A week later, Ren Pingsheng convened a management meeting, which was the first management meeting since the establishment of Wanyou Network.

Ren Pingsheng is not a person who likes to hold meetings, because he participated in too many meetings in his previous life.

In the organs, meetings must be held on all matters, both large and small, whether it is studying, conveying the spirit, studying problems, or making arrangements for tasks, they must be carried out and carried out in the form of meetings.

The topics of the meeting are very different, but the process of the meeting is the same, all the materials are read, and then a few words are said to each other without pain, and finally a long and lengthy summary speech is made by the person with the highest status.

At the end of a meeting, the people who read the manuscript read the manuscript with dry mouths, and the people below listened drowsily, and the time and paper consumed were innumerable.

But after the meeting, what to do or what to do, there are few problems that can really be solved by the meeting.

Therefore, Ren Pingsheng does not like frequent meetings, long meetings, and virtual meetings.

However, meetings to discuss, deliberate, and solve problems together should be held.

This meeting was held in Xu Tao's office, because the office space was limited, Ren Pingsheng did not ask to keep an office for himself, only the general manager and the finance department were assigned a separate office, and other management and employees were crowded together.

Xu Tao is not a person who likes to sit in the office all day long, this is the largest office in the company, most of the time is used by the product department and the technical department for meetings and discussions, and today it is temporarily used for a meeting with the management, which is not bad.

The first to speak was Zhang Wenwu, who first reported on the expenses since the beginning of the next month, due to the recruitment of several additional artists, the salary is generally not low, and the monthly expenditure exceeds 1 million yuan.

However, after Ren Pingsheng's efforts, Handong Bank Financial Center Bank approved a short-term working capital loan of 10 million yuan for a period of 6 months.

According to the old rules, the money must be deposited in the financial center branch, and Zhang Wenwu has obtained Ren Pingsheng's permission to set up the company's special account in the financial center branch.

Although the interest rate of short-term loans is relatively high, and the discounts given by Handong Bank are relatively small, Wanyou Network, which has no income at present, can get loans, which is inseparable from Jiang Qiurong's special approval.

Of course, the most important thing is Ren Pingsheng's face.

In any case, the company now has at least more than 10 million yuan of working capital on its books, and it is no problem to cope with the next stage of daily operations.

With food in their hands and no panic in their hearts, people who were originally a little worried about the company's operation breathed a sigh of relief.

The second speaker was Lin Lisong, who mainly proposed a batch of materials and equipment to be purchased in the near future, mainly the computers that new artists need to equip after they join the company.

After the R&D team moved from Huacheng, the company gave employees all the latest and best performance computers, especially the art, in order to produce exquisite images, everyone was equipped with Apple's new Power Mac G5 at that time, and also purchased a batch of ergonomically designed seats imported from abroad, so that they can keep in good condition when working.

Lin Lisong asked for instructions on whether the newly recruited artists should be equipped with Power Mac G5, because of transportation and customs and trade reasons, Apple has recently raised the price, and the cost of bulk procurement is much higher.

In this regard, Ren Pingsheng first consulted Xu Tao and Li Guohui's opinions, and they both believed that artists need good equipment to ensure the quality of the game's graphics, and investment in this area is necessary.

Of course, Ren Pingsheng immediately adopted their opinions, and Lin Lisong just purchased as usual.

The third speaker is Liu Yijun, she proposed that the staff this month work rhythm is very tight, most of them stay at home, the scope of activities is limited to indoor and around the community, whether it is necessary to engage in some outdoor team building activities, activity atmosphere, work and rest.

Although Ren Pingsheng felt that the team building activities were of little significance, there was no need to veto the opinions of the human resources department.

He only asked that the participants and the scale of the activity be controlled, and carried out in the form of shifts, so that the team building could not affect the development process, and could not be lost because of small things.

Liu Yijun listened carefully to the boss's instructions, nodded while making notes in his notebook.

The fourth speaker was Li Guohui, who mainly reported on the current development progress of the game, which was what Ren Pingsheng was most concerned about, so he reported for the longest time.

Xu Tao's team was originally the main backbone of the development of "Dream Three Kingdoms" in Luoyi, and the main reason why he left at that time was that the next planning of "Dream Three Kingdoms" was not approved by Yu Xin, so the basic structure of this new game was actually determined as early as Luoyi.

This is a turn-based MMORPG online game, the picture adopts 2D ink Chinese style, the character modeling takes the Q version, the story background and world view blend the martial arts, Xianxia and mythological elements in traditional Chinese culture, the game sets up three major genres and eleven professions, and introduces the five elements of equipment attributes, pays attention to the attributes of each other in battle, and summons beasts and cute pets and other settings, which can be said to be a synthesis of many advantages of 2D online games at that time.

Ren Pingsheng held his chin in one hand and crossed his legs on the other hand, and after watching the DEMO demonstration of the new online game on Xu Tao's computer, he didn't speak for a long time.

Everyone present looked at him quietly, not knowing what the boss was thinking, after all, this was the first time he looked at the product, including Xu Tao, they all wanted to see the new boss's opinion on online games, so as to measure the vision of the new boss.

Before buying this company, Ren Pingsheng hadn't looked at the games in development, and he didn't need to read them, because he had enough information in his previous life.

