After Cao Ming left, Lin Feng didn’t stay in the office for long either.
He had already reviewed the files of the company’s current employees.
There weren’t many people suitable for transferring to the project team.
Besides, the company was in a growth phase right now.
Many projects were already short-staffed.
Therefore, Lin Feng had largely decided against recruiting too many people from within the company.
Lin Feng got in his car, originally planning to head back to his apartment.
But halfway there, he suddenly heard a system notification:
[DING...]
[Random Tip Drop 1.]
[If the Host proceeds to Nebula Building now, there is a 50% chance of encountering needed talent.]
Lin Feng’s hands paused on the steering wheel.
He had just been wondering what form these "tips" would take.
And now, not long after, he had already received one.
Although a fifty percent chance seemed a bit low to Lin Feng...
...not going meant a zero percent chance.
Besides, Lin Feng didn’t have anything else to do right now.
So, he gripped the steering wheel and turned the car around.
He headed for Nebula Building.
Nebula Building was a high-rise in the central business district.
It mainly leased office space to various companies.
The whole area was a cluster of office buildings.
Lin Feng could understand why the system pointed him here.
After all, in such a large business district, the odds of running into a talented individual he needed were relatively high.
Before long, Lin Feng’s car was parked in front of Nebula Building.
Lin Feng had left the office a little after five in the afternoon.
Right now was quitting time.
’I’m here, but I wonder how the system will arrange for me to meet the person I need!’
Lin Feng thought to himself as he sat in his parked car, his fingers stroking the steering wheel.
Not knowing how long he’d have to wait, Lin Feng had already turned off the engine.
But less than ten minutes after he parked, a commotion erupted at the entrance of Nebula Building.
It seemed something had happened.
And it was right when people were leaving work for the day.
Seeing the sudden incident, most people gathered around to watch.
After all, rubbernecking is human nature.
Lin Feng thought for a moment and decided to get out of his car as well.
He walked toward the commotion.
Before he even got close, Lin Feng heard shouting from within the crowd.
"I never did anything like that!"
"That file was clearly my idea! I still have the original draft on my computer! It was Zhao Pengfei who plagiarized my work!"
A man was roaring himself hoarse in the middle of the crowd.
As Lin Feng drew closer, he saw a burly man, about six feet tall, being pinned down on the building’s steps by a group of security guards.
"President Li said you’ve been fired! You don’t work in this building anymore."
"You don’t have an access card, so technically, you can’t even enter."
"Don’t come any closer! If you do, we’ll treat it as you causing a disturbance, and it won’t be resolved so easily next time!"
The guards kept holding the tall man down.
But the man was powerfully built and kept struggling, shouting:
"I’m telling you, I was framed! I need to go inside and find the person who set me up! I have to confront him!"
"I’m not here to cause trouble, I’m here to set things straight! Don’t stop me!"
The two sides were at a stalemate.
As the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, the security guards, not wanting the situation to escalate, had no choice but to pull the tall man up from the ground and drag him inside the building.
They probably took him to the security office.
In truth, the guards were in a difficult position with this kind of incident.
No one wanted to take on unnecessary trouble.
But since the building paid their salaries, the guards had to do their job.
The guards brought the big man into the security office and tried to reason with him gently.
"Look, man, don’t make this hard on us. Our superiors told us not to let you in. Our hands are tied!"
"If you keep causing a scene, it’ll look bad, and we could lose our jobs!"
"And more importantly, even if you clear things up now, you’re not an employee of that company anymore."
"Since that’s the case, why make such an ugly scene?"
An older guard standing nearby sighed and poured the man a glass of water.
"Honestly, to your boss, it doesn’t matter who’s right or wrong. If you keep this up and force us to call the police..."
"...it puts us in a tough spot too!"
"Besides, things at work are rarely ever black and white."
The guards said a few more words to placate the man.
Seeing his emotions gradually stabilize, the guards let out a sigh.
"From now on, don’t try to force your way in without an access card. Sometimes you just have to swallow a bitter pill like this; there’s nothing you can do."
"It’s getting late. You should hurry home and get some dinner."
With a mix of persuasion and coaxing, the guards managed to usher the man out of the building.
By now, the show was over, so the crowd of office workers had gradually dispersed.
The sky was slowly growing dark.
The tall man sat on the steps, his head in his hands, crying his heart out.
At that moment, the man had no idea that his every move was being watched by Lin Feng from his car nearby.
On a hunch, Lin Feng used the system’s rating function on the crying man.
He scanned all of the man’s data.
He never would have guessed that this man was also a highly-rated talent.
And not just any talent—it was in management.
Lin Feng had used the rating function on his own core personnel before.
This man’s rating was comparable to that of the top manager at Lin Feng’s company.
This meant that the man currently crying his heart out on the steps...
...was likely the talent the system had prompted Lin Feng to find.
Lin Feng was a bit puzzled.
Logically, someone with such strong management skills shouldn’t have ended up in this state.
How did he get kicked out of his previous company?
Lin Feng got out of his car, walked over to the crying man, and offered him a pack of cigarettes.
The man was surprised that someone would approach him at a time like this, let alone offer him cigarettes.
Under the weight of his intense emotions, the man sighed and took the pack from Lin Feng.
He skillfully pulled one out and then asked Lin Feng for a light.
Next to Nebula Building was a stadium where many people usually went for evening walks.
But because the stadium lights had recently broken...
...there weren’t many people there now.
The man knew this, so he sighed, led Lin Feng to a random corner of the stadium, and sat down.
A single point of light glowed and faded in the darkness as a wisp of smoke drifted away.
The man heaved a heavy sigh.
Lin Feng sat beside him the whole time with a faint smile on his face.
He didn’t ask anything, nor did he say a word.
Perhaps it was this small act of kindness on a cold night.
Or perhaps it was because the emotions he’d been bottling up all day had no other way out.
The man figured Lin Feng was just a stranger anyway.
So he broke the silence and asked, "Do you know what happened to me?"

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