What was the most unexpected source of income in your life?

Location: Huawei. Over a decade ago (2014), Huawei conducted an internal anti-corruption campaign and recovered a sum of funds (roughly several hundred million RMB). Ren Zhengfei, the company’s founder, made a bold decision: instead of confiscating the money or reallocating it elsewhere, he distributed it equally among all employees—‘a celebration for everyone.’ At the time, I received an extra half-month’s salary. A few months later (2015), the company reviewed its finances and discovered additional profits (from management-improvement cost savings, totaling roughly one to two billion RMB). Once again, Ren Zhengfei waved his pen—and ‘a celebration for everyone’ ensued. This time, I received an extra two months’ salary. How did I spend that money? Part went toward paying off my mortgage; another part funded stays at several five-star hotels in Shenzhen—such as the Four Seasons and the InterContinental. Later, I left Huawei to start my own business. To my knowledge, Huawei held yet another ‘celebration for everyone’ in 2019—the ‘Special Contribution Award for Strivers,’ amounting to roughly one month’s salary. Huawei truly treats its employees as family. Though the work is grueling, when it comes to money—they really do pay up. When I become a boss myself, I’ll avoid grandiose rhetoric. Sharing profits—that’s what truly matters.

EA originally aimed to become an artist—but why did it later ‘go bad’?

On BioWare’s official website news page, Anthem-related updates may forever end on February 24, 2021—the day EA announced the termination of its ‘Version 2.0 Development Plan.’ This feels like a grim metaphor echoing the game’s core theme: a god creates an unfinished world… then vanishes without a trace. Players lambasted Anthem’s marketing as a scam, and EA once again earned the infamous title of ‘the worst company in the industry.’ Since EA acquired BioWare, the studio has undergone continuous personnel turnover—like the Ship of Theseus—gradually losing its original identity. Today, hearing ‘EA’ likely conjures images of countless defunct studios, shelved game franchises, and a ruthlessly profit-driven corporate persona. Impeccably dressed executives never appear before players; everything is subordinated to maximizing profit. Yet if we look back to EA’s founding days, many young people today might be surprised. For Art In 1982, Trip Hawkins—then Apple’s Director of Computer Sales—resigned and teamed up with former college friends to launch a video game company. During early registration attempts, he proposed the name ‘Amazin’ Software,’ only to be mocked by staff for lacking appeal. After consulting a PR firm, Hawkins settled on ‘Electronic Arts’—a direct translation meaning ‘Electronic Art,’ perfectly reflecting the company’s early ambition: to treat games as art. At the time, few shared this view. Neither financially nor socially were games taken seriously; attention instead focused on productivity and educational software. EA, unusually, showed no mercantile pretense. Consider Atari in the late 1970s for contrast: CEO Ray Kassar viewed game developers as little more than assembly-line workers—comparable, at best, to designers of towel patterns—not artists at all. Consequently, games bore no credits; several programmers demanding higher wages quit in frustration and founded Activision. The ripple effects of this rivalry even contributed indirectly to the 1983 North American video game crash—a story for another time. Back to EA: What was its stance then? Hawkins believed that attracting the finest game developers would inevitably yield—and allow EA to publish—the finest games. Studying Hollywood and publishing industries, he conceived the idea of ‘software artists.’ The company’s vision was to create deeply engaging games for 28-year-olds—not, like others, shallow titles for 13-year-old students. Just how unconventional EA was in its earliest days can also be seen in its office environment: Toys and collectibles cluttered desks and hallways; employees discussed business over beer during Friday meetings; some even smoked cannabis on the rooftop.

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