My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 137: What am I thinking, can I still use magic?

Chapter 137: Chapter 137: What am I thinking, can I still use magic?

At the same time, Chen Yan’s phone vibrated slightly.

Chen Yan took out his phone and saw a notification:

[Divine Summoning Incense effective, duration 72 hours. During this time, the player’s companies will experience a significant increase in their attractiveness to talent.]

After reading the notification, Chen Yan casually opened WeChat and sent a message to several contacts labeled with "Recruitment Network" and "Headhunters," saying, "Let’s get started."

Following Chen Yan’s order, in less than half an hour, banners on several major national recruitment websites were all replaced with job advertisements for Chenyu Game Company, Chenlu Film and Television Company, and Lu Man’s Celebrity Studio. All searches for professions in "gaming," "film and television," and "publicity" would have Chen Yan’s companies listed as the top recommendation.

Various headhunting agencies also started sending out invitations and introductions to candidates they had scouted a few days earlier.

In related industry circuits and game forums, chat groups, information about these three companies gradually began to appear more frequently.

Many related talents would inadvertently see the recruitment advertisements.

Under normal circumstances, they might just glance over these ads.

But this time, for some reason,

they felt their eyes were glued to these, constantly drawn to click on them.

Even some closed the recruitment page to read a report, but after five minutes, their minds unsettled, they would open the recruitment page again...

...

Mo City, Shanghe Film Industry, Vice President’s office.

A middle-aged woman, appearing close to forty, was typing a resignation letter on her computer.

While writing, an antivirus pop-up featuring Chenlu Film’s recruitment information suddenly appeared in the lower right corner of her desktop.

She was about to instinctively close the ad, but as the cursor hovered over it, she paused.

"Chenlu Film..."

"Is that the new company competing with the Xu brothers?"

"The Xu brothers... haha."

The woman watched the pulsing ad, a cold smile playing on her lips...

On her desk was a business card: Yang Rou, Vice President of Shanghe Film Industry, Gold Medal Producer, representative works "Painted Skin," "Listening to the Wind"...

...

Tiandu, Quanmei Media Group.

A thin man with gold-rimmed glasses was browsing his own Baidu page while chatting with a headhunter.

The page read: Song Chuang, MBA from Qinghua University, former President of Wanwei Film, President of Quanmei Film of Quanmei Media Group, films produced include "Private Order," "New Shaolin Temple"...

...

Hang City, Jiaye Media...

Deep City, Wutong Film...

At the same time, more and more talents and experts, either actively or passively, were being attracted by the Divine Summoning Incense and started interacting with Chen Yan’s companies.

When Chen Yan lit the "Divine Summoning Incense" at 9 PM, it was the peak time when professionals from both industries were most active.

Thus, for a time, the gaming and entertainment circles were seething undercurrents.

Outwardly, everything might seem calm, even other non-targeted audiences did not sense any anomalies.

But only those who might be interested in Chen Yan’s companies, or who might join them, began making fateful decisions...

...

The next day, Chen Yan was awakened by a call from Lu Man.

Rubbing his eyes, Chen Yan sleepily answered the phone.

Lu Man’s excited voice came through, "Chen Yan! You are truly amazing!"

Hearing Lu Man’s voice, Chen Yan yawned and asked, perplexed, "What’s amazing?"

Lu Man replied, "Prophecies!"

"You know, this morning, as soon as I got up, Mei Li called me. She said that since last night around 10 PM, her phone and WeChat haven’t stopped."

"Even her email has been receiving one message after another."

"They all want to inquire about job requirements and salary expectations!"

"Including some seasoned professionals who have been in the industry for many years."

"Mei Li was completely dumbfounded and has been busy all morning, her face all smiles."

Chen Yan, who had anticipated this effect, yawned again and said, "Calm down, you sound so excited. Have you forgotten your persona?"

Hearing Chen Yan’s comment, Lu Man suddenly quieted down.

A moment later, in a cold voice, Lu Man said, "You are really amazing."

Though it was a simple exclamation, the way Lu Man delivered it in such a cold tone made it sound rather funny.

Chen Yan chuckled, then said, "It’s nothing really. All normal."

Lu Man asked again, coldly, "How did you do it?"

Chen Yan replied, "Just threw money on advertising."

Lu Man continued coldly, "That’s it?"

Chen Yan laughed, "What else? Do you think I used some sort of magic?"

"Surely, lighting a plate of mosquito coils won’t attract these talents over?"

"They are talents, not mosquitoes."

Lu Man pondered for a moment, then explained, "Maybe it’s because our press release took time to ferment."

"They didn’t notice during the day because they were at work and only saw it at night."

