The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Many companies have already started giving employees holidays.

Chen Lu's company was no exception; because some employees were still students or interns, they were let go even earlier. After all, it would be difficult for college students to explain to their families if they didn't go home for the Chinese New Year.

For example, Lin Miaomiao.

However, as usual, Chen Lu still offered triple pay plus extra bonuses to entice some employees to stay and work overtime.

There was no other way; their new game had only just started, and the lawsuit with the Lin Group was still in litigation, so they had to keep someone on to handle it.

He arrived at the company early that morning, intending to summarize the company's affairs before the end of the year.

This may be a habit ingrained in the genes of Chinese people: most people often leave today's tasks for tomorrow, but are unwilling to leave unresolved problems from this year to next year.

So as not to spoil the so-called new year and new beginnings.

Peng Leyun stood in front of Chen Lu's desk, flipped through the documents in his hand, and said seriously, "2D action games have several times more fans than card games."

Chen Lu yawned lazily, nodded to Peng Leyun, and gestured for him to continue.

"Therefore, revenue should continue to rise. Even with a conservative estimate, it will be at least three times the profit of the previous game. We can start preparing to separate from the WeChat platform next year."

Peng Leyun seemed even more excited than his boss, saying, "If we want to go further, we still need to apply for a game license ourselves and make a game that can market its IP. Otherwise, it will be like before, where people only know 'Tower of Slaughter' but don't know about our Polaris."

After hearing this, Chen Lu pondered for a moment, then suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong, Brother Lu?"

"Nothing much, I'm just worried about how to spend so much money." Chen Lu rubbed his forehead, unable to resist a slight smile.

His girlfriend is still happy to eat free eggs every day.

Let alone making several million more, even if he made another ten million, this simpleton probably still wouldn't have any concept of it.

At least we have the money for the wedding.

Next year, I can buy a villa or a large apartment in a good location, anything will do. I'll ask my sweetheart what he likes then, and save it for when we get married.

Getting married...

I'll be old enough next year.

What a coincidence!

As he thought about it, Chen Lu inexplicably started to smile foolishly again.

Peng Leyun's smile had long since vanished, and she said speechlessly, "...If you don't want so much money, you can donate it to people in need, like me."

He realized that reporting to Chen Lu was not as enjoyable as reporting to Jiang Chao. If it were Jiang Chao, he would definitely open champagne with him, while Chen Lu only cared whether things went according to his expectations, and his expression remained the same regardless of how much money he made.

It's like... the feeling of being carried by a friend to play ranked matches back then, watching your rank rise while you were the only one who was happily grinning.

Chen Lu was like a fisherman's leg coming over to fry fish; he was simply playing along with them.

Seeing his speechless expression, Chen Lu sighed again, "A girlfriend who's too thrifty can be a problem, you don't understand."

Peng Leyun almost choked, then cleared his throat and said, "My girlfriend is also thrifty; even if she were to quit, it wouldn't cost her much money."

"I fucking thought you'd found a girlfriend."

Chen Lu muttered a speechless complaint, and just as he finished speaking, the office door was slowly pushed open.

Jiang Chao walked in, picked up the water glass on the table, and drank it all in one gulp. Then, looking exhausted, he said, "Damn it, brother, I'm not doing too well with Professor Yin."

"The old man had no intention of helping us students at all, and he didn't even accept the gifts."

Chen Lu immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, "What did you send?"

"You asked me to send something that the elderly would like and that would be practical, so I got a few bottles of Feitian Moutai."

"...Did Liu Yan knock your brains out? Do you think this is how you normally chat with those middle-aged men?"

Chen Lu always felt that Jiang Chao's interpersonal skills were misplaced; his emotional intelligence was often a mix of unpredictable and manipulative. Jiang Chao knew exactly how to deal with the petty, unsavory characters that Chen Lu wasn't good at, but he was clueless when it came to decent people.

Don't you even think about it? Would someone of your academic stature really care about a few bottles of Moutai?

Let alone Moutai, people have definitely tried to send things that are hundreds of times more outrageous.

Their advantage over those people lies not in that, but in the fact that they can call Mr. Yin "teacher".

This is a relationship that many people can't buy no matter how much money they have.

Chen Lu pursed his lips, "It's best to try and get this done... I'll do it."

"Have you made up with my daughter-in-law?" he asked again.

"I guess you could say they've made up."

Jiang Chao waved his hand, telling Peng Leyun to leave. Then, under Chen Lu's puzzled gaze, he rolled up his sleeves.

There was a very noticeable purple bruise on his arm.

She said she'd just hit me once...

As Jiang Chao spoke, he couldn't help but touch it with his hand, then suddenly closed his eyes and let out a long hiss, "Damn, you know what? When that woman kicked me with her whip kick, her body spun almost a whole circle!"

"Judging from Liu Yan's strength, it is clear that she has been holding back as much as possible."

Chen Lu sighed softly, already having a picture in his mind. However, what he had seen in the video before was Liu Yan kicking a wooden board, but this time she was kicking Jiang Chao.

His good brother's position in the family is now undisputed; all he needs to do now is prevent Liang Zhirou from learning a couple of tricks.

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