142: Chapter 142 simply states that 20 million sales for a self-developed platform is still an exaggeration.

And the reaction overseas seemed even more lively than domestically.

When the news reached overseas forums, it was exactly evening in America.

Someone posted a screenshot of the official Spark Games Twitter on the forum, and a long thread quickly built up underneath.

The top comment was full of a familiar flavor:

"A pixel block game sold 20 million copies in a month, and it's from a Chinese developer. I can't help but start reflecting, what are the developers in our country doing?"

"The craziest part is that they have their own platform and don't need to be on Steam. Out of those 20 million sales, at least two-thirds must be from the Spark Game Platform, right?"

"Yeah, at least in the past, no matter how much this developer could sell, a portion had to be given to our country's platforms. But now? Instead, our country's players are buying games on their platform!"

"I really don't understand, it's just a game, will you die if you don't play it? Don't you know that the money you provide to this game and platform will become bullets made in China!"

"I'm stunned. Is this still abroad? I thought my VPN stopped working. The flavor is too strong..."

"Have the Americans gone crazy? Damn, the smell is too strong, I'm out!"

When Jiang Yuan scrolled through these comments, she was also a bit dumbfounded.

Immediately, she realized what was going on, thinking to herself that it seems whether domestic or abroad, there will never be a shortage of these kinds of trolls who love to pretend to be someone else.

I can only say.

Compared to the 20 million sales of Plants vs. Zombies, the news that Minecraft had broken 20 million sales on the Spark Game Platform was still too stimulating, to the point that quite a few trolls both domestically and abroad had all gone crazy together.

The next day was Saturday, and for once, Jiang Yuan slept until she woke up naturally.

Sunlight leaked through the gaps in the curtains, shining warmly on her body.

She turned over, buried her face in the pillow, greedily enjoying the rare sleep, and stayed in bed for a full ten minutes before slowly sitting up.

Her hair was messy and sticking up; she had gone to sleep without drying it after her shower last night, and the ends were sticking out in every direction, like a Ragdoll cat that had just crawled out from under the covers—beautiful and exquisite, yet fluffy.

She stepped barefoot on the floor, walked to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and washed her face.

The moment the cold water hit her skin, she felt mostly awake.

The face in the mirror was without makeup, the skin so white it was almost translucent, water droplets still hanging on her eyelashes; it was beautiful without a single flaw.

Jiang Yuan dried her face with a towel, casually pushed her hair back, revealing an exquisitely beautiful face.

Although it was the weekend, Jiang Yuan still couldn't stay idle; she had to go to the company for interviews while also handling several piles of accumulated work.

The positions for life assistant and work secretary had been posted for nearly a month; HR had screened several rounds, and there were over a dozen resumes sent to her.

She had interviewed them all personally, but wasn't very satisfied with any of them.

One was too young and didn't even know how to use basic schedule management software.

One had plenty of experience, but had spent five years at a real estate company; different industries are as different as mountains.

These two positions were different from regular employees as they would handle a large amount of her private and work-related content. The previous candidates just didn't quite cut it, and since Jiang Yuan wasn't willing to settle, it had dragged on until now.

She stood in front of the wardrobe for a while, picking out an off-white silk shirt and a pair of pure black casual trousers.

Her hair was unstyled, draped casually over her shoulders, and she grabbed a pair of canvas shoes from the shoe cabinet, then headed out with a relaxed mood, bag in hand.

It was nearly ten o'clock by the time she arrived at the company.

Pushing open the office door, a hot latte was still on the desk, placed there by Su Meng.

Recently, the project was at a critical point, so not only had Jiang Yuan temporarily given up her holiday, but people like Su Meng, Qin Gong, as well as Zhou Ming and Lin Zhengtao had also followed suit.

Although Jiang Yuan had said several times that they didn't need to work on the weekend, everyone still came in with cheeky grins.

I can only say.

Unless Jiang Yuan put on a cold face, these guys definitely wouldn't behave.

At 10:20, HR sent over the electronic resumes of today's interviewees.

There were two, both young women. One was interviewing for the life assistant position, 32 years old, having previously worked for two years in administration at an internet company, and later moved to a high-end domestic service agency to work as a private butler for three years.

The other was interviewing for the work secretary position, 27 years old, having worked for three years as an executive assistant at a mobile game company; both resumes looked quite good.

At 10:30, the first interviewee knocked on the office door on time.

"Come in."

The door pushed open, and a slender young woman walked in, wearing a light gray knitted cardigan over a white shirt, with dark trousers, her hair tied up in an exquisite bun at the back of her head.

She looked clean and sharp, and when she smiled, her whole demeanor became warm and bright; she spoke in a gentle voice:

"Hello, President Jiang, my name is Chu Qing!"

Jiang Yuan gestured for her to sit on the sofa, then said in a crisp voice:

"I've read your resume. You worked as a private butler in high-end domestic services for three years. Why do you want to switch back to a corporate environment? And a game company at that?"

Chu Qing didn't rush to answer; instead, after a few seconds of contemplation, she spoke softly:

"I am indeed very comfortable working as a private butler, but the client base is relatively fixed! I want to find a platform where I can work long-term and stably. Spark Games is the most dazzling company in the industry recently, and you are hiring a life assistant, which is a rare opportunity for me, so I don't want to miss it!"

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly and asked a few more questions regarding schedule management tools, handling emergency situations, and confidentiality awareness.

Chu Qing answered every question very honestly, without those interview-style clichés.

When asked if she minded irregular working hours, she said that when she was at the domestic service company, clients often called in the middle of the night to have her handle urgent matters, so she was already used to this aspect.

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly and wrote something down in her notebook.

The second interviewee arrived at 11:00, named Wen Lan.

She was wearing a navy blue suit jacket with a white round-neck top underneath and matching cropped trousers. Her ink-black long hair was neatly tied back, revealing a beautiful and delicate face.

After a simple process, Jiang Yuan asked a few more critical questions, such as whether she minded high-intensity learning after joining, given the top-tier benefits, and whether she minded high-intensity work.

Wen Lan answered everything in a poised and appropriate manner, which made Jiang Yuan nod secretly with some satisfaction, feeling that her luck today was really quite good; she had actually found decent candidates for both positions she interviewed for.

About ten minutes later.

Jiang Yuan gently saw off Wen Lan, whose expression looked calm as water but whose eyes still betrayed a hint of nervousness, and continued to busy herself with the unfinished work.

She stayed busy until four in the afternoon.

After careful consideration, Jiang Yuan called HR into her office and had them send out job offers to these two people, officially deciding on the candidates for life assistant and work secretary.