Chapter 17 Wednesday, October 17th

The high-speed rail was almost to Jingzhou, and Zhao Xuming felt inexplicably uneasy.

This whole thing was too sudden!

Just yesterday, he was still going to Longyu Group to work in a serious manner. As a result, he went through the resignation procedures at lightning speed in the morning, briefly handed over his work, and after telling his family in the afternoon, he was already on the high-speed rail to Jingzhou today.

The distance from Jingzhou to Modu was not far. Although flying would be much shorter in the air, the journey to the airport, security checks, waiting, and other procedures added up to more trouble than taking the high-speed rail. So Zhao Xuming chose the high-speed rail.

The whole process was too fast and too rushed, so Zhao Xuming was not fully prepared.

Longyu Group was urging him quite urgently, and Tenda seemed to be urging him too.

Zhao Xuming received more attention when he resigned than when he was employed, which was ridiculous.

This time, Zhao Xuming did not bring his family. He only brought the most basic luggage, just like a normal business trip.

He planned to go to Tenda first to take a look and simply adapt to his work. If he really settled down and the time was right, he would consider moving.

"I wonder what it will be like to meet President Pei..."

"This time, President Pei actually used a game design idea to exchange for me, which is really surprising..."

Zhao Xuming felt inexplicably flustered, fearing that he would not meet President Pei's expectations.

To put it in a not-so-appropriate analogy, President Pei's ideas were like gold mines, which in themselves had great value. The only problem was that it took some labor and time to dig them out.

Now, President Pei was essentially giving away a gold mine, giving up on digging it himself, and instead handing it over to others to dig, so everyone could share the money.

This was no small sacrifice.

In the eyes of Longyu Group, Zhao Xuming was clearly not as valuable as a profitable game.

Zhao Xuming himself felt the same way.

So, what if he didn't achieve outstanding results after joining Tenda? Wouldn't that be too embarrassing?

It was President Pei who exchanged an idea for him, and that was all he could do?

Just thinking about it made him feel like he would suffer a social death.

Before, it didn't matter if he just messed around at Longyu Group. Anyway, whether he messed around or not, the upper limit was like that, and no one could tell.

But at Tenda, the employees here were all elites among elites. Wouldn't it be easy to get caught if he messed around?

This gave Zhao Xuming an inexplicable sense of crisis, like a student in an ordinary class being singled out by the head teacher to transfer to a key class. The pressure was immense!

Just as he was agonizing over it, his phone rang.

It was Eric calling.

"Huh? Eric is back?"

Zhao Xuming calculated the time and felt that Eric's affairs over there should be almost finished.

"But... I'm no longer with Longyu Group!"

Zhao Xuming felt a little awkward. He thought Eric was calling him mostly to talk about *ioi*, but he had already resigned and was about to defect to President Pei's side...

His former partner had become an enemy. What should he do?

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Xuming answered the phone, "Hello?"

Eric said, "President Zhao, I just got off the plane."

"There's something I want to tell you. Prepare yourself."

"President Pei might be looking for you during this time to discuss poaching you to Tenda."

"I've already decided to go to Tenda. I've resigned from Dayak Corporation. I told President Pei that I wanted him to poach you over as well, so we can work together again. He agreed at the time."

"This matter may not be easy to handle, since you still have a non-compete agreement and are not a free agent. In short, when President Pei contacts you, cooperate more. I still hope to continue working with you."

Zhao Xuming's mouth was slightly open, speechless for a moment.

"President Zhao?" Eric thought Zhao Xuming was too surprised by the news and didn't say anything.

Zhao Xuming was silent for a moment, and said, "To be honest, I'm already on the high-speed rail, and I'll be in Jingzhou in less than an hour."

"President Pei has already arranged everything."

This time it was Eric's turn to be silent.

Across the phone, Zhao Xuming could feel Eric's shock.

This was too fast!

In fact, after Eric returned to Dayak Corporation headquarters, he did become a scapegoat. But the headquarters' arrangement for him was only a transfer and a painless criticism, without even a salary cut.

After all, the headquarters understood that Eric had already taken the blame, and it would be too much to demote and cut his salary.

But Eric immediately offered his resignation.

The headquarters tried to persuade him to stay two or three times, but to no avail, so they had to let Eric hand over his work and complete the resignation procedures.

During this process, the human resources department did not forget to remind Eric that he had a non-compete agreement.

But Eric didn't care at all.

So what about the non-compete agreement? The place I'm going to is beyond the reach of the non-compete agreement!

Although Dayak Corporation was a large and established company and didn't lack him, Eric still had to go through some wrangling and relatively complicated procedures before he finally completed the formalities.

He took a direct flight to Jingzhou, and after landing, Eric remembered to call Zhao Xuming.

Estimating the time, President Pei should be about to start poaching people, so he called Zhao Xuming in advance to let him prepare.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Xuming arrived in Jingzhou at almost the same time as him...

