Chapter 35: Are you walking on thin ice?

  The Dragon Soaring Laboratory is not large, converted from a conference room of dozens of square meters, seven or eight people are gathered together, discussing enthusiastically.

  "Director Yang!" Someone spotted him and everyone stopped in their tracks.

  Yang Yun smiled and nodded to the two people beside him, saying: "Director Zhao, Expert Shen, this is our Longteng Laboratory. The area is not large, there are not many instruments, and there are only eight people in total. The temple is too small, the incense is not strong, and we can't attract immortals."

  Zhao Yongping didn't think much of it, nodded and said: "What's the big deal? Think back to those years, there were only you, Aleksey and me. We had no money, no material possessions, but we managed to create our own world with just the three of us."

  Yang Yun burst out laughing, this was the most satisfying thing for the three of them. They overcame all objections, turned the tide, and withstood everyone's pressure to pull out the old machines from Huamiao Electronics Factory and sell them off, then bought back a second-hand cassette production line that others were about to scrap at a high price. After working hard for a month, they finally saved Huamiao Electronics Factory from years of losses.

  These were the most difficult yet most sincere days, leaving the two in a state of sighs.

  Yang Yun was chatting with Zhao Yongping on the surface, but his eyes were actually fixed on Shen Jun all along. He knew this guy wasn't up to any good.

  Shen Jun Dong glanced around, then walked to the back of the crowd and saw two large commercial computers on the table, as well as many design drafts spread out on the desktop. Pretending not to care, he took a casual look, but in fact, he was paying close attention to the animation demo on the monitor and the important documents on the table.

  Although Yang Yun didn't give any hints, Zhang Guoqiang, this young man with sharp eyesight, swept his hand across the scattered documents on the table, turned around deliberately, blocked the monitor, and stared at Shen Jun's eyes, full of vigilance.

  Yang Yun was talking to Zhao Yongping, and with a glance, he saw this scene, feeling relieved in his heart. He planned to send a red envelope to Zhang Guoqiang later, and this true emotional expression would not be afraid of Shen Jun not taking the bait, completely meeting Yang Yun's expectations.

  I thought it was all over, but who would have thought that Shen Jun's face is really too thick. He actually asked: "Are you guys making a new game now? What stage are you at?"

  Everyone was shocked.

  You're really a scoundrel! Yang Yun cursed in her heart, I knew you'd be like this!

  "Is this guy crazy? You're not one of us, and you're a technician from our competitor, how can you ask such questions?" Everyone else in the Longteng lab thought so, but no one answered Shen Jun's question.

  Zhao Yongping turned his face to one side, he really couldn't bear to look anymore.

  Only Shen Jun felt good about himself, with a calm attitude, and didn't know what shame was, so when he saw Xiang Tianhui holding a painting folder in his arms, he reached out to grab it.

  Xiang Tian, although said to be a painter with no strength to bind a chicken, was not someone to be trifled with. In the instant Shen Jun reached out his hand, he instinctively wanted to dodge, but fearing that he would offend Yang Yun's guest, he could only tightly grasp the painting folder and stare pitifully at Yang Yun.

  "Expert Shen!" Yang Yun stopped him in time, pressing down on the painting folder and pushing it back to Xiang Tian. "Just a few broken paintings, I'm afraid they'll pollute your eyes. But I'm quite curious about the little bee game you just made, who did it? Was it Expert Shen?"

  No mention of Little Honeybee, Shen Jun was fine. Once mentioned, he was like being scratched at an itchy spot and laughed with his mouth wide open: "Does President Yang also think this game is good? It's not bad, Little Honeybee is the one I led the development of, and it only took three days to make! Honestly speaking, in the four-in-one cartridge of our Little Overlord console, Little Honeybee has already replaced Pac-Man as a standard game, because it's fun, so our sales have been rising steadily, breaking new highs!"

  "Director Shen!" Zhao Yongping rushed over, pulled Shen Jun out of the crowd, and said with a gloomy face: "That's enough! Thank you for Mr. Yang's hospitality today. Next time Mr. Yang comes to Chongshan, he must find me to drink! Goodbye!"

