My capital is quite large.

Before you knew it, a month had passed.

By late May, the weather in Shenzhen had become extremely hot.

In Haofeng Network's simple 30-square-meter office, only the hum of the fan and the clatter of keyboards echoed.

Li Feng stared intently at the computer screen, his eyes bloodshot. On the screen, a small, red, wingless bird made up of basic geometric shapes was being stretched to its limit by a highly elastic slingshot.

The moment you release the mouse.

"Whoosh—"

The little red bird traced a perfect parabola in mid-air and accurately struck a simple defensive tower made of ice and wood.

With a loud, low-quality sound effect, the defensive tower collapsed, and the green pixelated pig underneath was smashed to pieces.

"The gravitational coefficient of the parabola is set to 9.8, and the damping feels just right. The collision feedback in the Box2D physics engine needs to be smoothed out a bit more..."

Li Feng muttered to himself as he rapidly modified the underlying C++ parameters in the background.

For the past month, he has practically lived and worked in this office, studying Angry Birds by himself.

As a startup, even though we have hundreds of thousands of dollars in our bank account, every penny must be spent wisely. We need money for subsequent App Store developer registration, promotion on overseas Apple App Stores, and server rentals.

Therefore, he couldn't even spare a lead artist.

In any case, the original Angry Birds had a rough art style, consisting of simple 2D vector graphics and highly saturated color blocks.

With memories of countless playthroughs from his past life, Li Feng used drawing software to painstakingly recreate the angry birds and mocking pigs, creating a somewhat magical aesthetic.

"The core physics feedback has been tested and is working. In another half month at most, once the level values ​​are completed, it can be packaged and launched directly on the Apple Store."

Li Feng stretched and yawned, then picked up the now-cold instant noodles on the table and took a bite.

He was eating instant noodles in this office that didn't even have air conditioning, unaware that at that moment, Tencent headquarters was in complete chaos because of the second nuclear bomb he had dropped.

……

At this moment, in the core conference room on the top floor of the Fiyta Building at Tencent's headquarters, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it seemed to freeze.

On the huge projection screen, two alarming line graphs of data were displayed side by side.

On the left is the daily active user count of "Happy Farm". The red line is approaching the five million mark at a steep angle that defies the common sense of the Internet.

On the right is "Parking Wars," which was launched on Renren.com less than two weeks ago! Thanks to the cross-promotion of massive traffic from the early farm, it achieved a daily active user count of over two million in just fourteen days, with an astonishing 75% retention rate the next day!

The most glaring thing is that the developers of both games are listed with the same name—LF_Studio.

That is, Li Feng!

A dozen or so Tencent executives sat in the large conference room, none of them speaking, only the air conditioning vents emitting a slight whooshing sound.

"Bang."

Mr. Wang, the head of SNG's social networking business group, threw a thick analysis report on the mahogany conference table, a sneer playing on his lips.

He didn't look at anyone else; his gaze went across the long table and stared directly at the president of IEG Interactive Entertainment Group sitting opposite him.

"Mr. Zhang, in the past two weeks, our SNG technical department has been working through several nights in a row to deal with the traffic drain from the two games on Xiaonei.com, working on defense and competitor project proposals, but we still can't stop the loss of QQ Space users."

Mr. Wang leaned forward slightly, his tone laced with sarcasm: "The ridiculous thing is, the original authors of these works were earning a few thousand yuan a month in our IEG department last month! And what happened? You treated them like trash and kicked them out!"

"On behalf of SNG, I really want to express my sincere gratitude to my colleagues at IEG for sending our competitors such a rare talent!"

These words were like a resounding slap in the face to all the IEG executives.

IEG's President Zhang looked ashen-faced.

He oversees the overall situation and rarely inquires about the fate of a probationary, entry-level employee.

But now, this matter has become a laughing stock among Tencent's senior management, and has even alarmed the group's general office!

"President Lin." President Zhang ignored President Wang's response and coldly turned to Vice President Lin sitting beside him. "The person was fired under your supervision. Aren't you going to explain?"

When the big boss called him out in public, Vice President Lin's hand, which was on the table, trembled violently, and a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

Vice President Lin knew perfectly well that what appeared to be President Wang's provocation today was actually an attempt to use the Li Feng incident to put pressure on President Zhang of IEG, and to try to gain more leverage for SNG in the upcoming allocation of group resources.

In this high-level power struggle, President Zhang would inevitably need a way out in order to save face.

If he can't give a perfect explanation, then he, the vice president, will be the one sacrificed!

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, this matter was indeed due to negligence in our internal management at IEG."

Vice President Lin took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, and his face instantly contorted with grief and indignation. "I've thoroughly investigated, and the loss of such a rare talent as Li Feng is entirely due to his former department head—Zhao Peng!"

Zhao Peng, who was originally only allowed to attend the meeting as an observer and take notes because he was not of a high enough rank, felt his blood rush to his head and his whole body sink into an ice cave when he heard these words.

