You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 219 Reverse Poaching (2 in 1, please order)
According to the contact from the board of directors, it seems that Youyi’s business has been severely backstabbed by Taoyuan Township again, so the poaching must be accelerated.

But, Xia Shangyu's heart is actually a little subtle.

After spending time with the employees of Taoyuan Township, she found that these employees were simpler and more lovely than she had imagined.
They live very transparently and purely. They play games happily and travel happily.

It seems that the extremely fierce workplace outside has nothing to do with them.

During the half month of traveling with them, Xia Shangyu had only one word in her mind:

Comfortable!

Although I can’t say where I feel comfortable, every pore on my body feels extremely refreshed.

……

Afterwards, the tour group continued to visit the ancient city of Dali.

Xia Shangyu moved among them, with a rare smile and enthusiasm on her face.

There is an old saying that goes, "He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black."

During these years in the business world, she envied and yearned for the free and easy lifestyle of the Taoyuan Township employees, so she was also struggling with whether to continue poaching and destroy all this beauty.

"Miss Xia, come and take a look here, it's fun."

Sun Rou, Xie Ying and other girls greeted her from a distance.

Xia Shangyu agreed and walked over with all her heart.

Anyway, there's still some time until the group's board of directors gives their verdict, so let her dwell on it for a while...

……

In the afternoon, Xia Shangyu led the tour group to the two must-see city towers in Dali, the north and south.

In the South City Tower, employees climbed up the ancient stone steps step by step, as if they were stepping into the corridor of history.

The towering city gate, with its enormous Chinese characters "Dali" (大理) written on it, seems to narrate the city's long history. Sunlight shines through the ancient gate, illuminating the bluestone pavement like inlaid gemstones.

Wan Xiaotong took out her camera and took pictures. The other employees of the Super Time and Space Moe Girls Group saw that the producer was carefully selecting materials and also took pictures to agree with her.

In their opinion, this travel experience of talking with the ancients might be Mr. Lu's development hint.
After all, "A Chinese Odyssey" also tells the story of traveling through time and space to save the world and human history.

Seeing that Wan Xiaotong was very interested, Xia Shangyu smiled and said:

“This South City Tower has two other names: Shuanghe Tower and Cheng’en Tower.

The South Gate is the first of the four gates of the ancient city. It was built in the 1961th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The word "Dali" on the gate was written by Guo Moruo when he visited Dali in . "Dali" is the name of the country, which means "governing Dali, enriching the country and prospering the nation."

Wan Xiaotong nodded excitedly and took photos, although in her worldview, she only knew about the Dali Kingdom from Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

Footsteps could be heard on the old bricks, employees took photos together from time to time, and cheerful laughter echoed between the ancient walls.

Afterwards, the employees went to the North City Tower, also known as Anyuan Tower.

After coming down from the city wall, they arrived at Xiyun Academy in the city.

The ancient buildings of the academy reveal a faint scent of ink, as if you can smell the scent of historical books. Every ancient tree in the academy seems to echo the sound of reading in the past.

Xiyun Academy is located in the current DL City No. 1 Middle School. The academy was built in the Qing Dynasty and was originally the private residence of Yang Yuke.

After finishing browsing, Xia Shangyu found that there were several missed calls on her mobile phone, all from Shenzhou landlines, which should be calls from the group's board of directors.

Xia Shangyu pursed her lips and hung up the phone.

After a tour of Dali Ancient City, everyone was contentedly sorting out the photos and various shooting materials in their cameras.
Lu Yu said at this time: "Don't be too eager to satisfy yourself, there are still a lot of fun places to come."

The employees immediately became uneasy: "Ah? Mr. Lu, do you have any new arrangements?"

"Of course. Our corporate culture at Taoyuan Township is that if you want to have fun, then have fun to the fullest!"

……

Afterwards, the bus arrived at Ganhaizi, located on the eastern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Driving on the rugged mountain road, the scenery outside the window is like a beautiful painting. This former alpine glacial lake has now become a vast plateau meadow.

Lu Yu chose a place with a great view and organized a simple and warm open picnic for everyone.

After the sunshade tent was set up, it was filled with fresh fruits, fragrant barbecue, and authentic plateau yogurt.

The flames in the charcoal stove danced, roasting the ingredients with a crackling sound, and smoke rose in the air.

Lu Yu flipped the barbecue with great skill, while Liu Mengyuan and a group of foodies were already watching with their mouths watering.

The meat skewers rolled on the charcoal fire, the oil on the surface sizzled, and gradually became golden and attractive.

The employees feasted on the tender grilled meat and fresh vegetables.

Taoyuan Township employees are enjoying a barbecue at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. They are in a good mood and have a leisure point of +850.

Lu Yu felt a little relieved as he watched the income record of leisure points continue to increase.

This month-long transformation of corporate culture and values ​​is finally showing some results.

Now, I’m afraid that the employees of Taoyuan Township will no longer worry about whether to roll it or not.

Now these guys are supervising the whole process right under his nose. If they can stab him in the back, it can be written into a science fiction novel.