But after watching the game DEMO, he was a little disappointed, this game is a good game, and the degree of completion is also very high.

But the problem lies in this high degree of completion, because the original structure and concept are built on the sequel to "Dream Three Kingdoms", so it can't help but bring a strong color of network art.

There are pros and cons to doing so.

The advantage is that it can attract old players who have played "Dream Three Kingdoms", old players are quick to get started, barrier-free, and the game can be charged quickly, but the disadvantage is that there is a lack of novelty, and the attraction for new players is a bit lacking.

Based on the experience of his previous life, Ren Pingsheng felt that there was still room for improvement in this game, so he frowned and asked:

"What is our main selling point for this game?"

Everyone waited for so long, and they were all relieved to hear the new boss's question.

Li Guohui was about to open his mouth to explain, but Xu Tao took the initiative to reply on the side:

"RPG is the most familiar game category for domestic players, especially turn-based RPG, and the first game that most people come into contact with is turn-based RPG, like fairy sword, Xuanyuan sword, heaven and earth robbery, etc., ......"

"Including myself, I have a deep affection and understanding for turn-based RPGs, and I don't need too much market training and teaching, players can get started quickly, and they can quickly accept turn-based RPGs......"

Xu Tao is a veteran game player, and he has developed the successful "Dream Three Kingdoms" in Luoyi, so when it comes to game planning, it is a good idea.

Ren Pingsheng nodded lightly while listening, and after Xu Tao finished speaking, he asked again:

"Dream Three Kingdoms" has done well enough in the field of 2D turn-based RPG, and the advantages mentioned by Mr. Xu above are further optimized on the basis of "Dream Three Kingdoms", which is good, but not enough. ”

Seeing everyone looking at each other with a puzzled look, Ren Pingsheng added.

"What I need is the answer: apart from better graphics, more diverse professional skills, and richer game content, what can we give players in this game differently?"

As soon as Ren Pingsheng said this, everyone present fell into deep thought, because this question was not easy to answer.

Zhang Wenwu and Liu Yijun don't understand the game, although Lin Lisong often plays games, but he only stays at the level of entertainment for the game, Li Guohui and Xu Tao are senior developers, Ren Pingsheng's problem is like a spear, stabbing into some places in their hearts, which touches them a lot.

Especially Xu Tao, his inspiration seemed to be stimulated by Ren Pingsheng, his eyes kept turning, his expression was happy for a while, angry for a while, and he was obviously thinking deeply about the sentence that Ren Pingsheng asked.

Ren Pingsheng saw that everyone was silent, so he asked from a different angle:

"Why do we like to play games?"

Everyone's expressions were a little relaxed, this question was not difficult to answer, Lin Lisong replied first:

"The game makes me happy, and unlike the real world, in the game you can get rewards for your hard work, you get a lot of hard work, you get what you want, as long as you put in the time and skill, you will get what you want. ”

Ren Pingsheng nodded to Lin Lisong, expressed his approval, and continued:

"That's right, every value in the game is set, so that players can gain an increase through the consumption of time, and get happiness in the value increase, which is called 'numerical stimulation'. ”

Zhang Wenwu helped his glasses and expressed his opinion.

"In the game, I can play different roles, I can be a hero, I can be a poet, I can fight injustice, I can save the world....."

Ren Pingsheng smiled slightly:

"That's right, games can bring players different life experiences that players can't get in their daily lives, and that's what differentiates games from other forms of entertainment, which is called 'virtual experiences'. ”

If at the beginning, everyone, including Xu Tao, was a little skeptical about the professionalism of the new boss, then now everyone is happy and convinced of Ren Pingsheng.

Obediently, this new boss not only understands management, understands the enterprise, but also understands the game.

Although it is only a few sentences, it has clearly outlined the secret of the game's attraction to players, and it is very philosophical in it.

This boss is not simple, this boss is indeed capable.

Xu Tao didn't speak from the time Ren Pingsheng asked that question, just thought silently, and after everyone else finished speaking, he finally spoke:

"The essence of the game is to create an ideal world for the player, fulfilling dreams that cannot be realized in real life. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that a soft place in their hearts was touched.

Let's ask, who doesn't want to be a hero, who doesn't want to be a big man, and who doesn't want to create a great cause......

Even if you don't have big ambitions, you definitely want to make yourself more beautiful, experience more new and beautiful things, and live a rich and wonderful life......

However, the ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, everyone's background, qualifications and circumstances are different, and there are very few who can really realize their ideals and live the life they want.

But games are different, those dreams that cannot be realized in reality can be satisfied in the virtual world created by game developers, and those lives that have not been experienced in reality can be fulfilled in the game one by one, which is the core selling point of the game's appeal.

This sentence is too appropriate for Xu Tao, who struggled from a player to a game planner and may become a game tycoon in the future.

Everyone was moved by this sentence, even Liu Yijun, who rarely played games, was infected by this sentence, and his eyes were faintly shining.

Under the guidance of Ren Pingsheng step by step, the atmosphere of the audience has almost ignited.

At this time, he stood up, clapped his hands vigorously, and said in a loud voice:

"Well said, Mr. Xu's words are what I want to say. ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on himself, Ren Pingsheng raised a finger and said with a smile:

"So, why don't we give players the world they want?"