Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 31: Salary Credited: 50,000!

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Salary Credited: 50,000!

Xiao Mingyu was speechless, she almost thought Su Tong had mistakenly walked into some pyramid scheme and gotten brainwashed.

"Alright, let’s not talk about the base salary for now, let’s talk about the work environment.

"Have you ever seen a startup company that sets up its office in a cafe? Just rent a cubicle in some office building, a spot only costs like five or six hundred bucks a month! Is scrimping that hard really necessary?

"If it were me, the moment I saw the interview email was in a cafe, I’d already have passed on them!"

Su Tong explained, "President Gu’s idea is to save on these unnecessary expenses and give more bonuses and benefits to the employees."

Xiao Mingyu pressed her hand against her forehead, "Only a fresh graduate like you with no work experience could fall for such lies...

"That’s just pie in the sky!

"If the company is so stingy that it won’t even spend a decent amount on an office space, how could it possibly be willing to shell out real money for employee bonuses and benefits!"

She paused for a moment, then continued, "And another thing, your position is totally off!

"Do you have any idea that game testing is the lowest, least prestigious, and most dead-end job at a gaming company!

"Every day, you’re just doing mindless, repetitive work, with no technical content or accumulation of skills, and even after ten years, you could be replaced by some younger person at any time!

"If I’m not mistaken, didn’t he also bait you with prospects, saying you could start as a game tester and later have the chance to switch to game planning or design?

Su Tong nodded, "Yes."

Xiao Mingyu shook her head in frustration, "See, I guessed right! That’s all bait! The chances of a tester becoming a planner are slim to none, and as for learning and growth? That’s even more far-fetched, there are no such opportunities!

"That’s the standard spiel gaming companies use to lure people into testing roles. If you believe it, you’re being duped!"

Su Tong was somewhat puzzled, "But I really have learned a lot."

Xiao Mingyu was completely at a loss for words, it was clear that they were having a chicken-and-duck conversation, completely at odds.

"Quit as soon as possible and find a more reliable job..."

Su Tong was somewhat unwilling, "Ming Yu, how can you be so arbitrary? You don’t know anything about our company or President Gu, why do you insist that it’s no different from those unreliable companies?

"Up to now, our company has already successfully launched two games and is preparing to recruit on a large scale to develop a third game."

Xiao Mingyu pondered for a moment, "Oh, so it’s not your ordinary scam company, but a ’scam company that got lucky and made money,’ huh?

"Alright, even so, there’s not much difference between the two types of companies.

"Mark my words, even if they’ve made money, such a stingy boss will definitely not give you a bonus. He’ll just tell you: the company is still in the development phase, we need to focus funds on big projects, develop new ones or spend on promotion, make more money, and then we’ll give out bonuses later."

Just at that moment, Su Tong’s phone rang.

It was a text message notification: "[XX Bank]Your account XXXX received a deposit of 51..." on April 27th at 17:14.

The message was too long and the rest of the content didn’t display completely.

Obviously, it was a salary deposit notification!

Xiao Mingyu glanced at it, confidently saying, "See, you’re getting exactly as much salary as you should, not a penny more."

The base salary of 6400, after deducting for social security and housing fund, is approximately 5100, which matched the figures in the text message exactly.

So Xiao Mingyu was more convinced than ever that her suspicions were completely correct.

However, when Su Tong opened the message to view the full text, Xiao Mingyu’s expression instantly froze.

"[XX Bank]Your account XXXX received a deposit of 51723.94." on April 27th at 17:14.

Seeing this figure, Xiao Mingyu was petrified, even rubbing her eyes, suspecting she saw wrong.

Then she blurted out a soul-searching question.

"Huh?"

...

Everything happening at that moment was entirely outside of Xiao Mingyu’s knowledge.

As a high-achieving finance student from Imperial Capital University, and a wealthy second-generation, her criteria for picking companies were very selective.

Not to mention average small and medium-sized companies, even many of China’s emerging large companies were hardly to her taste.

Only a few particularly well-established big companies or top-tier foreign firms could catch her eye.

But she never imagined that today, she would be taught a lesson by a start-up gaming company!

Xiao Mingyu even snatched the phone from Su Tong’s hands to check again carefully.

There was no mistake—the number before the decimal point was five digits!

That is to say, the amount of money she actually received this month was almost ten times her base salary compared to what Su Tong could have earned!

Looking at Su Tong again, her expression was also one of utter confusion.

After much contemplation, Xiao Mingyu came to a conclusion that she herself found somewhat dubious, "Could it be because your company is very irregular, with the boss handling the finances personally, and he accidentally added an extra digit?"

"Although this explanation is far-fetched, there’s no other way to justify why they paid you so much!"

Su Tong was also puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Then... I’ll ask."

She hurriedly dialed Gu Fan’s number.

"Hello? President Gu, was there a mistake with my salary? It seems like there’s an extra digit..."

Xiao Mingyu, with her phone not on speaker mode, strained her ears to listen.

Gu Fan’s voice came from the other end of the phone, "No mistake, the extra money is your bonus for this month."

Su Tong was surprised, "Bonus?"

Gu Fan matter-of-factly replied, "Yes, bonus. Did I not mention when you joined that I would try to save the company’s day-to-day expenses and give everyone more bonuses and benefits?

"Sisyphus has been a big success, and you, as the Test Team Leader, have played a crucial role. This bonus is what you deserve.

"As long as ’Sisyphus’ continues to make money, the bonuses will keep coming.

"The same goes for new games that make money.

"All right, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up. Don’t call me after work hours from now on; we workers need our private space too."

Su Tong wanted to say something more, but she was greeted with a busy tone of "beep beep" from the other end of the line.

Looking somewhat helplessly at Xiao Mingyu, she said, "It’s no use, President Gu, in acting like a boss, seems more like a worker than I am, as if the company isn’t even his...

"Ming Yu?

"Are you okay? What are you thinking about?"

Su Tong waved her hand in front of Xiao Mingyu’s eyes.

Xiao Mingyu had an expression as if she had encountered a complex calculus problem that she couldn’t even begin to solve or understand.

After a long time, she asked in all seriousness, "Didn’t you say your company was hiring on a large scale recently? Are you recruiting a Chief Financial Officer?"

...

...

Monday.

Gu Fan saved the code on the backend of the editor several times, then began to review the resumes he had received.

There were a total of 8 positions and over 100 resumes received, which after preliminary screening, were boiled down to just over 30.

The 8 positions were: 1 Executive Planner, 1 3D Artist, 1 Senior Frontend Developer, 1 Senior Backend Developer, 3 Testers, and 1 Financial Person.

Why recruit for these 8 positions? Of course, each was carefully considered.

Previously, "Infernal Trajectory" and "Sisyphus," these two games, were mostly handled by Gu Fan himself, although Su Tong later took on some of the miscellaneous tasks, but not much.

Among these tasks, many didn’t require much technical expertise, and Gu Fan didn’t need to do them personally.

Since he could only take 5% of the company’s earnings, why not hire a few more people?

Hire an Executive Planner to help with filling out forms and configuring game files.

3D Artist to help modify the game models sent by Lilith, adjusting action and collision.

One Frontend and one Backend Developer to not only take on some of Gu Fan’s coding work but also to prepare for making more complex online games in the future.

Testers to help find more bugs and better fool Lilith.

Financial staff was in the highest demand; dealing with salaries and reimbursements and all that stuff was a headache, so it was time to find a professional to take on this role of "steward."

Once these eight people were in place, the staff count at Transcendent Heaven Gaming Company would reach 10.

However, before these people even passed the interviews and formally joined, they had already caused a new problem for Gu Fan: the café owner was not happy.