The optimized life of a Chinese person
The domestic gaming industry was in an uproar because of Zhixing's GG Award, but Jiang Chuan didn't pay much attention; he was still in P country from a god's-eye view today.
The reason I wasn't in a hurry to go back was that I wanted to take the opportunity to get a closer look at the game developers from other companies.
Country P is a pilgrimage site for countless players and game enthusiasts, and Jiang Chuan is naturally no exception.
This is quite rare for the Earl; Jiang Chuan is not acting homesick today and is not in a hurry to go home.
I'm usually very strict with time management and schedule planning.
He felt a little uncomfortable because suddenly he couldn't see the snow anymore and didn't know what to look at.
"When are we going back?" We're mainly rushing to finish the live stream.
"No rush, let's take another look."
The Earl had no choice but to silently play with the child. After all, it was rare for Jiang Chuan to make such an immature request. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but mutter, a professional habit he developed from chatting with viewers in the live stream: "It's already November. This year has really gone by fast."
"It really happened quickly. I remember when we first met it was early March."
"I heard there will be an annual outstanding anchor award ceremony at the end of December. I really want to go. Can you take me?" The Earl's eyes sparkled.
Then, unsurprisingly, Jiang Chuan rejected her.
“Sometimes, I think you should be a little more mindful of your identity as a magician. Being a streamer is just a hobby,” Jiang Chuan reassured him.
The count lowered his head and silently drew circles.
As if suddenly remembering something, Jiang Chuan summoned the Fire Wand—nowadays it would be more accurate to call it a magic wand.
It appears exceptionally dazzling because of the addition of a starry sky layer.
In a dimension unseen by the crowd, the magic wand is like a shooting star about to fall to earth, and it aptly assumes the cultural function that a shooting star is responsible for on earth—making a wish.
"!" The Earl jumped up in surprise, smoothly climbing from Jiang Chuan's arms to his shoulder: "It hasn't been that long since we last met, what have you done this time?"
He was momentarily at a loss for words to describe it.
Jiang Chuan petted the cat down and held it in his arms again.
After all, no one could bear to have such a heavy creature standing on their shoulder: "It's just as you see it, the world is becoming a better place."
The wand unlocked, then shattered again, turning into scattered halos of light that vanished into thin air in an instant.
The count wanted to ask more questions, but when he looked up, he could only see Jiang Chuan's jawline. He moved slightly, turned his eyes to the side, and tried to brush away Jiang Chuan's palm, wanting to crawl over and see if the character had actually taken shape.
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly remembered that when the magic circle was first formed, there was another pattern that landed on Jiang Chuan's tongue. He wondered what that pattern on the tongue looked like.
How can we find a way to get to this private place?
This was a task assigned to Him by His top leader.
Although he has been forgotten for so long, the count is still dedicated. The problem is, how can he trick this human into sticking out his tongue?
Jiang Chuan doesn't seem like the type of person who would stick out their tongue for others to see.
The count stared at Jiang Chuan's lips in a daze, and began to think about what would happen if he forcibly pried the other's mouth open.
Life abroad is peaceful and serene, except for a few cats plotting to harm their owners; everything is as peaceful and tranquil as ever.
There are always some incidents happening in China towards the end of the year.
Since there are still one or two months until the year-end bonus is paid out, some companies are considering cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and laying off employees at this time to celebrate the New Year is a common practice.
Things are different now than in previous years.
Smart companies don't go against the grain, but some incompetent partners are simply too terrible to even mention.
At 37, I was sent back to society by my company before the Lunar New Year.
"I'll be getting my year-end bonus and having my annual party soon, and they laid me off at this crucial time. They won't even let me enjoy the New Year properly. They call it 'optimization,' but what's the point of giving me severance pay?"
"It's so hard to find a job at this age, okay? Just to get a smaller year-end bonus, you're doing something so unethical."
"Pah!"
"I am reporting this company by my real name. I hope that everyone, whether young or around my age, will stop submitting their resumes to this company, because you never know when you will be replaced as a cog in the machine."
"In the current environment, being laid off is a stain on one's reputation. One feels guilty and loses a sense of self-worth, making it extremely difficult to find a new job."
"Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. They would rather spend money on cheap new hires than pay the salaries of their old employees. It's ridiculous."
This post immediately caused a huge uproar in the [Streetlight] forum.
They all shared similar experiences.
After a year of public opinion and legal education, everyone knows that in situations like this, it's best to directly sanction the company, and you'll still get your year-end bonus.
It's just that the process is a bit troublesome.
However, the real problem lies in the company's optimization practices.
"The person upstairs was laid off at 37, while I was fired at 28. I really admire these companies nowadays."
"They say it's about optimizing your entry into society, but when you're looking for a new job, new companies will attribute layoffs to your personal problems. This is clearly indifferent and unfair, but there's nowhere to complain. If they don't want you, they just don't want you."
"I suggest you post about this company and what happened to you on the [Workers' Union Website], where more people will learn from your experience."
Such workplace layoffs cannot be publicized on the public information system because, from a practical point of view, although these companies laid off employees, the fact that they provided economic compensation does not constitute an illegal act.
At most, one can only launch a moral attack.
But it's rare to find a company that's ethical.
Streetlights are practically the guiding force for most working people, so when something like workplace optimization comes up here, it immediately becomes a hot topic on Weibo.