And things were going much smoother on his side.

This made Eric feel very complicated, on the one hand he was envious, and on the other hand he was touched.

President Pei really poached Zhao Xuming because of a word from him?

He valued him too much!

He had never experienced this kind of attention at Dayak Corporation.

The two of them were silent for a few seconds, and Eric said, "Okay, then I'll see you in Jingzhou."

...

More than an hour later.

Zhao Xuming and Eric settled down in their respective hotels, and then took a car to Tenda headquarters to meet President Pei.

The two looked at each other, speechless.

Just last week, they were fighting side by side, jointly fighting against the powerful Tenda Group, but this week they had both defected, which felt quite ironic.

Arriving at the entrance of Shenhua Haoyuan, the two had just gotten out of the car when they saw President Pei welcoming them with a smile on his face, "Welcome, welcome!"

"The arrival of the two of you at Tenda is truly a gift from heaven!"

"A welcome banquet has been arranged for the two of you at No Name Restaurant on the 20th. Please do come."

"Today, I'll take you to hand over your work first. If you need anything, you can directly ask."

Seeing President Pei's enthusiasm, the two felt a little overwhelmed.

Eight words silently appeared in their hearts: Defeated generals dare not speak bravely!

After a few simple greetings, Pei Qian took Eric and Zhao Xuming directly to the seventeenth floor of the building, which was Tenda's game department.

As Pei Qian walked, he introduced, "Currently, Tenda's game department is mainly divided into two parts. One part is responsible for the development of new games, and the other part is responsible for the operation and maintenance of *gog*."

"However, this floor has long been overcrowded, and workstations that couldn't fit have been arranged on other floors. The people on this floor are all core employees."

"I've long wanted to adjust it slightly and remove the *gog* project team, but I haven't found an opportunity. "

"This is a good opportunity to make some personnel changes and split up the people responsible for the development and operation of *gog*."

"There will be enough space when Tenda's headquarters building is built, but the building has only just begun planning, and it's still a long way from completion."

Looking at the sparse workstations, Zhao Xuming thought that President Pei's definition of "overcrowded" might have a slight deviation.

And when Eric saw that there were so few people in the entire department, he didn't underestimate them, but instead his expression became serious.

At Longyu Group, there were many people responsible for the operation of *ioi* alone.

But looking at Tenda, the development, operation, and other personnel combined only amounted to dozens of people!

This showed that the employees at Tenda were all deeply hidden and could each be worth two or three people outside.

Working with this group of excellent people and being their leader, Eric felt the pressure.

Pei Qian led the two directly to Min Jingchao's workstation.

"Starting tomorrow, you will no longer be responsible for the *gog* project. I have other arrangements for you."

"Hand over your work and find a veteran employee to be responsible for the subsequent development of *gog*. As for the domestic and overseas operations of *gog*, they will be handed over to these two."

"They're all old friends, so no need for further introductions. This is Eric, President Eric, and Zhao Xuming, President Zhao."

Min Jingchao: "Huh?"

His expression was full of surprise, and he was obviously not prepared at all.

He had just come to work not long ago, and the chair at his workstation hadn't even warmed up yet when President Pei suddenly came over and dismissed him?!

But Min Jingchao didn't say anything, just stood up and nodded, "Okay, President Pei."

Pei Qian said, "Complete the handover as soon as possible, and then go to Yangcheng with me."

"In addition, compile a list of all personnel related to the current *gog* project and relocate the office space together later."

"Okay, you guys hand over your work, and come to me if you have any questions."

After Pei Qian finished speaking, he left very smartly.

Eric and Zhao Xuming looked at each other, both obviously a little dazed.

That's it?

Looking at Min Jingchao's bewildered expression, it was clear that President Pei hadn't communicated this matter with him at all beforehand!

He directly changed his job for him, and the key was that Min Jingchao didn't raise any objections or questions and directly went to carry it out?

This kind of execution and efficiency was really a bit scary.

At the same time, it further confirmed that President Pei's control within Tenda was astonishing.

This kind of control was not just power or oppression. It could be seen that Min Jingchao had no complaints about this arrangement and seemed to recognize President Pei's arrangements from the bottom of his heart.

This showed that President Pei's reputation within Tenda was also terrifyingly high...

Working in such a magical company, most of the previous work experience, including the experience of interpersonal relationships with colleagues, was probably useless and had to be relearned.

Of course, Min Jingchao had heard of Eric and Zhao Xuming's names for a long time. After all, they were old rivals, but he had no idea when President Pei had poached the two of them together without anyone knowing.

"Gentlemen, I've long admired you." Min Jingchao smiled slightly.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly said, "No, we should be the ones saying that we've long admired you. We've always been beaten, and we've never won."

Eric nodded, "Yes, we're mainly here with a mindset of learning, so please give us a lot of guidance!"