At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"Achoo—"

"Choke...choke...gag..."

While eating a grilled sausage, Qin Shan suddenly sneezed and then his face stiffened, turning rapidly red.

Fortunately, Gu Yu realized immediately and, performing the Heimlich maneuver from behind, a single abdominal thrust ejected the chunk of meat stuck in Qin Shan's throat.

"Cough, cough, cough! Damn it! Who's cursing me behind my back? Hope you can't shit for a week!"

With his face color slowly returning to normal, Qin Shan cursed at the sky.

Then a lightning bolt flashed across, which scared him enough to quickly tuck in his neck.

"Hahaha..." Yu Laoer burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Gu Yu couldn't help but snicker too; he looked up at the sky to see a vast expanse of dark clouds gathering quickly.

Looks like it's going to rain soon!

"Let's hurry back!"

Gu Yu called out, and the three of them scurried back to their dorm.

No sooner had they entered the dormitory building than the rain began to patter down outside.

In such weather, it was best to just laze in the dorm, reading books, and playing games.

Yu Laoer continued to sit in front of his computer coding, while Qin Laosan went back to scratching his head over the plot.

"Damn! I really don't know what plot to write anymore!"

Qin Shan scratched his ears and cheeks, feeling that he had exhausted all the stories he had seen in his lifetime over the past few days!

He had even changed a lot of them out of desperation!

Falling in love with the enemy's daughter, turning to evil, and getting killed by a pat from the adoptive father were just minor tweaks!

He also wrote about a dragon who defeated a princess, saved a hollowed-out knight, and when the knight said, "Thank you," the dragon replied, "No need for thanks, it's my turn now."

There was even a plot where the little match girl transformed into a magical girl, summoned a nuclear bomb to obliterate a village, and sent the whole village to meet her grandmother.

In summary, he had written everything he could!

And he had finished only half the task volume.

"No way, Laosi, can you find some inspiration for me?"

He was truly out of ideas, so he turned his head and spoke to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu was browsing group chats and had just seen a notice in the college group about a student scammed out of forty thousand yuan.

Without lifting his head, he said, "Why not add some scamming elements to the story? It might even improve the players' ability to guard against fraud."

Upon hearing Gu Yu's suggestion, Qin Shan's brow wrinkled in thought, then gradually relaxed.

"Got it! I can write a story about a protagonist who has been scammed from birth!"

He slapped his head and went back to his writing.

The three of them were each doing their own thing: Yu Shutong working on development, Qin Shan on writing the plot, and Gu Yu looking for inspiration online.

Every time tests were run in the Affiliated Hospital, both the old and the young would end up screaming in frustration.

...

Meanwhile, less than three kilometers from Haidong University, at Haidong University Student Innovation Park.

In Room 106 on the first floor of Haidong Innovation Building.

Sword Barrier Network Technology Co., Ltd., a small-sized game development company with an area of less than two hundred square meters.

Bi Jian was the boss of this company.

At that moment, he was sitting in his office, scolding two employees who were about the same age as him.

"Don't talk to me about raises! The game isn't online yet, so don't even think about discussing a raise with me!"

"Do you have any idea how much money I've put into Simulating Billionaire? Three million! If the game doesn't go live on schedule, you won't be able to make up for the loss even after ten years of work!"

"A whole month! A whole month has passed! And you're telling me it will take another seven days to finish development? Five days, I can give you only five more days!"

"In five days, I must see Simulating Billionaire completely online! From today onward, everyone's going to work overtime!"

"If it's not done, don't even think about getting a single penny!"

"Slap!"

Bi Jian slapped the desk hard, and the two managers standing before him didn't dare to show anger or speak out.

Although they were nominally the product manager and development manager of Bi Jian's company, in reality, they hadn't even signed a labor contract!

Moreover, they hadn't graduated yet and could only be considered interns at Bi Jian's company.

They did not form a labor relationship.

Even if they wanted to, they couldn't report Bi Jian to the Labor Bureau!

The reason they stayed here to work for Bi Jian was also because of money.

They all shared one thing in common: their families were extremely poor.

Too embarrassed to ask their families for living expenses, they were recruited by Bi Jian to work.

Bi Jian also promised them a minimum subsidy of two thousand yuan per month.

Performance bonuses would be added if there were project developments.

Last month, they developed a game called "Synthesize Big Watermelon," but it's unknown how much money it made.

However, Bi Jian did indeed double their wages.

Four thousand yuan was already a lot!

For these impoverished students, that was enough to last four or five months!

So no matter how much Bi Jian cursed them, they could only silently endure it.

In the face of hunger, dignity was not worth mentioning.

The two managers left the office obsequiously and then returned to their stations to continue leading their teams to speed up development.

Following Bi Jian's demands, they had to work at least until eleven or twelve o'clock tonight before they could get off work.

This was the reality of being at someone's mercy.

"Work hard, and once the company grows bigger and stronger, you'll all be veterans. When that time comes, whether you want to buy shares or get dividends, it will be easy to discuss, right?"

Leaning against the glass door, Bi Jian painted pie in the sky for his dozen or so subordinates with a beaming smile.

"Keep it up, everyone!"

"Work all night! Must launch on time!"

"..."

Several employees who knew how to play along quickly echoed.

Seeing the few lackeys he had placed among the employees, Bi Jian smirked.

Who couldn't paint a pie in the sky?

After all, the pie he sketched wouldn't be shared with them.

Disposable cheap labor—used up and thrown away!

Turning around and closing the soundproof glass door, Bi Jian hummed a tune as he leaned back in his genuine leather chair.

He opened his computer to see a photo sent by Shu Yinyin.

Shu Yinyin: "This is a company started by Gu Yu and his dorm mates, take a look."

In the sunset, a golden company sign hung on the balcony of the fifth floor of the dormitory building.

"Ideal Paradise? Tsk, what can a tiny company confined to a dorm room accomplish?"

Bi Jian opened the paint function and drew a huge cross on the photo with his mouse, full of scorn.

He thought that Gu Yu was just playing around.

How many people can be in a dorm? Could they match up to his team that had been operating for two years?

He was about to get investment from Shengda Network!

Once he got the investment from Shengda, he could recruit more people, expand the market.

All sorts of financing would then follow, wouldn't they?

Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to launch this "Simulating Billionaire" game on time and make it profitable.

He needed to show the potential of his company to the investors.

So, this time he spared no expense, using three million yuan from his own pocket for game promotion.

Although three million was not a large amount for promotion, the current pre-launch buzz was very good. All that was left was for the game to be released and the capital to come in, then take off directly!

Ideal Paradise? What is that? Won't it close down after just three days?

Bi Jian didn't even consider Gu Yu's Ideal Paradise as a competitor.

Why would a whale care about the attack power of a shrimp?

"These people, they don't really think I care about being the face of Haidong University, do they? Heh."

He turned on his phone, his finger sliding over Shu Yinyin's face on the screensaver, his eyes revealing unabashed greed.