New employee benefits
Many employees at Zhixing Games have also noticed this matter.
During commutes, everyone checks their phones, and you'll inevitably see this term trending all over the internet.
Fang Qixiang and Zhuang Xu, in particular, were deeply moved and brought up these matters during a casual chat.
Fang Qixiang had experienced this firsthand, so he abhorred such things. If you don't want to drink at all, but are forced to, then what you're drinking isn't alcohol, but humiliation.
If you truly respect someone, then that person has the right to refuse.
Ironically, at the dinner table, everyone will pressure you to bow your head and drink. This is because it's not just those accustomed to high positions of power, but also countless others seeking to gain access to that power.
Since leaving that company, Fang Qixiang has never touched alcohol in any of the jobs he has taken.
If you absolutely cannot refuse a drinking party, just take cephalosporin on the spot.
Zhuang Xu's story is from the previous generation.
His father used to work in sales. It was through this kind of half-forced, half-persuasive drinking that he developed stomach problems and still has to take good care of himself.
I get stomach aches whenever I eat anything raw, cold, or spicy.
Zhi Xing Games does not have this drinking culture, and even discourages drinking during team building or dinner parties, which prevents people from using drinking or getting drunk as an excuse to cause trouble.
They all drink beverages, such as carbonated drinks and milk tea.
People didn't pay too much attention to this matter because it was still working hours, and the principle of Zhixingren is not to bring emotions into work.
The community for "The Way of the Corporate Slave" needs to be maintained, and DLC has been put into the planning stage and is currently being designed.
As for the new version of "The Way of the Corporate Slave", the workload is enormous, and like the VR project, there hasn't been much progress so far.
They were just doing things step by step.
Regarding the limitations of VR equipment, it is said that President Jiang is already working on resolving them.
Although the staff at Zhixing has been replenished, it will still take some time for them to work together.
Not everyone can immediately accept Zhixing Games. When it's time to start work, they are full of energy and work hard, but when it's time to leave work, they quickly stop, and then they can smoothly pick up where they left off the next day.
In addition, the project development at Zhixing Games is truly unique.
Slow progress in the early stages is almost unavoidable.
The productivity tools in everyone's hands are spinning fast, and occasionally, when thoughts drift, one can't help but think about lunch today.
It's said there's a big surprise coming.
Before today, everyone brought their own lunch or ordered takeout. But after lunch yesterday, Song Zhiming came downstairs and specifically told them not to bring their own lunch or order takeout the next day.
Are we going out for a meal? But this doesn't seem like the plan.
So what are we celebrating? Could it be... that "The Way of the Corporate Slave" has become a hit again, unbeknownst to them?
Few people would associate this with the answer of a work lunch.
Yes, it really is a work lunch.
When Song Zhiming refreshed to the office area, he was followed by three or four people, who should be the food delivery guys.
However, the uniform is unlike any other food delivery platform on the market; it's black and white, and looks quite stylish. It doesn't resemble a food delivery service at all; it's more like a delivery person from a high-end dessert restaurant.
Each delivery driver carried two large wooden boxes.
"Everyone, let's stop what we're doing and have lunch."
Even without Song Zhiming saying anything, everyone else's eyes had already turned to him.
In other companies, "all-inclusive" meals usually mean unpalatable food and repetitive routines.
It tastes bad, mainly because the company wants to save costs.
Moreover, they want you to not eat at the company. The fewer people who eat at the company, the more naturally they can save on expenses in this area, which is why the food is so bad.
The repetitive use of the same tactics suggests concerns about food safety. If employees experience health problems from the food, it would be considered a workplace injury, and the company would be obligated to provide compensation.
No businessman would do anything that would be detrimental to himself.
The company meals are terrible and the menus are repetitive. These two issues are not listed in employee benefits. As long as there are meals provided, it's far ahead of other companies.
At Zhixing Games, although no one has seen what the work meals actually look like yet, everyone is absolutely certain that the aforementioned situation will not occur.
