Becoming a Billionaire From Awakening a System

After Cao Ming left.

Lin Feng finally had a moment to himself to carefully consider the team’s staffing.

Since he was developing the land in preparation for a future tourist attraction, the commercial district would naturally have to rely on it to survive.

Only when the popularity of the attraction and the commercial street complemented each other could the profits be sustainable.

Therefore, Lin Feng realized the team would require some specialized personnel.

For example, he needed high-end talent with management experience in the tourism industry.

Furthermore, Lin Feng had learned from his research that Cyan Mountain Town’s explosive popularity as a tourist destination was largely thanks to short-form videos filmed there.

Lin Feng knew very well that these short-form video platforms could generate immense profits these days.

Therefore, Lin Feng also hoped to have an operations specialist on the team.

He planned to build a unique commercial district on this plot of land.

That way, as a fallback plan, if the Cyan Mountain Town attraction ever lost its popularity, the commercial district could rely on its own unique appeal to become a destination in its own right.

Lin Feng was very ambitious.

He hoped he could create a one-of-a-kind commercial area.

Just as Lin Feng finished his brief contemplation and was about to stand up and leave the office, he suddenly heard a familiar sound.

It was the sound the system made when it issued a quest.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

[DING...]

[Congratulations, Host, for triggering the side quest: Find Special Talent!]

[Does Host accept the quest?]

[Hint: During this side quest, the system will occasionally provide clues to help the Host find the required talent sooner!]

Lin Feng accepted immediately without a second thought.

Since its last upgrade, the system’s quests were no longer just about simple things like money.

Lin Feng could sense that the quests the system was giving him now were more focused on his long-term future.

On top of that, the system even told him it would provide occasional hints after issuing the quest.

’That makes this quest a piece of cake.’

Besides, even if the system hadn’t issued this quest, Lin Feng was already planning to find and recruit talent for the project anyway.

It perfectly aligned with his plans, so accepting the quest was the obvious choice.

[Host has accepted the Find Talent quest. Current progress: 2/5.]

Looking at the progress bar, Lin Feng was stunned for a moment.

’How can it already be two-fifths complete when I just accepted it?’

But Lin Feng was very smart.

A moment’s thought was all it took for him to realize who the two people were.

One of them was definitely Tian Xiaowu, whom Lin Feng had found earlier at the Joy City construction site.

After all, Lin Feng had used the rating system back then and immediately saw that Tian Xiaowu was a natural talent.

Lin Feng had already planned on bringing him into the project.

As for the other person...

Lin Feng had his suspicions.

To verify whether his guess was correct, Lin Feng called Huizi directly.

"Huizi, tell Cao Ming to come see me. There’s something I need to discuss with him."

After hanging up, Huizi thought for a moment and immediately went to Vice President Wang’s short-term investment office area.

Sure enough, next to Jiang Chao’s desk, she saw Cao Ming with his legs crossed, drinking coffee.

"Look at you, still busy. President Lin said my previous development proposal was pretty damn good!"

Jiang Chao’s fingers were flying across the keyboard.

He shot a resentful glance at Cao Ming. "Don’t show off in front of me. I’m just an old corporate slave now!"

"If you keep showing off like this, you’ll get what’s coming to you!"

Cao Ming glared. "No way."

"Shut your jinxing mouth. Karma’s not getting me!"

The words had barely left his mouth when a familiar voice sounded from behind him:

"Cao Ming, President Lin wants to see you in his office right now!"

Cao Ming felt his body stiffen. He slowly turned his head and saw Huizi’s familiar face.

"But I just came from President Lin’s office... Why is he calling me back again?"

Huizi said with a smile, "I got the call just now. President Lin wants you there right away!"

Huizi deliberately stressed the words "just now."

Cao Ming didn’t know why, but he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Well, in that case, I’ll head over!"

Even as Cao Ming knocked on the door of Lin Feng’s office, he still couldn’t figure out why Lin Feng had called him back.

"President Lin, you wanted to see me?"

Cao Ming said as he sat down opposite Lin Feng.

Lin Feng just stared at Cao Ming with a smile, not saying a word.

