My capital is quite large.

In the rest area outside the film set, sunlight filtered through the leaves, but it couldn't dispel the chill in Yang Mi's heart.

She sat with Tang Yan, watching the assistant director rush over and call Liu Shishi, who was memorizing her lines, towards Cai Yinong's private resting shed.

"It seems the boss really did come to the film set to 'buy' some goods today." Tang Yan watched Liu Shishi's departing figure, lowered her voice, and spoke with a hint of emotion and awe for the young boss's wealth and influence.

Yang Mi didn't speak, but stared intently at the entrance of the sunshade, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Less than twenty minutes later, the curtain of the rest shed was lifted.

Liu Shishi clutched a document tightly in her hand. Her face, which usually carried a cool and serene air, was now flushed with undisguised excitement as she walked briskly toward the two of them.

"Honey, it's Tangtang!"

Liu Shishi walked up to the two men, excitedly waving the contract in her hand. Having only been in the industry for a little over a year, she was still quite naive and couldn't hide her feelings: "President Cai just told me that we're now colleagues! President Li bought out my entire contract!"

"50/50 split! I read the contract, and it really is 50/50! Even President Cai said I've fallen into a lucky hole!" Liu Shishi's eyes lit up with excitement.

At Tangren Media, although she was called their "favorite daughter," she still received the harsh, fixed salary typical of newcomers.

Now that he's reached the top and secured the highest-paying contract in the Chinese entertainment industry, how could he not be excited?

Seeing Liu Shishi's happy expression, as if she had gotten a great deal, Yang Mi felt as if there was a piece of broken glass stuck in her throat, which she could neither swallow nor spit out.

"Sister Honey, there were rumors circulating in the crew that President Li has a bad temper and uses scary methods."

Liu Shishi tugged at Yang Mi's arm, sticking out her tongue a little shyly, "I was so nervous when I went in. But after getting to know him, I think the boss is actually a really nice person! He speaks very gently and is so generous, not at all like the scary rumors."

At this point, Liu Shishi lowered her voice, advising like a caring younger sister, "Sister Mi, actually I think... you really went a bit too far with what happened before. You got the lead role and signed such a great contract, but you kept making excuses not to report to the company. The boss is such a big shot, he must have felt embarrassed and angry. No wonder he was so furious and wanted to replace you. But now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, it's all good. From now on, our whole family will be at Haofeng, and things will definitely get better and better!"

The misunderstanding cleared up? The boss is a really nice guy?

Hearing these innocent words, Yang Mi felt all the blood rush to her head.

What kind of misunderstanding has she cleared up?!

She was pinned to the ground like a dog, branded in humiliation, and had her soul and dignity completely sold in exchange for the opportunity to continue acting in the sunlight today!

And what about Liu Shishi and Tang Yan in front of us?

They received the same top-tier contracts as themselves without paying anything in return, cleanly and honestly!

Why should I?!

We're all actresses born in the 85s, so why can they be the pure and innocent Princess Haofeng, while I have to carry that indelible stain and be a slave who has to kneel and fawn at any time?!

"Yes... the boss is indeed 'pretty good'."

Yang Mi forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, trying to hide the twisted emotion in her eyes. "I was indeed being unreasonable before and made the boss angry."

Sitting to the side, Tang Yan took in Yang Mi's stiff expression and the deep pain hidden in her eyes.

Having already guessed some of the inside story, she couldn't help but feel a chill of unease, as if she were witnessing the death of a fellow rabbit.

She reached out and gently patted Yang Mi's shoulder, saying meaningfully, "Mi Mi, what's past is past. From now on, when we work under the boss, we must never make him angry again."

Yang Mi sensed the warning and sympathy in Tang Yan's words, which intensified her sense of humiliation.

She doesn't need anyone's sympathy!

"Tangtang is right. From now on, we're family, so we'll definitely help each other out."

Yang Mi giggled, her smile sweet, but her eyes swept over Liu Shishi and Tang Yan's pretty, clean faces.

In that instant, a dark thought suddenly sprouted in Yang Mi's mind.

Now that I've fallen into this abyss of no return, what right do you have to stand on the shore and watch?

Sooner or later, I'll drag you two innocent and pure sisters down with me!

Let you taste what it feels like to have your self-esteem completely shattered under that man!

This dark seed took root and sprouted silently.

……

On the other hand, Li Feng, who had secured Liu Shishi's contract, did not linger in Hengdian for long.

In the back seat of the black Mercedes on the way to the airport, Li Feng closed his eyes to rest.

Zhang Xinyu obediently massaged his shoulders and asked softly, "Boss, we already have Yang Mi, Tang Yan, and Liu Shishi. I heard that 'Fairy Sister' Liu Yifei is currently experiencing a career slump. Should we strike while the iron is hot and take the money to Beijing to 'bomb' her too?"

