Chapter 21: My World
In the conference room, Andy looked at the rows of employees sitting in very neat rows, showing a warm smile, although he was still a little uncomfortable with the feeling of being watched by many people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In his previous life, he was one of the people sitting below, and he also looked at the boss with awe, because that person controlled his job, and maybe the people in the conference room thought the same way.
However, he still enjoyed this kind of attention salute a little, "Hello everyone, I'm your new boss, Andy Smith, I'm sure everyone will be familiar with it, after all, my photos often appear in the newspapers during this time." β
There was no laughter in the conference room that Andy expected, and the employees were all sitting on their knees, looking at him with serious and focused expressions, touching their noses a little embarrassed, and then said: "It seems that everyone is still a little nervous, but you don't have to worry about work, I can guarantee that you will not be idle, and Bill will give you a business plan in a while, which is my idea." β
Bill handed out a stack of materials, and Andy stood at the top of the conference table, looking at the crowd who were looking through them.
"This is a 3D sandbox game, what I need in this game is not gorgeous graphics and special effects, but the pixel mode that you are familiar with, mainly focusing on the game, allowing each player to freely create and destroy different kinds of pixel blocks in three-dimensional space to create beautiful buildings and art, or collect items to explore the map to complete the main line of the game. β
"You can imagine that cabins, medieval castles, famous cities, sky lands, and underground cities can all be realized in the game, allowing players to experience the feeling of being like a god through the creations they create. β
Andy tapped on the table to catch everyone's eyes and held up a finger "I'll inject money into the company, so money is not an issue, you can work in peace, and this game I named "Minecraft" is your job in the future." β
Some time ago, the employees who were facing unemployment suddenly became excited, the company had funds, new projects, no longer have to worry about the problem of unemployment, one by one excited applause.
Bill clenched his fists in excitement as thunderous applause erupted in the conference room, having previously made a pixel-block Lego-style casual game, which he didn't expect to make him the project manager for the new company's first game.
Holden applauded, while secretly sad, Bill got a new project, although a little jealous of Bill's good luck, but thinking of the task assigned to him by Andy, he couldn't help but feel shocked, maybe the project he was responsible for would not be bad.
Since the company's personnel have not changed much, so after getting the new idea, the company began to operate nervously, Andy has no experience in the daily operation and administration of the company, so he urgently needs a good CEO, and he himself just needs to be a good boss and creative director.
To be honest, there are not many such talents in the United States, however, even so, Andy found a headhunter who needed a good CEO with rich sales and management experience and in the IT industry.
Within a few days, Andy got the CEO he needed, the other party used to be a server salesman, and it took him three years to become the deputy manager of the branch, and the two-year deputy manager made him see no hope of promotion, so he resolutely chose to be poached by a headhunter and became the new CEO of Mockingbird Games.
"Welcome aboard!" Andy said as he shook Blair's hand and smiled.
"Thank you, I am honored to join the company. "Blair's facial features are very hard and give people a serious feeling, but because of his sales background, his smile is very gentle and relatable.
"Boss, I've read the company's profile, the game "Minecraft" is simply a genius idea, I believe it will definitely make players like it, and it will not be a problem to replace the Sims. β
Andy smiled slightly, "This still requires everyone's efforts." Well, this office will be yours from now on, Mr. Blair. After speaking, he stood up and shook hands with Blair and said goodbye, "If you don't like these decorations, you can design them yourself and let them decorate them according to your heart." By the way, the conference room will meet in ten minutes. β
"Thank you owner, I'll think about it. Blair watched Andy walk out the door, looking around the new office environment, and it felt good.
As for Andy's new office, it is naturally still under renovation, and the conference room can only be requisitioned temporarily.
Andy climbed on the table in the conference room, writing and drawing on a stack of paper with a pencil in his hand, when the new CEO Blair and the company's management walked in.
"You sit down first, and I'll be right away. Andy didn't look up, just gave a casual order.
After drawing the last game image, Andy put down his pen, put together a stack of papers, and then looked up and found that the personnel had already arrived, and coughed lightly, "Okay, now for the meeting." β
"The purpose of this meeting is twofold, first, this is Blair, the new CEO of the company, and everyone knows each other. β
After the applause, Andy continued: "Second, I have the company's second game project in my hand, developed by Holden, the name of the game "Plants vs. Zombies" is a puzzle strategy PC stand-alone game, these are my general ideas and the game image, let's take a look at it first. β
The most excited person in the conference room now is Holden, these days watching Bill take away the company's programmers one by one, and he can only sit dry, not to mention how irritable he is, finally it is his turn, I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly took the game plan from the boss's hand, and didn't care about the others, just kept flipping, looking at the images on the scratch paper, the expression on his face became richer and richer, and he couldn't help muttering "Great, it's just a genius ideaγγγγγγ β
When other people saw this scene, they couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh, they naturally knew that Holden had been entangled and depressed these days, and Bill was also relieved, after all, he and Holden were both colleagues and good friends, the company's first project belonged to him, but Holden had nothing to do, he really didn't know how to comfort him, he was really afraid of making him misunderstand, so even friends might not do it at that time, now it seems that this young new boss is really not simple, and everything was planned early.
After reading the plan, Holden stood up with a red face and said eagerly to Andy: "Boss, don't worry, I will not let you down." β
Andy nodded seriously, "Sit down, I'm sure you'll do well." Also, don't you show the project to other people, you don't want to keep it in your hands, do you?"
"Hahahaha"
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and Holden shrugged his shoulders a little awkwardly, reluctantly passing on the plan to Blair.
Blair looked at the plants and skills of all kinds on the scratch paper, the zombies dressed in strange costumes, and looked up at the young boss who was enjoying coffee, and the last bit of contempt in his heart was replaced by admiration.
Ten minutes later, Andy put down the already empty coffee cup and cleared his throat, "Okay, now two development teams have been formed, Bill, your team has almost transferred personnel these days, if there are not enough personnel, let's recruit." On the premise of ensuring quality, speed up the progress again. β
"Don't worry, Holden, your team will be fully equipped after this recruitment, Blair, and the recruitment will be handed over to you. The company is being renovated, the office space is limited, so let's squeeze it first, okay, that's all, I'm a little annoyed by the paparazzi during this time, I'm going to go out and hide for a while, if there's anything, call or video contact. β
"Good boss. Blair replied solemnly.
The game company's affairs are properly arranged, Andy feels a lot more relaxed, he has been busy these days, working late at night before resting, the improvement of the two plans, the company's personnel arrangements, all need to be done by himself, after all, this is the place where his career starts, and he can't be careless.
The CEO is recruited, the finance and legal departments are the people of his negotiation team, and the development part is divided into two groups, which disperses the rights to the greatest extent, so that he can rest assured that he will issue the rights and not be blinded, after all, he is not good at the daily management of the company, or professional things are handed over to professional people to be responsible, he just needs to be a good helmsman and owner.