Cheng Kai being able to get along well with his subordinates is actually pretty reasonable. “Sleepwalker” is a new game company, its employees are all young people who love games, with a pretty huge proportion of Otakus. Each of them, when meeting Cheng Kai, seemed to click and became besties, they could bewilderingly talk endlessly!
On the other hand, Zhufang Technology is an Artificial Intelligence company that focuses on making commercial smart1As in AI or “smart”-phones solutions. Simply put, it means applying AI to various commercial applications, essentially focusing on products and services. The technology R&D and the commercial aspect are both equally important.
Most employees in the office love socializing and sports. They enjoy discussing famous brands and variety shows, and are also passionate about gaining research funds and stocks. The places they went to in leisure are usually tennis courts and bars. Their life trajectory is to date, get married, have children, buy cars and houses, and love, get married, have children, buy cars, then houses.
In short, almost all of them are ordinary normies.
Qin Fanglu actually has never deliberately hid his love for the fictional world. It’s just that he and his subordinates don’t really have much in common. He only looked for their abilities when recruiting, he also never bothered to go for “team building” activities.
The employees work for him, and he gives them money. They don’t interfere with each other’s personal interests. Qin Fanglu only abides by the legally agreed employment relationship, this is enough.
If it weren’t for the slightly higher turnover rate in the past two years, Qin Fanglu also wouldn’t have thought of getting close to his subordinates.
This is the first time Qin Fanglu participated in such a gathering for grassroot2Meaning they are at the bottom level employees. Although everyone seemed to be chatting leisurely, they were actually secretly observing Mr. Qin’s attitude.
They are a bit nervous.
Zhu Han was more cheerful, he was the first to stand up and lift his cup of alcohol, “Mr. Qin, I would like to toast you. Please feel free3To respond back.”
Ruan Cunyun felt a slight chill. The drinking culture finally arrived after a delay.
Before Qin Fanglu came, everyone was pretty joyful and harmonious, no one was forcing or resisting drinking alcohol. Ruan Cunyun thought that it was the usual atmosphere at a rising tech company, as it turns out it was just because the big boss wasn’t around.
Now that the boss has arrived, the employees might also be anxious.
Ruan Cunyun suddenly clenched his wine glass.
His alcohol tolerance is average, moreover just a sip of it would make his face red, definitely isn’t good enough for drinking in workplaces4Sometimes socializing with coworkers or even business partners require alcohol. For business dealings, being able to hold your alcohol might be important, the explanation might come in the later chapters. He is afraid of making a fool of himself.
However, no one expected that Qin Fanglu would lift a chubby and short cup filled with watermelon juice, and casually bumped it with Zhu Han’s wine glass, and then, under everyone’s astonished gaze, raised his head and drank the watermelon juice clean.
“You don’t need to drink, we don’t do that to our own people,” Qin Fanglu said calmly.
Ruan Cunyun silently released the wine glass from the clutch of his fingers
Everyone laughed, the table’s atmosphere became noticeably more relaxed.
At the end, Qin Fanglu paid the bill, and this group of people who had eaten and drunk to their heart’s content walked out cheerfully.
Some people drove off, some waited, and Qin Fanglu was about to head towards the parking lot when he saw Ruan Cunyun pulling his phone with his head down, revealing a fair back neck. The screen displayed a navigation map.
This child still hasn’t known how to get home.
Qin Fanglu didn’t know what was wrong with him, he unexpectedly threw a question, “Do you need me to give you a ride?”
The boy seemed to be scared by him, a hint of panic flowed through his clear doe-like eyes. But he returned to his normally calm state immediately.
Ruan Cunyun smiled politely, “No need, thank you, Mr. Qin. I’ll take the subway home, it’s very convenient.”
He shook his phone as he spoke.
Qin Fanglu caught a flash of two small tiger teeth, nodded, and then left without saying anything.
Ruan Cunyun took the Subway alone, sat an empty seat at the side, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The first thing Ruan Cunyun did after getting home was taking a shower, then throwing himself into his soft little bed and casually grabbing a huggable cushion.
His whole body felt uncomfortable. He wasn’t physically tired, rather he felt mentally drained.
Social interaction is really exhausting.
