After returning to Sand Port.

Zhou Yi first did two things.

The first was to attend the graduation ceremony of Mushroom Forest Primary School as the principal, where he encouraged and blessed the graduating students.

For the five outstanding graduates recommended for admission to Dragon Palace, Zhou Yi awarded them diplomas, certificates, and bonuses.

This batch of graduates included the famous three campus heroes: Bai Shier, Chen Ji, and Bei Ta.

They all graduated early by skipping grades, as being involved in actual work allowed them to further develop their talents.

It's worth mentioning.

The three heroes voluntarily gave up their reserved spots, offering them to students who needed them more.

For them, this was merely icing on the cake, as they could still go to Dragon Palace for further studies through talent exchanges in the future. But for other ordinary students, it was a gift of warmth in the cold, potentially changing a person's destiny entirely.

Zhou Yi was very gratified by this.

Very good.

The ace of Mushroom Forest Primary School should have this kind of boldness.

The expectations for the three heroes are different from those of other ordinary graduates.

"You are the pride of Mushroom Forest Primary School, the future of the company. I hope you always hold yourself to a high standard, not only continuing to hone your professional skills but also leading the company to breakthroughs and openings in certain fields."

"I hope that no matter what setbacks and difficulties you encounter, you never lose confidence and your original intentions."

Zhou Yi advised them, "But also remember, health is the most important thing. I sincerely wish you to remain healthy and happy after graduation."

"Yes!"

The three heroes said in unison, "We will not disappoint the principal's expectations."

These three have already achieved considerable accomplishments in the company, with all departments offering them opportunities. They still made choices that they were passionate about.

Among them.

Bai Shier chose to stay at Mushroom Forest as a biology teacher, continuing to study the use of mushrooms with his mentor, Sun Chonglai.

Chen Ji joined the first research institute of the Manufacturing Department—this institute is the R&D core of the Manufacturing Department. The director is Liu Fusheng, and the chief designer is Chen Ruixiang, both of whom are Chen Ji's mentors. Now, after graduation, he goes there to work, participating in the upgrade and research of the Floating Heart and the design of other new devices.

Bei Ta, on the other hand, went to the Moon Affairs Department, participating in the lunar transformation project. That side is the concentrated R&D area for the company's confidential projects, whether it's the Wasteland Armor, ferries, Light Soot tracks encountered daily, or the confidential gemstone technology, mechanical life evolution, or Bone Machine, they are all at the forefront and the core areas.

But more graduates are ordinary children, and they are the majority.

Zhou Yi also paid a lot of attention to them and held a simple tea party with them, inquiring about their lives and hobbies, sharing interesting stories and troubles in daily life.

To his surprise, these children were very competitive in their studies.

On average, each child rested only six hours a day, and the rest of the time was devoted to participating in company projects or excessively studying, aiming to graduate with excellent grades.

The graduates were divided into three tiers.

The first tier was five candidates recommended for entry into Dragon Palace.

The second tier was outstanding graduates, with only ten slots available each year. Students must strive for better grades and project outcomes to achieve this honor.

Outstanding graduates will be directly recruited by various company departments, offered job allocations upon graduation, and prioritized as key talents with no financial pressure in the future, fully enjoying various benefits.

The third tier is ordinary graduates.

They need to participate in company recruitment step by step, pass exams and assessments, to secure employment with the company.

The only advantage over external applicants is their familiarity with the company, leading to priority admission under the same conditions. Now the company's reputation is so great that many capable external individuals keep coming in, setting higher recruitment criteria.

The last group includes dropouts and repeat students, which we won't mention here.

According to the assistant Yuan Xiao's research, since the establishment of the primary school three years ago, only one-tenth of ordinary graduates have been able to join the company. Because foundational positions like Light Soot Workers are already saturated and no longer expanding.

The vast majority of ordinary graduates still need to seek other career paths.

Fortunately, while it's challenging to join the company, they are highly welcomed for employment in neighboring Sand Port City or Steel Refining City, Shell City, basically available with just a click. Coupled with convenient transportation, they can return home to Sand Port for rest after work.

This group is mainly funneled into the Development Alliance in various regions.

It is truly difficult for ordinary people to join the company.

Unless the timing is right, such as the establishment of a new department with temporary external recruitment, which is generally first-come, first-served.

"Chairman, actually the employment prospects of Mushroom Forest Primary School are very good."

Yuan Xiao said, "Many external partners, including other companies, cities, chambers of commerce, factories, farms, knight groups, etc., welcome graduates of Mushroom Forest Primary School. Because they have received long-term training from the company, their basic literacy and habits are guaranteed, and it's easier for them to interface with the company."

"It's just that the students have their sights set too high, considering staying in the company as the standard of success, while external employment represents a kind of failure..."

"Currently, the company's basic education competitiveness is strong worldwide. We've invested heavily in educational costs and quality resources, allowing students to access high-precision advanced technology equipment directly. Coupled with the company's own reputation, they receive more attention."

Zhou Yi nodded.

Simply put, the company's relevant partners and upstream and downstream networks are great destinations for graduates.

Their first choice is to stay with the company themselves, only considering outside backup units if they can't stay.

...

After the graduation ceremony, Zhou Yi hurried to the media department.

This department was reorganized from the delivery center, with its delivery business subcontracted to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and now it is fully responsible for the company's media industry.

