Chapter 566: 540: Cloud Dream Godfather, and the Collapsing Building

Chapter 566: Chapter 540: Cloud Dream Godfather, and the Collapsing Building

“Dig up some more people?” Lincoln reacted immediately: “Someone from NetDragon contacted you? They’re moving so fast?”

But Fred shook his head: “There are some, but I don’t know them well. On the other hand, those I want to bring over, not one has come over yet...”

“What do you mean?”

“Boss, do you still remember the DLC for ‘Blaze 3’?”

“‘Red Flame’?” Lincoln certainly remembered, “Yeah, it’s pretty good, and their trailer was especially outstanding, leaving a deep impression.”

“Jason, who led the development of this DLC, suddenly resigned on Monday, and on Tuesday he completed the handover and left NetDragon.” Fred’s knowledge of what happened at NetDragon was quite detailed, not at all like someone who had resigned a long time ago.

“I thought it was strange at the time, how suddenly he left. Now it seems that he must have discovered the problems inside NetDragon beforehand, and that’s why he hurried away.”

Lincoln looked at Fred, unable to help but ponder: Was this guy spending his time after work gossiping in a group with his former colleagues?

Cloud Dream lets off work early, making it convenient for you to gossip, right?

“So now he’s a free agent. I wanted to tell you about this yesterday to see if we should bring him to Cloud Dream, but you didn’t show up all day yesterday...”

Wasn’t I busy working on my exoskeleton... Lincoln explained in his heart.

“No problems with his character and values, right?”

“No problem, he’s a pretty straightforward person. He even has a bit of idealism. I always thought that NetDragon didn’t deserve him. I wanted to find a chance to bring him over earlier, but there was never an opportunity.”

“Alright, let’s invite him then. Any requirements, he can talk to me or Sister Quentina.” Lincoln did not doubt Fred’s judgment.

“There are also five old friends who haven’t resigned yet, all of good character and competence. Should we take this opportunity to dig them up as well?”

Lincoln nodded directly: “Dig, we can dig all of them!”

In the past few months, Fred had successively brought a lot of people from NetDragon, all of whom completely met the employee standards of Cloud Dream.

The constant loss of talent from NetDragon was not only due to the decline of VR games as a whole, but also to NetDragon’s rapid downhill, as well as Fred’s tireless digging efforts.

And since Fred knew NetDragon so well, the people he dug up were NetDragon’s most valuable core talent.

Their positions might not be very high, but their abilities, character, and comprehensive qualities were all very strong, making them indispensable for the stable development of the company.

The most important thing was: due to the top-level treatment of Cloud Dream in the industry – whether it was money, system, security, or welfare, Fred’s success rate of digging up people was incredibly high.

They only encountered a few obstacles with those five old friends.

– These people were the kind who didn’t care much about the external environment, and preferred to bury themselves in their work with minimal changes.

But this time, Fred was 100% sure that he could bring these people over as well!

He had already thought of the reason:

‘Your boss has been sent to jail by my boss, isn’t it time to leave the darkness and join the light side?’

These five people, plus Jason, were the last people he wanted to pull from NetDragon to Cloud Dream.

As for the rest, whether or not to dig them up would depend on Lincoln and Quentina’s ideas.

Moreover, even if they wanted to dig, the screening and interview process would be much more complicated than this kind of internal recommendation.

“Should I hurry up and arrange a meeting with them?” Fred couldn’t wait.

“Go ahead, go ahead.”

As Fred left, he opened the panel and searched for contacts.

However, halfway through, he suddenly turned around, gave Lincoln a thumbs up, and said: “Boss, quietly sending Richard to jail, awesome!”

He didn’t wait for Lincoln to explain and turned around and left.

Lincoln was left speechless on the spot.

Mavis had already told him the secret: the company’s many small groups were already in an uproar.

However, he wasn’t that cruel...

He ended up deep in a dilemma.

Fortunately, the dilemma didn’t last long—after just a day and a half, NetDragon was surrounded by SWAT, and he too was approached by the National Security Department, who requested his cooperation in the investigation.

He was frightened and terrified!

During the questioning, he was like spilling beans, answering whatever was asked without any hesitation.

Not only did he answer the questions actively, but he also talked about things that were not asked.

Even so, he was still “educated” for a long time for “knowing but not reporting”.

Warner’s situation was similar.

Since both of them were not involved, and considering the particularity of virtual reality technology, they didn’t know that it involved national security and didn’t report it, it was barely understandable.

So after a round of national security education, they were allowed to go home.

In comparison, Gary left much earlier than them.

—Because he really didn’t know anything about it...

Richard had no intention of telling him from the beginning.

Usually, this would be a sign of not being trusted by the boss, but when he left the gate of the National Security Bureau, Gary couldn’t help but deeply appreciate Richard’s mercy.

When Jason came out, he could only describe his mood with one word: “surviving a catastrophe”.

If he had made a wrong move at that time, blinded by money, he might have been sent to jail now!

“Stealing confidential technology involving national security for personal and company profit.”

Upon hearing this charge, even if he wasn’t involved, Jason was scared into sweating profusely on the spot.

...

While Jason was hurrying home for the “interview”, many NetDragon employees began looking for a way out.

The managers looked for headhunting companies, while ordinary employees downloaded recruiting software.

Everyone felt that the building was about to collapse.

Gary was no exception, worried about his future.

He had been wanting to leave NetDragon for a long time but couldn’t make up his mind—because he couldn’t find a company with satisfactory treatment and prospects.

So he waited until today.

In his eyes, if NetDragon was declining rapidly before, after today, it became a sinking ship.

It was time to jump ship to survive.

But where to go?

The ideal choice, of course, is Cloud Dream.

However, Gary felt that he had a grudge with Lincoln.

So he didn’t think he would receive the same treatment as Fred, but more likely receive the treatment like “Henry”—

Being ridiculed by Lincoln online.

That would be really humiliating.

But for Gary to give up this opportunity directly, he still couldn’t bear it.

So the remaining option was to try his luck contacting people, his former colleagues who have already joined Cloud Dream, and test the waters a bit.

After all... what if?

—Until now, he still didn’t know that Cloud Dream doesn’t have public relations.