January 20th, Friday …
Today was the day of Tengda's annual meeting and the last day of work before the new year.
At 10 AM, Pei Qian got out of bed and yawned. He was still a little dazed.
Old Ma's live-stream yesterday was a considerable blow to him. The stocks that the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had accumulated were sold again. Pei Qian was so angry that he tossed and turned at night, unable to sleep.
That was why he woke up late today.
However, Pei Qian finally accepted reality after sleeping for a while. Since the Intelligent Bickering Machine was already selling like crazy, it was impossible to dissuade enthusiastic consumers. He should turn his attention to other areas.
Fortunately, he had already planned to spend money in advance. This small accident was still within his tolerance range.
"I wonder what I'll do for today's annual meeting. Forget it, I'll know when I get there."
Pei Qian had indeed completely forgotten about the annual meeting plan that Assistant Xin had given him yesterday. He had been thinking about Old Ma's live-stream and had left the plan in the office. He did not have the time to see what the plan was.
However, it should not be a big problem.
That was because the annual meeting last year had been quite successful. Pei Qian had already said before the annual meeting was organized that he would continue to implement the same purpose of last year's annual meeting. He would boldly try a new format under the premise that the core remained the same. The most important thing was to increase the budget again.
Last year's annual meeting had a budget of more than four million yuan just for the prizes. That did not include the venue fees, the fees for the dolls caught in the game, and so on.
Of course, the budget for this year's annual meeting had to be higher. That was because the number of employees was increasing rapidly as Tengda's scale continued to expand. Less than a thousand employees attended the annual meeting last year. This year, it had already reached about 1,700 or 1,800.
Of course, the composition of the employees here was very complicated. For example, the courier from Upwind Logistics, the fitness trainer from Deposit Fitness, the delivery man from Fish-Catching Take-Out, the chef, the manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and so on.
Apart from these people, the employees of the core departments such as Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Fei Huang Workspace, and Otto Technologies only made up a small portion.
Pei Qian had always treated his own employees equally. They had to attend the annual meeting together and enjoy the same benefits regardless of whether it was mental or physical work.
Of course, some employees who were not in Jingzhou could not participate.
For example, the incubation base, the Cold-Faced Lady, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Fish-Catching Take-Out's stores in other cities. These were all given a budget for the person-in-charge to make their own arrangements. It did not matter if they ate or gave out the annual meeting prizes. In any case, they just had to spend all the money on the employees.
Pei Qian really did not know where he could hold the annual meeting with nearly 1,800 people.
For last year's annual meeting, they had booked an entire hotel. There were a total of 100 tables, and it wasn't easy for them to fit so many people.
But this year, the number of people had almost doubled. Even the biggest hotel would not be able to accommodate so many people.
But it would also be a little strange if these people were scattered into several halls or private rooms. The annual party required a lucky draw, but they couldn't split the lucky draws for each hall, right? Something was wrong.
Thus, Pei Qian did not know what Assistant Xin had planned. However, he had forgotten Assistant Xin's proposal in the office. He could only wait until the annual meeting to see it.
…
It was not even 11 PM when Little Sun arrived downstairs punctually. He picked Pei Qian up and headed straight for the annual meeting.
Pei Qian sat in the car and played with his cell phone for a while. When he looked up again, he suddenly felt that this route was very familiar.
Pei Qian did not drive himself, so he naturally did not remember the route. He might have lived in Jingzhou for more than two years, but he was still not very familiar with this city.
However, this route today was very familiar because he seemed to have walked it many times.
He took a closer look. Wasn't this Broad World in front of him?
Broad World was the second largest shopping mall in Jingzhou. At the same time, it was also the competition venue for GOG's World Invitational Tournament and GPL's Spring Competition.
Pei Qian wanted to ask if he had gone the wrong way, but on further thought, he could not. Little Sun had always been reliable. He would not make such a low-level mistake.
In other words, could this annual meeting be in Broad World?
"It's really possible. The GPL's Spring Competition has already been suspended. It will only start after the Spring Festival. The GPL venue will be empty, and there will be enough seats. It's quite suitable for the annual meeting's lucky draw. "
"However … how do we eat?"
Pei Qian was a little confused, but it was not appropriate for him to ask too much. After all, as a boss, it did not seem right for him to not know the specific arrangements for the annual meeting on the day of the opening of the annual meeting.
He could only pretend that everything was under control.
Little Sun parked the car in the underground parking lot. The two of them took the elevator to the eighth floor of the shopping mall.
One floor up was the GPL competition venue on the top floor. Pei Qian guessed that there should be a unified reception place on the eighth floor.
The shopping mall was still operating as usual today. However, there were not many people because it was Friday morning. The flow of people in the shopping mall was maintained at a state that was neither deserted nor crowded.
Soon, they arrived at the eighth floor.
