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    Chapter 36: A Desperate Compensation!

    July 17, 2024, Author: Bulufen Warrior

    Chapter 36: A Desperate Compensation!

    Yan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief after sending Shen Miao Miao away.

    He stretched his shirt, only to discover the back was completely soaked.

    “Ah—!!!”

    He let out a heavy sigh!

    Yan Sheng was truly angry.

    But at the same time, he felt a little bit of smugness.

    Because ever since he entered the ArtTour platform and took over as CEO!

    He had been wanting to bring down the “old guard,” led by Sun Guoping!

    Yan Sheng was young, and a wise and pragmatic idealist.

    Nowadays, the gaming circle was stuck in a rut, with many large game companies, led by Xun Teng Games, engaging in rampant “borrowing” practices.

    The entire gaming market was like a large-scale impart, today you copy me, tomorrow I copy you.

    Game genres became increasingly monotonous, but the ways to make money were constantly evolving.

    Today it’s a big wheel of fortune, tomorrow it’s a limited edition, and the day after tomorrow it’s a gacha machine.

    No one was willing to focus on the essence of “gameplay”!

    The reason for the current state of the gaming circle, apart from the developers’ pursuit of profit and treating players as leeks, was also due to the “contribution” of ArtTour, the platform itself!

    You know!

    They were one of the top gaming platforms in the country!

    Every move they made could greatly influence the entire gaming circle!

    Logically, as a gaming platform, they should treat all games equally!

    In terms of promotional strategies, they should adhere to the principle of “the best rise to the top.”

    But now, unspoken rules reigned supreme on the ArtTour platform—

    Ignoring quality, ignoring gameplay, ignoring evaluation!

    The platform’s promotion was automatically allocated to large, established, and willing-to-pay companies!

    Perhaps these companies’ games had rigid gameplay, a stagnant mindset, and even just copied skins.

    But they made money!

    Then, the developers made money, the platform took a cut, and the executives could gain some benefits—it was a win-win-win situation.

    As for the players?

    With such severe market homogenization, they were indifferent to which game they played, seemingly accustomed to being leeks.

    To this!

    Yan Sheng’s assessment was—a scorched-earth policy, a slow death.

    As a sharp-minded helmsman, Yan Sheng knew that if they continued to allow these unspoken rules to erode the platform.

    Then the ArtTour ship would eventually be riddled with holes and perish in the storm.

    Therefore, he was determined to reform.

    He wanted to strictly enforce the principle of “the best rise to the top,” constantly discover emerging designers, and establish deep partnerships with them.

    Only then could ArtTour become the “Huangpu Military Academy” for game designers in the country.

    Always at the forefront of game innovation, mastering the core competitiveness of the market.

    Perhaps, once they had accumulated enough strength, expanding into the international market wouldn’t be impossible!

    But.

    Innovation has always been in conflict with conservatism.

    Moreover, the conflict between the two involved interests and could not be reconciled.

    Therefore, Yan Sheng had been looking for an opportunity, he had to kick out those old, corrupt officials who were paying lip service while secretly obstructing the reforms!

    And today!

    The opportunity to strike finally came.

    Thinking of this, Yan Sheng’s face turned dark, and he dialed the secretary’s office:

    “Have Sun Guoping come see me, right now.”

    Yan Sheng’s efficiency was high.

    Within two days!

    ArtTour’s “response” arrived.

    That day, Shen Miao Miao opened the ArtTour platform as usual.

    However, as soon as she opened the program, before the main page had fully loaded, a pop-up window appeared first—

    【Apology Letter】

    Shen Miao Miao was taken aback and clicked on the details page to view it.

    Then, an apology letter, thousands of words long, unfolded—

    【Dear players, designers, and all friends who support the ArtTour platform, hello:】【First, please allow us to express our sincerest apologies…】

    Looking down, Shen Miao Miao couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

    This Yan Sheng really had guts.

    Because in the following text, he actually revealed all the details of the data exchange and the secret ranking manipulation this time.

