Bao Xu felt anxious, inexplicably seized by a sense of crisis.
He hurriedly sent a message to Chen Kangtuo.
“Why didn’t you come to work today?”
Before Chen Kangtuo replied, several possibilities had already flashed through Bao Xu’s mind.
Fired?
Impossible, Mr. Pei had never fired a single employee.
Resigned voluntarily?
Even more impossible, where could one find a company with better treatment than Tenda?
Surely he couldn’t have been abducted by aliens?
Since all these options had been ruled out, only one possibility remained…
Chen Kangtuo replied: “Brother Bao, you might not believe this.”
“I… have been reassigned to a new project.”
“Mr. Pei said that he’s investing in a haunted house project recently, and wants me to be the person in charge.”
“The work arrangements were very rushed, and I left in a hurry, too. We’ll have to find another time for a farewell dinner…”
“Tell everyone not to worry, I’ve just moved to a different department…”
Bao Xu: “What? Haunted house? You’re going to be in charge?”
Chen Kangtuo: “Brother Bao, I’m just as confused. I was working overtime this weekend modifying the GOG design plan, and now I’m already surveying locations for the haunted house…”
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Bao Xu looked at the pictures Chen Kangtuo sent. They showed an extremely remote old industrial area, sparsely populated, overgrown with weeds, with an inexplicable sense of desolation and bleakness.
Chen Kangtuo’s current mood was easy to imagine.
Bao Xu was silent for a moment, then typed: “Why did Mr. Pei choose you?”
Chen Kangtuo: “How would I know… Mr. Pei just told me that he saw great potential in me and hoped I would display my talents on a bigger stage…”
Bao Xu fell into deep thought.
Indeed, this was another “Pei-style promotion.”
Previously, whether promoting Huang Sibo, Lü Mingliang, or Li Yada, the entire promotion process had always seemed quite arbitrary.
The person promoted was neither the most senior in the project team, nor the most capable or outstanding.
Before their promotion, these people had all been somewhat obscure.
But after being promoted, they had quickly adapted to their new positions and exhibited astonishing potential!
Mr. Pei had a unique eye for talent and could see the infinite possibilities hidden within employees when selecting personnel.
This promotion of Chen Kangtuo was the same.
As a member of the design team, Bao Xu often reviewed design documents and frequently discussed design team matters with Li Yada.
He knew very well that although Chen Kangtuo appeared unremarkable on the surface, he had extremely strong ambition.
During last weekend’s overtime, because there were limited slots, Li Yada had only submitted overtime applications for a few more senior, important colleagues.
There was no choice—overtime slots were too few, and even working overtime required competitive selection.
Although Chen Kangtuo hadn’t secured an overtime slot, he had still come in voluntarily to work overtime, revising the plan he was responsible for.
This was enough to show that he was someone with high standards for himself.
Thinking of this, Bao Xu suddenly froze.
Could it be that Mr. Pei could grasp every person’s work status, potential, and fighting spirit?
And moreover, could Mr. Pei arrange more ambitious and pioneering employees to new projects based on these factors, reasonably selecting the talented and appointing the capable?
Combined with the earlier feeling that “things were getting tight”…
Bao Xu’s heart sank as he thought of something very dangerous.
If he hadn’t concealed his normal work status during this period, would he now be surveying haunted house locations together with Chen Kangtuo?
Bao Xu didn’t want to go to a haunted house.
Bao Xu just wanted to be an ordinary designer at Tenda Games, writing documents, adjusting game details, and modifying design plans when there were development tasks.
Apart from that, he just wanted to play games, neither wanting to go out nor work on other projects.
“Too dangerous.”
“Although Mr. Pei doesn’t often come to the company, he’s always paying attention to the company’s movements. Anyone who truly has the ability and makes outstanding contributions to the company can’t escape his eye!”
“Such insight is terrifying!”
“I haven’t been discovered yet, but that’s just luck.”
“I can’t take risks anymore—at least I need to keep a low profile until the next outstanding employee selection!”
Bao Xu silently saved and closed the document he had fixed, then buried his head in playing games.
He was determined to be a slacker this time, with complete devotion!
…
In the afternoon.
Chang You brought a test machine to Tenda.
This test machine was a flagship phone from another brand, loaded with OTTO Technology’s recent research and development achievement—a customized system for mobile phones.
Named otto os.
Recently, Chang You has been busy with two things: on one hand, finalizing the phone’s plans with the contract manufacturer and securing supply channels; on the other hand, leading the team to develop otto os.
In the smartphone era, phones were becoming increasingly homogenized—an inevitable trend.
