Chapter 2255: Obey Orders!

Dong Guoxiang undoubtedly held great respect for Zhao Fusheng. Seeing Zhao Fusheng appear, he quickly set down his work.

Seeing Dong Guoxiang’s appearance, Zhao Fusheng frowned.

His hair was a mess, with big dark circles under his eyes—clearly he hadn’t rested well for a long time, nothing like a successful person in a high position.

At first glance, no one would doubt that this guy was a low-level programmer.

“Chairman, why are you here?”

Dong Guoxiang, finding it strange that Zhao Fusheng didn’t respond, couldn’t help asking.

Zhao Fusheng snorted: “What, not welcome?”

“No, no, absolutely not.”

Dong Guoxiang quickly shook his head. Though he didn’t know why Zhao Fusheng was so irritable, being familiar with Zhao Fusheng’s temper, he knew it was best not to provoke him at this moment.

“If I hadn’t come, were you planning to work overtime until next month?”

Zhao Fusheng glared at Dong Guoxiang and said irritably: “Tell your people to get ready and clock out!”

“Huh?”

Dong Guoxiang was taken aback, then shook his head and said instinctively: “That won’t do, we’re about to succeed!”

“Succeed my ass!”

Zhao Fusheng’s eyes widened: “If you keep this up, soon I’ll be visiting you in the hospital. If the program isn’t developed and one of you drops dead from exhaustion, I’ll really become a capitalist.”

“Haha.”

“The chairman is hilarious!”

“Isn’t that right.”

Everyone else burst into laughter. Clearly, Zhao Fusheng’s words amused them all.

In their impression, company bosses were usually the stern, intimidating type.

But this one clearly wasn’t.

In fact, for the old employees of Future Technology, the mysterious Chairman Zhao wasn’t as fearsome as the rumors made him out to be.

After all, having worked under Dong Guoxiang for a long time, they had met Zhao Fusheng several times.

Occasionally, they even learned bits about Zhao Fusheng from Dong Guoxiang, so they had some impression of him.

In their view, the chairman was a softie behind a sharp tongue. Though he was usually mysterious and rarely appeared in public, according to Dong Guoxiang, it wasn’t deliberate mystique but simply because he hated trouble.

Now that they finally saw the chairman lose his temper, the group stayed quiet and dared not speak.

But unconsciously, they all stopped their work.

“Take your R&D team and rest.”

Zhao Fusheng looked at Dong Guoxiang seriously: “Come with me.”

“Ah, okay.”

Dong Guoxiang didn’t dare delay and quickly followed Zhao Fusheng out of the office.

As for the programmers under him, Zhou Nianzu sent them all home, telling them not to come back until they had rested properly.

They groaned in protest but were helpless—after all, Zhao Fusheng was the boss and Zhou Nianzu the general manager.

To them, these two held life-and-death power over them; if Zhao Fusheng really blew up, no one could protect them.

Besides, deep down, these guys actually felt warm inside.

Programmers aren’t stupid; their emotional intelligence might be a bit low, but their IQ is definitely high.

Most bosses would be thrilled to have their programmers work themselves to the bone, with 996 being the mildest. But Zhao Fusheng clearly cared about their health.

Unless someone is utterly inhuman, they can tell good from bad.

A good boss like this is hard to find even with a lantern!

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At that very moment, the lantern-worthy good boss Zhao Fusheng was scowling and laying into Dong Guoxiang, who sat obediently.

“Tell me, didn’t I tell you to use your head? Which is more important—your health or developing a program? Don’t you know that?”

Zhao Fusheng said to Dong Guoxiang: “Even if you can’t develop this program, I won’t go bankrupt. But if your health collapses, do you think I’d care more about the money or about you?”

Dong Guoxiang didn’t dare make a sound, just sat there quietly listening to Zhao Fusheng.

He knew Zhao Fusheng too well.

Simply put, Zhao Fusheng’s temper was that he yielded to kindness but not to force, and he was very good to his own people.

If he hadn’t known, fine, but now that he did, of course he’d blow up.

Thinking this, Dong Guoxiang dared not speak even more.

After scolding him for a while, Zhao Fusheng got tired. Besides, Dong Guoxiang kept quiet the whole time, so Zhao Fusheng lost the mood to keep yelling. He glared at Dong Guoxiang and stopped.

“Go, pour me a glass of water.”

Zhao Fusheng said to Dong Guoxiang irritably.

Dong Guoxiang didn’t dare delay; he obediently went to pour a glass of water for Zhao Fusheng.

“You really make me angry.”

Zhao Fusheng took the glass and said to Dong Guoxiang.

Dong Guoxiang gave a simple smile and finally said: “I just wanted to develop the program as soon as possible, put it into operation, and see the results.”

Zhao Fusheng shook his head gently and waved his hand: “Haste makes waste. You’ve been in the internet business long enough—don’t you understand that?”

He actually understood Dong Guoxiang’s thinking.

But Zhao Fusheng knew better that at this time, smartphones were just becoming popular, and internet technology was only at its beginning, far from the era of countless mini-programs.

In short, what he was asking Future Technology to do now was experimentation and exploration.

If it cost him an old friend like Dong Guoxiang, Zhao Fusheng thought it simply wasn’t worth it.

As he had told Dong Guoxiang, even if the project failed, he wouldn’t go bankrupt. But if Dong Guoxiang suffered any unbearable loss because of it, that would be unacceptable to Zhao Fusheng.

“I understand.”

Dong Guoxiang was deeply moved and quickly nodded.

“Now, go home and rest. Get a good sleep.”

Zhao Fusheng said seriously to Dong Guoxiang: “When you’ve rested and recharged, come back to the company. Then I’ll be waiting for your good news.”

“Okay.”

Dong Guoxiang nodded.

He knew that given Zhao Fusheng’s personality, once he said something, he wouldn’t take it back.

So his only choice now was to listen to Zhao Fusheng and go home to rest.

Watching Dong Guoxiang leave, Zhao Fusheng shook his head helplessly.

These people under him—sometimes they were really exasperating.

Not that they didn’t work hard, but they worked too hard, so hard that it left one helpless...