An Expert Is actually By My Side - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: He Treats me Well, I Definitely Won’t Let him Down!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Li Zongzheng, male. A graduate student in the Department of Civil Engineering at the River Town South University of Architecture.
Unlike Lin Jun, who was currently studying, this guy had graduated for several months.
As he was studying bridge design previously, his advisor had recommended him to a construction site upon graduation. After several months of surveying and drawing, he had been tanned till he turned black. On top of that, his boss gave him a tongue-lashing for not being able to bear hardship.
When had Li Zongzheng ever suffered such grievance?
This New-calendar man immediately flared up and decided to stop working, firing his boss instead.
He wasn’t willing to be in this profession right from the start.
His dream had always been to become a game designer. He even used his spare time to learn how to sketch and do digital illustrations.
Naturally, Cloud Hao liked this child who had a dream.
Isn’t my Cloud Dream Corporation founded precisely for these youths equipped with three things—dreams, prospects, and abilities?
Of course, the most important thing was that out of the three people, only Li Zongzheng hadn’t heard his speech yesterday. He was here to apply for the job in all seriousness.
Compared to the other two who were here to “thank him for granting their wishes”, Li Zongzheng was the only one who was slightly more normal. After asking some questions about the benefits and working hours, Li Zongzheng nodded and signed the contract.
However, when he took out the hand-drawn works, which he was the most pleased with, and placed them in front of Cloud Hao, the latter looked at them for a long time. However, he still couldn’t comprehend what he had drawn.
“This is…”
Li Zongzheng answered honestly, “Cow.”
“Cow?” Looking at the nondescript creature on the paper, Cloud Hao nearly spurted water out of his mouth. He asked, “Have you ever seen a cow with six legs?”
Li Zongzheng scratched the back of his head, embarrassed to explain.
“Uh, isn’t this… a game? In my setting, this is a unique sacred cow. It was expelled from the sect because it has six legs. By chance and luck—”
Cloud Hao raised his hand to stop the nonsense that he was halfway through spouting. Pinching the space between his brows to focus, Cloud Hao managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long time, “Do you know java?”
Li Zongzheng nodded his head furiously like a chick pecking at its rice.
“I’ve learned a little previously!”
“What about modeling?”
“Is the kind of modeling for engineering graphics okay?”
“Barely, but it’s okay. Anyway, you generally use editing software to make games nowadays, and you can leave the operations to professionals. You just need to know a bit of programming and modeling.” Cloud Hao nodded. “Anyway, I’ll arrange for you to work under Cloud Dream Games, the subsidiary company of Cloud Dream Corporation, to familiarise yourself with the work. These few days, you can find out about some of the mainstream mobile game editors.”
Li Zongzheng was stunned. Then, he muttered softly, “In that case, won’t I have learned free-hand drawing for nothing…”
Cloud Hao was speechless.
Seeing that the boss seemed upset, Li Zongzheng, who had just arrived, quickly skipped over this topic.
“Alright, Boss, I promise to complete the task you assigned! May I ask, who is in charge of me?”
“At present, you’re the only employee at Cloud Dream Games. You can just report to me directly.” Cloud Hao patted his shoulders and said earnestly, “Do your best. Although… You may have a lot to learn, I believe that you have a bright future ahead of you.”
No one knew why he had it, including Cloud Hao. It was the system that told him so.
However, Li Zongzheng was stunned when he heard this sentence.
“Huh? I’m the only employee?!”
Cloud Hao added, “Full salary during the probation period, bonus percentage depends on performance.”
The turn tail expression on Li Zongzheng’s face vanished, and he immediately raised his head.
“I’m willing to go through water and tread on fire; I’ll do anything it takes!”
Cloud Hao bore the heartache of wasting money. He tried to convince himself while nodding.
Although he’s a bit still like wood, at least he’s sensible.
Hopefully, he’s not hopeless like rotten wood…
…
Although Li Zongzheng’s work was settled, the troublesome part was yet to come.
