Chapter 291 First Place in the Zero Overtime Competition

“The winning department of Tengda's first Zero Overtime Competition is… Zhongdian Chinese Network!”

As Assistant Xin's voice faded, everyone's eyes turned to Ma Yiqun, who was currently gnawing on a watermelon.

Ma Yiqun was stunned. After a couple of seconds, he finally reacted, hurriedly grabbed a tissue to wipe his mouth and hands, and then went up to the stage.

The crowd applauded enthusiastically.

Pei Qian was already standing on the stage with the trophy, waiting to present it.

Actually, Pei Qian had already expected this result.

The selection method for the Zero Overtime Competition was simple: whichever department worked the least overtime, that department would win the prize.

If multiple departments achieved zero overtime in all four evaluations of the month, then the award would be given to the department with the largest number of employees, from highest to lowest. However, departments that had already won the award would be automatically deferred.

Looking at Tengda's current business departments:

Tengda Games, Fei Huang Studio, Shang Yang Games, Otto Technologies, and other similar core departments were all full of workaholics. The employees in these departments were doing everything they could to work overtime. In places like Otto Technologies and Fei Huang Studio, even the leaders were suspected of taking the lead in working overtime. There was no way they could win any awards.

Departments like Upwind Logistics and Moyu Internet Cafe were also working hard to implement the no-overtime policy, but they often encountered unexpected situations, making it difficult to completely avoid overtime.

Further improvements in management were needed to achieve zero overtime.

Departments like Dream Chasing Ventures also didn't need to work overtime, but they had too few people, so their priority wasn't as high.

Therefore, Zhongdian Chinese Network, with more than 30 employees and no overtime records, successfully won the honor of "First Place in the First Zero Overtime Competition."

Receiving the trophy from President Pei, Ma Yiqun felt somewhat overwhelmed. He waved to everyone and went off stage.

But this wasn't the end of the segment, because President Pei still had to give a speech.

Pei Qian took the microphone from Assistant Xin and cleared his throat.

“Once again, congratulations to Ma Yiqun.”

“Although the award has already been presented, it’s clear that most of you here haven’t understood the significance of establishing this award.”

“Why is there a reward for not working overtime, but no reward for working overtime?”

“Because for the heads of each department, there are only two reasons why your department has overtime: "

“First, the work assignments in your department are unreasonable. Some people are assigned excessive work and can only complete it by working overtime. You, the heads of these departments, are to blame for this!”

“Second, some employees in your department are inefficient and unable to complete their work tasks within the allotted time. At this time, as the head of the department, you must give these employees enough care and help!”

“Therefore, everyone must remember that at Tengda, overtime is a disgrace!”

“All department heads must follow Ma Yiqun’s example and strive for zero overtime!”

After Pei Qian finished speaking, there was another round of enthusiastic applause, and many department heads showed expressions of guilt on their faces.

Obviously, President Pei's words had touched their souls. In the future, the phenomenon of overtime at Tengda would definitely improve!

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this and signaled Assistant Xin to continue with the next segment.

The exciting, twice-yearly Best Employee Election!

Li Yada noticed that Bao Xu, who was sitting next to her, was nervously cracking sunflower seeds, his face pale and sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Brother Bao, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Bao Xu shook his head: "I'm fine."

The previous best employee elections had left him with very serious psychological trauma. He didn't want to go out anymore.

This was a completely conditioned response, a subconscious manifestation.

Although his heart was still instinctively racing and he felt helpless, Bao Xu truly believed in his heart that this time, the best employee election shouldn't have anything to do with him, right?

Not to mention those who had already won the best employee award and become department heads.

Even if they were to choose from among those who had never won the best employee award, Bao Xu wasn't the most outstanding one!

During this period, Bao Xu had been following a strategy of keeping a low profile. Not only did he not leave any overtime records, but even his daily work gave people the illusion that "I'm playing games seriously."

He secretly modified documents and sent them to Li Yada for submission.

From all aspects, he shouldn't have attracted everyone's attention!

Looking at the others:

Ma Yiqun led Zhongdian Chinese Network to complete a comeback and turn losses into profits, and the online literature training class was doing well;

Zhang Yuan's Moyu Internet Cafes had already opened in Lincheng, and the ROF computer assembly business was developing rapidly, achieving both sales and reputation;

On the Shang Yang Games side, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin, the three people in charge, led the development of the mobile version of *Hot-Blooded Battle Song*, which swept the mobile game market. Now they were also doing their best in developing *BeQuiet*;

Ma Yang and He Desheng of Dream Chasing Ventures had invested in three more projects. Among them, IOI was certain to make a big profit, the shared phone booths had become a new cultural symbol in Jingzhou, and the Academic Master Come Quickly project had also gained great popularity;

Although the mobile phone from Otto Technologies hadn't been made yet, Chang You and his team were working very hard and could be called a model team…

None of these people had ever won the best employee award!

Even if Tengda Games was the oldest department and received the most attention from President Pei, Li Yada was definitely ranked first in terms of merit.

