72 Iceberg

◎Her money!◎

Zhao Lingyu took a sip of black tea and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to worship the Buddha?"

"Because they say it works. I haven't had any pregnancy symptoms yet, but that doesn't mean I won't in the future. Of course, I have to plan ahead and pray to the gods to fulfill my little wish."

Liang Youwei shook her head and looked very excited.

Zhao Lingyu never believed in gods, Buddhas, or ghosts. Instead of worshipping the Buddha, she thought Liang Youwei should check the mother's pregnancy status and respect her genetic inheritance. But this person was very happy, and she didn't want to spoil his fun.

So, she nodded calmly: "That makes sense. I can also seek wealth at the same time."

Liang Youwei said doubtfully, "But Guanyin Bodhisattva shouldn't be involved in careers, right? We can't just worship her randomly. It's disrespectful."

She was counting on others to keep her safe, so Lingyu couldn't cause any trouble.

"Oh, then I'll just accompany you. And... should it be just the two of us on Saturday?"

Liang Youwei thought: "If nothing unexpected happens, yes."

Zhao Lingyu: "...What kind of surprise will happen?"

Liang Youwei immediately frowned: "There will be a lot of unexpected things. For example, my third sister, Qin Zhen, and Shao Yue. If they ask me about my plans for that day, I can't lie."

The third sister and Qin Zhen could still handle it, but Shao Yue was a pure succubus. As long as he lowered his head to look at her and asked her a question in a soft voice, Liang Youwei would lose her mind and answer whatever he asked.

Please, I haven’t slept yet. It’s impossible to desensitize in a short period of time.

"But if you tell the truth about everything, they'll find you boring." Zhao Lingyu gritted her teeth and, for the rare moment of solitude, began to brainwash her: "Sometimes, telling innocuous lies can be quite captivating."

Liang Youwei didn't quite believe it and hesitated: "Is that so? Will you also be fascinated by me?"

"Only obsessed with you."

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Lingyu turned her eyes away, her face strangely flushed, and her voice was barely audible: "Even if you do nothing, say nothing, I will still be fascinated by you."

Liang Youwei was stunned and covered her face suddenly.

Oh my God, Zhao Lingyu is saying sweet words to her.

Such a talented, strong-willed and proud person said to her, "I am only fascinated by you."

She was very happy and shy for a while. Then Liang Youwei slowly moved closer to her. She kissed her cheek loudly and softly, and whispered, "Lingyu, what you just said was very nice. Can you say it to me often in the future?"

"…Can."

Happiness came too suddenly. Zhao Lingyu was dizzy and forgot about brainwashing. She just agreed to whatever the other party said.

Indeed, Liang Youwei is a very polite little girl. She was overjoyed to receive the answer and said politely: "Thank you~"

After saying that, he moved closer to kiss her again.

Zhao Lingyu's heart almost jumped out of her throat. She refused with a trembling voice: "No, no."

"Hmm? You don't want me to kiss you?"

"It's not that I don't want to...but if you kiss me again, I'm going to faint..."

"Then you are very bad, Zhao Lingyu."

"Well... from now on, I will work hard."

…

A thousand meters away is Yixing headquarters.

"Boss Xiaojing, Boss Xiaojing?" The secretary waved his hands in confusion, trying to attract his boss's attention.

Liang Jingyi turned off his phone and suppressed the irritation in his eyes: "Yeah, I'm listening. What happened?"

Secretary Wang: "It's not a big deal, but Mr. Liang asked you to handle a public relations crisis. I've already emailed you a summary of what happened."

Liang Jingyi frowned: "Everyone has their own expertise. Why would President Hui let me take charge of something like this?"

She sounded reluctant, but her finger had already clicked on the red dot and received the folder.

"Didn't our company's Bingshan Video sign a contract with 'The World With You' a few days ago? It's about the 2D virtual spokesperson. But the staff member in charge of operations also plays 'The World With You'. She's probably involved in the community and is particularly fond of the Prime Minister. So, during the promotion, she deliberately ignored the other male protagonists. Then, the players started arguing, saying they wanted to boycott Bingshan, and even our Yixing..."

Liang Jingyi doesn't play games at all: "The world? Community? Prime Minister? What?"

Secretary Wang organized his words: "Well, it's a certain otome game, one of Hengqin's flagship games. The community is a bit chaotic, but the revenue is very good. Mr. Zhou, the head of Bingchuan, took the initiative to contact them to collaborate, hoping to expand the audience. Otome games have been very profitable in recent years, and they can extend the industry chain and engage in various collaborations. It's a win-win situation."

