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Chapter 149: Is Your Company Still Hiring? (Second Update)

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Is Your Company Still Hiring? (Second Update)

Wei Chengjie froze.

Although Zhou Yang had given a very accurate figure, Wei Chengjie still couldn’t figure out how that number had been calculated.

It wasn’t that several months’ bonuses were being issued all at once, and there had been no special contribution!

In other words, Zhou Yang’s bonus level was actually quite normal within Nitiandang games?

Wei Chengjie asked, "So, was last month’s special tier reward issued..."

"It was," Zhou Yang explained, "It was given to our Test Team Leader Su Tong.

"Mainly because she made significant contributions during the promotion of Hell Inferior Demon, President Gu said it was like a work-related injury, so she should be rewarded."

Wei Chengjie swallowed, "So her bonus coefficient is double yours? That means..."

Zhou Yang nodded, "Right, she should have received 680,000. But just to emphasize, this is before tax, our company has always complied with the law in paying taxes.

"As for the exact take-home amount, I’m not sure, we’d have to calculate it based on the tax rate."

Wei Chengjie no longer knew what to say.

A Test Team Leader, a bonus of 680,000 in one month??

An ordinary executive planner, a bonus of 340,000 in one month??

Honestly, Wei Chengjie was feeling a bit lightheaded and short on oxygen.

He quickly did some calculations: "Prometheus should still be selling over a hundred thousand copies a month right now, right? With a selling price of 98 per copy, the net income should still be around eight or nine million.

"Plus the previous games, optimistically speaking, there should be slightly over ten million, right?

"But the bonuses for just the two of you add up to a million, and adding everyone else, wouldn’t that approach over two million??"

Indeed, as an industry insider, his calculations were clear.

Zhou Yang nodded, "Yep, those are the figures. Is there a problem with that?"

Wei Chengjie’s eyes widened, "Isn’t that problem big enough? With just over ten million in net income, where does the two million-plus for bonuses come from!"

Zhou Yang replied, "This has always been the way for Nitiandang games.

"The rule set by President Gu is that each month the company will allocate 25% of the net income for employee bonuses, distributed across three tiers.

"The more the company earns, the more we distribute, the 25% ratio is set in stone.

"Oh, and that 25% also includes daily company operational expenses, like renting office space, buying office computers, etc. But as you can see, our company is very frugal in this regard, so it’s practically negligible.

"President Gu is also very open-minded; he consults us about these things. As long as we want to save money, he agrees to give out all these funds as bonuses."

Wei Chengjie silently readjusted a hanging strand of hair back onto his head, now he began to understand where the issue lay.

The bonus distribution ratio for Shengjing Group’s projects was 6% of net income!

And for Nitiandang’s projects, it was 25% of net income!

That’s a full four times more!

Moreover, Nitiandang games employed an elite structure, with only about a dozen people in the entire company, which made the per capita share of the money quite substantial.

And even the lowest tier, which rewarded diligent completion of one’s duties, was as high as 170,000!

Still higher than Wei Chengjie’s position as a producer.

While it’s true that Nitiandang mainly produced single-player games, which mostly sold in the first few months and didn’t have the longevity of continuously-operated online games, it couldn’t compete with Nitiandang’s rapid game development cycles, and every game was a success!

On average, Nitiandang could churn out a game every two months.

No wonder all the employees voluntarily worked overtime. Releasing a game half a month early meant getting paid half a month’s revenue sooner. With tens of thousands on the line, who could resist such temptation!

What frightened Wei Chengjie even more was that Nitiandang employees’ bonus level still had room for growth!

Because the number of games Nitiandang produced was increasing, and those older games continued to provide steady income.

As Nitiandang’s fame grew and the player base expanded, the money earned from the games would also increase, which meant as long as President Gu continued to issue bonuses at a 25% ratio, the employees’ earnings would naturally increase!

As for company expansion?

Sure, that would dilute the bonuses, but it was clear that from the beginning, President Gu never considered blindly scaling up. He was very restrained in hiring, plus with more people they could develop larger games or open multiple projects simultaneously, increasing the company’s earnings.

In conclusion, the employees at Nitiandang were treated very well!

Thus, all the previous mysteries suddenly made sense.

Employees paying out of pocket to rent office space or buy office equipment? Give me a larger salary and I’d be willing to personally buy a car and let the company use it as a business car every day, no problem!

Wei Chengjie felt extremely envious.

He finally understood that President Gu was indeed telling the truth.