These people's achievements could be found on TPDB's internal website. It was clear at a glance who had made the greater contribution.

Thinking this way, he should finally be safe, right?

Bao Xu forcibly comforted himself, and the trembling of his hands improved slightly.

"Now, each department will begin voting. Please look at the screen!"

Everyone looked up and saw a bar graph appearing on the screen. Each person's votes began to increase steadily, surpassing each other.

Everyone took out their phones, opened the TPDB website's app, and cast their precious vote.

Ordinary employees who didn't come to the scene could also vote on their phones. Those who didn't vote by the deadline were considered to have automatically abstained.

One name after another alternated and rose, and most of the people with the fewest votes had already been eliminated in advance.

Bao Xu looked at his name very nervously. He was surprised to find that he had actually received more than twenty votes!

He suddenly wanted to know who those twenty-odd people were so that he could have a good talk with them about life.

But fortunately, this number of votes wasn't enough to support him in entering the top two.

Seeing his name being quickly surpassed by one name after another, Bao Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief and could crack sunflower seeds with peace of mind.

Finally, the bar graph jumped a few more times imperceptibly and finally froze.

Best Employee: Zhang Yuan.

Second Place Best Employee: Li Yada.

Third Place Best Employee: Ma Yang.

Although Dream Chasing Ventures' achievements were also very outstanding, it was difficult to achieve absolute objectivity and fairness in this kind of voting. It would be influenced by human relations to some extent.

Dream Chasing Ventures was equivalent to an independent department, and it didn't have many opportunities to interact with other departments.

Zhang Yuan was responsible for Moyu Internet Cafe and ROF computer assembly, and he had very close relationships with various departments. For example, the computers for Ma Yiqun's online writer training class were purchased from ROF at cost price, and Upwind Logistics helped ROF assemble and deliver computers to customers, so they were also relatively familiar.

In addition, there were more employees in departments like Moyu Takeaway, Moyu Internet Cafe, and Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang had already won the best employee award once and was no longer participating in the election, so it became well-deserved for Zhang Yuan to receive this award.

Li Yada's main achievement was that she took over *Turning Back is Shore*, and the popularity of this game added a lot of points to her. In addition, the influence of GOG's testing and the game department had always been there, so she won second place.

Zhang Yuan obviously hadn't expected this result. He was stunned for two seconds before realizing that he had to go on stage to receive the award.

"Thank you, President Pei, thank you to all my colleagues!"

"I am ashamed to receive this award, and I will continue to work hard in the future to live up to everyone's trust in me!"

He said he was happy, but there was absolutely no happy expression on his face.

Getting the best employee award meant that he could get a dream fund to pursue his dreams, but Zhang Yuan had nothing to dream about!

His favorite business at the moment was ROF computer assembly, and he also liked his identity as the CEO of Moyu Internet Cafe very much, but getting this award meant that these two businesses would be out of his reach!

Although he was very unwilling, he could only silently shed tears in his heart in this kind of situation.

Pei Qian was very happy. Good, the first elimination system eliminated another one who backstabbed me the most!

This Zhang Yuan had caused a lot of trouble when he was in charge of Moyu Internet Cafe and ROF computer assembly business. Now that he was completely demoted and let him be responsible for other businesses, he could finally be a little more peaceful!

Of course, the Moyu Internet Cafe business and ROF computer assembly and other businesses originally managed by Zhang Yuan would have to be replaced.

But Pei Qian didn't care at all, but looked forward to it.

Zhang Yuan went off the stage somewhat dejectedly. Next, it was Li Yada's turn.

However, Li Yada's first sentence after taking the stage surprised everyone.

"President Pei, can I give up this award…"

Pei Qian's face darkened: "This award cannot be given up. Haven't I emphasized it many times?"

Li Yada said with a bitter face: "But, President Pei, I really don't have the ability to live abroad by myself… Applying for visas, booking hotels, making itineraries, communicating with foreigners… I can't do any of these things!"

"And I have to live abroad for a month, and I'm a girl, it's too unsafe…"

As a homebody, these were indeed very difficult.

Pei Qian was silent for a moment and nodded: "Well, what you said makes sense."

"It's indeed a big problem for a girl to travel abroad alone."

"How about this? Find someone to go out and play with you, and they can take care of you and protect your safety."

"Hmm, I have to find someone with a lot of experience to go together."

"Bao Xu, it's you!"

Bao Xu, who was leisurely drinking tea under the stage, "poof"ed and spat it out.

He didn't even have time to wipe the tea stains from the corner of his mouth: "President Pei! I…"

Pei Qian waved his hand, indicating that he wasn't in the mood to listen to his explanation: "You have the most experience and are very familiar with Li Yada, so you are the most suitable candidate. This is a work task and cannot be refused!"

Bao Xu wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and was at a loss for words.

You can escape the first day of the lunar month, but you can't escape the fifteenth!

He never expected that even though he wasn't selected, he still couldn't escape the doom of traveling abroad!