Reborn not to be a simp, the school beauty's whole family goes crazy

After a passionate kiss, Chen Dong released Chu Mengran and sat down to eat breakfast.

He deliberately made his movements appear natural, trying to chat casually with Chu Mengran.

"Honey, your fried eggs are getting better and better," Chen Dong said, his voice dry and even he himself felt it was fake.

Chu Mengran smiled and replied, "Really? I'm glad you like it, eat more."

Chen Dong dared not look Chu Mengran in the eye, and could only lower his head and focus on eating his breakfast. Every bite of food felt like he was swallowing his own guilt, and the taste was bitter and hard to swallow.

Then, Chen Dong glanced up at the calendar on the wall and noticed it was Saturday.

He put down his chopsticks and said to Chu Mengran, "Honey, it's Saturday today. I have to go to the company. I have some things to take care of."

Chu Mengran smiled and nodded, her eyes full of understanding and concern, and said gently, "Okay, go ahead, be careful on the road. By the way, if you're busy at noon, don't rush back for lunch, don't overwork yourself."

Chen Dong stood up, put on his coat, picked up his car keys, and walked out of the house.

He got on his motorcycle, started the engine, but the familiar roar couldn't dispel the gloom in his heart.

Along the way, the wind howled across his face like icy hands, but it could not dispel the gloom in his heart.

His mind was filled with thoughts of how to handle his relationship with Yu Qin; his thoughts were in complete disarray.

"What should I do? How can I face Qin, and how can I face Mengran and Guo Miao?" Chen Dong kept asking himself, but he couldn't think of a good solution. He could only shake his head helplessly and comfort himself: "There's always a way out. I'll stop thinking about it for now."

However, these words of self-comfort felt empty and powerless in his heart.

Soon, Chen Dong arrived at the company.

As soon as he stepped into the company gate, he heard a chorus of "Hello, boss!"

When the employees saw Chen Dong, they all stopped what they were doing and greeted him respectfully.

Chen Dong smiled and nodded in response, then walked straight into his office.

He sat at his desk, staring blankly ahead, lost in thought for a long time, his mind filled with images of Yu Qin and everything that had happened between them the night before.

Yu Qin's seductive eyes, alluring figure, and their shameful actions played out in his mind like a movie.

My heart is filled with turmoil and pain. I don't know how to face Qin or how to handle this complicated relationship.

"How could I have been so unable to resist temptation and done such a thing?" Chen Dong muttered to himself in self-reproach, holding his head in his hands, his body trembling slightly.

However, as the company's boss, he knew he couldn't dwell on personal emotional issues forever; there was still a lot of important work waiting for him to handle.

Chen Dong took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He stood up and walked out of his office, shouting, "Notify the heads of the game section of the programming department, the sales section of the sales department, the customer service section of the customer service department, and the accounting department to come to the conference room for a meeting!"

Soon after, several section chiefs entered the conference room and sat down at the conference table.

Chen Dong sat in the main seat, his expression serious and his eyes cold. He glanced at everyone and said, "I've called you all here today mainly to understand the company's operations. First, let's talk about the financial aspects."

The head of the accounting department quickly opened the documents in his hand, cleared his throat, and said, "Boss, our gross profit last year was five million. In the first half of this year, the gross profit reached more than three million, and we expect it to be at least three million in the second half of the year."

Chen Dong nodded slightly, signaling the head of the accounting department to continue, while silently calculating the company's development trend in his mind.

The head of the accounting department continued, "Currently, our company's main profit comes from cartridge games. However, piracy is rampant in our country. Although our cartridge games have spread throughout the country, our revenue has been greatly affected by piracy. Of the three million in gross profit in the first half of this year, more than two million came from cartridge games sold in Japan, while the revenue from our country was only a little over one million. Moreover, most of that one million came from Beijing."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dong frowned deeply, a look of worry on his face.

He didn't speak, but listened quietly, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on the conference table, revealing his inner anxiety.

Upon hearing this, the head of the game department appeared very angry and annoyed. He slammed his hand on the table and asked loudly, "Have we hired a lawyer to sue those pirates? We can't just stand by and watch them piracy our games and damage our interests!"

The head of the accounting department sighed and said helplessly, "It's extremely difficult to file a lawsuit. Piracy is rampant now, and people are just copying what they've got. The prosecution process is lengthy and costly. Moreover, most of the pirates are small-scale, multi-person operations, making it very difficult for us to protect our rights. For example, it's very difficult to find evidence against the pirates. They are often scattered in various corners, moving from place to place after each operation, making it very difficult to eradicate them completely."

“Even if we find evidence and file a lawsuit, the whole process will be very lengthy and consume a lot of manpower, resources and money. For example, we investigated some piracy dens before, but by the time we found them, they had already moved. In addition, the cost of litigation is also a considerable expense, and the final result is not guaranteed to be a victory.”

The section chiefs nodded in understanding, and at the same time turned their gazes to Chen Dong, waiting for his boss to make a decision.

The conference room was silent; everyone held their breath, waiting for Chen Dong's decision.

Chen Dong remained silent for a moment, his heart filled with helplessness, and slowly said, "It seems there really isn't a good solution at the moment. Let's do this: focus our main efforts on cartridge games in Japan, where the market is relatively regulated, and we can obtain stable revenue. As for our home country, we'll try to crack down on piracy in Shanghai, and recover as much as we can. As for other places, let's temporarily give up on protecting our rights; we simply don't have the energy to cover everything. We need to use our limited resources where they matter most."

Hearing this, everyone was somewhat unwilling, but they knew that this was the most helpless choice at the moment, so they could only nod in agreement.

The sales department manager couldn't help but say, "Boss, it's such a waste to give up on pursuing our rights in other places. Maybe if we intensify our efforts, it will be effective."

Chen Dong shook his head with a wry smile: "Let's be realistic. Given the current situation, it's simply unrealistic to crack down on piracy across the board. We might as well concentrate our efforts on key regions and overseas markets."