly promote a new lead game designer, otherwise, the work couldn’t continue.

But the current problem was that Pei Qian had already arranged for most of the employees at Tenda Games whom he was familiar with.

Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lü Mingliang, Lin Wan… Pei Qian had arranged for all of them.

As for the other employees, Pei Qian could only say their faces were familiar, but he didn’t know them very well.

Many of them were only responsible for execution-level work and wouldn’t report directly to Pei Qian, so he didn’t have many opportunities to get to know them.

But it didn’t matter—there was the outstanding employee selection, which provided a ready-made list and votes, offering very valuable guidance.

Selecting from the bottom up would be a bit extreme, as many people didn’t receive a single vote, and choosing them would be too strange.

Pei Qian simply picked someone from the top ten who had neither too many nor too few votes.

“Li Yada, it’s you!”

From a corner workstation, a female employee wearing thick-framed glasses looked up in bewilderment.

She completely didn’t understand why Mr. Pei would choose her as the lead game designer, so she didn’t react immediately and froze.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this new lead game designer.

In the vast list of employees, Pei Qian had spotted her name at a glance.

Auspicious!

Li Yada—wouldn’t her English name be “Yada Li”?

Atari was a good company, a leader in the gaming industry, and Mr. Pei’s ultimate goal!

Li Yada looked around, then at the smiling Mr. Pei.

After being stunned for a few seconds, she hurriedly stood up: “Mr… Mr. Pei! I lack work experience…”

Pei Qian looked displeased.

Here we go again!

Don’t I know that you lack experience?

If you had enough experience, I wouldn’t be looking for you!

Every time I promote a lead game designer, they try to decline.

Pei Qian’s expression darkened.

Li Yada saw Mr. Pei’s disapproving expression and instantly realized she had made a mistake.

Weren’t the previous lead game designers promoted directly just like her? And they all did a good job.

Why was she dropping the ball now?

She was failing to live up to Mr. Pei’s expectations!

Li Yada hurriedly said, “But, I will do my utmost to complete the final work on ‘Turn Back to Shore’!”

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, that’s more like it.

As long as the attitude is right, even if you lack ability later and mess up the game, I won’t blame you.