This is just his first day at work, but it felt like a century had passed.
Ruan Cunyun collapsed on the bed as he swiped his phone, then he suddenly let out a loud wait, immediately sitting up like a carp, even the cushion was thrown by him on the ground.
Teacher Balls has just posted on Weibo!
BALLS posted a candid photo of Secret Base, featuring vibrant decorations, walls covered with posters, and joyful expressions of the visitors.
The caption is as concise as ever, “So cool.”
Because he set up a special reminder, Ruan Cunyun saw it very early.
There were already some comments on the post, most of which are “Aaaaahhhhh, Teacher Balls posted a personal activity!!”
Ruan Cunyun was attracted by several comments.
[What a surprise! Is Teacher Balls currently in City Shen5Likely refers to Shenzhen, it is indeed a city with pretty advanced technology?]
[I’m at the venue!! Which one is you, Teacher BALLS! You must be a beautiful woman, right?]
[Damn, not only did I draw your signed art, I even breathed the same air as you. I can now die without regrets (peacefully ascending to heaven)]
Ruan Cunyun quickly left a comment: [Aaaaahhhhh!!!! Madame, you actually went to the venue!! I almost went there wuwuwuwu, what a pity TAT]
He then clicked on the third person’s Weibo homepage and indeed saw the signed art of Teacher Balls on the other’s first Weibo post.
Ruan Cunyun was like a traveler in the desert who hasn’t had water for three days, he impatiently clicked on the picture.
This drawing depicts a cool assassin, sitting at the top of a steep neon building with one leg hanging down, his left hand holding an unbuckled sniper rifle, his black hair fluttering with the wind. He looks disdainfully on all living beings, masking his peak of skill mastery with frivolousness.
The lines are crisp and sharp, the composition perspective is precise and natural. The picture was rendered in such a strong atmosphere that makes people feel that the drawing technique isn’t obvious, only feeling that it is very natural.
Ruan Cunyun looked at it until tears flowed down, his fingers uncontrollably blowing rainbow farts: [Dear Teacher Balls, you are Kami6Japanese for god, you are a God, an angel who descended to save the world…… What he is holding isn’t a gun, but a love arrow shooting towards my heart. What you are holding isn’t a pen, but a lollipop that has pierced my heart (tears flowing down my eyes)]
After Ruan Cunyun sent out his comment, he saved the picture and once again zoomed in and watched it carefully. The beautiful “BALLS” signature in the bottom right corner helped him feel overwhelmed again.
If it weren’t for the company’s gathering, this signed art might have been his!
Ruan Cunyun felt as if his heart was twisted with a knife. He then tapped on Xu Feifei’s chat box: [I’m so angry!! Teacher Balls also went to Secret Base! Did you see what Madame looks like?]
Feiry Handsome: [No ah, I just saw this Weibo post!!!]
Feiry Handsome: [Did she go by herself secretly?]
Cun: [Aaaahhhh So angry! Did I just lose a signed art tonight? No, what I lost was the chance to pass by Teacher Balls.]
Cun: [Is this the price a laborer has to pay? QAQ]
Feiry Handsome: [Do you even know what Madame looks like?]
Cun: [Don’t know…… I don’t even know the gender (* ^ ^ *)]
Cun: [Indeed, it’s useless even if I went there, I can’t recognize her anyway wuwuwu7crying onomatopoiea]
Feiry Handsome: [No!! I believe you, your strong Balls Radar will allow you to perceive the existence of Teacher Balls and guide you to her side!]
Ruan Cunyun’s face was covered with black lines, Balls Radar…… what the hell ah!
Ruan Cunyun on one hand roasted Xu Feifei for being Chuni8As in chuunibyo, refers to people who have the delusion of being the protagonist in anime/manga, on the other hand, he actually envied him at the same time.
Although Xu Feifei did not win the signed art nor recognize Teacher Balls, at least he had once been in the same room with Teacher Balls.
While Ruan Cunyun had to stay with his colleagues and boss all night.
He didn’t even see a single strand of Teacher Balls’ hair.
The author has something to say:
Information that can now be made public:
Balls Radar is extremely ineffective. Please do not purchase. Be careful of frauds.
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152