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Chapter 32: Truly Impartial by 80% Huh!

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Truly Impartial by 80% Huh!

Previously, Gu Fan had negotiated with the boss a price of 300 Yuan per spot, since the ten or so spots on the second floor of the cafe were basically always vacant, without frequent patrons, so selling one or two wouldn’t be too damaging.

But now that Gu Fan suddenly needed 10 spots, it became a bit awkward—the vast majority of the second floor’s vacancies would be filled, potentially affecting the cafe’s normal operations.

After all, renting an entire floor of a commercial property in such a location couldn’t be dismissed with just 3,000 Yuan.

With no other options, Gu Fan eventually came to terms with the boss, securing the entire second floor of the cafe for 5,000 Yuan a month.

Even so, this was still much cheaper than the nearby office community.

Gu Fan’s principle was: cut company expenses where possible! The money saved would go towards employee bonuses!

Strictly speaking, the company wasn’t Gu Fan’s but Lilith’s.

Gu Fan was merely a senior worker who could only get 5% of the company’s profits even if he saved money, there was basically nowhere to spend it.

But giving the employees a bit more bonus, the staff would genuinely appreciate you, and that was definitely the best way to win people’s hearts.

Improving working conditions and company benefits, the employees would thank the company; handing out more bonuses, the employees would thank Gu Fan personally.

There’s a fundamental difference!

If, in the future, Gu Fan was lucky enough to make Transcendent Heaven Gaming Company the most valuable gaming company in the world under Lilith’s watch, then after the contract was terminated, he could cleanly take all the employees with him, leaving an empty shell behind!

Although this goal was still tens of billions away, it’s never wrong to plan ahead.

The quality of the resumes received this time was still quite high.

As a rising company, Transcendent Heaven Gaming had so far developed two successful games, "Infernal Trajectory" and Sisyphus, particularly Sisyphus, which was red-hot. Everyone could see that this company should be well-funded, naturally attracting many capable people.

However, for his plan to go smoothly, Gu Fan still needed to thoroughly inspect and sift through candidates.

...

Four in the afternoon.

Xiao Mingyu arrived on the second floor of the Dream Chasing Cafe for the interview.

On Friday, she had witnessed Su Tong’s monthly salary message of Fifty Thousand and One Yuan get credited, which she didn’t understand, but was vastly shocked.

Of course, the salary alone wasn’t enough to stir Xiao Mingyu’s soul.

As a chosen rich second-generation, Mingyu could get an offer with an annual salary of 400 thousand from a top foreign enterprise, yet she still chose not to work.

For her, the optimal choice wasn’t to work for others but to inherit the family business.

The only reason she had gone for an interview and secured an offer was to prove the value of her degree from Capital University’s Finance Department.

Her visit to Transcendent Heaven Gaming for an interview today was mainly to satisfy her own curiosity.

She wanted to know how peculiar a company it had to be for its boss to begrudgingly pay for a rental space but willingly give a two-month-old employee a Fifty Thousand Yuan bonus.

And it was not just once, but every month, for every game!

This matter completely exceeded Xiao Mingyu’s understanding, so she wanted to see for herself the true colors of this peculiar company and its peculiar boss.

"Xiao Mingyu, right? I am Gu Fan, the president of Transcendent Heaven Gaming Company.

"But you don’t have to see me as the boss, I’m just a slightly higher-level worker."

Gu Fan flipped through Xiao Mingyu’s resume while gesturing for her to sit down across from him.

Since it was a workday and there weren’t many people on the first floor of the cafe, Gu Fan had arranged the interview here to avoid disturbing Su Tong’s work on the second floor.

The interview went smoothly, Gu Fan asked a few simple questions and determined that Xiao Mingyu was more than capable of handling the financial work of this small company.

Even if the company expanded several dozen times larger, she would still be fit for the role of finance director.

Although Gu Fan was unclear why someone with such capability and background would attend the interview, he didn’t bother to ask further—as long as someone was suitable, he would simply make the offer, and whether they accepted was their concern.

"I believe you are capable for this job. Do you have any questions for me?" Gu Fan put the resume away.

Xiao Mingyu perked up immediately. In fact, she had come to the interview just for this moment.

"May I ask about the salary and benefits at your company?"

