Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 236 - 236 236 Headache First Update

236: Chapter 236 Headache (First Update) 236: Chapter 236 Headache (First Update) Imperial City, within a modest office.

The Council President sat in front of his desk, carefully reading a document.

After a long while, he put the document down and sighed softly.

At that moment, Tang Qin, carrying a freshly brewed cup of tea, gently placed it in front of the Council President and asked respectfully.

“Council President, you seem quite troubled.

Could it be that you’re worrying about the Star Ring Game?”

“Yes.”

The Council President took the tea and nodded slightly, acknowledging her statement.

Tang Qin asked the Council President with some confusion.

“Council President, I don’t quite understand.

After the Earth Cup rules were announced, shouldn’t we be putting all our efforts into winning the competition?

So why would you choose this critical time to lay off staff from the Five Dragon Heads Group, reduce the number of online personnel, and simultaneously trigger a widescale gaming recession?”

Logically speaking, with the start of the Earth Cup, everyone should be even more frantically competing.

The Council President showed a faint, bitter smile with a somewhat tearful expression.

He took a deep breath and said to Tang Qin, “If these are things you understand, wouldn’t I understand them as well?

Wouldn’t everyone?

The reason I’ve cut the subsidies to the Five Dragon Heads and made their people withdraw is to make them quickly restore order and production in the real world.

Let me be frank with you—if the mass influx of people into the Star Ring Game continues, the real world will not be able to hold on.

To put it bluntly, there’s a chance the supermarkets might be out of stock tomorrow.”

“How, how did this happen?

Could it be because your earlier speech was too successful?”

Tang Qin looked at the Council President with immense surprise.

The Council President also appeared slightly embarrassed.

“Don’t speak like that.

I was only fulfilling my responsibility to lead everyone, but the nation’s passion greatly exceeded expectations.

Of course, another very important reason is the chain reaction caused by the numerous people who had struck it rich in the Star Ring Game, leading countless others to rush in.”

“But isn’t that what we originally wanted?”

“Yes, but extremism is never right because the fervent atmosphere caused many people in the real world to resign to play the Star Ring Game.

Even those who remained were mostly distracted, with low work efficiency, and this is the result we ended up with.

Of course, this phenomenon is not unique to us; other nations are the same.

Otherwise, why would everyone tacitly take advantage of the Earth Cup rules announcement to pour a bucket of cold water over the situation to cool it down a bit?”

“But won’t this affect our combat plan?”

“You don’t need to worry about that.

We’ve mostly finished preparing the supplies.

What follows is just a brutal battle.

As long as we can hold out and finish this competition, that will be enough.

Too much preparation will only lead to fruitless efforts in the end.

Balance is the key.”

The Council President spoke calmly.

“Understood.”

….

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Inside and outside the Dawn Group’s tenth building, the scene was incredibly lively.

Since they couldn’t all fit, they cleared the office area and set up temporary tables.

They had also specially installed projectors to connect the image feeds from different areas.

Every table was laden with bountiful food—seafood, chicken, duck, beef, lamb, you name it.

In total, approximately over a hundred thousand people were gathered, considering that the Dawn Guild’s Tenth Legion alone had just over 180,000 members.

At that moment, the noisy crowd quietened down as Qian Chengxue entered, dressed in a black business suit with her silver-white hair cascading down to her waist, and a concealed microphone device on her ear.

“Sister Xue…”

“Sister Xue…”

….

Along the way, employees with moist eyes began to call out.

Qian Chengxue continuously nodded in response.

She quickly walked to the center stage that had been temporarily erected and bowed to everyone.

“Good evening, everyone.

I’m very grateful you could come to the farewell banquet I’ve prepared for you.

Due to limited conditions, I hope you won’t mind!”

“We don’t mind, it’s very nice.”

…

The brothers and sisters present all managed a faint smile in response.

At this moment, Cheng Xue’s voice was slightly hoarse.

She bowed deeply to everyone, struggling to suppress the sorrow in her heart, and said to everyone, “I’m glad you don’t mind.

Please enjoy your food and drink tonight, as I will spend a wonderful evening with you.

After tonight, you will be heading to new positions.

In truth, my heart aches, because for various reasons, we can’t stand side by side and fight together to the end.

This is my biggest regret.”

Upon hearing Cheng Xue’s words, everyone bowed their heads, and some of the girls even began to sob quietly, genuinely reluctant to leave this place.

“Sob~”

“Don’t be too sad, everyone.

Your previous efforts won’t be in vain.

I will carry on with the struggle, bearing your hard work in mind, no matter the outcome!”

Cheng Xue looked at the grieving crowd and comforted them, when in fact, her heart was more pained than anyone else’s.

She had brought these people up and was now forced to cut staff and reassign more than half of them.

Of course, she didn’t want to do this, but there was no choice.

On one hand, without the guild’s subsidy, she simply didn’t have the funds to continue providing support.

On the other hand, the council had set new production targets, which were extremely ambitious.

The factory was in dire need of labor.

Out of the hundred thousand people present, eighty thousand were to be sent to the factory, a few thousand were to leave their jobs entirely in search of other opportunities, and the rest were to move to various production companies to take on different managerial positions.

“Sister Xue, we’ll miss you…”

“Yeah, Sister Xue, we want to follow you.”

…..

The crowd replied with tears in their eyes.

Cheng Xue bowed to them again, “I believe that this separation is only temporary, and one day we will fight side by side again.

Also, you need not worry.

The production positions you are moving to have very good welfare too, and as long as you are willing to work overtime, the final earnings are quite substantial.

Of course, compared to here, it will definitely be much tougher, but rest assured, I will do my best to secure every bit of welfare that I can for you.”

“Sister Xue, we believe in you!”

…

Most of the people present began to speak up, and indeed, Cheng Xue’s standing among her subordinates was quite high, as she had always treated employees with fairness and kindness.

At this moment, Sun Li came over and handed her a glass of red wine.

Cheng Xue took it and raised the red wine in her hand towards everyone.

“This glass is for you!

Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

Everyone promptly picked up their glasses and drained them in one go.

Clap clap~

At that moment, applause broke out, followed by the sight of Ye Haitang, dressed in a bright red evening gown and adorned with all sorts of glittering jewelry, walking in with an air of elegance and grace.

The previously noisy dining hall suddenly fell silent, and the people began to whisper to each other, their faces showing confusion.

Why would a high-level member of the Ye Family appear at such a critical moment?

“Little sister, that speech of yours was truly wonderful.”

Ye Haitang walked up to Cheng Xue and praised her.

“Sister, what brings you here?”

“May I have a word with you in private, little sister?”

Ye Haitang asked Cheng Xue very politely.