Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 707 - 227: New Year Event Preview (3)

Lin Miao confirmed this.

"That's right, the fully automated production efficiency at our company is currently very high. The stored inventory is fully sufficient to meet product deliveries for the next month, and with some production lines needing time to upgrade and modify, I thought I'd take this opportunity to give everyone a break."

Whether it's smart robots or the drinking water business, the production line runs nonstop 24 hours a day once operational. Because it's a fully automated production line, with minimal workers required for normal operation as long as there are no breakdowns, we can handle it even if most employees take a short vacation. It will just be busier than before, and the players will definitely have to work as usual.

"Of course, if you want to continue working overtime, you can, and your salary will be calculated at triple the original daily wage. But from February 3rd to February 7th, the factory will be forcibly closed to upgrade the control system."

In other words, during these four days, workers can't work even if they want to; the vast majority will be on holiday, except for Lin Miao's mechanics—they won't leave, and there's nothing Lin Miao can do about it.

Upgrading the production line is real, and the holiday is real too.

The holiday is not just for rest and relaxation; more importantly, it signifies that you are a person with social rights, not just a machine on the assembly line.

Arthur Clarke hung up the phone, his expression revealing a trace of bewilderment.

For them, this isn't just a simple holiday. Since joining this company, he's found the work atmosphere here is completely different from his past companies. No one urges them to work, there's no performance evaluation, and there's no need to focus on market responses.

A group of people can huddle together, spreading their boundless imagination, and apply it to players' orders, with the only consideration being cost.

Why can small companies develop unexpected innovation, but when they grow, they gradually become conservative?

Because companies have to be responsible to investors; small companies have low costs and can afford to take risks — if successful, the profit is substantial, and if they fail, losses aren't large. But larger companies must consider the pressures of shareholders, investors, and the stock market. In the wake of established business model success, they find it hard to muster the courage to risk failure and break through, since losing once can mean billions or even tens of billions in losses.

They can only choose to continuously repeat past successful paths. Company rules also become entrenched, and older leaders, once bureaucracy sets in, prohibit subordinates from innovating—the epitome of this is Neon companies, still using fax machines in 2020. Huang Ban broke out of this cage, easily defeating Japan's corporate peers, advocating top-down change, but this is also a significantly adverse stimulant.

"How's it, is it for real?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

A colleague came over to pat Arthur's bewildered shoulder.

Arthur nodded, awakening as if from a dream.

"It's real; if you don't believe, you can ask yourself."

"14 days of paid holiday, triple pay for overtime — thought I was dreaming."

"I wouldn't dare do this even in dreams. Back at Zeta Technology, taking 6 hours off would cost me the whole month's attendance bonus."

"Don't talk about it—nobody wants to go back to those days."

Amidst the joy, the mechanics didn't forget the matter Steamed Bun mentioned earlier.

"By the way, you mentioned something earlier — needed our help?"

"Yes."

Steamed Bun nodded continuously.

"We want to host a New Year event, organizing a large drone show, but we're not good at drone-related technology, so we thought to ask you for assistance."

"No problem, leave it to us."

———

"New Year event... how about we host a street concert!"

Youzi Chef's cyber idol career is booming. Some player-owned shops or street shop owners find that posting ads with those cartoon characters attracts mercenaries as guests, making business better than usual, whether they sing or not — who cares?

Even the cop's tea restaurant enlisted Youzi Chef's help installing a projector.

"Concert... sing what? Sing that man's 'Congratulations on Getting Rich'? I'd be better off performing — in Causeway Bay, I'm known as Triple Andy Lau, the pinnacle of men. I'll sell out tickets in no time."

"Definitely not singing that."

Brother Dao, here for a bite, chimed in, "Don't bring out those second-rate songs — citizens of Night City can't tolerate them."

"Get lost!"

Youzi Chef rolled his eyes.

"We'll surely sing American songs. Is there anything more iconic than that man's songs? I'm telling you, they'll be a hit, tickets will sell like crazy, and when the time comes, Brother Dao, make sure your radio station broadcasts it — you'll get more exposure."

He also mumbled to himself that he couldn't make pirated movies, but pirated songs should be fine, right?

Sorry to those great artists — surely they'll support my actions from beyond.

———

"Yo, New Year event, we've to organize it? Any ideas?"

From afar in Dragon Field, the expert was somewhat surprised, not expecting an event announcement at this moment, but he wasn't interested in the tickets or prizes.

"Event? Organize a gathering for them?"

Red Killer Demon shook his head.

"The only thing they're likely good at is shooting targets and racing cars."

Engineering skills aren't picked up quickly; even if learned, they're not for performance. Getting them to sing would probably result in dirty songs, like squeezing you where it hurts.

"Hey, I've got an idea!"

The expert flipped up from the sand, sitting.

"Isn't the first batch of veggies nearly ready? Ask the boss to spare a batch, let Old Tang from the mess hall teach them to cook, and call those guards over to form teams for some basketball matches — lots of interaction, accumulate rapport."