  Shen Jun was unhappy: "Director Zhao, why are you dragging me into this? I'm telling the truth, not exaggerating at all! Didn't we just pass the inspection on the headquarters' side? Didn't we just file for a patent?"

  You son of a bitch, plagiarizing my idea and even applying for a patent in your own name!

  Yang Yun held back his breath and hypocritically sent the two away, then turned around and returned to the laboratory, with a dark face he asked Ji Shangyuan: "What did he see just now?"

  Looking at Yang Yun's dark face, Inoue Osamu was startled. The computer screen had no screensaver and couldn't be turned off, running a horizontal scroll with a blank background image. The documents spread out on the desk were some hand-drawn split-screen diagrams when switching between maps, although not core code, but at least exposed some useful information.

  Yang Yun clenched his fists, this Shen Jun was really too shameless, how could there be such a shameless person in the world! Although all of this was within his expectations, Shen Jun's approach was simply too much!

  Shen Jun made this utterly disrespectful gesture in front of Longteng employees, almost provoking a fight. Yang Yun's last bit of affection for Xiaobao Wang company vanished from her heart, and even if it still existed, it was only related to her personal feelings towards Zhao Yongping.

  "If any outsider comes in without permission again, throw them out! Even if I bring someone in, no information is allowed to be leaked out!" Yang Yun coldly smiled and fiercely stared at Inoue Takeo, then angrily left.

  Go to his Majesty Little Overlord! Little Genius, Little Overlord, let's take them down together! Best if we can bankrupt the Zhongyi Group and then recruit Zhao Yongping as our younger brother!

  Yang Yun has done many things that go against the laws of history. He promoted the establishment of Little Emperor Company, he seized the patent for Tetris, he turned Sega into an ally and pushed Tiny Genius Company towards Nintendo, but it is not seen how history will punish him.

  Yang Yun waved his hand: "Call back all middle-level cadres and hold a meeting!"

  There were only four middle-level cadres, Fang Huimin had called back Fang Jindong who was guarding the Chiyang Electronics Factory, plus Inoue Gen and Jiang Shaoyun, all standing in Yang Yun's office.

  Yang Yun handed over a stack of scribbled papers: "Take a look at this, from today on, officially launch the second game project of Longteng Entertainment Game Company - Cosmic Cruiser! Start integrating game code!"

  "Nani!" Takao Inoue was the first to cry out, "Isn't Cosmic Cruiser a game that Konami released just last year? Are you saying..."

  Plagiarism and infringement, these two words, Inoue Osamu didn't dare to say out loud, he now understands that in today's China, the brave are rewarded with success, while the timid are left to starve. Even Super Mario from Nintendo was plagiarized, what about Konami which is affiliated with Nintendo? The national conditions of China in 1989 completely overturned the Japanese people's outlook on life and values...

  Yang Yun nodded: "The technical issues of the horizontal scrolling game, we have already tested on the circus. Also, I've looked at the Super Mario core code you organized. The Space Cruiser may be technically more difficult than both Circus and Super Mario, so study it carefully and fully imitate it first. As for patent rights, don't worry about it, I'll take care of it!"

  Jiang Shaoyun was somewhat worried: "Director Yang, isn't Koei one of Nintendo's most important partners? If we imitate their games, won't that provoke Nintendo's dissatisfaction?"

  Yang Yun waved his hand: "Listen to me, no mistake. Specific matters, after you have made a simple program for the cosmic cruise ship, I will arrange it."

  After arranging the R&D matters, Yang Yun instructed Fang Jindong and Fang Huimin to take charge of program confidentiality and logistical support services respectively. Longteng Company is a team, and any missing link would cause the whole chain to fall apart.

  After the meeting was dismissed, Yang Yun called out to Jiang Shaoyun and they walked into the rest room to smoke.

  Yang Yun said: "Shao Yun, I have something to entrust you with. This matter must not be told to anyone else, it has to be done secretly. Can I trust you?"

  Jiang Shaoyun's expression turned serious: "Director Yang, rest assured, I am absolutely reliable."

  Yang Yun nodded: "Letting them into the lab today was intentional on my part, don't get any bad ideas."

  "Ah?" Jiang Shaoyun was stunned: "You deliberately let them see?"

