Back to 2008: I Helped My Dad Become the Richest Man

Chapter 68 The Queen Leads the Campaign Personally, Who Dares to Disobey?

When Luo Xiyuan reappeared in the "Five Minutes" company office, dragging a small suitcase, everyone stopped what they were doing.

The entire office was in complete chaos.

The tech team's employees had bloodshot eyes as they typed code at breakneck speed.

The customer service phone rang incessantly, and the shouts and curses of players on the other end of the line could be clearly heard.

Xu Yang's voice was hoarse from shouting. He was holding a megaphone and coordinating the work of various departments.

Luo Xiyuan's appearance instantly silenced the noisy office.

"President Luo? What brings you here?" Xu Yang was taken aback when he saw Luo Xiyuan, then quickly went to greet her.

"If I hadn't come, would this place have turned upside down?" Luo Xiyuan's gaze swept around.

All the employees whose eyes fell upon her instinctively lowered their heads.

"From now on, I'm in charge here."

Luo Xiyuan's voice wasn't loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

"All department heads, please proceed to the meeting room in five minutes. Everyone else, return to your posts and focus on your tasks. Anyone who dares to make a sound again will be fired immediately."

After saying that, she ignored everyone's reactions and walked straight into Xu Yang's general manager's office.

Five minutes later, several department heads from the company cautiously entered the conference room.

They looked at the little girl sitting in the main seat, who was shorter than the table, and for a moment no one dared to speak first.

"I'm short on time, so let's get straight to the point," Luo Xiyuan said, getting to the point. "We'll address three issues today."

"First, there are technical issues."

She looked at the head of the technical department, a man in his thirties with half his hair already balding.

"Why did our server crash? Don't tell me it's because there are too many users. I want to hear the real reason."

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The technical manager, sweat beading on his forehead under her gaze, stammered, "It's...it's because our architecture wasn't designed with such high concurrency in mind. Database read/write operations have become a bottleneck..."

"In other words, your original design was terrible," Luo Xiyuan interrupted him.

The technical manager's face instantly turned red.

"I don't care what methods you use, I'm giving you three days." Luo Xiyuan held up three fingers. "Within three days, I want you to redesign a server architecture capable of supporting ten million, or even fifty million, concurrent users. Report directly to Xu Yang what equipment and personnel you need. I'll approve the funding. If the problem isn't solved after three days, your entire technical department, from the supervisor to the interns, will be fired. Understand?"

"I understand—I understand." The technical supervisor's voice was trembling.

"Secondly, the issue of cheating software."

Luo Xiyuan's gaze then turned to the head of the product department.

"There are all sorts of cheats circulating in the market now, such as automatic crop harvesting, automatic crop stealing, and even speed hacks. These things are damaging our game's ecosystem. What solutions do you have for this?"

The product manager, a young man who had recently graduated, nervously pushed up his glasses and said, "We—we're preparing to strengthen the user reporting mechanism and at the same time ban a number of accounts using cheats—"

"Ban the account? Report it?" Luo Xiyuan sneered. "By the time users report it, it'll be too late. By the time you ban the account, they'll have already created a new one and started playing again. Is that a solution? That's just locking the barn door after the horse has bolted!"

"Then... Mr. Luo, what do you mean?"

"I want you to solve the problem at its root," Luo Xiyuan said. "Immediately establish an anti-cheat technical team. I authorize you to poach talent from major internet companies in China! No matter what salary they offer, we'll pay double! I have only one goal for you: within a week, I want to disable 99% of the cheats on the market!"

"At the same time, the legal department must immediately gather evidence! Find the source of those who make and sell cheats, and sue them one by one! Sue them until they're bankrupt! I want everyone to know what happens when they try to take away our Happy Farm's cake!"

After she finished speaking, the air in the conference room seemed to freeze.

They then realized that this young girl not only understood technology and products, but also had equally tough methods.

Third, the issue of competitors.

Luo Xiyuan's gaze finally settled on Xu Yang.

"Mr. Xu, I've heard that many similar copycat products have recently appeared on the market, even with names like Happy Ranch and Joyful Orchard, is that true?"

"Yes—" Xu Yang nodded, his tone somewhat heavy, "Especially Tencent, they also launched a game called QQ Farm, which is exactly the same as ours. Moreover, they have QQ's traffic, so their user growth is very fast, which has already posed a great threat to us."

"A threat?" Luo Xiyuan chuckled. "A bunch of imitators who only know how to follow others around and eat their dust, do they even deserve to be called a threat?"

She stood up, walked to the whiteboard in the conference room, picked up a pen, and wrote four large characters on it.

"Happy Ranch".

"Since they like to copy, then let them copy to their heart's content."

She turned around, looked at the surprised faces in the conference room, and slowly began to speak.

"Starting today, the company is establishing a new project team. This project team has only one task: to develop our next product—'Happy Ranch'."

"We not only want users to grow vegetables, but also to raise chickens, cattle, and pigs!"

"They're not just stealing vegetables anymore, they're stealing eggs and milk too!"

"What we're building is a rural social ecosystem!"

"While penguins are still imitating how we grow vegetables, we'll already be teaching all of China's netizens how to herd cattle!"

"I want them to always be able to follow and imitate us, always one step behind!"

Her words silenced the entire conference room.

The group, who had previously looked dejected, now straightened their backs and their eyes lit up again.

They looked at the petite yet determined figure standing in front of the whiteboard.

There was only one thought in my mind.

If you follow her, you'll succeed.

"Any questions now?" Luo Xiyuan asked, turning around.

No one speaks.

"Very good." She nodded. "Then, all of you get back to work!"

After the meeting ended, the atmosphere in the entire company completely changed.

The previous chaos and panic have disappeared, replaced by a tense but orderly busyness, and everyone's eyes have a clear direction.

Luo Xiyuan restored order to the nearly out-of-control company in just one hour.

Xu Yang followed Luo Xiyuan into the office.

"Mr. Luo, I—" He wanted to say something expressing his admiration or gratitude.

"Go order me some takeout," Luo Xiyuan interrupted him. "Steamed dumplings, from the one near the City God Temple. I'm hungry."

She sat down in the large boss's chair, her small body almost sinking into it.

Only then did the tense lines on her face relax, revealing a hint of weariness.