Lu Yu felt relaxed and happy.

……

After having a good meal and a drink, we set out on the path leading to Blue Moon Valley.

The lake water shone blue under the sunlight, and the melodious sound of wind chimes echoed through the valley.

Xia Shangyu introduced as she walked:
"The melted ice and snow of Yulong Snow Mountain flow into a river that flows through this valley on the eastern foot of the mountain. Because the moon is reflected in the blue water against the backdrop of the blue sky, and because the Blue Moon Valley in British writer Hilton's novel Lost Horizon is similar to this, it is named Blue Moon Valley."

The girls all had stars in their eyes.

"Wow, so romantic!"

Everyone came to the Baishui River.

The lakeside vegetation is lush and green, with wildflowers swaying gracefully in the breeze. A clear spring gurgles, the river flowing over white stones, and a gentle breeze creates ripples on the water's surface.

Many girls took off their shoes, stepped on the soft sand and walked into the cool river. The splashing water and the joyful laughter echoed in the Baishui River Valley, forming a symphony.

Liu Mengyuan couldn't help but run over to play in the water.

Lu Yu was on the shore, holding his chin and watching Liu Mengyuan playing in the water, with a satisfied smile of an old father on his face.

Zhang Fan took out his guitar and prepared to pretend to play a light melody, and the notes echoed in the valley.

Zhang Qiqi looked at Zhang Fan and felt like trying her hand at guitar and improvising a song.

When the other employees saw this, their faces changed drastically. They tried desperately to dissuade Zhang Qiqi, and finally managed to stop her from thinking about this.

My goodness, these people almost ended up dead in the wilderness and became an unsolved unsolved case.

Xia Shangyu found a relatively quiet corner by the lake. She sat there alone, staring into the depths of the lake, seemingly thinking.

Lu Yu walked over and handed over a bottle of fat otaku happy water.

"Miss Xia, you really have something on your mind." "Why do you think so?"

Xia Shangyu unscrewed the can without hesitation, gulped down several mouthfuls, and then squinted her eyes in pleasure like a cat.

Lu Yu did not answer this question, but smiled slightly and said:

"Actually... your main job isn't a tour guide, right? You know, we're a gaming company, so I'm guessing you were sent by a colleague in the industry to poach our employees, right?"

Lu Yu pursed his lips and finished speaking, and Xia Shangyu spit out the Coke in her mouth.

She coughed several times and looked at Lu Yu in disbelief.

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Not only do I know that you are a headhunter, I also know that your first targets were Chu Xiong and Zhang Fan."

Xia Shangyu's eyes suddenly widened.

Lu Yu curled his lips, hiding his achievements and fame.

He knew this because on the first day Xia Shangyu joined the group, two screens suddenly flashed across the system:
[Employee Chu Xiong, aroused by Xia Shangyu's allure of black stockings, is in high spirits and suffers a critical hit. Leisure Points +10]

[Employee Zhang Fan, aroused by Xia Shangyu lifting the hem of her skirt, is in a good mood and suffers a critical hit. Leisure Points +11]

Although it might be a bit disrespectful to the fat guy Chu Xiong to think so, a girl like Xia Shangyu actively approaching Chu Xiong is definitely not a drama of youthful love, and she probably has other intentions.

Considering Chu Xiong's identity as the technical director, Lu Yu guessed it immediately.

Xia Shangyu was silent for a moment, then smiled with relief:

"So, Mr. Lu, you knew my identity from the beginning, but not only were you not angry, you still let me lead the group and play with everyone. Can I ask why?"

"First of all, I am very confident that your Liu Group has no chance of poaching my employees."

Lu Yu thought to himself that in order to earn leisure points, his investment in employee welfare had already been disregarding cost and even illogical.
Any listed company that always talks about financial indicators such as reducing efficiency and increasing costs and cost control cannot provide employee benefits to this extent.

How could he lose when the treatment was so incredible?

Xia Shangyu smiled bitterly and nodded:

"I have to admit, Mr. Lu, your way of running the company is truly astonishing. Not to mention the other benefits, I've already heard about them from Chuxiong. Just talking about this trip to Yunnan, the length of time you've spent and the sheer amount of money you've spent are unheard of.

At Liu Group, a week of team building for a project is already very long, and you're doing it for a month..."

Lu Yu asked directly: "Are you envious?"

"Eh?"

Xia Shangyu didn't expect Lu Yu to be so direct and was speechless for a moment.

Lu Yu stood up, patted the wrinkles of his pants, and smiled faintly.
"You don't need to answer this question, because your expression tells me that you are envious.
So, please allow me to extend a job invitation to you. Taoyuanxiang Company happens to be in need of a senior headhunter and business scout. If you are interested, I will send you an offer directly."

Xia Shangyu was stunned again: "Mr. Lu, aren't you going to interview me?"

"Actually, I've been interviewing you for the past two weeks. You really enjoyed this trip to Xishuangbanna and didn't continue to harass other employees. That's enough. It shows that this trip has given you some food for thought.

