[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids":3,"chapter-tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-chapter-247":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Tech Dominator Starts with Raising Kids",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},917979,1200,"Chapter 247: The First Step Is Always the Hardest","tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>From the boss’s look, and the sudden call for Xia Xiaomin to call him over, Xu Pengfei clearly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss wanted him to come here for something, not for discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, about recruitment...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus on research and development personnel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to staff, Mo Jingchun thought about opening a branch office, which certainly required arranging the general manager for the branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Xu, here’s the plan: select an interim general manager from within the company, and after a six-month evaluation, if they pass, remove the interim title and promote them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Other matters, you handle them appropriately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get the branch office set up as soon as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for the boss to finish instructing, Xu Pengfei nodded in agreement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A week later, Candy Technology quietly registered four branch offices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no intention of publicity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until Candy Technology’s HR department recruited a batch of professional research personnel that curious netizens searched it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did they discover that Candy Technology had opened four branch offices simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these weren’t the things netizens cared about; what truly attracted them was the treatment of research personnel in Candy Technology’s recruitment information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The annual salary starts at a million!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the application conditions were also daunting for countless people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minimum education requirement is a Ph.D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very first threshold blocked 99% of people across the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Candy Technology required qualified researchers, not loafers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was conceivable that those who could pass the interview and successfully get an offer were very few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, the starting annual salary of a million was understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading the setup of the development framework, Mo Jingchun’s face was full of incredulity after hearing Xia Xiaomin’s report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said they’ve increased the tariffs on leukemia special medicine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xiaomin nodded in confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really left Mo Jingchun puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For no reason, why were the Western countries targeting Candy Technology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Candy Technology hadn’t done anything significant, nor had it released any new products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, increasing tariffs, what kind of move is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When signing contracts with several regional agents, it was made clear that Candy Technology was only responsible for the ex-factory price, and the actual pricing had nothing to do with Candy Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the tariffs increased, would Candy Technology suffer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would these regional agents suffer? Not them either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, it would be the patients needing the medication who pay the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something Mo Jingchun couldn’t understand at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Jingchun knocked on the table with his right hand, raised his head, and slowly said to Xia Xiaomin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch this matter again, and report back to me if there are any changes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following weeks, Mo Jingchun and all the tech developers were just as headache-ridden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, the first step is always the hardest, but once you start climbing, the rest will follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Mo Jingchun and others didn’t expect software development to be so difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days, the company’s actual situation was that each agile development team held short meetings in the morning, followed by a general meeting with all project managers to exchange ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, Mo Jingchun and these tech elites designed the development architecture, process, and steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another week of meetings, the intelligent CAD project finally established a project on the servers and wrote the first line of code.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the project had numerous branches pulled out by each agile team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As June arrived, after over a month of adjustment, the developers gradually adapted to this development method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If technical problems arose during development, they were discussed internally first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If discussion didn’t resolve them, like a development program, the issue was escalated to the next level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If further unresolved, it was escalated again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In July, employees who had been working overtime often received some good news today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kindergarten within the company’s campus would officially be operational in September.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children of all employees who met the age requirement could attend the kindergarten for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Independent dormitories would be arranged for employees with children for convenience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Candy was the happiest about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little one counted on her fingers, in two months, she could go to kindergarten every day and have lots and lots of friends to play with Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At night, Wu Zhenfeng returned to the dormitory after a full day’s work and another two hours of overtime. As usual, he video-called his wife, who was looking after the child back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the face of the tired man, the woman on the screen said with concern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You worked overtime again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Zhenfeng rubbed his eyes and said indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a little while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, let me tell you something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ni’Er is going to kindergarten this year, right? I want you to bring her over here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The kindergarten at the company can accept her in September.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I’ve inquired about it. The kindergarten teachers were personally selected by the boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s face was full of hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But where will I live if I go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Live with me. If that’s not feasible, you can rent a place outside. The rent here in this small county is still quite cheap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A whole rental apartment costs just over ten thousand a year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And when Ni’Er is in kindergarten, you can also find some work at the company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom’s already asleep. Tomorrow I’ll tell her and see what she thinks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s tough being a daughter-in-law too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way I could just go without telling the elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll also talk to my parents at lunch tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next day, both elders wholeheartedly agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Free schooling for Ni’Er, and the daughter-in-law could work too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a good deal, it was hard not to agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lab, Mo Jingchun twisted his neck, got up and poured himself a cup of hot water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zero, check the code I wrote.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mark anywhere with syntax or logic errors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Jingchun carefully took a sip of the hot water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it, boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, five red marks appeared on the monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, three were due to a missing punctuation mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, Candy is requesting elevator access, granted automatically.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next second, onto the computer screen appeared the lift’s monitoring video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little one was holding a rope in one hand and raising the other high, talking to the smartwatch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the little one was speaking with Zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother.\" The little one extended her head, trying to surprise her brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Mo Jingchun played along, pretending to be very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, who’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did our Guoguo get here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little one forcefully dragged the bun next to her brother, then let go of the rope in her hand, holding out her arms for a hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embracing the little one, Mo Jingchun asked with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s your sister? Why didn’t you play with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Special thanks to No1 Wuliang Tianzun and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reader 20170214224915346 for their support.\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-03T06:30:28.420Z","2026-06-03T06:30:31.456Z",1,"novelbin.me","2048dd95bf4f45639fb60f72c96ca14c89b8b3c0f6870f399ba09ce5ab3d5e7c","tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-chapter-248","tech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-chapter-246",544,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftech-dominator-starts-with-raising-kids-cover.jpg"]