"Within ten days, the mass-production process for the ultra-high-energy batteries will be verified.
Manager He, you can start preparing an equity incentive plan now."
Faced with He Yu's question, Chen Yi, who had previously promised this pie-in-the-sky offer, did not delay and gave an affirmative answer on the spot.
Whew!
There was a pause in He Yu's voice on the other end of the phone before she replied, suppressing her excitement.
"President Chen, how much equity will be allocated? How broad will the evaluation scope be, and what are the requirements?"
"Two percent. Both Yifei Company and the studio will be included in the evaluation scope, but aside from you, it should generally go to employees who have worked at Yifei for over a year.
As for employees who have been here for less than a year, consider giving them larger bonuses as compensation and reassurance.
Once the allocation plan is finalized, bring it to me for review and signature.
In short, the plan must be fair and impartial. Employees who have made contributions cannot be left out, and the others must not feel slighted or harbor complaints."
Chen Yi laid out a plan.
"Understood."
He Yu answered seriously. "Following President Chen's people-oriented and caring requirements for the company.
Yifei has now raised employees' base compensation, increased staffing for the same positions, reduced overtime, and tried to eliminate it wherever possible.
We have added internal recreational facilities, established an employee medical fund, improved cafeteria and daily-life benefits, and provided housing subsidies.
As Yifei expands further, I also plan to purchase land in the suburbs and build Yifei's new headquarters, along with employee dormitories and family housing, further strengthening their sense of belonging to the company.
I believe that with such a positive and healthy work environment, even employees who do not receive equity incentives will not feel resentful."
As a tech company that controlled core technologies, Yifei's profit margins exceeded the imagination of ordinary companies.
With such high profit margins, He Yu had ample funding.
Following Chen Yi's instructions, she continuously improved employee compensation and benefits.
"Not bad."
For the first time, Chen Yi expressed approval of He Yu's work. "You've handled this very well.
Remember Yifei's corporate culture. We do not seek to maximize profits. We only seek to use technology to change the world—to be Dragon Slayers, not Evil Dragons."
"On behalf of all Yifei employees, thank you, President Chen."
He Yu fell silent for a moment before responding sincerely and respectfully, her tone carrying traces of admiration that even she had not noticed.
After working for so many years, she had served in middle and senior management at several companies.
This was the first time she had encountered a boss who constantly spoke of improving employee welfare and compensation while also demanding that it be put into action.
Although this boss was usually rather unreliable and loved leaving everything to others.
Still, it had to be said.
At this moment, Chen Yi's belief in not exploiting employees at all was like a shining sun in He Yu's heart.
His entire being was filled with personal charisma, making people instinctively yearn for and admire him.
"Get back to work."
Chen Yi nodded calmly and hung up.
Having worked on factory lines and climbed step by step to where he was now.
Chen Yi knew very well what life was truly like for employees at the bottom.
Before, when he lacked sufficient means, all he could do was take care of himself first while slightly improving the benefits for a few employees like Qin Xiaoyu and Keke.
Now that he had sufficient means and money had become nothing more than a number to him.
Chen Yi was even less capable of desperately exploiting employees, losing himself, and becoming a puppet for capital accumulation.
"When poor, cultivate oneself; when prosperous, benefit the world."
"I used their consciousness waves to continuously create black technologies, achieve success, and free myself from having to bow for a living."
"Then, within the bounds of my ability, I should naturally give something back—to them and to society."
After a few thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Yi took out his phone and sent Qin Xiaoyu a message, asking her to buy several ternary lithium electric vehicles and a carbon fiber 3D printer that afternoon.
"Let's get to it. Time to build something."
After arranging everything, Chen Yi took a can of cola from the refrigerator.
Then he rummaged through the parts rack and pulled out a switch, a boost capacitor, copper wire, a candle, a high-capacity power bank, and various other items.
After drinking the cola, he cut off both ends of the empty aluminum can, turning it into a simple metal tube.
He connected wires to the power bank, then ran them through the switch and capacitor for voltage boosting.
One wire was connected to the surface of the aluminum can, while the other extended into the aluminum metal tube through a wooden strip and glue, supported and secured in the middle.
Click!
He laid the aluminum metal tube flat on a stand.
When he switched it on, the current boosted by the capacitor flowed into the aluminum can, creating a high-voltage electric field between the two wires. This ionized the heavy ions in the air and produced an invisible ionic wind.
Because ions carried electric charges, once generated, they moved along the axis of the magnetic field formed by the electrified aluminum metal tube, carrying the air with them and blowing it toward one side of the aluminum can—the direction of the magnetic field axis.
A simple ion thruster was complete.
Chen Yi lit the candle and placed it beside the aluminum can.
Visible to the naked eye, the candle flame tilted and shifted.
He tore off a small strip of tissue and placed it beside the aluminum can as well.
A faint breeze blew the tissue, making it sway continuously.
"Not bad. I haven't lost my touch."
Looking at the aluminum-can ion thruster, which had succeeded on the first try, Chen Yi praised himself and removed the power bank to inspect the thruster's attributes.
[Item: Crude Handcrafted Work—Ionic Propulsion Tube] [Attributes: Strength x4.2, Mass x4.3, Speed x0.1, Efficiency x1.2, Control x0.2, Aesthetics x3.8...] [Consciousness Wave: 7235803] [Note: This is a handcrafted item made according to the principles of ion propulsion. Other than giving people a slight sense of novelty and the mystery of science, it has no other use.]
"The rating is decent. Although it's completely useless, at least it isn't a scam toy anymore."
Chen Yi carefully studied each attribute of the propulsion tube. After thinking for a while, he roughly understood them.
Strength was self-explanatory: the strength of the material. The higher the attribute, the better the material.
A 4.2 meant the aluminum can had not cut corners on materials.
Chen Yi analyzed the second attribute, mass.
This probably was not product quality, but the physical property of mass.
It represented the mass of the ion propulsion tube itself. The higher the attribute, the lower the mass and the better the thruster's thrust-to-weight ratio.
Speed was even easier to understand: the propulsion tube's ejection speed and the magnitude of its thrust.
Efficiency was the ratio between the ion propulsion tube's power and thrust.
Control referred to the control of the ion propulsion tube's thrust and exhaust stream.
Lastly came aesthetics.
"Other than aesthetics, every attribute is crucial. They can all be called core attributes of an ion thruster."
"With so many core attributes, adjusting and upgrading it will be rather difficult."
After thinking it over, Chen Yi reconnected the power bank he had just removed.
Whew!
The attribute interface before his eyes flickered. The item's name changed, an energy attribute appeared, and its mass and aesthetics changed as well.
[Item: Crude Handcrafted Work—Ionic Propulsion Tube → Crude Handcrafted Work—Ionic Thruster] [Energy: 3.8] [Mass: 4.3 → 2.6] [Aesthetics: 3.8 → 3.0]
"Not bad. I gained over one point of attributes."
Seeing the changes, Chen Yi did not hesitate. He went to the warehouse and used a hand pallet truck to move a three-hundred-kilogram, carefully packaged power battery.
After a round of voltage reduction and adjustments, the power battery was successfully connected to the aluminum can, and a new attribute interface appeared.
[Item: Crude Handmade Toy—Ionic Thruster] [Attributes: Energy x40.2, Strength x4.2, Mass x0.1, Speed x0.1, Efficiency x1.2, Control x0.2, Aesthetics x3.5...] [Consciousness Wave: 7235803] [Note: This is a crude handmade toy made according to the principles of ion propulsion. Although its energy supply is very durable, it is not very useful.]
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