Ms. Xia, I can see that you were a successful business headhunter in the past, but because of this, you focus on performance and ignore many of the scenery along the way in life, just like the valley in front of us.

We work hard and strive for performance so that we can enjoy life better in the future.

In other words, work is a means to an end, not an end. If you become absorbed in your work and can't extricate yourself, isn't that putting the cart before the horse and wasting your time?

After Lu Yu said this, he stood up and left.

Xia Shangyu was left alone, staring blankly at the river in front of her, repeating Lu Yu's words:

"Is work not a goal, but a means?"

Lu Yu looked at Xia Shangyu's thoughtful back and smiled slightly.

In his future plans for the company, the company does need a senior headhunter and a spy who can gather industry intelligence.

But this position is not intended to allow Taoyuan Township to participate in the competition and internal competition in the industry.

But quite the opposite!

If Xia Shangyu is able to get a job in the future, Lu Yu hopes that she will specifically look for those companies in the industry that are less successful, half-dead, hanging on by a thread, and just muddling through.

If one word is used to simply describe the target Xia Shangyu will be looking for in the future, it would be two words——

Moderate!

That’s right, his target is to find a company that can survive and not go bankrupt, but has been busy for many years but has not been able to grow and develop.

And the reason why he was looking for such a company was for only one purpose——

Learn from the opponent's advanced experience of lying down and playing badly.

There was no way. The reason why Lu Yu arranged Xia Shangyu to play such a role was because he now felt a little insecure in his heart.

An important reason for this insecurity is that since he was reborn into this world, everything has been going so smoothly for him and he has succeeded so easily.

No matter what type of game, or even other business tracks,
Make one, make it a success, make one, make it a hit!
It's outrageous!
Some people may say, isn’t it a good thing to make a hit every time?

In fact, Lu Yu was not concerned about the project being too successful, but was worried about the consequences of the project being too successful.

roll!
The lessons learned from the previous projects were still fresh in his mind, and he didn't know what kind of curse had been cast on these employees.
Through the interview process, he has tried his best to screen out those professional candidates who have excellent work ability and a strong culture of wolf-like.
As a result, no matter how talented or dull the employees were, they would make rapid progress after being hired, as if they had been given a cheat and were riding a rocket!
It's outrageous!
So, the core of the matter is that in Taoyuan Township, these employees are a little addicted to "rolling".

Even if Lu Yu stopped them from working overtime, they would still go voluntarily and secretly take the computer back home to work.

Perhaps it is because they have never tasted success before. In their previous companies and schools, they were PUA, despised, and bullied. Once they tasted success, this positive feedback is as addictive as a Skinner box!
Therefore, Lu Yu, who was frequently backstabbed, began to doubt his understanding of the term "laying back and relaxing". Although there was no sign that his group of little kings would backstab him soon, he was already a little paranoid.

Therefore, he decided to recruit talents like Xia Shangyu.
Instead of working in isolation, it is better to learn from the experience of other "successful people" in doing things smoothly.

The plan goes through!
……

The one-month team-building trip is coming to an end soon.

During the last three days of team building, the tour group came to Lijiang Ancient Town.

The ancient city is like a treasure box, embedded on the Yunnan Plateau, simple and elegant.

The city has no regular road network and no rigid city walls. Instead, it unfolds in a landscape resembling a scroll, framed by three mountains and connected by a river. This is a spontaneously formed space, winding, secluded, narrow, and accessible, centered around water, imbued with a quaint charm.

After entering the city, Xia Shangyu continued to explain diligently:
"The dense concentration of bridges is the most distinctive feature of the water lanes of Lijiang Old Town. Ancient architectural forms such as three courtyards and a screen wall, quadrangle with five patios, front and back yards, and one entrance with two courtyards unfold before our eyes, each exuding a sense of history."

Many art staff members of the Super Space-Time Moe Girls Group took pencils in their hands and casually drew buildings in their notebooks.

Everyone came to the Mu Mansion, which was once the government office of the hereditary chieftain Mu family in Lijiang, and is now the Ancient City Museum.

This ancient building, bearing the history of the Mu family's rise and fall, is decorated with plaques bestowed by successive emperors. The history of Lijiang is vividly and thoroughly presented in the Mu Mansion.

The tour group then visited other attractions, including Lion Rock, Wangu Tower, Wufeng Tower, Puji Temple, and White Horse Dragon Pond Temple.

As the tour group wanders through the ancient city, every step is a reflection of history. Lijiang's ancient streets and alleys seem to transport visitors back thousands of years, allowing them to experience the lives of ancient people.

This ancient city is a veritable resource for game development, with every corner a page of history. The ancient buildings, bluestone pavements, and quaint alleyways are like a time tunnel, transporting everyone back in time.

Wan Xiaotong's bright eyes were wide open, and she was reluctant to leave, as if she was in a mysterious and ancient time and space.

Just as the employees were watching in fascination, Xia Shangyu received another text message. The number she saw was from Liu Lan:

"How's the operation going recently? You're in Lijiang Old Town, right? I've already sent Wang Su over to support you. You'll meet up in Lijiang City."

(End of this chapter)