I Quit!

July 12th.

The day after the release of "Bloody Scientist," in the office of the CEO of Jiyou Network, President An looked at the sales report in his hand with a grim expression.

On the other side of the desk was Yang Ying.

He stood nervously in the middle of the office, his face filled with bitterness and tension.

The huge CEO's office was eerily quiet at this moment.

The atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Yang Ying could only hear his own restless heartbeat and the bustling traffic outside.

Looking at President An's pale face, which looked as if water could well up in his eyes, he felt that he was having some difficulty breathing.

"Engineer Yang."

"Yes, President An!"

At the CEO's desk, President An put down the game's sales report and stared coldly at Yang Ying.

"A development budget of over 6 million, plus an advertising budget of 2 million, and this is the result you've given me?"

A soft snap.

President An slammed the sales report on the table and began to question him.

Yang Ying silently lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.

Because he himself knew how many copies of "Bloody Scientist" sold in 24 hours.

A total of 10,446 sets.

The number barely broke 10,000.

Without taxes, it's only a little over 4 million; with taxes, it's less than 4 million.

We've suffered a huge loss!

Yang Ying knew he was helpless, so he remained silent, unsure how to respond.

However, in President An's eyes, this was a sign of incompetence!

"I'm asking you a question! Why aren't you answering!? Huh?"

In the quiet office, the sudden loud question made Yang Ying tremble slightly, shrink back and look up.

Seeing President An ashen face, he clenched his fist and responded with a sigh.

"I'm sorry, President An. I..."

"Feel sorry?"

Before Yang Ying could finish speaking, he was interrupted by President An.

"Did I call you here to listen to this nonsense?"

"Shouldn't you tell me now why you used company money to make such a money-losing project?"

"Your presentation and ideas were great during the team meeting, but now that this thing isn't profitable, where exactly is the problem?"

"I need you to report to me immediately!"

Three consecutive stern questions left Yang Ying, who was standing in the middle of the office, speechless.

He opened his mouth, as if to answer.

But when she saw President An An's cold gaze, she shrank back.

President An

The problem isn't in the process itself.

It's not that the problem lies in your personal thinking.

The game turned out this way entirely because of you!

If you hadn't interfered with the game's development out of competition and profit, "Bloody Scientist" would never have ended up like this.

Now, because of you, everything has become a joke.

The efforts of our entire group of about 30 people were rendered utterly worthless in an instant.

You never look at the process; you only look at the market and the results, and you only look at the data reports that others have compiled and submitted to you.

The game is having this problem entirely because of you.

Yang Ying sighed inwardly.

He certainly wouldn't dare say these words aloud.

He also didn't think that President An realize that the problem lay with him.

Therefore, he had already anticipated the game's failure before its release.

It's only natural that a game that cut its development cycle and level content, leaving no time for optimization, would be rejected by players.

Yang Ying even thought that the sales volume of over 10,000 units on the first day was mostly due to the promotion.

Without the promotion and operation team of 2 million, this game might only have sold a few thousand copies.

so.

Yang Ying sighed again.

He was tired; he didn't want to live such a humble life anymore.

He looked at President An An's cold and indifferent face and responded softly.

His tone became fluent at that moment, no longer hesitant.

"President An, I'm really sorry. I personally believe that the main problem with the game's failure lies in the development cycle."

"If we had more time to develop and optimize, we might be able to create a game that satisfies the market."

"At the same time, we do not want to be interfered with by other factors, which would make our work repetitive and waste our time."

As soon as Yang Ying finished speaking, President An responded loudly.

"You mean the game failed entirely because the company didn't give us enough time? And because I interfered with your development process? Hmm?"

Are you blaming us? Hmm?

Faced with President An's aggressive questioning, Yang Ying also changed his usual demeanor, raising his voice slightly as he calmly responded.

"Absolutely not!"

"President An, I don't mean to blame the company or you. On the contrary, I am very grateful for the company's trust in me, allowing me to lead the team to develop Horror Games!"

"But now, as the person in charge of the game, since it has already happened, I don't think we should dwell on the reasons for the failure. Instead, we should look to the future, work hard to update and optimize the game, and try our best to bring it to the stage we initially envisioned."

Yang Ying finished speaking, he calmly looked at President An.

Their eyes met at that moment, neither giving way to the other.

The huge office was deathly silent.

Only the constant noise of traffic outside echoed.

At this moment, President An smiled.

It was a sneer.

"This is a mid-to-high-cost game, and it's the second failed attempt by the company."

"Since it's junk, do you think I'd still let people spend money and time on it?"

"You want to update and optimize it? You still want to turn it back to the original stage? It's already a piece of junk. No matter how much effort you put into a piece of junk, it will still be a piece of junk."

"Engineer Yang, what's the point of this? Hmm?"

President An leaned back in his chair, tactically lying down, and stared directly at Yang Ying.