Vice President Lin gave him no chance to breathe, pointing his finger at Zhao Peng's nose, his voice sharp and stern:

"This Zhao Peng is narrow-minded and jealous of talent! During his probationary period, he maliciously suppressed Li Feng, not only pushing a large amount of tedious and meaningless testing work onto the newcomer, but also giving Li Feng a D-level performance rating repeatedly to cover up his own incompetence, ultimately causing the system to automatically trigger the dismissal process!"

"As the vice president, I have too many large projects to oversee. I was momentarily negligent and listened to this villain's slander, which led to this terrible mistake!"

Vice President Lin's words, though seemingly grand and succinct, effortlessly pinned all the blame on Zhao Peng.

"President Lin...you...you can't say that!" Zhao Peng stood up abruptly, his voice trembling with fear and anger. "Firing Li Feng was approved by you! And..."

"Shut up! Who gives you the right to speak here?" Vice President Lin shouted angrily, a warning glint in his eyes.

But this warning did not calm Zhao Peng down; instead, it ignited the madness born of despair.

Either way, I'm going to die. Even if I die, I'll still take a piece of that old fox's flesh!

"Why should I shut up?!"

Zhao Peng went all out, his eyes bloodshot as he pointed at Vice President Lin, roaring like a mad dog in front of the big boss, "President Lin! You want to kick me out and make me take the fall? Fine! Let's settle this today!"

"At the DNF agency meeting last November, Li Feng publicly accused me of stealing his credit! The evidence on the computer is crystal clear! You were there, were you blind?!"

"It was you! It was you, President Lin, who personally suppressed Li Feng in public and forced the credit onto me for some bullshit team harmony and to maintain your authority!"

A low murmur suddenly rippled through the conference room. Several executives exchanged glances, their eyes filled with mockery.

"You bastard, talking nonsense!" Vice President Lin roared angrily, knocking over his teacup and spilling tea all over the table.

"I'm talking nonsense?!" Zhao Peng laughed bitterly. Since they'd already torn off the mask, he might as well spill all the dirt. "It's not just this! Last year, when our department was purchasing outsourced art materials, how did that shell company win the bid? That boss is your boss Lin's brother-in-law! How many shopping cards did I secretly give you to get this supervisor position? Do you dare let the group's audit department investigate your accounts?!"

boom--

The entire conference room erupted in chaos.

This is no longer a simple talent loss issue; it directly targets the most sensitive red line of corruption and the transfer of benefits among senior executives of large companies!

Vice President Lin's face turned deathly pale, and he trembled violently. He turned to President Zhang beside him: "President Zhang! This...this beast has gone mad! He's trying to sow discord! This is retaliatory slander! Call security! Call security and get him out of here!"

SNG CEO Wang, who had been observing the situation from the sidelines, was now laughing heartily.

He originally just wanted to annoy IEG, but unexpectedly, he pulled out a radish and brought out the mud, causing such a big show.

Now IEG's reputation within the group is completely ruined.

"Enough!!"

President Zhang finally lost his temper and slammed his hand heavily on the mahogany table, making a loud "bang".

An immense sense of oppression instantly enveloped the entire venue, even silencing the wildly shouting Zhao Peng.

President Zhang glanced coldly at Vice President Lin, whose face was ashen, and then at Zhao Peng.

As the head of IEG, how could he not know about the shady dealings of the people under his command?

Water that is too clear has no fish. As long as there is no major trouble, he usually turns a blind eye.

But now, exposing this shameful thing in front of SNG's CEO Wang is not only slapping Vice President Lin in the face, it's slapping Zhang in the face too!

If Vice President Lin falls today, then IEG's reputation will be completely trampled underfoot by SNG.

"They'll even come up with such outrageous and insane nonsense to shirk responsibility."

President Zhang's cold gaze fixed on Zhao Peng, and he delivered his verdict word by word, "Security, drag this insane employee out. Immediately notify HR to unilaterally terminate Zhao Peng's employment contract for serious violation of company rules, and never hire him again. If he dares to spread even a single rumor outside, have the legal department sue him."

"Mr. Zhang! Mr. Zhang, I didn't lie! Mr. Lin really... Waaah..."

Two burly security guards rushed in, grabbed Zhao Peng's arm, covered his mouth, and dragged him out of the conference room like a dead dog.

Outside the door, the faint sounds of Zhao Peng's desperate struggles could still be heard, gradually fading into the distance.

The meeting room fell silent once more.

Vice President Lin slumped into a chair, his back soaked with cold sweat, panting heavily.

He knew that President Zhang had temporarily saved him, but the days ahead would likely be like walking on thin ice.

"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry you had to witness this." President Zhang turned to Mr. Wang, his tone now calm. "We'll deal with the corrupt elements within IEG ourselves. As for that Li Feng..."

"I'll personally visit him. If that still doesn't work, SNG can start the product re-release!"