"Liu Yifei isn't so easy to get."

Li Feng didn't even open his eyes, his tone calm and cold.

"Her godfather, Chen Fei, is a cunning old fox who has been navigating the business world for over a decade. He won't act until he sees a clear benefit. If we try to bribe him now, he'll just see us as suckers desperate for celebrities to boost his image. He'll not only demand exorbitant sums, but he might not even be willing to release her."

"The only way to deal with this kind of old fox is to strike at his vital point."

Li Feng opened his eyes, a glint of shrewdness flashing in them. "Instruct the investment and mergers team and the business investigation department to thoroughly investigate Chen Fei and his Red Starwood Entertainment Company!"

"He just spent a year in jail last year, there's definitely something wrong with his finances. Find out exactly what loss-making real estate projects he owns, how many bank loans are about to mature, and how big his funding gap is!"

"Once we find the financial loopholes, we won't be begging to buy him; he'll be begging to kneel down and deliver Liu Yifei to me in exchange for life-saving money."

Zhang Xinyu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and she nodded with eyes full of admiration: "Boss is wise, I will give the instructions immediately."

……

That evening, Li Feng and Zhang Xinyu flew back to Shenzhen in first class.

As soon as I stepped into the gate of Haofeng Network in the Science and Technology Park, before I even had a sip of water, Technical Director Chen, with huge dark circles under his eyes and covered in sweat, came to greet me.

"Mr. Li! You're finally back!" Old Chen's tone was filled with anxiety and dejection.

"What's wrong? Did the sky fall?" Li Feng loosened his tie and walked straight to the CEO's office. "Why aren't you in the R&D hall overseeing the final data? What are you doing here?"

Old Chen followed Li Feng into the office and handed him a test iPhone 3G with both hands.

"Mr. Li, our development of 'Fruit Ninja' is stuck! We've encountered a technical impasse that we simply can't overcome!"

Li Feng frowned, took the test machine, and turned on the screen.

On screen, various 3D rendered watermelons and bananas are constantly being thrown into the air.

Li Feng skillfully swiped his finger across the screen, attempting to chop up the fruit.

However, although a trail of light appeared where the fingers passed, the feeling was full of stiffness and resistance!

The trail of the blade was intermittent, and when it sliced ​​more than three fruits in one go, the juice particle effects that burst on the screen instantly caused the entire screen to lag and drop frames. What should have been a relaxing and enjoyable fruit-slicing experience turned into an annoying slideshow!

"Is this what you've come up with after a month and a half?" Li Feng slammed his phone on the table, his face darkening.

Old Chen trembled with fear and quickly explained, "Mr. Li, it's not that the guys weren't working hard! Our code logic is all correct, and the algorithm is optimal. The problem lies with the hardware!"

"This first-generation iPhone 3G only had a pitiful 128MB of RAM! You're demanding that the slashing motion of your finger has a smooth trailing curve, and that it immediately triggers the physical detection of cutting fruit, not to mention the splattering juice!"

Old Chen's face was full of bitterness. "To achieve that juicy, splashing, stress-relieving feeling you requested, we used a lot of dynamic particle rendering in the background. But this phone's memory and CPU simply can't handle such a massive instantaneous data stream! As long as more than three fruits are sliced ​​on the screen at the same time, the system will force a throttling due to memory overflow, making it completely laggy like a PowerPoint presentation!"

Upon hearing Lao Chen's report, Li Feng's brows gradually furrowed into a deep frown.

Only then did I realize that I had made an empirical error.

His mind was filled with images of smartphones from later generations with RAM of several gigabytes or even tens of gigabytes, so back then, Fruit Ninja was naturally as smooth as silk.

But this is 2008! Apple's first-generation smartphone actually had very weak hardware!

"What if we cut the juice splash particle effects for the sake of smoothness, or turn the sword light into a simple straight line?" Old Chen tentatively offered a compromise.

"No!"

Li Feng refused decisively, saying, "The core selling point of Fruit Ninja is the ultimate thrill of every strike and the dual stimulation of sight and sound! If you cut the special effects, what's the difference between it and those poorly made Flash games? I'd rather not launch it than ruin Haofeng Network's reputation!"

Old Chen immediately deflated like a punctured balloon: "But Mr. Li... within the existing hardware framework, this is already the physical limit. Without cutting special effects, this deadlock simply cannot be resolved."

Li Feng didn't speak, but stared intently at the overheated testing machine on the table.

When software optimization encounters hardware bottlenecks, are we just supposed to watch helplessly as this future blockbuster masterpiece is born but fails to materialize?

Absolutely not!

If they can't even handle a casual game, wouldn't their 3D blockbuster "Temple Run" be doomed to fail?

Li Feng's brain was racing, with countless programming architectures he had seen in his previous life colliding wildly in his mind.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Old Chen, who said we should let the CPU render those particles in real time?"