"They've already started making reskinned games, and they're trying to poach our employees too. Their offers are ridiculously high—more than ten times what we pay."
While Wang Yi packed some daily necessities in preparation for leaving, Lin Shiqin explained the current situation.
"Ten times? They're really throwing money around. How many got poached?"
Wang Yi asked casually.
"Not a single one."
Even Wang Yi was rather surprised to hear that. The company had not been open for long, so there was no question of loyalty. Everyone was out there trying to make a living. Being offered ten times their salary to switch jobs, and by a major corporation like Penguin at that—being unable to resist would have been perfectly normal.
"When I hire people, the first things I look for are honesty, reliability, and self-awareness. They aren't idiots. Of course they know what Penguin wants them for. They know they don't have that kind of ability themselves. Isn't it nice to coast along here instead?"
Lin Shiqin sounded rather pleased with herself. Though she had only spent a short time recruiting, she had put real thought into it.
They might all just be tools, but constantly replacing them meant having to break in new people, which was quite troublesome.
"Not bad. Give them some extra bonuses at the end of the year."
Wang Yi would not immediately talk about raising salaries. Give someone a foot, and they would demand a yard. He was already lenient enough; he had to keep a proper grasp on the balance.
"Aren't we going to hit back at them? They're already digging through our code."
Lin Shiqin could not help asking.
"Since you put it that way, there must be something nasty hidden in the code. I'll leave it to you when the time comes."