Under such a bonus distribution system, if an employee still lacks motivation and wants to slack off, then they are truly useless, and not firing them would be inexcusable.

However, Wei Chengjie had one last question.

"So... President Gu said that he did all the coding for Nitiandang by himself, what do you think about that?"

Zhou Yang nodded, "President Gu isn’t wrong, he’s even being a bit too modest.

"If the workload at Nitiandang is considered one stone, President Gu does eight dou, Su Tong does one dou, and everyone else shares the remaining two dou.

"I actually owe a dou."

Wei Chengjie almost burst out laughing, "Owe a dou? What’s that about?"

Zhou Yang sighed, "Ah, it’s a long story, and it involves some core secrets of our company, regarding investors and the boss. I’m not at liberty to discuss this. But I did almost drag the team down before, yet President Gu didn’t call me out. Instead, he encouraged me and even gave me a larger bonus.

"In short, all the successful games from Nitiandang so far, the core ideas are from President Gu, he wrote the core code, and he contacted external parties for the art resources...

"Even if we kicked out everyone else from our company, President Gu could still make these games by himself, it might just take two to three times longer, like extending the work time a bit.

"Ever since I joined Nitiandang’s game development, I’ve been trying to grasp President Gu’s design philosophy, but so far, I haven’t even learned the basics.

"I can only say, I need to keep trying!"

Wei Chengjie was completely astonished.

Zhou Yang, such a smart guy, hadn’t even grasped the basics?

Zhou Yang had previously provided some very incisive suggestions for the games Wei Chengjie had developed, which is why Wei respected him and thought of poaching him.

Even by Shengjing Group’s internal standards for their gaming divisions, Zhou Yang could absolutely handle a functional planner’s job and was a very promising game designer.

And yet, he hadn’t been able to learn even the basics of President Gu’s designs after such a long time at Nitiandang?

My goodness, is President Gu that near-devilishly intelligent?

Wei Chengjie felt deeply shaken and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

He just silently searched on the official platform for Nitiandang’s game account and added all the games he had not yet purchased to the shopping cart, planning to study and learn from them when he got back.

"President Wei, it’s time to go!" someone called out from afar.

Wei Chengjie whispered in a low voice, "Brother, one last question, does your company... still hire people?"

Zhou Yang nodded, "Yes, we are hiring. I think we are planning a second round of recruitment soon. But I heard we are only hiring ten people."

Wei Chengjie didn’t say anything more, stood up, and left with Kang Yong, Assistant Zhao, and the others.

...

In the business van on the way back.

Kang Yong looked at Assistant Zhao, "So, did you figure it out, after all?

"How on earth did President Gu manage to do it?

"If we really can’t understand it, maybe we should poach their CFO, that would almost certainly clear things up."

Assistant Zhao coughed awkwardly, "President Kang, I’ve figured it out."

During the time when everyone was free to move around, Assistant Zhao also had a few words with Xiao Mingyu.

Then, he evidently got the same answer as Wei Chengjie did.

"President Kang, first of all, I would like to apologize to you, it was my oversight. I failed to research the specific reason in advance and didn’t think about this direction, causing you to make a fruitless trip today," Assistant Zhao said with strong survival instincts.

Kang Yong raised an eyebrow, "Hmm? You seem to be making a big deal out of this, it’s not that serious.

"What exactly did they do?"

Assistant Zhao paused for a moment, then said, "President Gu uses 25% of the company’s net profit to give employees bonuses..."

Kang Yong’s expression froze in an instant.

After a moment, he recovered and let out a somewhat awkward laugh, "Ah, hahaha, so that’s it, okay.

"Hey, where does everyone want to go for dinner tonight during free time? I’m treating."

Kang Yong quickly changed the subject, since Wei Chengjie and others were still in the van.

Just like some companies who rush to learn management experience from successful supermarket chains, wanting to know how to make employees work with dedication and provide angel-like service to customers. Yet they only learn the strict requirements for their employees and never try to learn that the boss is willing to allocate a large portion of the profits for employee bonuses.

Kang Yong could say he now knew the secret of Nitiandang’s gaming success, but what good was that? It simply wasn’t something that could be replicated!

The atmosphere in the van turned a bit awkward. The mood had been quite good these past few days, greatly boosting the sense of belonging and pride in the Shengjing Group, but today that feeling shattered to pieces.

Wei Chengjie silently took out his phone and sent a message to Zhou Yang, "Brother, I will sort out my resume as soon as I get back, help me with an internal referral!"

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