    He spared no detail, posting all the timestamps and evidence of the backend tampering in the form of pictures.

    Shen Miao Miao secretly gave a thumbs-up.

    A company, especially a benchmark company in the industry, being willing to thoroughly analyze its problems and make the results public, meant that they were willing to bear all the negative consequences.

    Very responsible, and very rare.

    【…Through internal self-inspection and investigation, we are now announcing the results as follows—】

    【1. It has been determined that Starlight Technology Co., Ltd. has engaged in favoritism, deliberately interfered with the fair execution of the event, and engaged in bribery of our company’s staff, among other actions. Therefore, their participation in this event is canceled, all Starlight game works will be removed from the platform, they will be permanently banned from cooperation, and we reserve the right to pursue all legal liabilities.】

    【2. Our company’s relevant involved employees will be dismissed and will never be employed again. For those involved in large amounts of money, we will apply to relevant departments for intervention, and after investigation and confirmation, our company will file a lawsuit on the grounds of “Embezzlement.”】

    【3. The Golden Wind Technology Co., Ltd. affected by this incident will have its random ranking refresh permissions restored starting today, the first round of voting rankings will be restored, and the compensation results will be announced tomorrow. We welcome your supervision.】

    Good heavens!

    Seeing such severe punishment, even Shen Miao Miao couldn’t help but gasp!

    Yan Sheng’s methods were truly ruthless!

    You know!

    Essentially, ArtTour was just a private company, and private companies didn’t have a concept of “embezzlement,” and usually wouldn’t file a lawsuit.

    But this time!

    Yan Sheng was determined to kill these corrupt officials who were acting with impunity under his nose!

    He slapped them with an “embezzlement lawsuit”!

    Even if these involved executives weren’t jailed, it would still cause them a lot of trouble and leave them restless!

    Ruthless.

    And resolute.

    Shen Miao Miao was very satisfied with this.

    After all, she just couldn’t swallow the injustice, she wanted to warn ArtTour not to treat her like a fool.

    Golden Wind could slack off, but you couldn’t treat this old lady like trash.

    Now, ArtTour had punished the involved personnel, made the results public, and apologized sincerely with a respectful tone.

    Her purpose had been achieved.

    As for the “compensation results” mentioned at the end, Shen Miao Miao didn’t care, she didn’t need them.

    Let’s just call it a day.

    However!

    Shen Miao Miao had forgotten a saying, “A tree wants to be quiet but the wind won’t stop.”

    The next moment, the office door was knocked on.

    Chu Qingzhou walked in with a stack of documents, beaming with joy, sat opposite Shen Miao Miao, and handed the documents to her:

    “General Manager Shen, this is the compensation plan customized for us by the ArtTour platform, please review it, General Manager Yan said if there are any omissions, you can add them!”

    Hearing this, Shen Miao Miao was taken aback.

    Then she chuckled: “What compensation, I’m just fighting for my dignity.”

    As she spoke, Shen Miao Miao picked up the documents.

    Then, her smile froze on her face.

    She saw on the documents, written in black and white, the ArtTour platform’s “compensation”—!

    【1. To compensate for the abnormal ranking refresh loss of your company, starting from midnight tomorrow, “Vampire Survivors” will be permanently displayed on the homepage refresh list for five days, until the end of the event.】

    【2. To compensate for the first-round voting loss of your company, starting from midnight tomorrow, “Vampire Survivors” will be restored to its first-round vote leaderboard position and a homepage announcement will be made, for five days, until the end of the event.】

    【3. To compensate for the comprehensive publicity loss of your company, starting from midnight tomorrow, “Vampire Survivors” will be awarded a homepage banner recommendation, for five days, until the end of the event.】

    【4. To be added by your company.】

    Silence.

    Long silence.

    Either explode in silence or perish in silence.

    Seeing Shen Miao Miao’s face quickly turn ashen, as if on the verge of perishing.

    Chu Qingzhou couldn’t help but speak:

    “General Manager Shen… are you… feeling unwell?”

    “Why is your complexion so bad?”

    (End of Chapter)

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