Liang Jingyi extracted the hidden information and accurately summarized it: "So, if the commotion in Tianxia gets serious this time, it might affect the collaborations between other Yixing brands and related games, right?"

"You could say that. Ms. Liang has been paying a lot of attention to the development of female-oriented games in the past two years. Perhaps that's why she entrusted this matter to you."

Liang Jingyi nodded with a thought in his mind: "I understand."

She quickly scanned the incident, sitting up straight and speaking in a serious tone. "This happened a week ago. Why are you only thinking about crisis PR now? Everyone at Glacier is dead? The person involved has already been fired. Send out a resignation statement."

"It hasn't started yet." Although Secretary Wang knew that Liang Jingyi's anger was not directed at him, he still couldn't help but shudder.

Liang Jingyi closed his eyes.

“…How do you play this game? What are the features?”

"The essence of otome games is romance. Players take on the role of a princess, with five different male protagonists to pursue. Players can draw cards to unlock various stories with these protagonists. Different card faces can bring different attribute bonuses, which will help players ascend to the throne."

"Is it difficult to draw something like a card?"

"The card pool is divided into permanent and limited. The limited ones are more difficult to draw. Also, the drop rate of Tianxia is very low, and they rarely return."

Her slender fingers tapped the air rhythmically, making no sound. The air was filled with only her calm question: "Is that operator a veteran player?"

"It's hard to say. Mr. Jing, you don't know, the gaming community is a very strange place. Less than 10% of the people make 120% of the voices. Irrational people are everywhere, including new players and old players. They all have related industry chains. They can make money, so they last for a long time."

Liang Jingyi frowned as he switched between screenshots of various customer service tickets and replied, "Okay. What's Mr. Zhou's attitude? He's a direct descendant of Bingchuan."

Secretary Wang pursed his lips and said in embarrassment, "Boss Jing, actually, matters like this are usually handled coldly by default. Boss Zhou's attitude is that he doesn't care, otherwise it wouldn't have dragged on for a week without being resolved."

The girl in the office chair raised her head, a puzzled look in her eyes: "Doesn't he know that President Hui attaches great importance to the female market? And he's already achieved results in the past few years, right?"

Liang Jingyi doesn't know how to respect women, but she will follow the money.

"Well, maybe—knowing and doing are two different things. Personally, I feel like most of the group's top management disagree with Mr. Liang's ideas. While they're all talking about expanding the market, they're still stuck in the same old ways. There haven't been many leadership changes, so how could their thinking suddenly change?"

Although he felt that there was some "stirring up discord" in his words, Secretary Wang still spoke the truth.

Liang Jingyi frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly understood something.

Liang Zhihui knew her temper and personality, and wouldn't easily assign her any work related to "emotions." But today, he specifically asked her to handle this matter...

Liang Jingyi lowered her head and typed on her phone for a few minutes. Then she stood up and put on her coat: "Let's go to the glacier."

Secretary Wang was surprised: "You want to go in person?"

"Yes, I have to go in person." Liang Jingyi lowered his eyes and fastened his obsidian cufflinks with one hand. "President Hui's meaning is very clear. If I don't give them a warning, there's no need to let me do this."

Yixing main building, 20th floor.

"Mr. Zhou has been looking good lately. It seems he's been fed up with money, power, wine and women."

The president's office was opened with the highest-authority fingerprint lock, and the sound of high heels was like a death warrant, so loud that it seemed as if the floor was about to be crushed.

Someone broke into the office without knocking. Zhou Gan hadn't been disturbed so contemptuously in a long time. The pot-bellied man subconsciously clicked his tongue.

"What are you doing? Why don't you knock on the door?"

"What do you think I'm doing here?"

Liang Jingyi's smile remained unwavering, but he grabbed a nearby folder and threw it at the man. The noise was so loud that the employees watching from outside could hear it clearly.

They looked at each other.

"Is this Mr. Xiao Jing? Using beauty to commit crimes is simply..."

"Hey, is this the time to judge someone by their looks? The biggest problem right now is—Ms. Jing is in charge of finance, but she suddenly came to our Glacier. What does she want?"

"That's true. But has anything happened to Bingchuan recently? And even if there is something, it doesn't need to be handled across companies."

“‘The World and You’ is not a big deal.”

"Didn't we all agree to play blind? Isn't it the industry's custom to just ignore things like internal love and internal hate?"

It is now the ten-minute break, which is the perfect time to slack off. People naturally like to watch the fun, so naturally everyone goes to the slacking off group to chat.

