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Chapter Four: The Ex-Girlfriend Who Wants to Get Back Together (6K Chapter)

Rednet is a large and well-funded company that had already started building its own industrial park in the suburbs.

Now that it's finished, the park looks very large and spacious, with excellent greenery, making it a pleasant place to walk around.

Chen Tingting and the producer led the way and provided explanations, while Sheng Nan followed beside them, listening with a smile. The two sides seemed to be communicating happily, but Bai Weiran did not join in. Instead, she took three or four steps back and walked side by side with Achao.

Ah Chao knew that Bai Weiran had an ex-girlfriend, but that was before he started his internship at the company.

Bai Weiran refused to elaborate, and Guoguo wasn't one to gossip, so A-Chao never knew Chen Tingting's name or appearance. When Bai Weiran shook hands with Chen Tingting, he didn't notice anything amiss. Instead, he excitedly looked around as he entered the Rednet Park.

"Brother Weiran, this park is huge! No wonder it's Rednet. When will Shile be able to build its own park instead of renting office space and sharing with others? But... why does the park look so big, but there are so few people?"

Bai Weiran knew why.

If you stay in the industry long enough, you'll learn that industry news is like a leaky wall.

Rednet may seem large, but it's not united. People are forming their own factions. Originally, Rednet was an internet business, but the CEO didn't pay attention to the gaming sector. Later, a group of young employees wanted to make games, but the CEO didn't care and just sent them to a branch office to work on it.

Who would have thought that among these young people were a few true gaming geniuses who not only created phenomenal games but also seized the opportunity presented by the takeoff of mobile games in China.

When the CEO came to his senses, he discovered that the branch's cash flow data had ballooned far beyond that of the parent company's business.

This should have been a happy thing, but the problem is that the golden goose that laid the eggs is someone else. Games are a creative industry, the cost is people, the core is people, and it cannot be separated from people in the whole. There is no reason to kick people out after a game is finished. Subsequent version services and the development of new games still need to be done by excellent designers.

It thus became a state within a state.

The young man who insisted on pursuing the game business and succeeded back then has become the head of the game project, commanding a large following.

The company clearly has a CEO, but the CEO is hesitant and unable to manage the game business.

If they try to manage it, they're afraid of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, jeopardizing the lifeline of the gaming business. They're reluctant to part with the hard-earned money, but they also can't manage it because they're afraid of losing face.

Regardless, I'm incredibly frustrated, seeing my employees becoming too powerful and overshadowing me.

Later, the CEO made a bold decision and decided to form a game team headed by himself.

It was absolutely brilliant, a battle between our own people.

Unfortunately, the game team assembled by the CEO failed to win a single game in this competition.

Now that making games is becoming increasingly difficult, the CEO has a new idea.

The CEO, with the intention of dismantling the power of Guozhong Company, built a new campus with Shile Company, stating that the current company has expanded too much and is too crowded. The new campus is intended to relocate some of the staff to a better workspace.

The new campus is directly under the CEO's management. The plan is to move some of the best teams from the branch offices over here and smoothly bring them under his control.

The branch office staff have long been independent and have seen through the CEO's ideas. They keep delaying and refuse to move. Even when they finally do move over, they are either immature small teams or teams that are about to be abandoned.

The park only houses some of the CEO's own studios and a small number of teams from branch offices, so naturally the park is very empty and there aren't many people.

Currently, the only well-known name among those here is Tianqing Studio.

Having previously worked on large-scale online games with an ancient Chinese style, their technical and artistic capabilities are still evident to all.

They just gradually became old-fashioned, with the same old art style, the same old story, and the same old game mechanics. Although their technical skills were still up to par, the games they released later were critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.

After Bai Weiran explained it to him, A-Chao was speechless and asked in a low voice.

"So, did we come all this way for nothing, Brother Weiran?"

"If their own games aren't making money, what are we supposed to learn from and exchange ideas about?"

"…………" Bai Weiran lightly punched A-Chao on the head.

"Making money is important, but if we game designers don't know how to respect and appreciate truly good technology and good products, and only chase after cash flow and blindly hype things up, then we should quit making games and go into finance instead."

Ah Chao covered his head, and although he had been scolded, he couldn't help but laugh.

Wei Ran hit me—

Chen Tingting walked ahead, glancing back at Bai Weiran from time to time.

Not long after she broke up with Bai Weiran, she was poached by Rednet. Through a friend's introduction, she met the producer of Tianqing Studio. After chatting, the producer of Tianqing Studio did not mind that she was not originally a product manager in the game industry. On the contrary, he took the initiative to hope that she would join the company. Cross-field cooperation can bring new vitality to the creative industry.

Many people working in the gaming industry didn't start out in the gaming industry.

The price offered by Rednet was very good, and Chen Tingting was tempted, so she switched jobs.

