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Chapter 535 - 349: Routine Operation

Chapter 535: Chapter 349: Routine Operation

Eastern Gate Building, 22nd floor, Cretaceous Technology Co., Ltd.

"Click-clack!"

The sound of keyboard typing was incessant in the office area, as if everyone was immersed in their work, forgetting themselves.

Lu Xiaoyi’s eyes were lifeless, with heavy dark circles under them, as his fingers mechanically struck the keyboard.

"Xiaoyi? Xiaoyi!"

"Ah? Oh, Brother Wang, what’s up?" Lu Xiaoyi, as if waking from a dream, lifted his head to look at the senior employee who had leaned over from the next desk.

"Sort out this customer requirement, Supervisor Liu said he urgently needs the report this afternoon."

"Oh! Okay!" Lu Xiaoyi nodded woodenly and took the material.

"I’m telling you, Xiaoyi, did you stay up late again yesterday?

Young man, take it easy. With this kind of work intensity and still playing games, your body won’t be able to take it."

Brother Wang said, looking at Lu Xiaoyi with concern.

"Sigh! Not really, I got home at one last night, was planning to sleep early, but my girlfriend waited up too late, got angry, and we had a fight, so I didn’t sleep well yesterday." Lu Xiaoyi messed up his somewhat disheveled hair.

"You see, I’m working myself to death just to earn a bit more money, why can’t she be a little understanding..."

"Oh! A fight, huh..."

At these words, and seeing Lu Xiaoyi’s troubled expression, Brother Wang couldn’t help but reminisce about his own early days when he first started his career.

Back then... he too had a girlfriend...

"Sigh! Listen to me, in our line of work, you definitely need to manage your life well, otherwise you’ll suffer on both ends, even iron men can’t handle it, and you’ll end up with a mess in both life and work."

"No worries, Brother Wang, I’m still young. Staying up till two or three is nothing!

Once I get my salary, I’ll buy my girlfriend a bag, and she’ll calm down."

"Ha! That spirit... you weren’t short on overtime pay last month, were you? You lucky fellow, came to the company and immediately won a 5000 yuan big red packet, making me so envious."

"Hehe! Luck! All luck!"

Speaking of that, Lu Xiaoyi couldn’t help but grin widely.

Just thinking about the five-figure salary on his pay slip a few days ago made him feel as if the fatigue was swept away, and he suddenly got a burst of energy.

Money is the driving force of modern civilization.

As long as the money is right, it can turn anyone into a king of hustling!

"Ha! Being young is great, but you should still go home early and rest today, those dark circles are pretty serious."

"Hmm... don’t worry, Brother Wang, at my age, fighting till dawn is no problem! A cup of coffee, and I’m a new man!

Enough talk, I’ve got to get this material sorted quickly, or Supervisor Liu is going to scold someone again."

Seeing Lu Xiaoyi forcing his eyelids back to his workstation, Brother Wang shook his head helplessly and smoothed out his own sigh-inducing hair.

Youth, indeed!

Wait till you reach my age, then you’ll know how important it is to take care of your health...

...

Inside the office.

Hu Yifei looked at the scene of employees working hard outside the window, yet his brows were deeply furrowed.

After some time, the situation at Ai Dou New Energy had become clearer.

Orders sharply reduced, shareholders pulled out to stop losses, company revenue was expected to plummet almost certainly.

Although the outside world had not noticed Ai Dou Company’s weakness so quickly, the hope of getting that money back was becoming more and more remote...

The research and development situation at Cretaceous was equally baffling.

Although he had accepted the HR manager’s suggestion and implemented increasingly tough task requirements, passing the pressure onto each middle and high-level employee and greatly increasing the overall work intensity,

the pace of research and development had not risen as expected with the tide.

Boosting morale like this was good for a while, but it soon declined, and kept declining, the effect getting worse as time went on.

He had already vaguely sensed the employees’ slackening spirit...

Seeing the company’s financial situation teetering, and the research and development results nowhere in sight, he was gradually getting anxious.

He could certainly get the money.

But that money would either come from those who saw his background and had vested interests or those who had ulterior motives...

Not wanting to take shortcuts, Hu Yifei could only keep a close watch on the R&D department while trying to liquidate assets that could be quickly turned into cash.

Though he could still hold out for a while, the pressure on him was increasing by the day.

"Yifei!"

Just as Hu Yifei was pondering how to break through the situation, Meng Lang suddenly walked into the office.

Hu Yifei was startled for a moment, and his expression became even more bewildered when he saw who was following her.

"Eh! Senior sister? Mr. Meng? What brings you here?"

"I invited them over for a tour."

"A tour?"

Hu Yifei quickly realized, and looked somewhat helplessly at his girlfriend.

The next moment, however, he took her hand, his voice carrying a trace of apology.

"I’m sorry for making you worry."

"What are you sorry for? Worrying about your own man, isn’t that what I should do?" Yan Weiwei smiled coquettishly and clasped fingers with Hu Yifei...

"Hey hey! Enough, you two! We didn’t come here just to be fed dog food today!"

Yan Weiwei rolled her eyes, interrupting the two’s tender moment.

"Ahem! Senior sister, Mr. Meng, please take a seat, I’ll make you some tea."

"What tea? Are we all free here? Let’s talk business!"

Yan Weiwei finished speaking and looked toward Meng Lang, raising an eyebrow.

"So, great consultant Meng, where do we start to understand the situation?"

Yan Weiwei also gave her boyfriend a meaningful glance.