Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

In the meeting room of the Human Resources Department, Hillary felt her face stiff from smiling too much.

The conversation was extremely difficult.

She asked, “Is there anything in your work that makes you unhappy? The other party directly replied, “Yes, very unhappy.”

“So, what’s the problem? If you can tell me, maybe I can help solve it.”

“Henry has no idea about VR game production, he only knows how to give blind orders, causing a mess and making everyone else take the blame. Everyone’s hard work for a whole year has been screwed up by him, yet he still points fingers and criticizes others. He’s just disgusting.”

“This…,” Hillary thought to herself, “you’re being too straightforward. We’re all workers here, even if you want to resign, there’s no need to burn bridges like this.”

“Can you help solve it?” Fred didn’t care about burning bridges. Henry’s smelly face was disgusting to him.

Hillary fell silent. She was at the same level as Henry, and in fact, Henry had been with the company longer. There was no way she could solve that.

But she couldn’t just let these people leave, so she was extremely distressed.

Fortunately, Richard and Henry finally walked in.

Hillary immediately stood up, relieved. “Boss.”

Richard strode in, looked around at the employees present, and didn’t say anything for a moment.

Several employees instinctively looked away, but Fred stared directly at him without backing down.

This made Richard unhappy, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, he got straight to the point, “Why do you want to resign?

Fred had already made up his mind to leave, so he didn’t hold back. “Why was Henry, who has never been involved in the production of the “Blaze” series, suddenly parachuted in to be our leader after Randall left?”

Richard frowned, “The company naturally has its arrangements.”

Fred retorted without politeness, “Then employees also have their own considerations when they resign.”

Richard suppressed the anger rising in his heart, “The company is now facing challenges. Isn’t leaving at this time deserting your post? Even if you want to leave, at least finish the DLC in your hands, overcome this difficult time, and then leave, right?”

“Isn’t the challenge faced by the company caused by Henry himself? Since the problem was created by Chief Planner Henry, it’s only natural for him to solve it. As the Chief Planner and Chief Planner of “Blaze 3,” Henry should have no problems leading the team through difficulties.”

Fred’s words were full of barbs, not only making Richard’s face look terrible, but also turning Henry’s face pale with anger. If not for Richard being there, he would have already stood up and cursed.

Although at the moment, Richard was cursing Henry in his heart for causing him trouble, he did not directly scold him. Now was not the time to vent anger and create more conflicts.

“No matter what, the company has been training you for so many years. At such a critical time, you can’t just walk away, right?”

Upon hearing this, the resigning employees showed guilty expressions.

“You mean to say we’re ungrateful?” Fred directly pointed out his intentions. “The company trains us? Didn’t we work hard these years to create profits for the company? Or has the company been raising us for free?”

Richard opened his mouth to say something, but Fred interrupted him directly: “How much profit has the “Blaze” series created for the company? What percentage of that have we received? Need to calculate it? We put in labor, create value, get rewards, and it’s fair trade. Who owes who nothing! This kind of moral kidnapping can only deceive naive students who just entered society, do you think I am stupid?”

“Without the platform and opportunities provided by the company, where would your abilities be now?! Are you going to smash the pot after eating your fill?”

“Our skills.” Fred laughed again. “At first, we learned from school. Later, we worked hard to improve ourselves to meet work needs. The company did not teach us these skills, rather it was our own efforts to enhance our capabilities to create more value for the company! Moreover, our technical abilities have been constantly improving, but our requests for raises have never been accepted even once! It’s not that we owe the company; it’s the company that owes us!”

The guilt in the eyes of the employees who wanted to resign disappeared, and at the moment, they all looked at Fred with bright eyes: They didn’t expect Fred to be such an eloquent person! Every sentence he said was right to the point, and deeply resonated with them!

He was just so cool!

Richard’s heart was caught in a fierce struggle: Should he kick Henry out and keep these people?

This was not even a question. If it could keep these people, Richard wouldn’t hesitate to do so.

The question is— if Henry is kicked out, would these people really stay?

If they stay, will more employees follow suit in the future?

Also, Henry is one of the oldest employees at NetDragon. Removing him would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

“So your request is for Henry to step down as Chief Planner of the Blaze Production Team?” He tried to compromise.

Fred shook his head, it’s too late for that now. They were already exhausted by the intrigue during this time.

Richard frowned and asked angrily, “Is it only when you kick out a company veteran like Henry that you’ll be satisfied?”

Henry’s face turned from iron blue to pale white.

They are all experienced foxes in the workplace. Who doesn’t know the hidden rules in these words!

Although Richard looked angry, as long as they agreed, Henry would be out the next second.

However, both Fred and Henry knew that even if Henry was driven away and

Fred took on the position of Chief Planner, as long as the DLC is completed and NetDragon overcomes this hurdle, those who want to resign today, every one of them will be dealt with afterward—no one will escape!

Henry was afraid that Fred would agree, even though in two months, Fred would still have to leave, but what does that have to do with him?

That would mean he has to pack his things and leave today!

Luckily, Fred didn’t agree. He no longer wanted to linger on this issue.

Moreover, the decision to resign collectively was made at a gathering after work yesterday, which he couldn’t change now.

Besides, Cloud Dream wouldn’t wait forever.

In the end, the conversation ended with joyful eyes from Henry and a bad face from Richard.

Richard angrily left. Henry didn’t forget to throw some harsh words before leaving, “You’ll regret this! Just wait and see!”

But it was just an empty threat.

Three years ago, they could threaten employees with non-competition agreements.

However, since non-competition agreements have been abused, many grass-roots employees have been forced to sign them, causing a lot of unseemly situations.

This clearly contradicts Daxia’s strong support for the development of the tertiary industry.

In the end, the higher-ups stepped in, imposing very strict rules on non-competition agreements, strictly limiting them to positions and individuals with access to trade secrets and greatly reducing the scope of restrictions.

For people like them, there are no restrictions.

Even Randall could only be restricted from joining other VR giants like Flying Fox and Wild Island.

However, for companies engaged in PC and console game development, they were free to join, not to mention virtual reality games that no one had ever seen before.

Only people like Henry, who could attend high-level meetings, would be restricted to gaming companies across all categories.

— Of course, in return, if trade secrets are leaked, the company would be handsomely compensated.

But Fred doesn’t have access to any company secrets, so they ignored Henry and started processing their resignations.

Since it’s ‘E voluntary resignation and they can’t get compensation, and the situation is already ugly, in order to avoid further ugly scenes, the process was very fast.

As they walked out of the NetDragon gate, Fred and his colleagues took one last look at the building, and then left without hesitation.

Tomorrow, they are going to join Dream Cloud Studio. With time running out, they all need to go home and prepare.

They are set on joining the big ship that is Cloud Dream!