Chapter 30: I Say, President Kiana is Brilliant!
Countless job seekers were breaking down the doors to join miHoYo!
However, despite establishing systems like two-day weekends, Kiana was horrified to discover that the progress of the *Honkai Impact 3rd* project was not delayed at all. On the contrary, it began to skyrocket like it was strapped to a rocket!
What was going on? Hadn't she hired a group of "clear-eyed and foolish" college students and "old slackers" fired by other gaming companies?
It wasn't until Kiana checked the surveillance footage on a whim one day that she discovered the reason! As it turned out, these employees would sneak back to the company every day after work to start working overtime! Not only were they working overtime, but they were also organizing internal study sessions led by those "old slackers" Kiana had recruited. They led the college students—whose faces were filled with "clear-eyed foolishness" but whose eyes burned like fire—and began to study intensely!
"Wait, this isn't right!!"
Why would employees voluntarily stay to work overtime, treat the company like their home, and organize study sessions to improve themselves? This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime sight!
While she, Kiana Kaslana, was racking her brains on how to lose money by constantly increasing costs and raising salaries, these high-paid employees weren't enjoying life or slacking off. Instead, they were striving to catch up, every single one of them turning into a "Liver Emperor" (hardcore grinder)!
Finally, on a dark and windy night, Kiana secretly returned to the company after pretending to leave, only to run into an "acquaintance" immediately!
Carole!
A vibrant teenage girl whose life motto was "Doing the right thing at the right age"—living life to the fullest! Originally a character from *A Post-Honkai Odyssey*, she wielded an exaggerated pair of mechanical fists with an incredible sense of impact! In this world, she was Bronya's junior! She was also a somewhat famous 3D character animator. Her work on *HOMU Chronicles: Great Brawl* had earned a good reputation in a gaming industry dominated by "Yellow-Skinned Rabbits."
The reason Carole appeared here was simple. Before today's study session, Carole, acting as a representative, had practically broken down in tears on stage! She recounted how she had been exploited by her boss at her previous company, tortured by adjusted working schedules, disgusted by clients, and had her achievements stolen by superiors... Carole had simply dropped everything and run, eventually joining miHoYo through Bronya's recommendation!
Two-day weekends, no overtime, paid leave, no clocking in, optional team-building—and even if you didn't go, you could still receive a team-building allowance... These dazzling company benefits made Carole feel right at home at the company!
This is what you call a world-class boss! President Kiana!
Kiana nearly fainted on the spot. No, she had gone to all that trouble to make the company like a home because she wanted them to slack off comfortably, so the project would eventually fail because it couldn't meet the deadline!
"President Kiana is a god-tier boss! I will sweat for her! I will bleed for her! I'm going to grind, grind, grind! I'll grind until my liver explodes!"
It backfired completely.
Kiana finally understood. Precisely because the welfare system was too good, these employees—receiving such high salaries and enjoying such benefits—were all deeply grateful to her! There's a saying: "With a million-dollar salary, the boss is like my second parent." Kiana's current transcendent status was undoubtedly that of the company's spiritual leader!
In order not to let President Kiana down, everyone gave their all, desperately absorbing knowledge for one simple reason! Kiana had taken in these "clear-eyed and foolish" graduates and the "old slackers" fired by other companies, treating them like treasures...
Repaying kindness!
As a human being, this was something one must never lose!
Kiana felt like she was about to spit blood. Repaying kindness? You should be ungrateful! Ungrateful!!
As for why the atmosphere in the company had turned out this way, the "Great President Kiana" didn't know it was due to Su Mu's unintentional actions. In the beginning, everyone's work wasn't exactly diligent, and they all left on the dot. However, it wasn't until an employee forgot her wallet at the office after work and returned to find the light in Game Director Su Mu's office still on.
That same employee came to work especially early the next day, nearly an hour before the shift started, only to find Su Mu's office light already on. She told the other employees about this discovery, and after putting their heads together, they realized...
Just what kind of monster was their Game Director?
He was always the last to leave and the first to arrive. Whenever they went into his office to report on the situation, Su Mu was always working.
"Is the Director a T-800 Terminator? He works every single day!"
"He's always working. If there's a problem, he always makes time to help us find the answer..."
"No wonder he's a Director at such a young age..."
"Does he have no private life at all?"
When an employee finally couldn't contain their curiosity and asked Su Mu why he worked so hard, Su Mu didn't even think before saying: "Because of passion."
Those four simple words made the souls of the *Honkai Impact 3rd* production team tremble.
"Didn't you choose to major in game production and dive into the blue ocean of gaming because of passion? Everyone gathered here came for the same dream—to create a game that belongs to us."
Passion!
Although it was just a simple word, Su Mu perfectly embodied it! This caused the group of college students—who were at their most hot-blooded age—to roll up their sleeves, and it made the "old salted fish" regain their original intentions! Even the Director was working so hard; how could they settle for the status quo and stop moving forward?!
"For the dream!"
"For passion!"
"For President Kiana!"
"Go, go, go!!"
Su Mu hadn't expected this either. He was simply putting a bit of heart into producing *Honkai Impact 3rd*, working hard every day without slacking, and doing some overtime when he had nothing else to do. Somehow, he had mysteriously become the idol of the employees. But thanks to this, the completion rate of *Honkai Impact 3rd* was rising steadily!
Finally, three months after the announcement of the *Honkai Impact 3rd* project, a newly designed website quietly went online.
— "*Honkai Impact 3rd* Official Website: Fight for all that is beautiful in the world!"
Immediately following that was the first step of *Honkai Impact 3rd*'s explosive popularity: the first game PV was officially released!
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