Only after she came in did she understand her ex-boyfriend's situation at the time.

This industry is really busy, especially during holidays. He has truly done his best to find time to be with her during his limited holidays and annual leave.

Chen Tingting regretted it.

Later, she met many new men through friends, but she found them all uninteresting to talk to, yet reluctant to give up.

People who are eloquent and adaptable often have a frivolous and superficial air about them.

Those who are dull, honest, and straightforward are often conservatives who are inflexible.

Only then did I realize how difficult it is to find someone who can stand firmly in the midst of it all.

She began to miss Bai Weiran.

She tried to contact him, only to find that Bai Weiran had completely blocked her, from his phone number to his WeChat account, leaving no trace. He had even moved his rented apartment to a different place.

She used to admire his rationality and efficiency, but now this personality trait secretly annoyed her.

Couldn't he have just held on a little longer?

Wait a minute. Doesn't he think that I might come back to him? Why does he have to be so heartless?

However, judging from his reluctant attitude just now, Chen Tingting had also spent some time with Bai Weiran and could roughly judge Bai Weiran's personality—he probably didn't have a new partner yet.

The two hadn't been apart for very long, and he was the kind of person who was focused on his work, so it was perfectly normal that they weren't together.

If you can make him like you once, you can make him like you a second time.

She is confident in herself.

Chen Tingting smiled and walked towards Bai Weiran.

Most of the visitors were men, long-time single gamers who had been out of the gaming industry. Many had already noticed this product manager from the popular website. Although not a beauty, she was slender and exuded a confident "I am a beauty" aura in her every move.

I am the queen, my confidence shines brightly—

A woman who is confident, knows how to dress, and has experience can indeed stand out and be very eye-catching.

Chen Tingting especially likes to wear high heels. With her slender, beautiful legs, she walks over in high heels with a graceful demeanor.

It left many single men speechless.

Bai Weiran knew what it looked like at just one glance.

Back then, he was attracted to Chen Tingting's confident, cheerful, and capable femininity.

Standing next to Bai Weiran, A-Chao sensed a hint of crisis, his brows furrowed in suspicion, his face filled with hostility.

Something's off about Chen Tingting!

Why does it wriggle around like a snake?

She walked up to Bai Weiran with a beaming smile.

"The producers are chatting, shall I introduce them to you?"

Bai Weiran finally looked at her properly, his expression showing a hint of helplessness.

He understood his ex-girlfriend's mentality very well; she wouldn't give up until she achieved her goal.

You're the one who divided the points, so what are you going to say now?

But if they don't do what she wants, others will realize that there's something going on between them.

Bai Weiran didn't want to become the subject of gossip again after the breakup.

"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Chen Tingting." He nodded to Ah Chao, followed Chen Tingting's pace, and walked alongside her.

"Huh? Brother Weiran!?" A-Chao was stunned, as if he had been betrayed. He was immediately patted on the shoulder and turned to see Guo-Guo's dark, stepmotherly face.

Ah Chao: ...? ? !

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"What do you want?"

Once they were out of the crowd's audible range, Bai Weiran wasted no time and got straight to the point.

Chen Tingting shrugged, her tone relaxed, "Can't I come to you if there's nothing wrong?"

"We broke up."

"Just because we broke up doesn't mean we can't even be friends!" Chen Tingting retorted sharply, her eyes flashing with calculation.

"We're both adults, not children. Why should a breakup lead to a lifelong estrangement? As emotionally stable and mature adults, what's the point of avoiding each other? Or will seeing me make you sad?"

A provocation delivered with just the right amount of sarcasm.

Chen Tingting thought that as long as she agreed, it would be easy to continue being friends.

"I'm not sad, but I don't want to see you either," Bai Weiran replied quickly.

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I think my temper isn't as good as you imagine. I believe it's important to make many good connections, but some connections are better left unformed."

This immediately silenced Chen Tingting.

There was a long silence between them, lasting more than ten seconds.

"I've always wanted to see you," she suddenly sighed, her tone becoming gentle and tender.

"Looking back, I realize there are many things I did wrong. Only after I came to Rednet did I understand how busy you were when you said you were busy."

"But I wanted to find you, but you moved and blocked me. Weiran, I sincerely want to apologize to you. There are many things that happened in the past..."

When provocation proved ineffective, a conciliatory policy was immediately adopted.

This time, Bai Weiran did not immediately refute; he remained silent for a long time.

Chen Tingting glanced at him with her delicately drawn eyes, a hint of a smile flashing in them.

Her ex-boyfriend was the type of person who responded better to gentle persuasion than force.

If you argue with him, he will become more calm and analyze things with you point by point. But if you soften up, don't try to reason with him, and instead try to make peace in a coquettish way, he will find it harder to stay cold.