A Failure's hopeful Journey

Chapter 133: Game Time.

You Xi Wang moved out of the house and rode his bike straight to the office. Before leaving he already made a call to Petra to meet him in the office and also apologized for the delay in the proceedings. Though Petra expressed her understanding as everyone in the Silica City was aware that You Family has suffered a Dark Dweller raid. Though they were all also surprised that the raiding team was not only defeated but eliminated with no casualties. This incident also displayed the power and strength of You Family. The position of the family was now not among the top but the top itself. Although it was not an officially stated position it was a silent understanding among the people of the City that You Family is not to be touched and messed with. 

There were also speculations that You Xi Wang himself defeated a Primal Soul Level dark Dweller with the help of his teammates and spirit beast. The strongest member of this assault team was a Core level Cultivator, suspected to be You Zhichi and Snow Wistrom. These few days Snow Wistrom has also gained a reputation. The academy has conducted the internal selection tournament. You Xi Wang was appointed the captain but had not yet addressed the team due to his injury. Today was Sunday and the school was closed so he decided to call Petra to deal with his affairs of the company. Petra also called the team as the progress has stagnated. They were all to wait at the office of Pro-Code. 

You Xi Wang rode his Lev-Bike straight to the location discussed earlier. He walked into the office after passing through the security check. He was not stopped this time because the security staff was notified in advance by Petra Fisher. Just as You Xi Wang was about to ask a staff member about the way to the conference hall. The elevator opened with a 'ding' sound. A slender figure wrapped in a one-piece steel-grey skirt appeared in front of You Xi Wang. The woman walked towards him in her stilettos producing a clicking sound with every step. 

You Xi Wang felt as if the clicking sound of the heels synchronized with his heartbeat. he was woken up by a sweet mellow voice, "You Xi Wang! You Xi Wang!" 

The boy's gazed focused again on the source of the sound. He smiled and spoke, "Petra, are you perhaps trying to make me commit a crime tonight?"

Petra was a thin-skinned lady from the start but she understood that You Xi Wang was flirting with her while complimenting her beauty. She was already very satisfied by the charm she had over this guy just now. This sentence multiplied her happiness and also made her experience butterflies in her heart.

She spoke as faint red clouds surfaced on her face, "Stop sweet mouthing me and let's go to the meeting. everyone is waiting for the Maestro to arrive." 

She took the initiative to grab a hold of his hand and started pulling him towards the Elevator. You Xi Wang obviously followed her with no protest. He was smiling as he experienced the softness of the boneless palm around his wrist. Petra asked him as soon as the elevator door closed. 

"Are you fine? I heard from Miss You Zhichi that you were injured?" her voice was dripping with concern. You Xi Wang was the first friend she had ever since she graduated high school. She was a tech genius who was often seen as a nerd. As a student, she always neglected her looks, although she was pretty, even diamonds collect dust over time so was the case with her. 

You Xi Wang spoke, "Just a week of rest and I am fine. I tell you a secret. I have grown stronger." he spoke with a low voice. He then asked, "Why is this elevator having doors. Last time it was an open elevator and now it is this box."

Yes, the last time he came to this place the elevator was an open platform-like design. As a person orientated to details how could he miss this change? Petra replied with a sweet voice, "This cabin is for my use only. People ogle too much. So when I took charge I shifted the employee elevator to the other side."

You Xi Wang glanced at her, scrutinized her from head to toe. His gaze made Petra blush. She turned her head away in embarrassment. You Xi Wang said, "Who asked you to be so pretty then? Also, where is your anklet? That thing looks so good when you wear it."

Petra's face flushed, it was as if blood would drip out. People compliment her every time but never did she get complimented that a piece of jewelry looks good because she wears it. How sweet was it to hear such words? You Xi Wang naturally knew what she was thinking. He mused, 'She gets satisfied too easily.' he even had the urge to shake his head while covering his face with a palm but he controlled it. 

