Chapter 99.1
Editor: Jodi
Facing the news released by the Casper family about their autonomous driving cars, many people started tagging the Li Group Corporation’s official website and Li Qingzhou’s Weibo.
They wanted to know the stage of development the Li Group’s autonomous driving technology had reached, whether it was close to producing results, and how it compared to the Casper family’s technology.
However in response to the multitude of comments, the Li Group Corporation’s official website only gave three words—”Wait and see.”
These few words appeared to be brimming with confidence.
Causing many netizens to express their anticipation and support.
On the other hand, however, the Casper family, which had just registered their Weibo account in the country, posted a somewhat ambiguous statement.
–Overconfidence is nothing but self-inflation, and blind confidence is ignorance. Not knowing one’s limits will only lead to a disastrous end.
[Wow! Such a passive-aggressive statement, it’s clearly a dig at the Li Group Corporation, ah… it seems like they’re looking down on them, suggesting that the Li Group’s autonomous driving technology couldn’t possibly compare to theirs.]
[The Casper family really dares to say anything, provoking openly.]
[Why isn’t the Li Group Corporation fighting back, what are they waiting for?!]
[The other party has already released a new concept video for autonomous driving, whereas the Li Group has only given three words. Are they really confident or just unsure of how to respond?!]
While there were netizens supporting the Li Group Corporation, there were also many voices of doubt.
However faced with these doubts, the Li Group’s official website only had that one response for everyone, without issuing any other statements.
So it was unclear if they really had confidence or were hesitant to respond.
Blessings never came in pairs and misfortunes never came singly.
The game production of ‘Sky Juvenile’ had reached its final and most crucial phase.
However unexpectedly, several of the employees of the Li Group Corporation responsible for art planning suddenly started to jump ship one after the other,
Including one in a key position.
And despite having contracts in place with the company, they were willing to forgo their wages and pay the penalty for breaching their contracts to leave.
Zhou Xingwei, confused, went to one of the employees he had a good relationship with to try to persuade him to stay: “The game production of ‘Sky Juvenile’ is in its final stages, so why leave now?!”
The employee replied, “I won’t hide it from you. The other side offered a lot of money to poach us, what’s more their game involves high-end technology from abroad and so needs a lot of talent for its complex production…..”
“Our game will be squeezed out of the market anyway, so it won’t make much of a difference whether I’m here or not.”
In the end Zhou Xingwei’s persuasion failed, as that employee still left.
Afterwards, several more game planners were poached from the company.
Making Zhou Xingwei extremely anxious.
They had put a lot of effort into this game. It was akin to watching their own child being born, and now it felt like someone was saying they didn’t want the child anymore.
Li Qingzhou consoled him, telling him that there was no need to worry about those who had chosen to leave now—they would regret it eventually.
In the evening, Liu Bohuai picked Li Qingzhou up from work as usual.
And with a cold expression and an air of frostiness around him that made people shiver, Li Qingzhou, not using his wheelchair and supported by an exoskeleton device, descended from the top floor, causing the employees he met to fall silent.
“I wonder which company is so unscrupulous as to poach our staff. Looking at President Li’s expression, he must be really upset.”
“Sigh, I’m thinking that even if we manage to complete the game successfully, it’ll be fine for just casual play. It won’t be anything spectacular….. anyways, I’m not holding my breath.”
“Aren’t you just boosting others’ morale at our own expense?”
“I’m just being honest…”
The two employees who had just seen Li Qingzhou whispered to each other as they walked away.
Outside the company, Li Qingzhou got into the passenger seat of the car, and the moment he did so, his expression softened immediately as he said, “Ah Huai, let’s go. Let’s go and pick Shengsheng and Jun Jun up from school.”
Liu Bohuai started the car, and along the way, told him, “The Lu family has started making their moves.”
This sentence was a little sudden, however Li Qingzhou understood.
He nodded: “En, they’ve secretly poached quite a few people from my company.”
“The game production of ‘Sky Juvenile’ is already in its final stages and now, with a small group leaving, the progress will have to be delayed, but it’s not a big issue.”
“Moreover, it’s better to see certain people’s true colors sooner rather than later in order to avoid trouble down the line.”
“I’ve always been solely responsible for the game’s programming, and I haven’t revealed anything previously, so the employees at the game studio are unaware…..”
Li Qingzhou laughed, a mocking look in his eyes.
[I’m very prescient….]
In the original story, the Lu family played the role of the villains in the latter half.
Especially Lu Jizhen, who was a very capable woman.
As in the end, she surpassed her big brother, Lu Peng to take control of the Lu family.
Then with the Lu family in her hands and having turned its fortune around, she believed she had the means to oppose the Liu family.
At that time, Liu Bohuai had already stepped back, with the Liu family being inherited by Liu Xiahui.
And Lu Jizhen and Liu Jingyuan, coveting the Liu family, used the Lu family as their support to confront Liu Xiahui.
Of course, as Liu Xiahui was the male protagonist of the original story, the plots of Lu Jizhen and Liu Jingyuan failed in the end…..
However right now, the Lu family had initially wanted the game rights to ‘Sky Juvenile’ but had been outmaneuvered by Li Qingzhou.
So the Lu family, likely feeling uncomfortable, made several underhanded moves in secret.
For instance, they hired internet trolls to denigrate the Li Group Corporation’s game development capabilities, claiming that they were amateurs and would ruin the big IP that was ‘Sky Juvenile’.
And now they had resorted to underhanded competition by secretly poaching staff.
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