When Ding Minghui was almost on the verge of collapse with anxiety, the car finally stopped. It was in a high-tech industrial park located in the city center of Jiangnan City, where almost all well-known companies were established. The competition here was incredibly fierce.
Any company that could survive here was either deeply rooted and unshakeable, or a powerful new generation company that battled its way to survival. Was Ding Minghui's game company really here?
The car stopped in front of an imposing building. Although this building wasn't as luxurious as a top-tier game company like NetEase Thunderfire, it was still over a dozen stories tall, and its intricate design clearly wasn't the work of an ordinary design team.
The mere construction cost of such a tech building could run into tens of millions, if not billions. How could a team of college students possibly afford this?
"Mr. Ding, I'll go park the car first. Manager Fang is waiting for you in the lobby. I'll take my leave." The driver bowed and then drove the car into the building's underground garage.
"This..." Ding Minghui was like he had lost his backbone, not knowing where to go.
He had been to this high-tech industry area with a few other roommates before. He remembered that this building was the headquarters of a company called Leiyun Game Company! Although this company wasn't the top of the top, its business spanned from PC games to mobile games, hitting a monthly cash flow scale of hundreds of billions.
You had to know, the most popular mobile game currently on the Huaxia market only reached a monthly cash flow of twenty billion. Thus, this company was already highly competitive, with rapid growth in performance and cash flow and tremendous development potential.
But when did he become the general manager of this company? Even if Fang Jueyu had immense capabilities, could he really make the entire company play a charade with him?
"Xiao Ding, hurry and take us inside!" Wang Yan couldn't hold back anymore. It was their first chance to enter such a magnificent company building.
"Xiao Ding, is this really your company?" Fu Changhong still couldn't quite believe it.
"Yeah, Brother Ding, take us in and show us around," Meng Xiaoyang said, noticing that Ding Minghui was standing motionless in front of the building, becoming more and more suspicious. "Why aren't you moving? Did you arrange for that driver to fool Uncle and Aunt? If so, I deeply doubt your character!"
Hearing this, Ding Minghui grew even more nervous inside. How could a fourth-year student like him instantly transform into the general manager of a large game company? If he really walked in, wouldn't everything be exposed?
"Let's go in!" Fu Zi walked over to Ding Minghui and held his hand. "Didn't Fang Jueyu say he had everything arranged? Could he really be setting you up?"
"Mm!" Ding Minghui nodded. He was already on the tiger's back and couldn't get down. If he didn't go inside, it would prove that everything just now was him bluffing to save face, which would make the situation even worse.
"Hello, Mr. Ding!" Two security guards bowed deeply and opened the door for them.
Upon hearing this address, Ding Minghui froze for a moment. The two security guards recognized him? He was sure he had never been inside this game company before. How was this possible?
While he was still in a daze, a young employee walking by also greeted him respectfully. He felt as if the entire company knew him. For some reason, everyone's gaze contained awe, even a hint of fear!
"What's going on here?" Ding Minghui, bracing himself, walked to the company's reception area, where typically every company's licenses and certificates were displayed.
"Thunder Technology Co., Ltd., legal representative: Ding Minghui!" When Ding Minghui saw the name on it, he felt like someone took a giant hammer and slammed it hard on his head. He really was the legal representative of this company? This was too fantastical!
"Is this a listed company?" Meng Xiaoyang was already dumbfounded. The process from company registration, venture capital financing, to listing was incredibly tough. For ordinary companies, even spending over ten years would be normal, and many died halfway.
How old was Ding Minghui? Did he start a business as soon as he entered college? Where did he get startup capital? And counting everything, only about three years had passed. Going from a company's founding to being listed in just three years could well be described as a unicorn!
"No! It must be someone with the same name!" Meng Xiaoyang still didn't believe it, but when he saw the photo on the license, he fell silent. The person in the photo looked exactly like Ding Minghui; the photo hadn't even been taken long ago.
"This... Xiao Ding, is this really your company?" Fu Changhong couldn't help but ask.
"Well, it's not entirely mine. It's something I started with a few friends..." Ding Minghui didn't quite know how to explain, as this company's name was what they registered not long ago.
But their company had just been established; how could it already be listed? Yet the business license and many of the senior staff lists were indeed Thunder's, with the names of Fang Jueyu, Fu Jun, and Cheng Kai prominently listed.
It seemed like the entire company had somehow suddenly moved from just a few hundred square meters of office space to this game company building. What kind of incredible operation was this?
A woman, looking like a secretary, dressed in formal attire, walked over to them. "Mr. Ding, this is last month's cash flow report. The new mobile game we launched six months ago once again saw a significant increase in cash flow this month, reaching 1.2 billion. However, other ongoing PC games only showed a slight increase, with Thunder World at 830 million and Dream Mysterious City at 250 million..."
With every number the female secretary mentioned, Fu Zi's parents and Meng Xiaoyang's bodies faintly trembled. All these numbers added up to over 20 billion, right? Though it was just cash flow, the competence and potential of the company were evident. God knows how those few young people developed the company to this extent in just a few short years.
Fu Zi's parents' gazes toward Ding Minghui became increasingly gentle, like a future father and mother-in-law looking at their prospective son-in-law. As for Meng Xiaoyang, he had long been overlooked by them.
"Where's Manager Fang?" Ding Minghui asked.
"Oh, Manager Fang is waiting for you in the conference room. He instructed that once you arrived at the company, you should be taken over immediately. The boss from the other side is also here."
"Don't worry!" The secretary waved to the reception staff. "Xiao Xu, entertain Mr. Ding's guests!"
"Sure, Sister Chu, leave them to us!"
"Then I'll head up first?" Ding Minghui said to Fu Zi. He couldn't wait to find out what was really happening.
"Ding!" The elevator opened, and the secretary led him to an office door. "Mr. Ding, Manager Fang and the others are inside. I'll go ahead and take care of my tasks."
"Oh, alright, you get on with it!" Ding Minghui nodded woodenly and then pushed the door open.
Was there a boss? There were only three people in the conference room: Fang Jueyu, Fu Jun, and Cheng Kai. They were sitting on the sofa, looking at him with amused expressions.
Cheng Kai raised the coffee in his hand: "So, Old Ding, what kind of magical experience is it to suddenly own such a big company?"