Some well-known commentators and influential figures have spoken out.
"Well, today I've witnessed firsthand what 'The Optimized Life of a Chinese Person' truly means."
“From birth, the long school life begins. If you fall behind, you will be optimized by the school, such as the 50/50 split in the middle school entrance exam and the 30/70 split in the college entrance exam. These are for the sake of social stability, which seems irrefutable.”
"This applies to learning, working, and life as a whole."
"If you make even one wrong step, you'll be eliminated from the current queue. You'll be eliminated even if you do nothing; perhaps just being alive is a mistake."
Because it was so incisive, this short blog post quickly became a trending topic online, based on its original title: "The Life of a Chinese Person Being Optimized."
Bei Zihui saw this Weibo post, felt a strong sense of agreement, and immediately followed up with a repost, like, and comment.
She was a new employee who had only recently joined Zhixing Games. Although she was new to the company, she was already in management. Her tenure was longer than anyone else at Zhixing Games, an age at which she would be laid off and sent back to the workforce in other companies.
Fortunately, I came across Zhixing Games.
Moreover, Beizi Hui wasn't even in its early stages; it joined when the gaming industry was already widely recognized as thriving.
Bei Zihui learned about Zhixing Games' excellent employee benefits and work model by chance, and submitted her resume with the mindset of just following the trend. Unexpectedly, she was actually contacted.
I've been unemployed at home for more than two months.
It's quite a coincidence.
In fact, this was all arranged by Jiang Chuan long ago. He always felt that Zhixing Games was too young, and he himself didn't have much experience in managing a company. Although Song Zhiming helped to keep the administrative work under control, the man would occasionally do some impulsive things...
For example, in game design... this is a major problem area.
It was an innovation that General Manager Jiang came up with on a whim, and the employees followed up diligently, and then things actually... well... the result was a success by some twist of fate.
For a moment, it was hard to tell who was leading the way.
Song Zhiming had been intermittently searching for a suitable and stable person to help manage the company, but unfortunately, it was really hard to find someone who could share Jiang Chuan's ideas; most of them already had fixed mindsets.
Bei Zihui was one of the lucky few who happened to connect with Jiang Chuan on a brainwave connection.
She is currently in charge of overseeing the entire Zhixing Games development team's work, including market direction and progress monitoring.
This will allow Yu Yue and Fang Qixiang to focus more on game design.
Bei Zihui has been with Zhixing Games for a while now, and everyone warmly welcomed the new executives. The team atmosphere was clearly very harmonious.
Upon joining the company, employees are greeted with a traditional welcome gift from Zhixing.
Since they were all young people, there was no backstabbing or scheming.
It's obvious that they're all like blank sheets of paper; their thoughts are written all over their faces.
No wonder such a team can succeed; they communicate readily without any communication costs.
We are all in this community of shared interests, and everything is open and transparent... Unlike the company I used to work for, where you had to be careful not to get blamed for something you didn't do.
Even the common practice in other companies of flattering the boss and trying to perform well in front of leaders will not occur at Zhixing Games.
Here, the employees can't even see General Manager Jiang.
Ordinary employees were spared, but even senior executives were not spared.
However... as for bosses, as long as you pay them, it doesn't matter whether they show up or not, even if it's President Jiang.
Bei Zihui is a rare example of a person who is not driven by curiosity.
From this perspective, she is not a qualified employee of Zhixing.
As is customary, we leave work at 5:00 PM. Everyone busily crowds out of the company gate during the day, but Bei Zihui is still a little unaccustomed to it; the sunlight is so beautiful it's almost blinding.
After thinking for a moment, Bei Zihui went to pick up her child from school.
She had been busy with her career and hadn't paid much attention to her family. Her family was supportive, but she would occasionally feel guilty about whether she hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother.
Who would have thought that someone who worked tirelessly for the company, tried their best to go to work during pregnancy, and quickly returned to work after maternity leave, devoting themselves wholeheartedly to their career and the company's development, would be the one to be laid off?
In today's internet slang, it's like being "given a PowerPoint presentation by your boss," where you're considering the personal and company aspects on the same level.
Now I realize I'm just a cog in the machine; once it rusts, it needs to be replaced.
She finally made it through her maternity leave, a period when she was looked down upon by her workplace, only to end up because of some things... Even now, when Bei Zihui thinks back on it, she can't help but frown.
She was waiting for her child to leave school when she saw the situation escalating on the forum.
Bei Zihui can see that most of the people speaking in the forum are currently male, but workplace optimization is not only effective for mid-life crises at age 35.
Bei Zihui had already experienced it several times long ago.
Anger is not just about being annoyed at this moment.
Bei Zihui, recalling the rumors about the basic onboarding rules at Zhixing Games, decided to do something. The boss wouldn't fire her for something like this; otherwise, he wouldn't have hired her in the first place.
"Mom—" The girl ran over, got into the car, and said in one smooth motion, "Hey? Which TV program were you calling just now?"
“Yes, baby,” Bei Zihui didn’t hide it, “Mommy is going to do a good deed. What do you want to eat tonight? Let’s have something nice to eat before we go back.”
"Yay!" the girl clapped excitedly.
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I'm a little late today, sob sob. I sincerely apologize to all my readers.
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