Chapter 169: 169. Chapter 169: Scent of a Woman

169. Chapter 169: Scent of a Woman

Major gaming platforms have shown great interest in this game.

They have one after another extended olive branches, hoping to obtain the agency rights for this game.

A new company established less than a month ago has carved out a bloody path in the entertainment industry, relying on a single Virtual Idol.

Su Meng is buried in mountains of resumes every day; countless people are breaking their necks trying to get into Shen Huai's company.

This grand spectacle is even more intense than it was for Xingyao back in the day.

"General Manager Shen, it seems there is some movement over at Xingyao." Su Meng put down the document in her hand and said to Shen Huai.

"Oh?" Shen Huai raised an eyebrow, "What are they doing?"

"It seems they have also started to set about creating a Virtual Idol, and what's more..."

Su Meng paused, her tone somewhat subtle, "They seem to have poached several of our company's key technical staff."

Su Meng was somewhat puzzled.

Xingyao and they are clearly from the same roots and should be united against outsiders; why would Chairman Yang Lan now turn to poaching their company's key staff?

Those were people she had spent a tremendous amount of effort to poach!

Luo Xiaoya, standing to the side, did not feel surprised.

Having studied law, she has seen far too many examples of people turning against each other.

Never mind a subsidiary fighting with its headquarters.

Even within a headquarters, cases of different departments slandering or plagiarizing each other to compete for resources are not uncommon.

"Fortunately, I was prepared."

Luo Xiaoya took out a document, "You send this to those people; this is the non-compete agreement they signed in black and white at the time. Whoever goes to Xingyao can just wait to pay the damages."

Su Meng picked up the document and flipped through it, her expression slightly startled.

"Good heavens, you really are something." Su Meng looked at the long list of compensation amounts on the last page and gave Luo Xiaoya a thumbs-up with sincere admiration.

"This is what you call nipping trouble in the bud."

Luo Xiaoya held her head high with a proud air, "Human nature cannot withstand testing."

"General Manager Shen, do we need to take any countermeasures?" Su Meng asked, "After all, Xingyao knows us very well; I'm afraid it won't be difficult for them to replicate this Anna model."

Shen Huai waved his hand, "No need to worry too much."

He scanned the room, looked at the two of them, and smiled calmly, "Do you think the reason Anna became an overnight success is purely because the modeling was done well and the hardware was strong?"

"... Isn't it?"

"That is a reason, but it is not the most important one." Shen Huai rubbed his little finger, "It is that China is still a blank slate in the virtual market, and we were the first to eat the crab, so of course we made a fortune."

"But we need to be clear about one thing: the Virtual Idol market is very large, and we cannot eat the entire cake."

"But even if we do nothing, the vast majority of the cake will still flow to us; after all, who cares about second place, right?"

Shen Huai did not continue.

Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya fell into deep thought, nodding thoughtfully.

The first to enter the game has an inherent advantage; as long as one doesn't do anything stupid, one can maintain the lead.

Thinking of this.

Shen Huai suddenly thought of something, clapped his hands, and said to everyone: "How about a company team-building event tonight? Consider it a celebration of our company's initial success."

No sooner had he finished speaking.

A charming voice suddenly rang out from outside the door. Shen Huai looked up, and sure enough, it was Lin Yeman.

"Sounds good, but I'm going to drink the most expensive wine and eat the most expensive food~"

"No problem, whatever you want to eat, I will satisfy you." Shen Huai curled his lips into a meaningful smile.

"That's what you said~"

Lin Yeman walked over holding a thick stack of documents, slapped them onto Shen Huai's desk with a clatter, and let her gaze wander over Shen Huai with great interest, "I want to eat meat."

"Eat meat? Alright, how do you want to eat it?"

The smile at the corners of Shen Huai's mouth deepened, his eyes staring straight at Lin Yeman, as if he wanted to see right through her.

Su Meng and Luo Xiaoya exchanged a glance, both seeing a bit of awkwardness in the other's eyes.

These two people are being far too blatant. An ambiguous atmosphere permeated the air, making the two bystanders feel their hearts racing and their faces flushing.

"Ahem, well, I'll go check on the project proposal first, you guys talk."

Su Meng coughed lightly, picked up the documents on the table, and fled the office as if escaping.

Seeing this, Luo Xiaoya also found an excuse to slip away: "I have something else to do, I'll go get busy."

In the blink of an eye, only Shen Huai and Lin Yeman were left in the office.

"Tonight, I'll be waiting for you." Lin Yeman leaned close to Shen Huai, whispered a sentence in his ear, then turned and left, swaying her water-snake waist.

Shen Huai watched Lin Yeman's departing back, a playful smile curling his lips.

Night fell, and the city lights began to twinkle.

In a luxury villa in the suburbs, the lights were bright and the place was bustling with noise and excitement.

Shen Huai's gaming company, Galaxy Entertainment, was holding a grand team-building party.

In one month, the company had grown from the initial few people to a scale of nearly one hundred. In addition to the veterans who followed Shen Huai from Xingyao, there were many new faces.

Liu Shishi was indeed Shen Huai's right-hand woman; she handled things flawlessly. She booked this luxury villa, invited a team of chefs from a three-star Michelin restaurant to prepare food on-site, and arranged various entertainment activities, organizing the entire party perfectly.

Shen Huai held a wine glass, weaving through the crowd, chatting and laughing with the employees.

"General Manager Shen, I'd like to propose a toast to you! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to join Galaxy Entertainment!" A young programmer, face full of excitement, held up his glass to toast Shen Huai.

"Haha, you're welcome, keep up the good work, the company won't treat you unfairly." Shen Huai smiled, raised his glass, and clinked it with his.

Similar scenes were constantly unfolding at the party.

Although Shen Huai was the General Manager of the company, he did not put on any airs; instead, he mingled with the employees, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The wine had gone around three times, and the dishes had been tasted five times.

Someone suggested playing a game, and everyone responded one after another.

"What game should we play?"

"How about Truth or Dare?"

"That's a good idea, exciting!"

Very quickly, the game of Truth or Dare began.

An empty wine bottle spun among the crowd, and the mouth of the bottle eventually pointed at Shen Huai.

"Haha, General Manager Shen, you lost! Truth or Dare?" a young female planner asked excitedly.

Shen Huai smiled slightly: "Dare, I suppose."

"Alright! You said it yourself! Then let's have something exciting!" The female planner rolled her eyes and came up with a bold dare task.

"How about... we blindfold General Manager Shen and let him... identify a woman by her scent!"

A burst of jeering and cheering immediately erupted all around.

"Identify a woman by her scent? This is great! General Manager Shen is so handsome, one look and you can tell he's a veteran of the battlefield!"

Shen Huai's expression changed slightly.

What "identify a woman by her scent," it sounded very dangerous.

"This isn't very good, I'm not very good at distinguishing perfumes..."

He looked around, and his gaze eventually landed on Lin Yeman in the crowd.

Lin Yeman was wearing a red evening gown tonight, with flaming red lips, radiating beauty, like a rose in full bloom in the dark night, full of fatal temptation.

She felt Shen Huai's gaze, the corners of her mouth curled into a charming smile, her eyes rippled, and she cast a provocative look at him.

Immediately after, Lin Yeman put down her wine glass and spoke with a beaming smile.

"It's only interesting if you're not good at it,"

"How about we just use the tie on General Manager Shen to blindfold him?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Huai and Lin Yeman, and the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous. (End of chapter)