I Became Super Rich After Resigning-Chapter 190 - : Did Mi Chen Really Go Bankrupt Today?

Chapter 190: Chapter 190: Did Mi Chen Really Go Bankrupt Today?

Yuan Xi shook her head; she truly had no idea about Mi Yi’s family background, as Mi Yi seemed to never mention it.

Gu Hanchen asked, “If she doesn’t have any strong backing, isn’t she afraid of getting arrested for what she’s done?”

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Yuan Xi replied, “I don’t know, let’s go eat first. There’s a lot of work to handle after the meal. The aftermath of this accident poses too many troubles to resolve.”

Not only did they urgently need to recruit a large number of programmers, but they also had to contact lawyers to send legal notices and sue the employees who fled. Moreover, they had to appease the gamers and investors.

What’s more pressing was that although the games had been fully restored, there might be some minor bugs that hadn’t been addressed and could be gradually perfected. However, this time the public relations crisis for Mi Chen was quite severe.

Now the whole internet was aware that several departments at Mi Chen had lost hundreds of programmers all at once, which was a significant crisis for the company’s ongoing programmer recruitment, investor confidence, and even gamers’ trust.

With everything piling up, Yuan Xi nevertheless tried her best to maintain her composure.

Arriving at the seafood noodle restaurant, Zhong Xiaoyi had already ordered noodles for them. It was Sunday, and although companies around were closed, this seafood noodle place was still a popular spot, with an overwhelming crowd. They could only sit in a corner.

Yuan Xi noticed that many people were sneakily taking pictures of her and Gu Hanchen after they took their seats, but she didn’t mind.

Gu Hanchen was indeed both hungry and tired; so tired that he couldn’t be bothered with shellfish. He swapped for a bowl of beef noodles with Zhong Xiaoyi beside him and wolfed it down.

Yuan Xi, with one hand on her phone, browsed through public opinion on various platforms across the internet.

The sentiment was not friendly towards Mi Chen.

The hashtag #MiChenCollapsed# was still trending, followed by a red exclamation mark.

Opening the top post, the comments had exceeded twenty thousand.

“Did Mi Chen really shut down today?” wrote one user, “Mi Chen collapsed today, right?”

“Gu Hanchen, my bestie’s husband”: “Mi Yi’s revenge this time was fierce. I heard it was only planned at 10 PM last night. She got Wang Dahai from Mi Chen’s operations department to contact all the backend developers and IT staff from various departments. They took away a significant portion of the teams for Forest Pursuit and Interstellar Voyage. Anyone willing to leave Mi Chen was instantly offered five million, plus a contract with an annual salary of one million. So cool! The frontend developers at Mi Chen must be crying out in grief; they weren’t taken because they are frontend.”

“24K Pure Handsome”: “I heard that about two hundred programmers left. With five million per person, my arithmetic is not good, I can’t do the math.”

“99 Multiplication Table replied to 24K Pure Handsome”: “I’ll do the math for you, that’s a total of one billion.”

“24K Pure Handsome”: “Mi Yi is really splurging! Even if those programmers go to jail, six months for five million, plus a future annual salary of one million, that’s pure profit. They probably wouldn’t make one million annually at Mi Chen.”

“Mi Chen’s top salaries indeed exceed one million, but for ordinary IT and backend staff, the annual salary is around 600 to 800 thousand.”

“Mi Chen had it coming. This is the best revenge by the founder. It’s been a long time since I’ve read such a satisfying story, where the founder trumps capital. Reality is more exciting than the game.”

“Let Mi Chen collapse, Destroying Stars is the most conscientious game!”

“All gaming companies should collapse! Mi Chen, hurry up and collapse!”

Yuan Xi, looking at all the unfavorable comments about Mi Chen, set her phone aside and took a deep breath.

After the meal, they went back to the company and began a meeting.

At the meeting, everyone had a grim expression; with such a major incident, it seemed unlikely that many departments would get their year-end bonuses.

Yuan Xi said, “For today’s crisis at Mi Chen, I want to thank you all for your overtime work. Although this accident has been severe, the end-of-year bonuses for all departments will still be issued.”

