After hearing Xu Xiangbei’s words, Manager Qian didn’t believe it at all.

She quickly turned on her computer, logged into the company account, and checked the account balance.

She remembered that it had been more than a month since the company’s account balance had exceeded four digits.

But when she opened the company’s bank account, she screamed: "Oh my god, so many zeros, it’s real, I’m not dreaming, am I?"

An extra hundred million appeared in the account, and looking at all those zeros, she suddenly felt her vision blur, and before she knew it, she was crying.

She quickly wiped away her tears with a tissue; tears would ruin her makeup. She wasn’t young anymore, in her forties, and it took her more than an hour to apply makeup every day. She couldn’t let the tears destroy her makeup and then spend a long time fixing it.

Her hand that held the mouse was trembling, not because she hadn’t seen so much money. The company’s account had, at most times, held billions.

Those were just numbers; after seeing them, she felt nothing. But today, looking at this hundred million, she couldn’t believe she cried out of excitement.

Why, it’s just a hundred million, it’s not like she hadn’t seen it before.

The reason she was moved to tears wasn’t because of the number, but because of the rekindled hope she saw.

In despair, Thunderbird Group raised its noble head once more. Although it was so weary, covered in blood, and near death’s door, it hadn’t died. Fresh blood had been injected into its heart, making it pound once more.

She wiped her tears, finally stopping them, crying like a child reunited with her parents. She made a call to Manager Cai in the human resources department.

Xiao Cai was a quiet girl. Just a few days ago, she was only an HR assistant, but after the HR manager Zhao Changheng resigned and they couldn’t temporarily find anyone, she took over as HR manager.

Her voice was small and frail: "Sister Qian, what’s the matter? You’re not going to submit your resignation to me too, are you? If you want to resign, it has to be approved by the new CEO. I can’t make that call."

Sister Qian chuckled softly: "You little girl, what nonsense are you talking about. Let me tell you some good news; the company account has money now. We’re going to pay salaries tomorrow. Pay the two months’ salaries owed to everyone. Verify the payroll and send it to me."

Xiao Cai’s excited voice came through the phone: "That’s great! Thank you, Sister Qian. I’ll send you the payroll this afternoon."

Sister Qian was silent for a moment: "Don’t thank me. It’s our new CEO, young President Xu, who is giving his own money for everyone’s salaries."

Xiao Cai first exclaimed in surprise, then said with a bit of worry: "Wow, and what about next month’s salary? Will it not be paid again?"

Sister Qian gently reprimanded: "Silly girl, don’t worry. With President Xu’s money, you can count on having a year’s worth of wages."

After hanging up, Sister Qian took out her beloved pen holder from her bag, placed it back on her desk, turned on the computer, and started preparing for the afternoon’s loan application.

Software Development Department.

Through the office’s glass door, the first thing Xu Xiangbei saw was trash piled everywhere; old cases, monitors, and computer hardware. It looked like a business recycling old computers.

Through the gaps in the pile of electronic waste, he saw a fat man sitting in front of a computer, wearing headphones, with several bags of potato chips on the computer desk.

The fat man was emotionally playing a game, hurriedly stuffing potato chips into his mouth during brief pauses, his grease-stained fat hands pressing on the keyboard again before he could wipe them clean.

Xu Xiangbei stood behind him, watching for a while. It was actually the Ancient Moon Red Dust game, though a single-player version. Xu Xiangbei felt that this little fat guy had extensive gaming experience; the heroes he chose and the skills he practiced were all quite advanced, much better than his own, and he was watching with great interest.

The fat man noticed a large shadow on the computer screen, looked back, and screamed in fright, dropping the potato chips from his mouth onto the floor.

Xu Xiangbei apologized with a smile: "Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you."

Hanging from the fat man’s plump chest was a work ID, and on it was a picture of a chubby little child, with the name Shan Mingzhi.

The fat man, Shan Mingzhi, shouted, his voice sounding rather sharp: "Who are you? Are you new here?"

Xu Xiangbei laughed foolishly: "Yes, I’m new."

The fat man’s small nose and small eyes gleamed with curiosity when he heard Xu Xiangbei was new. With a world-weary expression, he said authoritatively: "My god, finally a newcomer. Someone to take over my role. Welcome, but kid, let me tell you, coming to our company right now isn’t the best time."

Xu Xiangbei smiled: "Why isn’t it a good time?"

Shan Mingzhi stuffed a few more potato chips into his mouth, mumbling: "If you had come six months ago, you’d be ecstatic. Back then we were still making games, and the year-end bonus was five months’ salary. Bliss or what?"

"What about now?"

The fat man hesitated before finally admitting the truth: "I haven’t seen a paycheck in two months. I was planning to quit, but there was no one to take over. Now that you’re here, haha, I can quit."

Xu Xiangbei raised an eyebrow: "What kind of work do you usually do?"

The fat man smiled as he introduced his work: "I usually handle programming, microcontrollers, chips, games, various programs. I was originally responsible for software, but since Xiao Zhang, who was handling hardware, left, I’ve been managing it all. What’s your name? Can you program?"

Xu Xiangbei looked around and said: "My name is Xu Xiangbei, and I can’t program."

"Then what can you do? Can you fix computer hosts?"

"No."

The fat man looked at him with disdain: "You can’t do anything; what are you doing here?"

Xu Xiangbei grinned cheekily: "Who says you have to know everything to be here?"

The fat man furrowed his brows, quickly left the office, and called Xiao Cai in the hallway, grumbling: "Xiao Cai, have you lost your mind? How did you hire someone who can’t do anything? How’s he supposed to take over my work? Am I supposed to train him? I asked you to find a professional to take over my job, and you hire an intern. I want to quit immediately. I don’t want to wait any longer. Did you intentionally hire an intern who can’t do anything just to keep me here with you?"

Though Xiao Cai appeared gentle and weak, she was tough with Shan Mingzhi, retorting: "Fatty Shan, what are you talking about? Stop calling me Xiao Cai. I’m the HR manager now; call me Manager Cai."

Shan Mingzhi retorted defiantly: "Tch, Manager Cai, we joined this company together. We’re peers. Even if you’re a manager at this lousy company, it’s useless. If I wanted to, I could be Director Shan in the IT department right now, on the same level as you. With no salary being paid, why should I stay here doing nothing?"