The latter nodded silently in response.

"This game is the culmination of our Leap Group, created through countless days and nights of overtime. As the person in charge, I should take full responsibility and give the market and players an explanation."

"We can't just ignore everything. We keep updating the game until it's finished, and we work overtime to fix bugs. We want to improve the quality of the game through our actions and restore the reputation of our Ji You."

"I think the main thing right now is..."

"But it's still a piece of junk."

President An interrupted Yang Ying, speaking in a short, understated sentence.

He then crossed his legs, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Yang Ying.

"What's the point of your enthusiasm? You've spent so much time, money, and manpower, and the product you made only sold for a day, and it didn't even generate as much revenue as other teams' mobile games."

"Go ask the other team leaders, while you're talking about reputation and quality, how much money have they made for the company?"

"Go take a look at the other mobile game projects that the other teams are in charge of. Which one cost more than 6 million?"

Do you know what your statement just made me think?

Yang Ying silent and did not answer.

President An rose slightly, rested his elbows on the table, and interlocked his fingers, supporting his chin.

"You're introducing me to something that costs a lot of money, time, and manpower to make but doesn't make any money."

"It's like college graduates coming to the job market with their ridiculous rubbish."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ying's expression changed slightly, but he quickly composed himself and looked directly at President An.

At that moment, he understood what he was about to face.

There is disharmony within the Ji You community.

There is competition between the various development teams.

The company has limited resources, and there are too many wolves and not enough meat.

The group that receives the most resources will be in the lead.

Yang Ying's Leap Group game category, causing significant losses to the company.

Today's talks were never about assigning blame, but rather...

Trial!

It could even be a trial that already has a verdict!

Thinking of this, Yang Ying smiled inwardly.

After learning the result, even though it was clearly a denunciation, he felt a sense of relief.

"I, Yang Ying, bear some responsibility for the project's failure, and I admit that. I will take responsibility for it."

"But President An, a single-player game is not like the finished product that can be left unattended after completion. It is like an online game, which requires patching and maintenance, and requires research on user experience and optimization at any time."

"I have the ability and the will to improve this game. What I need is the support and trust of the company and you, not your arrogance and insults."

"I was responsible for working hard to make the company profitable, and I failed to do so, for which I apologize. But I also hope to use time to prove the value of this game."

At this point, Yang Ying stepped forward, looked at President An, and spoke firmly.

The titles no longer carry any respect.

"President An, if you called me here just to berate me and devalue me, then you don't need to do that."

"The Bloody Scientist is the result of the hard work and blood of all the members of our Leap Group. It can be bad, it can be criticized, but you can't be."

"Because its current situation is entirely due to your wise guidance."

"It's not the junk you're talking about. It still has value. It needs time to mature and be refined. It needs to correct the mistakes that came about because of your demands."

The office fell silent once again.

Both of them remained silent.

President An stared at Yang Ying, his face extremely grim.

The hands that were originally clasped together were put down.

In contrast, Yang Ying was much calmer.

He seemed to have been relieved of a burden, feeling completely at ease.

Even when he made eye contact with President An, there was a hint of indifference in his expression.

Just then, President An's computer made a soft "ding" sound.

That's an email notification sound.

President An glanced at Yang Ying, then turned and picked up the mouse to check his emails.

The waiting time made the already tense atmosphere in the office even more strained.

A minute later, President An took a deep breath, composed himself, and looked Yang Ying up and down.

"The sedimentation and polishing of time? Mr. Yang, you don't have that time now."

"Just now, the operations manager sent me an email saying that there are criticisms of your game all over the internet."

Do you know what this means?

"This means we'll need to hire a public relations team to mitigate the negative impact your game has on the company, which will be another expense."

"As the person in charge, you led the team to two consecutive project failures during your tenure, which affected the company's reputation twice and caused the company a lot of losses."

"The company now needs to reassess your capabilities and examine whether you are truly qualified to lead a team and generate revenue."

"During the inspection, the Leap Group will be disbanded and all personnel will be reorganized. Those with sufficient ability will be merged into other groups, and those who are not capable will be dismissed."

"As the person in charge, I will arrange for you to join another group to assist with the work. As for your game, please stop wasting company resources."

Hearing this, Yang Ying smiled.

"President An, there's no need for that."

"Because I'm really tired."

After saying that, Yang Ying turned and walked out of the office.

His action has already conveyed his meaning to President An.

That is, I'm quitting!

There are still four more updates today, and I'll try my best to finish writing them all before midnight. A huge thank you to all the readers who chatted with me in the live stream last night, and thank you to all the brothers who came to support me. My friend was stunned; she said she'd never seen so many people in the two months she's been a virtual streamer. She asked me to thank everyone for watching her yesterday. She also asked me to apologize because she'd never seen so many people before, so she was a little nervous and might have made everyone feel bored. Anyway, thank you all for your support!