Pei Qian and Little Sun walked out of the elevator and were immediately warmly welcomed.
The elevator on the eighth floor of the shopping mall had employees from the administrative department and the human resources department in charge of receiving them. Just like last year's annual meeting, there were people in charge of distributing tokens.
Tokens were game coins. During last year's annual meeting, every employee had been given a small bag with fifty to sixty tokens inside. One token could be used to experience the toy capsule machine that cost ten yuan a time. They could play as much as they wanted.
This year, not only was there a small bag of tokens, but there was also a stack of consumer vouchers. These consumer vouchers were printed with the words and logos of Tengda and Broad World Shopping Mall. There was a lunch voucher, a dinner voucher, and five 200 yuan shopping vouchers.
There was also the Sunshine Prize. It was still a thick red packet. Last year, it was 1,000 yuan per person. This year, it would definitely not be less than last year. It was directly increased to 1,888 yuan.
Apart from that, there was also a small fold-out page. It detailed the venue and process of the annual meeting to serve as a guide.
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this small card. Alright, this arrangement was very thoughtful. He could finally know the arrangements for the entire annual meeting.
Pei Qian sent Little Sun away and asked him to play with the others. Then, he strolled around and looked at the schedule of the entire annual meeting.
…
The number of people attending the annual meeting this year had almost doubled compared to last year. Thus, ordinary hotels would definitely not be able to accommodate all of them in one hall.
After asking for everyone's opinions, Assistant Xin realized that most people did not really care about eating. Thus, she arranged for the annual meeting to be held in Broad World Shopping Mall.
Tengda had booked the GPL Spring Competition Hall on the top floor. Of course, they could use it as they pleased. Apart from that, they had also spent money to book the entire eighth floor for special activities within the employees. For example, entertainment activities such as grabbing dolls and throwing hoops like the previous annual meeting.
The entire process of the annual meeting was roughly like this:
First, they would go to the eighth floor to collect their tokens, consumer vouchers, and the red packet for the Sunshine Prize. After that, they would have three hours of free time from 11 AM to 2 PM.
All employees could wander around the shopping mall as they pleased. They could work with their colleagues in their department or with other friends.
With lunch and dinner vouchers, they could eat at any restaurant in the shopping mall. They could order in a self-service manner. All expenses would be reimbursed by the company as long as they did not waste food.
The 1,000 yuan voucher could be used to shop freely in the shopping mall. The only restriction was that it could not be exchanged for money directly. It had to be spent in the shopping mall.
After 2 PM, everyone could return to the eighth floor to continue playing games.
The eighth floor of the shopping mall had been rearranged. It was filled with all sorts of small games, including claw machines, throwing hoops, and so on. They could be played with tokens at will.
It was similar to the gaming segment of last year's annual meeting, but on a larger scale.
In addition, after 12 PM, the GPL venue would officially open. Internal employees who had formed teams in advance could go on stage to play friendly matches and satisfy their cravings for professional players.
It was not until 4 PM that they were almost done with the claw machines and the friendly matches were over. All the employees gathered in the competition venue on the top floor and sat down according to the department's area for the final lucky draw.
The prizes for this year's annual meeting were even more abundant than last year's. There were headphones, keyboards, game consoles, cameras, cell phones, computers, and other digital products. At the same time, there were cash red packets and other more practical products such as vacuum cleaners and cleaning robots.
The lucky draw lasted for an hour and ended at 5 PM.
After that, everyone dispersed and went to the shopping mall to have their own meals. After dinner, they returned home and officially went on holiday.
…
Pei Qian could not help but feel gratified after reading the entire schedule of the annual meeting.
Assistant Xin had indeed arranged the entire process of the annual meeting properly. It was very satisfactory.
Who said that they had to eat together at the annual meeting?
In fact, the food at the annual party might not necessarily suit everyone's taste. After all, there were so many people present. Some liked traditional Chinese food, some liked Western food, and some liked Japanese food … With so many different tastes, it was impossible to satisfy all of them. They could only choose a menu that most people found acceptable.
What's more, although it was said that they would eat together at the annual meeting, they could only communicate with people at the same table. It was not common for people from different departments to sit at the same table. There was no need for it in Tengda's atmosphere.
Since that was the case, why did they have to squeeze into the same hall to eat?
Everyone went to eat what they liked. There were all kinds of restaurants in such a huge shopping mall. They could also eat whatever the company provided. How comfortable it was to eat.
When the lucky draw segment was over, everyone would return to the GPL competition venue and watch the big screen of the E-Sports competition while waiting for the lucky draw. Wouldn't it be perfect if they could draw for an hour at a time?
All in all, this year's annual meeting was still the same as last year's. There was no formalism, no steroids, and no one was allowed to go on stage to act stupid. Everyone was here to eat, drink, and play.
Eat happily and play to your heart's content!
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