Chapter 158: Does This Count as a Work Injury?

When the three of them—Wei Yan, Zhao Bowen, and Fang Chang—heard President Chen’s question, they exchanged a glance and couldn’t help showing a smile.

“Brother Yan, you should be the one to say it,” Zhao Bowen said, and Fang Chang nodded in agreement.

Seeing the looks on their faces, Chen Mo had a sinking feeling in his chest.

Wei Yan, with a congratulatory smile, spoke up.

“President Chen, there is indeed some good news to report.”

“A little while ago, we authorized a gaming club to host an offline competition for Tianlong, and unexpectedly, the livestream of the event got featured on the homepage of TigerHead Live.”

“In just a week, the number of players for Tianlong has soared to two million.”

“And because of the influx of these new players, the game’s revenue has also seen a short-term surge. As of now, the backend shows revenue exceeding 4 million yuan.”

As Chen Mo listened to Wei Yan, his head buzzed.

Two million players?

That’s a direct increase of over a million players in just a short time.

Based on previous stats, about 50% of users activate a monthly pass.

That means out of two million players, one million bought monthly passes.

Even if each pass costs just ten yuan, that’s still ten million yuan in revenue.

And that’s not even counting weekly and daily pass income.

In other words, from now on, the game could be pulling in at least ten million a month.

This…

He had just spent the system funds down to zero!

“President Chen, and this is just the beginning. Livestreamers on other platforms have also started playing our game, so more players are bound to follow,” Wei Yan added, seeing that Chen hadn’t responded in a while.

Chen Mo raised his head and looked at him, biting his teeth and squeezing out two words:

“Very good!”

He’d thought 5 million in monthly revenue from Tianlong was already a headache. Now it had just doubled.

Time to change plans—

He needed to spend even more aggressively!

There was no other choice. Tianlong was raking in money like crazy now, and the system wouldn’t let him take it offline, so the only thing he could do was come up with new ways to burn through cash.

The coffee shop still had to wait until it opened before evaluating whether it was losing money; only then could he consider opening a second one.

The park project had just gotten an initial investment. He’d need to wait a bit before pouring more money in.

Right now, the only avenues for spending were Cangxue Games and the clothing factory.

Although employee salaries had just been raised not long ago, without special circumstances, there wouldn’t be another hike anytime soon.

But maybe there was room to work with employee benefits.

With that thought in mind, he asked:

“Does our company currently have anything that needs spending money on?”

“President Chen, everything at Cangxue Games is operating normally. There’s nothing that needs extra funding right now,” Wei Yan responded quickly.

“I’m not just talking about operations—any expenses related to the company count. For example, are there any requests or concerns from the employees…”

“Forget it. Take me to the employee workspace—I’ll ask them myself.”

Seeing the confused expressions on the three of them, Chen Mo realized he wouldn’t get anything useful out of them.

“President Chen, I’ll gather everyone in one studio,” Zhao Bowen said as he quickly left the office. Cangxue Games still had one studio upstairs, and he had to get everyone together first.

When Chen Mo arrived at the employee workspace, he glanced around at the more than fifty employees gathered and began speaking slowly:

“Everyone, relax. This isn’t anything serious. I just want to hear if you have any requests or suggestions for the company—feel free to speak up.”

The room fell silent.

All the employees looked excitedly at Chen Mo, but no one said a word.

Well, duh.

The company’s treatment was already this good—who would be crazy enough to bring up complaints?

Chen Mo frowned slightly. Did none of them have any demands? His eyes scanned the group.

If you won’t speak up, I’ll just call on you.

“You, tell me—do you think there’s anything that needs improvement?”

He randomly pointed to one employee.

“P-President Chen, I think the company is already great—there’s nothing that needs changing,” Xu Yuan said nervously as he stood up. He hadn’t expected to be singled out.

“Think carefully. For example, is there any kind of benefit you think we need, or any issues?”

“President Chen, the company’s already treating us very well. I really don’t have any complaints.”

Chen Mo looked at him and could tell he wouldn’t get anything useful. Just as he was about to let the guy sit down, his eyes landed on a medicated patch on the employee’s neck.

“What’s with the patch? Are you injured?”

“Oh, it’s nothing, President Chen. My cervical spondylosis has been acting up the past couple of days, so I put on a patch to relieve the pain,” Xu Yuan said nonchalantly, reaching up to touch the patch on his neck.

Cervical spondylosis was extremely common for people like them who sat at a computer all day. It wasn’t really a big deal.

But upon hearing that, Chen Mo’s eyes lit up.

He had suddenly thought of a way to spend money.

Smiling at the employee, he said:

“Cervical spondylosis—this must be from sitting and working at a computer for long periods. That definitely counts as a work injury.”

“And since it’s a work injury, the company should take responsibility. So, from now on, any expenses related to cervical issues will be fully reimbursed by the company.”

“Huh?!”

Xu Yuan’s mouth dropped open in shock. Cervical spondylosis counts as a work injury?

He’d never heard of any company defining a programmer’s neck issues as a work injury.

And it wasn’t just him—every single employee in the room, including Fang Chang and the others, looked stunned.

Chen Mo looked at their shocked expressions and continued:

“Considering the nature of the job, even employees who don’t currently have cervical issues should start taking preventive measures.”

“Starting today, the company will arrange professional massage therapy for everyone at a massage shop—twice a week, fully reimbursed.”

“Fang Chang, you’re in charge of scheduling. Make sure it doesn’t cut into employee rest time.”

“Yes, President Chen,” Fang Chang replied quickly. His face still hadn’t lost its stunned look when Chen Mo continued.

“And also, count the total number of employees. We’ll order a batch of massage pillows for people to use while working.”

“Additionally, every employee must get a full physical check-up once every three months.”

Listening to Chen Mo casually say all this, no one even knew how to describe what they were feeling anymore.

Working at President Chen’s company was just too damn good.

Chen Mo nodded in satisfaction. This plan could also be applied to the other three companies.

That would be a massive expenditure too.

“Thank you, President Chen!”

As he was mulling things over, he saw all the employees stand up at the same time and shout in unison.

“Alright, sit down,” Chen Mo waved his hand quickly, motioning for everyone to sit. He still wasn’t used to such a scene.

Just then, his gaze fell on an employee wearing glasses, and another idea suddenly came to mind.