Clod Hao sat in an office with only one table and two chairs. The new air conditioner, still wrapped in plastic, was throwing cold wind to lessen the heat from outside. However, it did not relax Cloud Hao as he pinched the bridge of his nose while fretting.
The mission completion notification did not pop up. Clearly, besides recruiting people, there was another key criterion that had not been met.
He had to assign jobs suitable for the talents of the recruited employees.
When he thought about this, Cloud Hao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Fine!
I shouldn’t make any money either and just switch to running a charity.
Gritting his teeth, he finally made up his mind and ran to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
Damn it!
At most, I’ll just change the scope of the business!
Just like that, Cloud Dream Corporation, a small firm with less than fifty square meters office, was divided into three parts, forcibly placing three partitions in a small room.
In addition to Cloud Dream Games, the other two subsidiaries were registered under “Cloud Dream Media” and “Cloud Dream Investment”, although each subsidiary only had one employee.
Fortunately, Country Xia’s work efficiency in this life was extremely high. As long as the credit score was sufficient and with no criminal record of fraud, the business license was basically issued immediately. At most, one just had to go to the relevant department to sign off when collecting the license.
After hanging the newly-printed business license on the wall, Cloud Hao, who had successfully accomplished this, suddenly felt at a loss about his company that had yet to get going.
My God…
It still feels a bit rash.
He had already obtained the license, yet he hadn’t even thought about what the other two companies were going to do.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Cloud Hao withdrew his gaze from the wall and coughed softly while facing the office door.
“Come in.”
The door opened. Sun Xiaoteng, who was still dressed like a student, walked in while looking around.
“Excuse me… Boss, may I know where Master Somewhere Deep in the Clouds is?”
Cloud Hao’s expression turned slightly stiff.
“Uh, of course, he’s in… a place no one knows about. We generally communicate via email. I haven’t seen what he looks like in reality. I just heard that he’s quite handsome.”
When she heard this, Sun Xiaoteng was dumbfounded.
“Ah? Then how should I communicate with him about work?”
“Ahem, Brother Deep in the Clouds is a core client for our corporation. You’re still in the probation period. Familiarise yourself with the work processes first. After you become a regular employee, I’ll definitely arrange for you to communicate with him. If you have any questions at this stage, you can just go through me.”
Regaining control over the conversation, Cloud Hao looked at her in all seriousness and continued, “Your job this month… is mainly to work outside! Look for passers-by with a good image and potential, and ask them if they want to be a star. How much money can you make just by writing lyrics and composing music? In order to develop, you need to open up new businesses. You can’t always eat into your capital.
“By the way, don’t worry. You still get a full salary during your probation period.”
Walking around will help with her condition. It can also help her to recuperate and build up energy. Just in case this girl takes things too hard again someday and her condition comes back, and she ends her life here. Who can I reason with at that time?
Cloud Hao convinced himself in his mind. He would just take it as doing a kind deed.
Sun Xiaoteng nodded in a daze, momentarily at a loss for words. Although what the boss said made sense, she kept getting the feeling that something was amiss.
At this moment, the “crouching tiger” of Cloud Dream Corporation walked into the office.
“Well said! You deserve to be a Master!”
While applauding, Lin Jun, the investment wizard, nodded in approval.
“It’s a huge taboo in business management to eat into your capital! Much as strengthening existing resources is important, whether or not a company has a future depends on if it has the courage to step into new industries!”
Cloud Hao was speechless.
Is this the key to tricking your mentor’s clients into becoming shareholders?
This was the first time Cloud Hao would rather believe that this guy was just eccentric and not that he had a screw loose.
Although he could read his boss’s mind, Lin Jun continued to speak confidently, with a calm smile on his face, “Boss, what’s my job?”
Despite being happy that his employees were so motivated, Cloud Hao honestly hadn’t thought about what to let this guy do.
