For successful people like Wu Tao and Molly, a million-dollar bet is really not much.

But at least to some extent, it proves Molly's unfavorable attitude towards the video game industry.

Wu Tao also said that he was very helpless, and he gave her a chance several times, but people didn't accept it at all.

We firmly believe that the Internet bubble is coming, and all Internet-related companies will suffer from the fish in the pond.

This is probably true from the statistical point of view of financial analysts.

But there are always exceptions.

It seems that Soros predators did not teach his precious granddaughter in this regard.

However, in Molly's opinion, she has won in this matter. The multi-million dollar bet is not much of a gain compared to her assets.

But once you win the bet, you can at least save some face and earn back some confidence for yourself in Bangkok.

In addition, winning this villa can be regarded as a gift from Wu Tao.

The sense of accomplishment and conquest is simply exciting.

Back at the hotel, it was almost noon. Molly had something to do, and left in a hurry with a look of ambition.

Wu Yingying held those fresh contracts, and couldn't calm down for a long time, "Boss, I can't believe that you can buy a house with such a big amount of money! Millions of dollars are gone......

In fact, Wu Tao didn't feel that there was much entrenchment, after all, in his previous life, he had seen a lot of snail dwellings of millions of yuan.

In comparison, buying a $2 million villa by yourself is not much expensive at all.

What's more, as the proportion of Chinese in Irvine skyrockets in the future, the housing prices here will go up.

Overall, this wave is not a loss.

Of course, when Molly cashed in on her bet, it was even more profitable.

So Wu Tao just smiled softly and didn't explain anything.

Unexpectedly, after Wu Yingying finished talking about this, the topic suddenly changed and said, "Boss, I suggest that you better keep your distance from Miss Molly." After all, she comes from a family of financial speculators, and she is used to eating people without spitting out bones in the capital market. If you accidentally fall into her way one day, you'll be in trouble......"

"You warned me, I'll pay attention. Wu Tao accepted the opinion very sincerely.

After all, although this is a bit alarmist, and even a little paranoid, Wu Yingying reminded herself that her motives are very simple, and there is a theoretical possibility of this happening.

Naturally, I have to be honest with my opinions.

Seeing that Wu Tao's attitude was very good to speak, Wu Yingying was a little talkative again.

"Boss, in fact, many of my colleagues around me have the same opinion as Miss Molly. They are not optimistic about the Tianxing game company we are doing, and some are even waiting to see our jokes. ”

Wu Tao muttered, "This kind of atmosphere and perception won't affect our recruitment, right?"

"That's not going to happen. Wu Yingying swept the worry on her face and said: "It is precisely because of this trend that many experienced IT engineers in Silicon Valley need a job to make ends meet. As for how long our company can last, they don't care. ”

"That's good!" Wu Tao nodded and proposed, "Go to the company and have a look." ”

As soon as the two arrived at Tianxing Game Company, they found that the movement in this two-story building was really not small.

According to the company's recruitment notice, it is planned to recruit about 30 people. But now, the two-story building is crowded.

There were at least nearly one hundred and twenty people.

Among them, IT engineers are the majority, and often three or four people compete for the same position.

On the contrary, office clerks, secretaries, and artists, planners, and design specialists compete in general.

Even if there are more people, there are not so many tricks in recruiting here.

By the time I got off work in the afternoon, the list of hired personnel had basically been decided.

As soon as the recruitment work here ended, Li Ming had already appeared at the door of Tianxing Games Company with his partner Jesse Cliff.

One person, one computer, one suitcase, that's all their partners.

As a tech nerd, it's so light.

With the addition of these two people, the R&D team of Counter-Strike can be regarded as alive.

Although the entire company, together with the IT staff to be hired, is less than 40 people.

But although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.

All functional departments are in place, and more importantly, the members of the game development team, from the early stage to the late stage, can be regarded as everything.

It's just a team related to market issuance, which has yet to be formed.

This time, Wu Tao did not recruit relevant personnel for market distribution, first, because he was not familiar with the specific market and situation in the United States, and second, a considerable part of the work in game market distribution was for the domestic market.

These specific things still need to be reconsidered.

However, this did not prevent the entire game development team from getting up and running ahead of schedule.

Wu Tao hung the title of chief planner and chief operation, and participated in the specific work for two consecutive days.

With his involvement, many of the design requirements of the game Counter-Strike were quickly clarified.

This at least avoids a lot of design iteration and development duplication of work, and also allows Jesse Li Ming and others to carry out their work more smoothly.

After a week of work in Tianxing Game Company, I saw that the work of the R&D team was on the right track, and the management work was also carried out in an orderly manner under Qiu Xiaotian's consideration.

In a small development company with pure technology, the interpersonal relationship is very simple, and even the management work is much easier and simpler.

It's good for the boat to turn around, anyway, the current team of more than 30 people is easy to manage.

Even so, Wu Tao still set a few hard bars, that is, he formulated a relaxed and pleasant work rules, not to restrict R&D personnel, hoping that they would maximize their potential in a relaxed R&D environment.

In terms of welfare, apartment-style dormitories and a generous working meal system are also essential.

In his previous life, Wu Tao, as a clerk, had a deep understanding of this.

These systems seem to have little impact, and to some extent, they can be seen as the face of the company.

And once a company is shameless, it is basically not far from going downhill.

The day before she was about to leave for China, Wu Yingying found Wu Tao and made a summary report.

Since the establishment of Tianxing Games, a total of 7.2 million US dollars has been spent, and after normal operation, the monthly new expenditure is about 800,000 US dollars.

As a result, if the company's first game is expected to be released in the middle of next year, the company will have to invest nearly $17 million before then.

That's a lot of investment.

At least Wu Yingying, who is in charge of the management of this investment, feels real pressure.

Moreover, one year of development and testing time is actually a very optimistic estimate. Once it can't be listed as promised next year, if there is a bounce, the impact will be greater and the investment will be more......

After listening to this, Wu Tao smiled nonchalantly, "Less than 20 million US dollars, the cost control is good, far from exceeding my expectations." ”

"But the boss ......," Wu Yingying wanted to say and stopped.

Wu Tao surged with a strong self-confidence and said: "Don't worry, the future is in our hands!"