The person who interrupted the chat was the person they were talking about.

"What door are you closing? It's open."

Liang Jingyi smiled, picked up another folder, and slammed it against the solid wooden office door. With a loud "bang", everyone who heard it shuddered.

"I'm a woman, and Mr. Zhou is a man. In the workplace, personal integrity is very important. You are shameless, but I am a gentleman."

Hearing this, Zhou Gan couldn't hold back his smile. After all, he had been the CEO of Bingchuan Video for five years, his son was already in college, and yet he was being scolded by a little girl like she was his grandson.

Thinking of this, his face turned cold: "Mr. Jing, what exactly do you want to do by coming here today?"

"What kind of awful thing did the Glacier Video operators do a week ago that I need to remind Mr. Zhou?"

When it comes to serious matters, Liang Jingyi's sharp eyebrows frowned.

"Tianxia's reputation is there. Are you crazy enough to offend its players? Do you know the consequences of doing so? Yixing, which condones its employees' reckless behavior, will be shunned by all B-game players. Will Mr. Zhou be responsible for compensating for the losses caused? What is your relationship with that operator?"

She spoke quickly and frequently, and before anyone could react, she suddenly became stern.

"Where are they? The operations manager, the team, the reviewers, call them all over here immediately! If you can't get them all, let me, my eldest brother, do it myself."

The series of words continued without stopping. Although the president's assistant was shocked, he did not forget to look at his boss's eyes.

Zhou Gan's face turned pale and blue, and he said nothing, obviously acquiescing to this request. Liang Jingyi brought up Liang Ting'an, which was obviously a way to pressure him, and he had no way to refuse.

The general assistant was very efficient. Despite the panic among the people, the spacious office was full of people in just one minute.

The chief assistant thought this was too embarrassing and wanted to close the door to cover it up. But as soon as he touched the doorknob, Liang Jingyi sneered, "There are so many people here. If you don't open the door, who knows if it's a whore party? You guys are just sitting around doing nothing every day, but I'm different. Open the door!"

It was the first time for everyone present to hear the "superior" speak dirty words, and their hands and feet became stiff, and they all lowered their heads at the same time.

A higher-ranking official can crush others to death, not to mention that the person in front of him is at the top of the group.

If these people had truly done their best, they would simply stand tall and denounce capital; at the very least, they would have felt indignant and dared to speak out. However, they each had their own faults, so naturally they didn't dare to let out a righteous indignation.

Seeing that they were just afraid and had little sense of guilt, Liang Jingyi became even angrier.

She raised her chin, swallowed her anger, and walked towards the one who was shaking the most. Her voice calmed down: "Me?"

"yes……"

"Turn on your phone and give it to me."

The operator didn't know what she wanted to do, but a nagging fear overcame everything. She swallowed, and with trembling hands, she handed over the phone.

Liang Jingyi had a blank expression on her face. She flipped through her app, found "The World and You," and handed it over again: "Record the screen and log in."

The operator's eyes widened instantly: "Mr. Jing, Mr. Jing..."

Liang Jingyi looked down at her: "You don't want to do it, do you want to see me transfer and cancel your account with your own eyes? I checked when I went downstairs just now. The cooling-off period for this game is 72 hours, but you are leaving in an hour, so you must transfer this account to me first."

"But Mr. Jing, changing your number is very troublesome. It requires a lot of work. It's really troublesome! Mr. Jing, I'm willing to apologize and resign. Mr. Jing, please, please don't..."

"I have a solution. All you need to do is give me the number. I'll give you as many numbers as I have. I'll buy them at market price so you don't get any loss."

Liang Jingyi never fights an unprepared battle. She has already contacted the official, and the professional customer service is already in place, waiting for her to call.

…

Liang Jingyi was very annoyed and didn't feel like watching people cry. She put her phone back in her pocket, took two steps forward, and walked over to the other operators: "Do you play this game?"

Her attitude just now was so powerful that no one dared to say a word.

In the silence, the girl who looked the youngest timidly raised her hand: "Mr. Jing, I'm new to the game, so does that count? But, but my original intention was to learn about the partner's products. It's not that I particularly like a particular male lead, and I don't hang out in the community. I just read some fan fiction occasionally..."

"Playing games is a person's freedom. I will not interfere, nor do I have the right to interfere. However, during the term of the contract, you must treat every male lead equally and not bring discredit to the company. Are you going to lose your three-dimensional work because of your two-dimensional hobbies?"

