Chapter 103: Pregnancy

As she spoke, Liu Yue suddenly realized a problem—why would Shen Mo develop the idea of secretly doing the work and only telling her once he had results?

Is she some kind of overbearing person?

Liu Yue considered herself a very harmonious, affable person.

Whether dealing with people or handling matters, Liu Yue felt she had never gone overboard.

Why wouldn't Shen Mo just tell her directly?

Was he afraid of failing and losing money, then getting scolded by her?

So Liu Yue asked this question.

Shen Mo didn't want to answer. Liu Yue used both hands to turn Shen Mo's head to face her, looked him straight in the eyes, and said softly: "Husband, you must give me a reason."

Shen Mo sighed and said softly: "I'm a coward."

"I've used up all the courage in my life just to marry you."

Liu Yue laughed out of exasperation. I'm not asking you to say sweet nothings right now.

So Liu Yue said directly: "Husband, please tell the truth."

You lack courage? In Meili Guo, you went up and beat the other guy senseless without hesitation.

You weren't lacking courage at all back then.

Shen Mo's eyes drifted, and he stammered: "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in me."

"That I'm not someone with potential."

Not wanting to disappoint those who are sincere toward him, not wanting to see the heartache in their eyes—this was the courage Shen Mo lacked.

Liu Yue was dazed for a moment, then suddenly understood the meaning of that saying: the deeper the love, the sharper the hatred.

It is precisely because of boundless love for you that the betrayal cuts to the bone.

Conversely, it is precisely because of love that one fears your disappointment.

Liu Yue hugged Shen Mo and kissed him. After a long, long time, their lips parted, and she said softly: "Husband, I will never be disappointed in you. Please go ahead and do what you need to do."

That night, the two lay in bed and poured out their feelings to each other.

The next day, Liu Yue invited Meng Bai out to explain Shen Mo's unilateral decision to invest additional funds, and laid out the prospects of the two projects.

Meng Bai smiled and waved her hand, saying there was no need to worry about it—just let her know if additional investment was needed.

Baiyin Game Company was running so well that Meng Bai said she had received dividends in the very first year of her investment. How could she possibly raise any objections?

Meng Bai said her thinking was very simple: invest, cooperate, share resources. As long as there were no losses, she would absolutely not interfere recklessly.

Additional investment was a minor issue; she wasn't short of that kind of money now.

With that settled, Liu Yue brought up the matter of establishing a dedicated Employee Assistance Association within Baiyin Game Company.

Employees encountered many problems, and the company would spend money to resolve them for them.

This department would be personally managed by Shen Mo.

Liu Yue also gave a detailed explanation of Shen Mo's earlier behavior of throwing money around.

Meng Bai nodded decisively and said: "Although I don't understand why this department was established, nor why money is being thrown around on such a large scale—so much so that I have this impulse to suspect you're laundering money—"

"But Baiyin Game Company has indeed been making money continuously, so that's good enough."

"If the game can be made into a massive hit, sold all over the world, and make the shares in my hands worth several billion or tens of billions, then I'll be even happier, and even less likely to meddle in the company's affairs."

Meng Bai's stance was displayed in full at this moment.

As long as Baiyin Game Company kept making profits, she didn't care.

Everything else was trivial.

If it stopped making money and started losing, she'd accept that too—who asked her to insist on investing in the first place?

Yes, she was just that easygoing.

As for making a fuss or anything like that, Meng Bai couldn't bring herself to do it, nor did she have the ability to.

Because she was a minority shareholder to begin with, she held no advantage. And besides, whether she was part of Baiyin Game Company or not, it made little difference.

So Meng Bai was very clear that she needed to appear generous. Liu Yue also smiled and told Meng Bai that if Baiyin Game Company really stopped making money, Liu Yue would pay out of her own pocket to buy back the shares in Meng Bai's hands, and absolutely would not let her take a loss.

Meng Bai smiled and thanked her, quickly saying that wouldn't be necessary.

After returning to Baiyin Game Company, Shen Mo set about making preparations for the "Employee Assistance Association."

The reward mechanism was the reward mechanism; this was about helping employees.

Of course, the assistance had to be repaid.

Some in the leadership also raised objections, feeling this thing might very well drag the company down.

After all, the human heart is impossible to fathom.

A newly hired employee from the legal department brought up the disgusting employees she had personally seen before.

Employee A, female, revealed her pregnancy right after becoming a regular employee, stayed home resting while collecting her full salary, and demanded full pay—otherwise she'd sue the company.

Employee B, male, unhappy with the severance package, led company employees in a disturbance, ultimately sold company secrets and violated the non-compete agreement, then turned around and sued the company afterward, claiming the company left people no way to survive.

Employee C, female, love-brained, sold company secrets, and after being sent to prison, said the company was inhuman.

Employee D, male, maliciously borrowed money from the company and ran off after resigning—that company had also offered employee assistance.

……and so on, a whole series of cases.

The legal department's point was simple: this thing was best not to exist, because even encountering one or two utterly unscrupulous employees could result in loans that could never be recovered.

Besides, you never know what caliber today's employees are.

But Shen Mo still wanted to push it through.

In the end, Wang Lin and Qiang Ni proposed a plan: only employees who had been with the company for three full years could apply for assistance.

And they would have to sign a series of work agreements afterward.

Beyond that, one must have an extremely special circumstance to apply.

However, this assistance association isn't entirely a lending operation either; it also offers some alternative forms of help based on the personal difficulties you bring up.

For example, if you say you're short on money, fine, then we can assign you to a position that pays more, as long as you're capable enough.

But if you lack the ability yet are still willing to improve, the company won't provide you with free assistance.

On the day the Employee Assistance Association was established, Wang Lin personally laid out these regulations one by one at the company-wide employee meeting.

In Wang Lin's words, our company's management isn't strict, and the benefits and treatment for employees are maxed out — basically, as long as you put in the effort, you'll get a return; the more you put in, the more returns you'll receive.

But the company itself also needs to be profitable; otherwise, there's no point in the boss running it. Please don't take offense at these rules.

After all, if the company goes under, the top-level leaders won't have too big a problem — the only ones to be pitied are the bottom-level employees. I hope everyone can work diligently and steadily.

The bottom-level employees all expressed their understanding, then threw themselves into their work with renewed enthusiasm.

The two games "Glory" and "Hero" entered intense development.

The small-games department and the mid-tier games department also all kicked off heated game development.

With ample bonus incentives, everyone was very excited.

And right at this moment, Shen Mo received even better news.

Liu Yue was pregnant.

This was a earth-shaking piece of news.

And she was already three months along.

When they went to the hospital for a checkup, even Liu Yue got a fright; upon hearing the news, Liu Xinhua and Ms. Qin Hao nearly went crazy and unleashed a torrent of scolding at Shen Mo.

(End of chapter)