They have a high level of trust in President Jiang.
Sure enough, when everyone arrived in the vicinity, the delivery guy opened the wooden box and found a small white porcelain bowl inside—a very beautiful piece of tableware—and then the food inside was delicious and visually appealing.
The aroma was wonderful as soon as the wooden box was opened, so you could tell it wouldn't taste bad.
Look again, just looking at it makes your mouth water.
Each person received three dishes and a soup.
The dishes are extremely healthy; today's meal includes corn kernels and shrimp, stir-fried lettuce, and shredded beef with celery.
The portions are also very generous. For example, in the two meat dishes at lunch today, there were absolutely no bits and pieces of meat scattered in the bowl.
The soup was seaweed and egg drop soup, which was very authentic and clearly made in a small pot.
Once you taste it, you realize it's completely different from takeout; it must be a work meal specially ordered for them by President Jiang.
In order to increase customer return rates, ordinary takeout restaurants often use heavy oil, salt, and strong flavors, striving to make the taste memorable.
Many people actually become addicted to salt after getting used to it.
This may sound a bit far-fetched, but it's true.
These healthy dishes might not be the first thing you're used to, but just think about it... it's a work lunch! It's free!
And the taste is good, just a bit bland.
What more could you want?
Everyone was enjoying the meal, except for Tang Yue, who didn't seem to be in a very good mood.
Her master casually asked, "What's wrong? Not to your liking?"
"No, no," Tang Yue quickly waved her hand, "It really is delicious, I was just thinking..."
"If other companies were even half as good as Zhixing Games, the world would be such a wonderful place, and so many...so many messy things wouldn't happen."
Everyone knows what she was talking about. Besides today's drinking incident, it should also include what happened to Tang Yue before the game.
“Yes, even if I don’t expect half of it to be better, even if it’s only a third better, the workplace environment will definitely be improved by more than half,” someone agreed.
But where can we find someone like President Jiang?
President Jiang is unique and irreplaceable.
The budget for the new development cycle was approved yesterday.
Anyone with a keen eye can easily calculate the total profit of Zhixing Games recently, after deducting various expenses such as rent, utilities, employee salaries and bonuses.
The bulk of the budget was allocated to this project, leaving only enough cash flow to keep the company running smoothly.
This is how you calculate it clearly and explicitly.
It's clear that President Jiang didn't keep a single penny for himself; he used most of his spare money to improve the employees' benefits.
Besides company development, there are also employee benefits and compensation. I'm asking you, which other company boss in all of China can go to such lengths and not enjoy the profits?
Song Zhiming's interruption broke the eye contact and the atmosphere that inexplicably began to "reminisce" about President Jiang.
They always end up talking about their own company's benefits, and then they automatically get all fired up – it seems to have become a path dependency for Zhixing Games.
"After you finish eating, you can order the one of the three set meals you want for tomorrow on this mini program. If you have any feedback, you can provide it to customer service in the background."
"The meals are provided free of charge, but please take only what you need and try to avoid wasting food."
Everyone agreed, saying that not wasting food is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people.
I need to finish eating quickly so I can get back to work.
The DLC for "The Way of the Corporate Slave" is sure to be a refreshing experience for players.
Who says the path of a corporate slave can only be that of a corporate slave?
Ding Pengxing had finally managed to control the situation and prevent the controversy from escalating. He even bought several announcements to divert the attention of netizens who had noticed the incident.
His company's public relations staff worked through the night, deleting posts that needed to be deleted and cleaning up live stream recordings that needed to be cleaned up. But when they checked the next day at noon...
Good heavens, this has reignited the flames once again.
If this gets out into the public eye, Ding Pengxing will be in big trouble.
At this moment, his biggest worry is that he probably won't be able to do live streaming for a long time to come. He knows without a doubt that once he starts live streaming, it will be messed up by busybodies.
Ding Pengxing wasn't really so flustered that he couldn't sit still; at worst, he'd just get a few scoldings.
He was still able to sit still, but Zhang Yuan was in a complete mess.