Liang Jingyi looked at the other silent operations staff and said, "Personal matters are personal matters, and work is work. Keep the two separate. If you encounter this kind of incident again, I will fire you all, regardless of whether you play the partner's products or like the partner personally. Let me be frank: no matter your education, your contributions to the company, or your life's challenges, I won't listen to a word you say. I will fire you all."

"Of course, there are preventative measures—from now on, I'll set up whistleblower departments in every company I can. For the sake of your own career, there's no shame in reporting obstacles. Once proven, the person involved will be fired immediately. If there's no strong evidence, the whistleblower will be fired. It's also just one chance, no room for negotiation. Those with selfish motives, get out; those with bad intentions, get out together."

After hearing this, the auditor felt a little relieved.

Rules are usually discussed last, so it seems like there is no room for me to discuss them...

“Who are the reviewers?”

The auditor's heart was lifted. He rolled his eyes and swallowed his saliva: "Jing, Jing, we are."

"Is Bingshan's five social insurances and one housing fund so bad? Your eyesight isn't good, so why don't you go see a doctor?" Liang Jingyi smiled, losing his previous arrogance, and said in a gentle tone, "All the relevant auditors will be fired."

"Wang Liang."

Secretary Wang was inexplicably excited: "Boss Jing, I'm here!"

Her boss is so handsome!

"Have you finished recording?"

"Everything is fine, Mr. Jing."

Work guaranteed to leave a mark!

"Email it to me later." Liang Jingyi glanced at Wang Liang's phone screen. The time was correct, so he made sure that everything was recorded.

"The official part of this matter is over. Next, let's talk about any personal matters that may exist."

Liang Jingyi looked at Zhou Gan and said, "Boss Zhou, do you have any relationship with this fired operations manager? It counts as either a family relationship or a romantic relationship. Just tell me."

"Liang Jingyi! What do you mean by this?" Being asked such a thing in front of his subordinates, Zhou Gan's eyes suddenly widened. In a rage, he pointed his finger at her nose and said, "You, how can you open your mouth and close your mouth and keep talking about such things? You little girl——"

Liang Jingyi interrupted impatiently and casually slapped his hand away: "Don't point at me. Can you stop talking nonsense? Just say whether you have it or not?"

"No!" Zhou Gan's old face flushed slightly. He waved his hand, slammed the table angrily, and said in a resentful tone, "How old am I? Why would I get involved with a little girl who could be my daughter?"

Zhou Gan simply looked down on those who played B-games. He was not willing to treat those players well, let alone lick their boots.

Middle-aged and elderly people look down on games played by young people, and men look down on games played by women. Zhou Gan happened to have both.

"Why is that?"

To some extent, Liang Jingyi is also quite naive. She studies hard and is proud of herself, but she only has a contempt chain for academic qualifications, and she also has it if she doesn't understand games.

She really didn't understand why. Who on earth would have such a problem with money? Was it because Yixing wasn't from the Zhou family that Zhou Gan didn't feel bad for her? This was truly unbelievable. Could they just kill this damned man?

Her money! Her money!!!

When Liang Jingyi thought of money, he could no longer suppress his anger and wanted to slap this man.

She wanted to complain to her second sister! She wanted her second sister to fire Zhou! Someone stole her money! Only Liang Youwei could steal her money!

"...Why? There's no reason! Now that everything's settled, Liang Jingyi, you should go back quickly. I can tell you this: setting up that crappy reporting department is a decentralization of power for the relevant personnel! You don't even think about the consequences of your actions. Just wait and see if you can pull it off."

Zhou Gan was so annoyed that he wanted to push this flashy little Jing away. But he didn't dare to touch her, for fear that she would say, "You want to molest me."

Liang Jingyi crossed his arms and sneered, "Whether or not it works is my business, not yours. I just hope you can remember that Bingshan Video is a subsidiary of Yixing. You are just a mere CEO. You can't speak for Yixing, let alone represent Yixing's attitude. If you are capable of taking the CEO position, then do it. Otherwise—if you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who do!"

After throwing out this favorite PUA quote of the superiors, Liang Jingyi rolled his eyes implicitly and turned away.

"Redact the resignation letter and send it all to me. I'm going to post it on Weibo to make it public."

·

"Oh my god, what am I seeing? Jingyi actually opened a Weibo account?" Looking at the red trending searches, Liang Youwei felt that the world was a bit magical. She pulled Zhao Lingyu beside her and said, "Lingyu, Lingyu, do you have Weibo?"