  Yang Yun flicked his cigarette ash: "Yes, I did it on purpose. Shen Jun saw our progress and with his shameless attitude, he will definitely have more tricks up his sleeve. He even plagiarized my Little Bee idea so brazenly, now that he's seen a glimmer of the horizontal scroll game, he must be itching to get more. At this point, I'm also intentionally starting the Cosmic Cruiser project. Next, I want you to do this."

  Yang Yun whispered something in Jiang Shaoyun's ear, and upon hearing it, Jiang Shaoyun's face changed drastically. He hastily said: "Director Yang! You absolutely mustn't do this! This is raising a tiger in your backyard!"

  Yang Yun said in a low voice, "Raising a tiger to invite disaster? He's just a little tyrant, what a joke! To be honest, if it weren't for Zhao Yongping's face, I would have crushed the little tyrant long ago! I've been holding back all this time because of Zhao Yongping's face!"

  Jiang Shaoyun was puzzled: "Can't Zhao Yongping see how much more formidable he is? Mr. Yang, why do you attach so much importance to him?"

  Yang Yun smiled and said: "You won't understand even if I tell you. Just do what I told you to do earlier, and that's a great achievement!"

  As a result, something went wrong with the company just one week later, and it really dropped the chain.

  "Hasn't he come to work for three days?" Yang Yun asked lightly as she listened to Fang Huimin's report.

  Three software engineers newly recruited by the R&D department ten days ago started asking for leave five days ago with various reasons, and Fang Huimin approved.

  But three days ago, they suddenly exploded and all three people disappeared. They still haven't come back until this morning, Fang Huimin is panicked.

  The head of the R&D department, Inoue Yasuo, is a technical team leader, but he is Japanese and can lead technical research, but cannot manage daily life.

  Originally, the deputy leader Fang was supposed to shock other engineers, but he has been arranged to work at Chiyang Electronics Factory for the past few days. So Jiang Shaoyun occasionally took over as a leader and showed concern about the employees' mental state.

  This week, Yang Yun handed over the design plan of the cosmic cruise ship to the R&D department and has been studying in various university libraries in Beijing, visiting several schools' welcoming activities, sometimes going to Sega China to chat with Yongye, and going to Chiyang Electronics Factory to check production progress, indeed also neglecting some management.

  He actually deliberately didn't stay in the company, just to make it impossible for his subordinates to find him.

  Yang Yun asked: "Hui Min, have you contacted their families?"

  Fang Huimin shook her head: "Not yet, Mr. Yang, they are all adults now, I think they should not be sick or have something to do, otherwise they would not disappear uniformly like this. You'd better ask them yourself."

  Yang Yun suddenly pulled down his face and asked: "What is the current progress of the development of the cosmic cruise ship?"

  "In accordance with the original plan, today we started working on the motion modeling of the wingman, including individual behaviors such as shooting and position calculation after multiple wingmen combine. Adding to that, in the past few days, we completed the speed upgrade system, firepower firing system, action operation system, and multi-map switching, all that's left is the final combination."

  The spacecraft has this level of technical content, after consuming energy, the host's moving speed increases, or it can upgrade the firepower of the escort aircraft, which can shoot at an angle upwards and downwards, and can also launch laser beams.

  According to Inoue Osamu, they have already completed the position calculation algorithm for multiple aircraft formations, and now only need to add horizontal scrolling screen movement, refresh enemy planes according to the timeline, increase BOSS battles, and add various building transformations on the map to enhance playability. That is to say, they have at least completed 70% of the workload!

  Slap! Yang Yun's palm slapped on the table, angrily shouting: "Someone must be digging at my corner!"

  "What? Everyone was shocked, and Fang Huimin was somewhat panicked. As the head of the household, she had a great responsibility when something happened to her employees."

  This slap made Jiang Shaoyun, who was standing aside, feel equally shocked and frightened, because the departure of these three employees were all related to him, and they were all secretly manipulated by him in the past few days. To be precise, he was carrying out Yang Yun's orders - intentionally letting them go!

  But Yang Yun's performance was like real anger, Jiang Shaoyun gritted his teeth, not knowing what to say.

  Mr. Yang, you're walking on thin ice!