Desperate Compensation!

After seeing Shen Miaomiao out, Yan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He stretched his shirt and realized his back was completely soaked.

"Aaaargh!!!"

He let out a heavy sigh!

Yan Sheng was genuinely angry.

But at the same time, he felt a little smug.

Because ever since he joined the Yiyou Platform and took office as CEO!

He had wanted to bring down the "Old Guard Faction" led by Sun Guoping!

Yan Sheng was young, and a wise and capable leader with ideals.

Currently, the gaming industry's thinking was rigid. Many large game companies, led by Xunteng Games, were heavily engaged in "borrowing" ideas.

The entire game market was like a massive party game, where one company copied another today, and another tomorrow.

Game genres were becoming increasingly monotonous, yet the ways to make money were constantly being innovated.

Today, a roulette wheel, tomorrow a limited edition release, the day after, a gacha machine.

No one was willing to put in the effort to focus on the fundamental issue of "gameplay"!

And the reason the gaming industry was so chaotic, besides the developers being profit-driven and treating players like leeks, was that Yiyou, as the platform, had also "contributed significantly"!

One must understand!

They were one of the largest game platforms in the country!

Every move they made could greatly influence the entire gaming industry!

Logically, as a game platform, they should treat all games equally!

And in terms of promotion strategies, they should adhere to the principle of meritocracy!

But now, unspoken rules were rampant on the Yiyou Platform—

No regard for quality, no regard for gameplay, no evaluation!

The platform's promotions were automatically prioritized for large, experienced companies that were willing to pay bribes!

Perhaps these companies had rigid gameplay, outdated thinking, or even just reskinned existing games.

But that didn't stop them from making money!

In the end, the developers made money, the platform took a cut, and the executives could get some perks – a win-win-win.

As for the players?

With such severe market homogenization, it felt like playing any company's game was the same, and they seemed to have long accepted being treated like leeks.

Regarding this!

Yan Sheng's assessment was—draining the pond to catch fish, a slow death.

As a perceptive leader, Yan Sheng knew that if he continued to let these unspoken rules erode the platform, Then the great ship of Yiyou would eventually sink, riddled with holes, in the storm.

Therefore, he had made up his mind to reform.

He wanted to strictly implement the principle of meritocracy, continuously discover new designers, and establish deep cooperation with them.

This way, Yiyou could become the 'Whampoa Military Academy' for game designers in the country.

Always standing at the forefront of game innovation and mastering the core competitiveness of the market.

Even, once enough strength was accumulated, venturing into the international market wouldn't be impossible!

However.

Innovation had always been in conflict with stagnation.

Moreover, the conflict between the two sides involved interests and was irreconcilable.

So, Yan Sheng had been looking for an opportunity to kick out these hypocritical, reform-hindering old guard parasites!

And today!

The opportunity to make a move had finally arrived.

Thinking of this, Yan Sheng's expression turned grim, and he dialed the number for the secretariat:

"Have Sun Guoping come see me, right now."

Yan Sheng's efficiency was swift.

Within two days!

Yiyou's "reply" was delivered.

This day, Shen Miaomiao opened the Yiyou Platform as usual.

However, as soon as she clicked to open the program, before the main page had even fully loaded, a pop-up window jumped out first—

[Letter of Apology]

Shen Miaomiao froze and clicked into the detailed page to view it.

Next, an apology letter spanning thousands of words unfolded—

[To our esteemed players, designers, and all friends who support the Yiyou Platform:]

[First and foremost, please allow us to express our sincerest apologies…]

Reading further, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Honestly, Yan Sheng really had some guts.

Because in the text that followed, he had completely disclosed the details of the data swap and the secret ranking manipulation this time.

Without omitting any detail, he had attached all the evidence and timestamps of the backend tampering in image form.

Shen Miaomiao gave him a thumbs-up in her mind.

For a company, especially an industry benchmark, to thoroughly analyze its own problems and publicly announce the results, it showed they were willing to bear all negative consequences.

It was responsible and very rare.

[…Following an internal self-inspection and investigation, the results are hereby publicly announced—]

[1. It is confirmed that Xingmang Technology Co., Ltd. engaged in fraudulent practices, intentionally interfered with the fair execution of the event, and is suspected of bribing our company's staff. Therefore, their participation in this event is canceled, all their game works will be removed from the platform, and we will never cooperate with them again. We also reserve all rights to pursue legal responsibility.]

[2. Relevant employees of our company involved in this matter will be dismissed and will never be rehired. For cases involving significant amounts, relevant authorities will be requested to intervene. If the investigation confirms the facts, our company will file a lawsuit on the grounds of the crime of embezzlement.]

[3. Golden Wind Technology Co., Ltd., which was affected, will have its random leaderboard refresh privileges restored immediately, its first round of voting rankings will be reinstated, and compensation results will be announced tomorrow. We request your supervision!]

Good heavens!

Seeing such severe penalties, even Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but gasp!

Yan Sheng's methods were truly ruthless!

After all!

Essentially, Yiyou was just a private enterprise, and private enterprises don't typically deal with "corruption" or file cases.

But this time!

Yan Sheng was determined to crush these individuals who had engaged in fraudulent practices right under his nose!

With a swift move, he initiated "embezzlement lawsuits"!

Even if these involved executives weren't imprisoned, they would be thoroughly troubled and unable to find peace!

Ruthless enough.

And his resolve was strong enough.

Shen Miaomiao was very satisfied with this.

After all, at the time, she had just been unable to swallow her pride and wanted to warn Yiyou not to treat her like a fool.

Golden Wind could be a pushover, but they couldn't just treat her like trash.

Now, Yiyou had punished the involved personnel, publicly announced the results, and even apologized with a sincere tone and attitude.

Her objective had been achieved.

As for the 'compensation results' mentioned at the end, Shen Miaomiao didn't care, nor did she need them.

Let's just let this matter rest.

However!

Shen Miaomiao forgot the saying: "The tree may prefer calm, but the wind will not cease."

The next moment, there was a knock on the office door.

Chu Qingzhou walked in with a stack of documents, beaming. She sat opposite Shen Miaomiao and handed her the documents:

"CEO Shen, this is the customized compensation plan Yiyou Platform has prepared for us. Please review it. CEO Yan said if there are any areas that need further consideration, you can add to it!"

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao froze.

Then she chuckled lightly, "What compensation? I just wanted to save face, not necessarily to win."

Saying that, Shen Miaomiao picked up the documents.

Then, her smile froze on her face.

On the document, it was written in black and white, Yiyou Platform's "compensation"—!

[1. To compensate for your company's losses due to abnormal leaderboard refreshes, starting tomorrow at midnight, "Vampire Survivors" will be permanently featured on the homepage of the refresh leaderboard for five days, until the end of the event.]

[2. To compensate for your company's losses in the first round of voting, starting tomorrow at midnight, "Vampire Survivors" will be restored to its first-round top vote-getter position and will receive a splash screen announcement for five days, until the end of the event.]

[3. To compensate for your company's comprehensive promotional losses, starting tomorrow at midnight, "Vampire Survivors" will be granted a homepage banner recommendation for five days, until the end of the event.]

[4. To be supplemented by your company.]

Silence.

A long silence.

Either break the silence with an outburst or perish in silence.

Seeing Shen Miaomiao's face rapidly turn ashen, looking like she was on the verge of perishing.

Chu Qingzhou couldn't help but speak up:

"CEO Shen... are you... feeling unwell?"

"Why did your complexion suddenly turn so bad?"