Before the era of smartphones, mobile phones had diverse forms: candy bar, flip, slider, full keyboard, and many other different designs.
But with the advent of the smartphone era, phone designs increasingly tended toward homogeneity: with screen-to-body ratios getting higher and higher, only a few physical buttons were retained.
Even though various solutions for full-screen displays with notches had appeared, they quickly converged toward uniformity.
As phones became more and more integrated, there was less and less room for variation in appearance.
Under these circumstances, apart from stacking hardware specifications, the phone’s operating system became the key differentiator between different phone brands.
When consumers considered buying a phone, if two brands’ phones had similar hardware and prices, they would prioritize the one with the better operating system.
Chang You was well aware of this, so since OTTO Technology was established, he had been working on mobile operating system development.
Apart from Pineapple phones, other phone brands relied on optimizing the Android system.
While the native Android system was concise and lightweight, it had fewer features and didn’t quite match the usage habits of mainstream domestic users.
Therefore, most domestic phone manufacturers were committed to making their systems more feature-rich and convenient, hoping to capture consumers’ hearts.
Chang You was naturally doing the same.
On his way here, he had already briefly tested some basic functions of otto os and found no major issues.
The content he wanted to showcase this time mainly involved the following aspects:
Interface style, such as system fonts, themes, etc., is primarily to show off the system’s aesthetics.
Detailed optimizations, such as the negative-one screen design and optimization effects of some system functions.
Special features, including some built-in mini-programs, like the data transfer feature Mr. Pei had specifically requested.
Although it was the first version, it couldn’t be considered as developed from scratch.
First, this system was customized based on the native Android system; second, Chang You’s team had experience developing systems.
Therefore, Chang You was confident about this system.
Even if there were bugs, they wouldn’t be many.
System development is a relatively long-term task because consumers’ demands for mobile operating systems can never be fully satisfied.
Each system update inevitably comes with a bunch of bugs, but since this system was modified based on previous systems, and they had focused on implementing more mature features first, there weren’t many bugs, and stability was quite good.
Chang You arrived at Pei Qian’s office door and knocked gently.
“Mr. Pei, this is the first version of otto os. Please try it out.”
“If there’s anything you’re not satisfied with, feel free to point it out. We’ll fix it immediately.”
Chang You handed the phone to Pei Qian.
Pei Qian reached out to take it, and seeing Chang You’s confident expression, he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
Ah, President Chang, you’re still too confident.
If tested at OTTO Technology, you indeed might not encounter any bugs.
But here…
A moment of silence for President Chang.
Pei Qian began testing the basic functions of otto os.
His first impression was that this system was very similar to many domestic phone systems. Although some stylistic changes had been made, the overall user experience didn’t differ much.
Compared to some more mature phone systems, such as Shenhua’s phone system, it was certainly far behind in all aspects.
But… it was usable.
This fact alone was very shocking to Pei Qian.
After playing around for about five minutes, Pei Qian’s face was filled with confusion.
There weren’t any serious bugs!
This simply wasn’t scientific!
Pei Qian had already confirmed that Tang Yishu was still outside, hadn’t left, and the halo effect should still be in effect.
Although there were some minor flaws, that was understandable. There had been no complete crashes like yesterday when Ye Zhizhou was demonstrating the game demo.
Pei Qian couldn’t help but be shocked.
Was Chang You’s team so reliable at developing mobile operating systems?
That shouldn’t be right—wasn’t this the dream team that directly crashed Hongcheng Technology?
Pei Qian was puzzled, but soon had a realization.
Chang You’s team must have developed similar mobile operating systems before at Hongcheng Technology, so they were already familiar with the process and had already encountered all the potential pitfalls.
Therefore, developing the initial version of otto os now was naturally twice as effective with half the effort.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian relaxed a bit.
Fortunately, it was a false alarm.
This was equivalent to Chang You’s team redoing an exam they had already taken before. Although they got a high score, it didn’t have much reference value.
But regardless, the completeness of the system had exceeded Pei Qian’s expectations.
Chang You began to explain the future development plans for the system to Pei Qian.
“Rest assured, Mr. Pei. Although the current system is still very rudimentary, its stability is not a problem!”
“I’ve always believed that the mobile operating system is crucial for consumer experience.”
“So, in the coming period, we need to look to those major phone manufacturers and develop more convenient, easy-to-use functions.”
“For example, one-click game mode activation, multi-screen interaction, fast data transfer, quick payment, power-saving mode, and so on.”
“Additionally, I suggest setting up a forum where users can freely provide opinions and suggestions for otto os. This way, we can continuously optimize and improve otto os through communication with users, bringing stronger competitiveness to our phones!”