Petra did not answer and the elevator reached the second most top floor of the building where the conference room was located. Petra was still holding You Xi Wang's wrist and subconsciously pulled him towards the room. Only at the door did she realize that she was holding him. With a blushed face she let go and entered the room with You Xi Wang. She tactfully stayed half a step behind him. This was a subtle gesture but it was to make people in the room aware of his status and not to look down on him because of his age. 

You Xi Wang had a calm expression on his face when he sat down on the big boss chair. Petra sat down on a chair on his right side. He gestured for everyone to seat down. He saw that the chief technology developer was also present. You Xi Wang nodded to the man with a slight smile and the other party returned his gesture. You Xi Wang spoke first, "So may I know how far is the progress with the game and also the download number of Metro-Frame?"

A middle-aged man stood up and said, "Sir, I am Timothy Cullen, Head Of Sales in Pro-Code. Answering your question, the Metro-Frame is really a hit product. From the day it was launched till now, the download number has reached a gigantic 10 million, the counter is still ticking. The people like this app and also we have tied up with 20 companies till now. They all will pay us an advertising fee of 10 million credits each annually. These terms were set only for the tenure of a year, that is 365 days."

You Xi Wang nodded and said, "Take out 10% credits from every month advertising revenue and distribute it among the staff. Take out a special 5% of the revenue to distribute it to the best employees in every department. The distribution will be based on the amount and importance of their work. And from every department, I mean every department. Janitors to executives. Understood?"

Timothy Cullen nodded like a pecking woodpecker and said, "Understood, boss." he was an experienced man and understood the implementation of this move was to motivate the employees to work hard and improve. 

You Xi Wang spoke again, "Petra, arrange a campaign, every employee who comes up with a game sample that can be produced without harming the social value of the world will receive five percent dividend till the game is out in the market. Whether it is a lifetime or two years. They will earn from it."

Petra nodded in response. The whole room was shocked and pleasantly surprised by these two arrangements made by You Xi Wang. They finally came to know the real skill of the Maestro. They recognized this young man as the boss. It was a common practice to earn profits for businessmen but not every boss was generous. Especially Old man Fisher, that man was not called shark for only his coding software fame. That man was a money-grubber. Petra was generous but it seemed that she was still learning from You Xi Wang. 

Carl Herald stood up and said, "Boss, I am responsible for the game you asked us to develop earlier. The game was changed according to your directions. Can you test it and see if it has any more things that needed to be changed?"

You Xi Wang nodded to show his affirmation. Carl Herald was ready to act as soon as he agrees and passed him a virtual reality helmet. You Xi Wang put on the helmet and leaned back in the chair. He executed command with his mouth, "Game Start."

The scenery changed and he came to stand in the center of the field. The stadium was filled with a lot of crowds and some music was also playing in the background. The helmet was connected to the projector and everything inside was displayed outside. You Xi Wang spoke, "The start is good."

The developing team cheered up. They were all really worried that the boss would not like it. You Xi Wang heard a voice, "Please select your team colors and name."

You Xi Wang spoke, "Team name Phantom." soon the name was registered. He was then shown a cursor leading somewhere. You Xi Wang followed it and he found himself in the Locker room. There he customized a set of playing gear for himself and his team. Soon he did everything, he played the game. He liked this sensation of playing football after such a long time. he won the game and said, "I really like it. It is good. The only thing it lacks is the game strategies. I will dictate some and you develop an autonomous code that executes these strategies accordingly throughout the game."

You Xi Wang then put down the helmet and told the people some strategies such as Offside-trap, time consumption, wall formation, and team play formations. He said in the end, "After you have done all this make it so that 11 people can connect together and make a team to play together. Also, if they lack people then they can play with bots. Okay?"

Carl Herald nodded and he was noting down every word You Xi Wang spoke. As for the sales of this game, You Xi Wang obviously had a plan in his mind. This game was going to be a big move towards his goal to cripple the Mirai Group.