What to do?
Investment?
There’s no capital!
But I can’t let him slack either…
Regardless of whether he was using this guy’s talent for something insignificant, the system would definitely be the first to disagree.
According to the principle of determining the mission completion, he had to find him a job related to his talent, even if it was just scraping the edge…
As Cloud Hao mulled over it for a while, an idea suddenly struck him, and he said, “I want you to be the CEO of Cloud Dream Investment!”
When he heard these words, Lin Jun was shocked for a moment. The expression on his face turned into one of surprise, then astonishment. At the end of it all, his eyes were brimming with tears.
“Boss…”
“Hey hey hey, what the hell are you crying for! Don’t start crying yet. Let me finish what I want to say first!” Cloud Hao quickly raised his hand to stop him and added, “Although your advisor doesn’t think well of you, I could tell at a glance that you’re a talented person with great capabilities!”
With tears in his eyes, Lin Jun’s voice was choked up with emotions as he said, “You are the first person to say that to me!”
“I believe that in the future, you’ll hear people praising you for being a true genius countless times.”
Cloud Hao patted Lin Jn’s shoulders and earnestly continued, “Although Cloud Dream Investment is just a start-up, I feel very assured to hand it over to you. You’re a CEO with dreams, and people with dreams will not have too much bad luck.
“You must remember that we are a company with dreams! We have only one investment target, and that is dreams!
“So, before a project with dreams comes up, remember not to act rashly. This is the first task I’m assigning you. I hope that you won’t let me down!”
Haha, whether it has a dream or not, don’t I have the final say?
Cloud Hao had already made up his mind. As long as he cautiously prevented him from touching the money, the possibility of being backstabbed was extremely low. Therefore, he must firmly grasp the financial power in his own hands.
Lin Jun, who had just entered society, clearly did not understand the wisdom behind this pie in the sky. He simply held Cloud Hao’s hand back with tears rolling down his cheeks and promised, “Boss, I definitely won’t let you down!”
CEO of Cloud Dream Investment!
Even he, who had always regarded himself highly, had never thought that just after walking out of the ivory tower in dejection, he would actually have the opportunity to take charge of a company and engage in business that he was passionate about.
What’s this?
It’s trust!
It’s a bond!
More than that, it’s an affirmation of my abilities!
I’m fortunate to have a boss like that. What else do I need?
Lin Jun secretly made a vow in his heart. He treats me so well. I definitely won’t let him down!
Seeing the expression on this guy’s face, Cloud Hao felt a little anxious for some unknown reason.
Why does it feel like…
I came up with a terrible idea?
Forget it.
Making a profit or not is a trivial matter. The main thing is the system reward!
He could make so much money just from selling one 2048. When he had the strength in the future, wouldn’t the money just come gushing in?
Cloud Hao coughed under Lin Jun’s fervent gaze.
“Let’s do this for the time being… In short, even though you’ve become the CEO, don’t be in haste to trade. I will assign a task for you to practice first.”
After thinking about it, he continued, “How about this, the current task for Cloud Dream Investment is to monitor Cloud Dream Games and do a good job on the risk management for the project. The company will have a huge project very soon. If all goes well, our financial situation will be much better!”
Once Li Zongzheng was familiar with the game development process, Cloud Hao planned to get him to try creating the game ‘Jump’. Even small games like 2048 could make so much money. It wouldn’t make sense for ‘Jump’ not to.
At most, he would just sell it cheaper…
Lin Jun nodded solemnly.
“I’ll take care of it!”
The moment Lin Jun said that, an azure blue dialog box popped up before his eyes.
When he saw the hard-earned reward notification, Cloud Hao was so touched that he was on the verge of crying.
Oh my God!
This task is such a torture!
Compared to training these three people, he would rather help Zhu Kening stage a rebellion to become the principal…
[Congratulations to Host for completing the mission]
[Reward: S-grade Treasure Chest*3]
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