Zhao Lingyu pushed up her square-framed glasses, her fingers still pausing on the keyboard. "Yes, but it's an official account. I personally don't read it much. It's just a toilet. There's no need to use it often."

"Well, that's not the case. There are a lot of really interesting bots in there too."

"But there's more shit than treasure."

"...Lingyu, you have such a poisonous tongue."

Zhao Lingyu pursed her lips and turned away. "That's only objectively true. Everything about you is subjective."

Liang Youwei burst into laughter when she heard this. She covered her mouth with her hands and laughed until she was happy enough. She put her hands down and cleared her throat. "So what do you usually post on your official account? I see my sister posts only about work, like recordings, resignation letters, and long statements."

Zhao Lingyu propped up her chin and sighed helplessly, "My official account is managed by my secretary. It's mostly work records, with the occasional vlog of my life mixed in. Most of the time, I'm just visiting photography exhibitions and concerts."

Liang Youwei thought for a moment: "Will there be a lot of me in your life vlogs from now on? I can also accompany you to concerts."

"…if you're willing to appear on camera."

"I'm sure I'd be happy to."

She wanted to say something else, but the next second, the phone's exclusive ringtone rang sweetly, a soothing Korean song.

Zhao Lingyu had studied Korean for a period of time for work, so she frowned after hearing the lyrics, but didn't say much.

Liang Youwei seemed oblivious and quickly answered the phone: "Third sister? Why are you calling me suddenly?"

“…You’re outside?”

"Yes, with Lingyu—Zhao Lingyu."

There was silence on the other end for two seconds, and then a nonchalant voice said, "Oh. Are you going to worship Guanyin this week?"

Liang Youwei opened her eyes wide and leaned back from the chair: "How did you know?"

The other person calmly replied, "Because you recommended three Guanyin Temple videos in a row, and the content is all effective and useful."

Liang Youwei reacted and slapped her head: "That's right."

Zhao Lingyu pursed her lips and reached out to pull that hand to stop her from hitting her.

Liang Jingyi on the opposite side said calmly: "Where are you going? I'll go with you."

It was a completely unconsultatory tone, and it was done with confidence and naturally.

Liang Youwei didn't think there was anything wrong with this. She wanted to agree, but was afraid that the people around her would be unhappy, so she looked over tentatively, but Zhao Lingyu didn't even look at her, as if to say, "You have the final say, I have no right to interfere."

On the phone, Liang Jingyi said coldly: "Liang Youwei, is this okay?"

On this side, Liang Youwei was cautious: "Sure. Are you free on Saturday?"

"Okay. Can I bring a few more people with me then?"

"Bring a few more people? Who are you going to bring?" Liang Youwei was alert. "Big brother and second sister?"

Liang Jingyi curled her lips and said, "It's a secret. I have work to do. I'll hang up first."

Liang Youwei curled her lips: "Okay, then you have to make money well, understand?"

"Um."

After the call ended, Liang Jingyi held her chin with one hand and stared at the phone screen for a long time. Her eyebrows were drooping, and her lips were pursed tightly, as if she had made a great decision before dialing a new number.

Five seconds later, the call was connected.

The man's voice on the other end was cold: "Why are you here? What's wrong?"

"Yes. Are you free on Saturday? Would it be convenient for me to go to Puluo Temple?"

"……what you up to?"

“Hype.”

【Author’s words】

"The World and You" and "Puluo Temple" are all randomly chosen names, and the similarity is purely coincidental.

This chapter needs to reflect Liang Jingyi's working style and the degree of tacit understanding between the Liang sisters: for example, Jingyi can understand her sister's meaning in seconds - to find the old man to go crazy and find opportunities for reform; for example, Jingyi does things impulsively and neatly, without considering the consequences and difficulty.

The specific content, namely the issue of "the world and you are equal", was inspired by the game video "xx hero's internal love and internal hatred" on Douyin. In order to amplify the severity of the conflict, I changed it to B-game (because B-game community is more sensitive).

I'm not trying to imply anything unhealthy here, nor am I looking down on any type of gamer. I've played all sorts of games myself, including King of Glory, Counter-Strike: Warmth, Orange Light, Parkour, and Plants vs. Zombies. I've played PC and mobile games to varying degrees, so I certainly wouldn't belittle myself. As for Stardew Valley, Yanyun Collapse, Genshin Impact, Mount & Blade, and Nightmare, which I haven't played, people around me do, so I'm even less likely to belittle them.

I look down upon every player of the game (except for games that insult Chinese and women)

Okay, I feel like I've almost finished stacking them. Over! (Breathe a sigh of relief)