Gu Fan had answered this question many times already, and almost mechanically replied, "Did you bring your pay slip?"

Xiao Mingyu explained, "I don’t have my pay slip, but I do have this."

She took out an offer from a foreign company from her bag, essentially an acceptance letter.

It contained specific details about the position, start date, and things to note upon joining, and most importantly, the salary package and the company’s official seal.

"An annual salary of 400 thousand?"

Gu Fan was slightly surprised.

Obviously, he had guessed that Xiao Mingyu could get a high-paying offer after seeing her resume, but he didn’t expect it to be as high as 400,000.

After all, she’s just a recent graduate!

Xiao Mingyu’s lips curved into a slight smile. "Yes."

She laughed inwardly, sure enough, saying that everyone would be paid 80% of their previous salary was just an excuse, just nonsense!

A 400,000 yearly salary, even if paid at 80%, would still be 320,000, which is nearly unbearable for a startup company.

The other party had only two choices: either to shamelessly continue to push down the salary or to part ways with a clap.

And most company owners would first try the former before reluctantly choosing the latter.

Clearly, if the other party were to lower the salary, it would mean Su Tong’s talk of 80% was utterly groundless, just an excuse this company used to nonsensically lower employee wages.

However, what Xiao Mingyu didn’t expect was that Gu Fan didn’t seem to have any intention of bargaining with her at all.

He just picked up a calculator from the side and quickly pressed a few buttons.

"Reset!

"32, divided by, 12, equals, 2.67."

Gu Fan said very sincerely, "We currently do not have a year-end bonus or the 13th salary here, it’s still fixed at 12 months. So the basic monthly salary we can offer you is 26,700.

"There may be corresponding bonuses or other benefits after the game profits, but the specific amount will be linked to the game’s profitability."

Then, he looked at Xiao Mingyu, waiting for her response.

Xiao Mingyu was stunned. "Just like that? There’s no ’but’?"

Gu Fan was also somewhat perplexed, "What ’but’?"

Xiao Mingyu was shocked, wow, just that direct and rough? Straight to 80% calculation?

Shouldn’t you be changing your tone at this point and finding another reason to press down the salary?

Though it still amounted to a pay cut, it greatly exceeded Xiao Mingyu’s expectations. A startup company offering a monthly salary of more than 26,000 to a recent graduate? And without any attempt to negotiate it down?

Not to mention bonuses after the game makes money?

If it had been before, Xiao Mingyu would of course be utterly incredulous; those who say, "you’ll get a bonus if the game makes money," 99% are just pie in the sky.

But just three days earlier, she had personally seen a salary notification of more than 50,000 yuan on Su Tong’s mobile phone.

This company, only plays for real!

"No problem, I’ll sign the contract."

Xiao Mingyu was also very straightforward, she read through the contract Gu Fan handed over, then signed.

She was curious to see what kind of tricks this company could pull next!

...

...

In the following week, Gu Fan interviewed and selected appropriate employees while working on the game "Against Heaven Blocks."

The official platform, of course, provided game templates. Although the gameplay was simple and developing from scratch was totally effortless, why wouldn’t the majority of contestants use the ready-made templates? When it comes to workload, saving even a day is beneficial.

With Gu Fan’s technical level, he could finish the development in two to three days if he copied the templates and worked at the fastest speed.

But he still seriously spent a whole week, putting in 120% of his effort to rewrite the code.

Lilith quickly provided the corresponding art and music resources, and Gu Fan added these assets to the game immediately.

It had to be said, it was pretty cool.

Apart from a comprehensive update of the game’s UI interface and sound effects, many special effects were added.

What impressed Gu Fan the most was the effect of the "Angel’s Descent" feature.

When the "Angel’s Descent" effect was triggered, a golden six-winged archangel would appear on the screen, gently waving his long sword, cool effects flashed by ... and then the player would find that several lines of garbage blocks had mysteriously appeared at the bottom of their screen.

Gu Fan could already imagine the scenes of players cursing "bastards" after getting garbage blocks added by "Angel’s Descent."

After finishing the game, Gu Fan immediately submitted it for official review and managed to pass the preliminary round smoothly.

The so-called preliminary round was basically a screening process where any game that was decent, even slightly innovative, or of high quality could pass.

The real battle was the subsequent official competition.

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