Suppressing his laughter, Chen Yan nodded, "Makes sense, makes sense."

See, these days, nobody believes the truth, right?

╮(╯▽╰)╭

...

After exchanging a few more words with Lu Man, Chen Yan hung up the phone.

Since he was already awake, Chen Yan lost the mood to sleep again.

He glanced at the time, which showed it was only 9 AM.

Today was Saturday, and there was no work at the company, giving him a whole day to plan.

After freshening up, he moved to his computer.

The "Divine Summoning Incense" was still burning in front of the computer, emitting a pleasant jasmine fragrance.

As the smoke spiraled upwards, it seemed to be literally drawing talents down from heaven.

Thinking how Mei Li had reaped so much, he shouldn’t have less.

With that thought, Chen Yan turned on his computer, logged into his recruitment platform accounts, and checked his haul from the night.

But what he saw shocked him.

His inbox for resumes had exploded.

Before going to bed, he only had a few resumes, but now there were five or six hundred, and more were coming in every moment.

This was the result of just 12 hours.

What would it be like after three days?

A few thousand?

Could he even finish going through them all?

Chen Yan was a bit stunned.

After thinking for a while, he decided he definitely couldn’t handle this alone, so he decided... to round up some manpower!

With that thought, he sent a WeChat message in the company group, "Our company is planning to expand its recruitment; we’ve received quite a few resumes. If anyone is free today, you can come to the office and help choose people."

After sending the message, Chen Yan got ready and left for the office to check it out in person.

On the way, the company group chat started buzzing.

Chen Yan looked at the phone; the first response was from Fat Phoenix, "Boss Chen, I’m free this afternoon, I’ll come and have a look."

The second was from Cheng Tianxiang, "I can’t make it today. I have to take my child to learn chess."

Then the other bigwigs replied one by one, some were free, some were not.

The last message was an audio clip from Yu Qiao Qiao.

Chen Yan played it.

"Resumes? I love reviewing resumes! Qiao Qiao and I have time! We’ll come!"

Chen Yan: ....

That... sounds like Brother Ying’s voice, right?

Haven’t seen that guy in a while, thought he had disappeared.

Well, as today was a holiday, they could come if they wanted.

Having such a joker around, the busy work would certainly not lack joy...

....

Meanwhile, as the people rushing to join Mei Li and Chen Yan’s side were almost overwhelming, Director Zhang also received the news.

Just after getting up and completing a couple of Tai Chi rounds in the courtyard, Director Zhang received a call from Xu Zhaoqing.

Pausing his movements, Director Zhang answered the call with a smile, "Lao Xu, ever since Lu Man’s incident, you’ve been calling me a lot more frequently than before. Haha."

Director Zhang was in a good mood chatting humorously, but Xu Zhaoqing was in no mood for jokes.

He went straight to the point, "Lao Zhang. This is bad."

Hearing this, Director Zhang’s expression turned serious, "Something bad? What happened?"

After speaking, Director Zhang felt this conversation seemed strangely familiar....

Hadn’t they talked like this just yesterday...?

Xu Zhaoqing said, "Something’s off. Since last night, there seems to be a lot of chatter in the circles about Lu Man’s new company."

"Then today, my subordinates also reported that many groups are discussing those few companies."

"I felt something was wrong right away. So, I asked around. Turns out, quite a few people think the compensation at Lu Man’s company and their production team is decent, and they’re planning to give it a try."

Listening to this, Director Zhang’s broad face scrunched up.

He picked up a towel and wiped his face, hesitating before asking, "Are there any senior people or key figures?"

Xu Zhaoqing replied, "No."

Director Zhang sighed in relief, "If it’s just some fringe figures, it’s no big deal."

"They only care about benefits and don’t care about our blacklisting, which is pretty normal."

Xu Zhaoqing stayed silent for a moment, then said, "So, what about our plan?"

Director Zhang paused, not replying...

Honestly, they hadn’t expected this outcome.

They had been relying on the previous blacklisting to pressure Chen Yan and Lu Man, planning to offer help afterward.

It seemed now their plans needed changing.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhaoqing suggested, "Lao Zhang. How about we both take a trip to Qin Island in the next couple of days, and meet that Zhao family’s illegitimate child in person?"

Director Zhang hesitated, then responded, "... That works."

Xu Zhaoqing could sense Director Zhang’s reluctance.

He sighed, persuading, "I’m mainly worried that if we wait any longer, we won’t have a chance."

Director Zhang asked, "Why?"

Xu Zhaoqing whispered, "I heard Yang Rou and Song Chuang resigned today."

Director Zhang’s pupils contracted slightly, "Yang Rou? Song Chuang?!"