For a moment, Cao Ming felt the hair on his arms stand on end.

"Can we just get straight to the point... You’re kind of scaring me!"

Cao Ming rubbed his arms, feeling goosebumps rise.

An unreadable smile appeared on Lin Feng’s face as he said lightly,

"I’ve decided to take you off the Cyan Mountain Town land development project. Starting tomorrow, you can go work with Jiang Chao under Vice President Wang."

Cao Ming was completely stunned.

He never would have imagined that Lin Feng had called him over just to announce he was being kicked off the project team!

After snapping out of it, Cao Ming asked Lin Feng with a look of disbelief,

"Brother Feng, this isn’t real, right? Are you joking with me?"

Now Cao Ming wasn’t calling him President Lin anymore; he was genuinely scared.

What Cao Ming didn’t know was that after Lin Feng announced his removal from the project, he immediately saw the system’s quest progress change from 2/5 to 1/5.

At this point, Lin Feng had already figured out the system’s criteria.

It seemed that anyone Lin Feng included in the land development plan was counted as talent he had found.

But Lin Feng knew his own standards were much higher.

He wouldn’t just pull any random person into the team.

He had originally called Cao Ming over just to verify his guess.

Now, by temporarily "firing" Cao Ming, Lin Feng had confirmed his suspicion.

But now, looking at the expression on Cao Ming’s face, Lin Feng suddenly felt like messing with him a little.

His expression remained unchanged as he nodded with a serious face and said,

"I’ve carefully reviewed your previous development proposal. While it was well done, I’ve found that your vision doesn’t align with my plan."

"You’re still very talented, you’re just not a good fit for this particular project."

Cao Ming’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Lin Feng, trying to find any hint of a joke on his face.

But Lin Feng’s dead-serious expression made Cao Ming believe it was true.

"No way, Brother Feng, give me a chance! Don’t do this to me!"

Cao Ming looked at Lin Feng with a mournful expression.

At that moment, a faint sense of despair crept into Cao Ming’s heart.

It seemed that jinx Jiang Chao had been right after all.

He had just gone to gloat in front of Jiang Chao a little bit.

And now he had already lost his chance to join the team.

The reality check came so fast, filling Cao Ming’s heart with bitterness.

"Are you really not going to ask me to stay?"

The light in Cao Ming’s eyes dimmed.

He lowered his head and stared at his feet.

At this moment, Cao Ming’s mind was already racing, trying to come up with an excuse so Jiang Chao wouldn’t laugh at him so much.

After a long time without a response from Lin Feng, he looked up and saw Lin Feng holding back a laugh.

Cao Ming thought for a moment and roughly figured out what Lin Feng’s reaction meant.

"Oh my god, you were tricking me!"

"You actually deceived an innocent young man!"

Cao Ming wailed, pointing a trembling hand at Lin Feng as if accusing a heartless lover.

Lin Feng cleared his throat lightly to suppress his laughter. "Alright, alright, I was just messing with you!"

"I was just testing your mental fortitude, wasn’t I?"

Cao Ming let out a long sigh of relief.

Lin Feng noticed that the moment he brought Cao Ming back onto the team, the system’s progress bar changed again.

’It seems the criteria are exactly what I guessed.’

"Alright, I have real business to discuss this time!"

Lin Feng wiped the smile from his face and spoke to Cao Ming with a serious expression.

Now, whenever Cao Ming saw a serious look on Lin Feng’s face, he felt a little creeped out.

Fortunately, what Lin Feng said next was all business:

"This project is still lacking some professional department heads."

"I want you to find some people who can make outstanding contributions to the land development project."

Lin Feng remembered that Cao Ming had done a decent job with the company’s HR work before.

So he was asking Cao Ming to keep an eye out.

Cao Ming naturally accepted this task without hesitation. "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely keep an eye out."

"When I meet a talented person, I’ll definitely strike when the iron is hot!"

Cao Ming said with a determined expression.

Lin Feng nodded.

This time, after leaving Lin Feng’s office, Cao Ming didn’t wander around the company.

He obediently returned to the university.

Afraid that Lin Feng would summon him again for another prank!