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Blind Box Office Prank Chapter 9
A flicker of surprise crossed Ava's eyes, quickly replaced by something like admiration."You built this yourselves?""Yes," I answered evenly."With Mr. Griffin forcing us to work on scrap equipment, we built this on our own personal computers, on our own time."As for why the demo went wrong that day..."I paused awhile, holding her gaze steady."It's because we didn't think a boss who disrespects both technology and his own employees, a man who only knows how to lie and cut corners, deserved to take credit for this."We need a fair environment. A leader who actually understands technology and knows how to manage people."Ava fell silent for a moment.Then she suddenly smiled."Making full use of every resource you're given. I like that. Sounds like Cyrus really did 'motivate' you all, in his own way."She stood up, walked over to me, and extended her hand."I'm Ava Cathcart. It's a pleasure to meet you all. I'll personally reach out to the client and start renegotiating
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Cyrus was led away.The client rep watched the whole farce unfold and shook his head."We can't work with a company this poorly managed and this dishonest."With that, they packed up their things and walked out without a backward glance.That left just the four of us in the conference room, along with that pile of broken-down hardware."Taylor... did we take this a little too far?"Gabe asked, a note of anxiety creeping into his voice."If the company goes under, don't we lose our jobs too?"I gave the still-smoking tower a light pat."Relax, the company's not going anywhere. Cyrus was only a branch general manager. There's a whole headquarters above him."A scandal this big, headquarters is definitely going to send someone to deal with it. And besides..."I pulled a USB drive out of my pocket."I already finished the real core module for the smart city. It's right here. I built it on my own computer. What we just showed them was a rigged demo, nothing more."Haley's eyes
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Cyrus was shaking from head to toe.He lunged forward, trying to yank the power cord out.But I'd already planned for that.I'd shoved the tower as far back under the table as it would go.He had to crawl under the table, rear end in the air, scrambling desperately for the cord.That was when a line of code commentary popped up on the screen.It was an "easter egg" Drew had planted on purpose.The font was huge, and it sat right above Cyrus's backside for the whole room to see.[Can you believe how cheap this guy is? Won't even spring for a decent computer, and he wants us to build a smart city? Keep dreaming!][If he'd really given us a hundred thousand dollars, I'd have bought this dump of a company myself by now!]Right at that moment, Cyrus finally yanked the power cord free.The screen went black. The fan noise died.The conference room fell into a silence so heavy it was almost frightening.Cyrus crawled out from under the table, his hair a mess, his tie crooked, his
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Friday arrived quickly.The demo was held in the company's largest conference room.Three client representatives showed up, sharp suits and serious faces.Cyrus wore his best suit, his hair slicked back until it gleamed.When he saw our team wheel in that pile of broken-down hardware, his mouth visibly twitched.He didn't dare make a scene, though, and had to grit his teeth and introduce us to the client anyway."This is our company's star team.""They're... a bit particular. They like using equipment with some history to it. Say it helps them get back to the roots of what coding's really about."The client representative blinked, then gave a polite nod."Very geek chic of them."I hooked the tower up to the projector.A deafening whir from the fan instantly drowned out the hum of the conference room's air conditioning.The client representative frowned."This computer... doesn't seem to have great cooling?"I smiled and explained, "This fan's a custom upgrade, specifical
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Cyrus was well and truly panicking now.He shot up out of his chair and started pacing the length of his office.This project would decide whether he could show his face at headquarters, whether he'd get his year-end bonus.There was no room for it to fall apart."So what do you want me to do, huh? You're the team lead. Figure it out!"He was kicking the problem right back to me.That was exactly the line I'd been waiting for."Well, there might be a way."I said it slowly, drawing it out."Since the hardware's a lost cause, we'll just have to make up for it with software.""I can have the team work overtime, manually correcting the color on every single pixel."Drew can make the code more error-tolerant too, robust enough to run even with a sticking keyboard."But..."I let the pause stretch a beat longer."That's basically double the workload.""And everyone's still pretty resentful, honestly, especially about that one hundred thousand dollars..."I let the sentence t
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I glanced at the tower, still blue-screening and rebooting itself on some kind of loop, and got up without any particular hurry."Perfect timing. I needed to report something to Mr. Griffin anyway. That computer's blue screens are coming faster than my own heartbeat at this point."I pushed open the door to Cyrus's office, and a thick cloud of cigarette smoke hit me in the face.Cyrus was hunched over his phone, doing some kind of breathing exercise. The second he saw me, he slapped it down on the desk."Taylor, are you doing this on purpose?!"He jabbed a finger at the sickly green screenshot in the group chat, the fat on his face trembling with every word."If the client sees this, our whole company's reputation is finished!"I walked over wearing my most innocent expression and stopped in front of his desk."Mr. Griffin, what do you mean? I don't follow."I've been following your instructions to the letter, working with the exact hardware you rewarded me with."Haley's mon
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