The office is located in Building 9, Jade City.

The media department has two major achievements: the electric cat broadcasters and entertainment development.

The electric cat broadcasters feature Biting Cat, Thunderball, and Electric Treasure as lead stars, with other electric cats continuously joining, each having a customized independent screen image, focusing on their respective tracks.

Because electric cats are electric lives, capable of instantly appearing in various programs, they have an unparalleled natural advantage and are also the group of broadcasters the company focuses on cultivating.

"Chairman, we are developing well now. Our department has signed 33 broadcasters, including electric cats, Bone Man, Sea People, humans, and Floral Face men and women, to correspond to different programs."

Qian Su introduced, "Electric cat hosts are the most numerous. But we have developed many independent channels based on the habits and preferences of different groups."

"Like Bone Man TV, broadcasting the latest news and achievements of the Bone Men during the day, with main comedy and situational dramas in the noon and evening slots. Bone Men belong to a high-income group and are willing to pay for these quality programs."

"Floral Face TV focuses on the customs industry and large-scale stories, including interviews, variety shows, and some dramas, essentially consuming beauty. Its profitability is the best among all TV channels, and the number of paying viewers far exceeds all other channels combined. Our Floral Face broadcasters are very popular, with Little Peach being the first to make it big, and now Little Apricot and the newly joined Mint are also very well-received."

Zhou Yixin thought, of course.

Getting interested in beautiful people is everyone's common hobby.

The late-night audience is indeed large.

No matter what racial discrimination and mutual disdain happen during the day, when it comes to programs about beauty, everyone is good friends.

Zhou Yi turned his attention back to Qian Su.

This Iron Head Girl, from seventeen or eighteen years old to now twenty-five or six, hasn't changed much in looks at the company over these years. Mainly because most of her body is prosthetic, with a colorful hat becoming a more elegant octagonal hat, and the hair changed to long silver-white wigs.

After all, she's already the head of the media department.

"And there's our entertainment development."

Qian Su continued, gesturing with her hands: "We have many programs and movies, all being exported. These stories also support our TV programs. We are still developing game toys."

"Chairman, you still remember the projection wall in buildings 9, 10, 11, playing shooting games, right? We're currently developing this game for more people to play."

"For ordinary people, the enhanced controller itself is still very expensive, so we just directly use the projection wall as equipment, and as long as they are within the radiation range of Jade City, the projection wall can play our developed games. Currently, there are two games, one is Beautiful Girl Club, priced at 399 mushrooms, and the other is Dead Sea Battle, priced at 499 mushrooms."

Zhou Yi showed interest and immediately wanted to give it a try.

He and Qian Su went to the game room of the department, where there were projection walls, and the gameplay was simple.

Stand in front of the wall, put on the Light Soot game gloves, and once activated, the projection wall can sense the gloves. You can operate with the shadow of your hand remotely, like a certain kind of remote touch screen.

"Beautiful Girl Club" is a nurturing and dating game, generally using various clubs in Flower Town as material, and then encountering boys and girls inside. By consuming at the clubs, you increase affinity with them, and finally, when the affinity is sufficient, you can establish a relationship. However, in order to consume, you still need to go out to work and earn money.

The gameplay is very rich.

You can take a pure love route and establish a relationship with a favored target until marriage and children. It focuses on being a pure love warrior.

Or you can choose the sea king route, dating multiple objects simultaneously. However, if you're slightly careless, not only may you be discovered and suffer revenge, theft, breakup, cheating... you might even get killed. It's all about the thrill.

Or you can go the business route, buying all the girls you like, establishing a club yourself, owning them first as the boss, and any new girl you like can be included in the club. It's all about the big hand of capital.

Qian Su said with a smile: "The 'Club' is very popular now. Just in Sand Port, our players have exceeded 5000, with total sales of 80,000 units, because it's a new summer game, there will surely be growth in the future."

No kidding.

Even Zhou Yi got a little addicted to playing himself.

He then started another game, "Dead Sea Battle," which is a typical shooting game but adds mecha elements and settings.

At the initial stage, you are an ordinary person, only able to use the most basic fire guns. Later, as you keep clearing dungeons, you can use the accumulated money to buy Wasteland Armor and even upgrade to the top Jade Warrior—which is the combat giant form of Jade City.

As a mowing game, this plays very smoothly, and the hit feels satisfying.

"'Battle' was released at the beginning of the year, with total sales so far reaching 120,000, which is quite good. Because in many places, our projection wall equipment hasn't reached them. In the Development Alliance area, sales are going well. A set of this equipment is priced at 2000 mushrooms, and an average person's monthly salary can buy it."

"What's more, it needs the Jade City configuration. Those public houses we've deployed outside have turned their residents into our loyal users. Currently, we are mass-distributing through the foreign trade department, especially deploying to the Heavenly Kingdom. The population there is large, with strong purchasing power and high entertainment demands."

"In the future, through the game end, we can match the New World, which is definitely a very good entry point. It also benefits our company's export to some sealed areas."

"You said one of the key points for the company in this five-year period is going global. Our media business is currently very strong, and no place resists us."

Qian Su spoke endlessly.

Zhou Yi asked, "Are you happy with your work?"

"Of course, I like what I'm doing now. It's much more interesting than the delivery center."

The Iron Head Girl said with a giggle.

"That's good, as long as you're happy."

Zhou Yi also smiled.