The company contacted Ding Pengxing immediately after the incident was exposed. After much persuasion, both companies issued a joint apology and promised to compensate the injured employee for medical expenses and emotional distress.
But this still did not earn the forgiveness of netizens.
"Drinking alcohol can cause stomach bleeding, which can be fatal. Please stop using the term 'work injury' to whitewash yourselves."
"You say you can buy a person's health with money? Does that mean poor people only have their lives left?"
"I wonder if anyone saw that live stream that was abruptly cut off. It really explained what drinking culture is all about. Isn't it disgusting, Mr. Ding?"
"I saw it! @Free Artist, there's a complete screen recording of the entire live stream. This only reminds me of the ancients composing poems after drinking, while nowadays people just brag when they drink. What era are we living in? How can anyone still use the long history of drinking culture to justify their unrestrained drinking?"
"Can you please stop stigmatizing culture? Drinking is synonymous with hegemony and is considered dross."
In China, wine culture is closely intertwined with the business world.
It is generally believed that drinking is an essential part of business activities and social interactions, and that drinking is seen as a social tool to express respect and please others.
Toasting in social situations expresses enthusiasm and respect for others, helps build and maintain good relationships between sales staff and customers, superiors and subordinates, and colleagues, and facilitates business cooperation.
This is the positive aspect of the drinking culture in its literal sense.
But in reality?
Everyone knows what I mean.
In most cases, drinking culture is a means, a means of demonstrating power hierarchy.
I am the most powerful and highest-ranking person at the table. I'm treating everyone to a meal, and when I raise my glass, everyone is expected to drink.
Because I'm the boss, you have to give me face.
You have to drink it, whether you want to or not, because you have no choice but to.
The caption on @FreeArtist's Weibo post about this live stream recording comes from a quote in the novel "Black Ice".
Do you know what power is?
"Power is not about a piece of paper that can make you honorable or disgraced and promoted to a certain position, nor is it about the pleasure of realizing your life's value. The essence of power is to what extent you can influence and control others, and even the spiritual life of the whole society."
This statement seems to aptly reveal its essence at this moment.
It is rare to be the only one sober when everyone else is drunk.
Mr. Ding was subjected to online abuse for a whole day and night, and when he came to work the next day, netizens were still passionately criticizing him.
Although he didn't really care about these cyberattacks, Ding Pengxing was speechless—why was he the only one being insulted?
Weren't the others present also at fault? Wasn't Zhang Yuan the same, pushing his own employees into a fire pit?
Ding Pengxing felt a pang of anxiety as he looked at the events that had unfolded between his departure from get off work yesterday and his return to work today.
It's not just everyone who's criticizing him...
Especially that person called @FreeArtist, who immediately went on to elevate the discussion—@FreeArtist: Ding Pengxing is using the dinner table to influence and control others in order to demonstrate his power.
Ding Pengxing: ?
Damn it, when did he start acting like this? The one paying is the boss, not the arrogant one. It's hard not to feel like you've been cheated.
Since you've already paid for it, why not enjoy it both materially and spiritually?
To be honest, he was an outsider in that company. Shouldn't the company's managers be the ones who bully their own employees to please outsiders?
Shouldn't we be yelling at that manager? And what about Zhang Yuan?
Why are you talking about him?
Ding Pengxing had a gut feeling that someone was controlling the direction of public opinion behind the scenes, otherwise the overwhelming criticism wouldn't have been directed at him alone.
It can only be said that his intuition was too far off; he was completely unaware that he was really hated.
Perhaps this Mr. Ding's mindset is: "Although everyone says I'm a scoundrel, you can't judge a book by its cover, so I can't take what you say too seriously."
At this time, he was unaware that his good brother, Zhang Yuan, had been invited to participate in a special interview for "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Migrant Workers".
I was reminded of the seaweed and egg drop soup in the school cafeteria, which required a very skillful technique to scoop out the egg drop.
I was quite skilled back in the day, hehe.
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