At these words, the atmosphere at the meeting improved a bit.

Yuan Xi turned to Fang Qin and said, “The PR department needs to come up with a solution to calm this crisis fast. If necessary, we can reach out to external PR firms. We must reassure the players and turn around public opinion by six o’clock this evening.”

Fang Qin, wearing glasses, responded, “Our department is already working urgently on a PR plan.”

Yuan Xi looked towards her colleagues in the legal department, “Song Lv, go to the HR department to collect the documents, and file lawsuits against those programmers who deleted the databases and ran off, as soon as possible.”

Fang Qin said, “Chairman Yuan, there are too many people. This time around, more than 200 have left. Other companies have seen programmers delete databases and run off before, but this kind of collective behavior, if we sue them all at once, I’m afraid it might create an even bigger public relations crisis.”

Yuan Xi replied, “It doesn’t matter. We can’t let them escape legal punishment just because they are a mob. Mi Chen is entirely justified in suing them.”

The meeting continued until it grew dark outside.

Yuan Xi received a call passed on by Qi Yi’s secretary. She looked outside at the drizzling rain and the office brightly lit with the mist created by the rain.

Yuan Xi said, “Let’s all call it a day. Everyone has worked hard today. In addition to triple overtime pay, each department can choose to go on an overseas trip during the company’s downtime today and take a partner with them. Leaders of each project should arrange their work during the travel period themselves. The administration department will provide specific amounts for each employee’s travel expenses. If you don’t want to go on a trip, you can opt for annual leave or a cash equivalent.”

“Thank you, Chairman Yuan!”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Hanchen looked at Yuan Xi and said, “You really are a generous benefactor just like your brother, huh? Have you calculated how much money we’ve lost in these twelve hours? And you’re even offering a trip abroad as a benefit.”

Yuan Xi said, “The public has been saying that Mi Chen is too harsh on its employees. Our colleagues truly did have a hard day, and this can also put a stop to some of the rumors.”

After finishing her statement, Yuan Xi then received a call from Huo Shiyuan.

“Have you had dinner yet?”

Yuan Xi answered, “Not yet, I’m about to go to the cafeteria.”

Huo Shiyuan replied, “Mi Chen Cafeteria isn’t that good. I’ll have Shiyi Hotel send something over for you. Don’t work too late.”

Yuan Xi responded, “Okay.”

After hanging up, Yuan Xi began looking at the monitors. The two babies there were well-behaved and hardly crying.

Yuan Xi was looking at messages on the OA system in her office when she heard a knock on the door. She looked out and to her surprise, it was Yang Ying.

“Mom, what brings you here?”

Yang Ying said, “I heard about the trouble at your company and figured you would have returned to Jiang City, so I came to see you.”

Yang Ying looked at Yuan Xi and said, “You have lost a lot of weight. You just had a baby; don’t push yourself too hard. My biggest regret is that after having you, I went back to the company early and left you with a nanny…”

Yuan Xi said, “I know. The nannies and childminders hired by the Huo Family to take care of the babies are reputable, and their former employers thoroughly vetted them, going back three generations in their families.”

These nannies and childminders wouldn’t be available externally; they were accustomed to working amongst the top-tier wealthy elite in City A.

For example, the nanny taking care of Lele and An An had been reserved early by Fu Qin, waiting to take care of Ren Tian and her child when the time came.

Yuan Xi even felt that the requirements the Huo Family set for hiring a nanny were higher than those for finding a daughter-in-law…

Yang Ying said, “That’s good. Is there anything at home that you need help with?”

Yuan Xi shook her head, “Not for the time being.”

Yang Ying asked, “When do you get off work? Come stay at our place today. I’m worried about you living alone.”

Yuan Xi was already accustomed to being alone. After graduating from college, aside from a period of shared housing, she had always lived by herself and never felt scared. But since Yang Ying had made the effort to come, Yuan Xi didn’t want to reject her mother’s kindness.

“I can leave work now; I’ll just bring my laptop home.”

Yang Ying was very happy, “Let’s go.”