Chapter 83: Poor at Sunset?

"Mr. Wang, it's a pity that you still let me down!"

Still in the conference room, or in a similar pattern to the demo version of the review meeting, the bosses of the Holy Grail Studio sat in the seats by the window, and opposite them were the members of the alpha version review team led by Vice Chairman Shao of Mingzhou Company. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, this time the size of the alpha review team is much larger than last time, reaching the scale of more than 20 people.

As the bug with the collision detection system on the game engine side was not resolved by the deadline, the executives of Holy Grail Studios decided to lock the Z-axis of the 3D axes in the alpha version submitted for review.

Then, when he first met with the representatives of the Ming Zhou side, Manager Wang sincerely and honestly confessed this, and repeatedly promised that as long as he gave a little more time, the Holy Grail team would be able to solve this problem once and for all.

Although he knew that during the last demo review meeting, his team had already overdrawn the credit limit on Vice Chairman Shao's side once, and this time he wanted to repeat the old tricks, which was much more difficult than the last time.

According to the contractual schedule, the first "close_alpha" test will begin immediately after the alpha version is reviewed, and the test server will be available to a small player base. Now the Holy Grail Studios is asking for either a postponement of the close_alpha test or a 2D-only version of the game to accept the player experience.

Both of these plans are unwilling to be accepted by Mingzhou. The former means that the R&D cycle will be extended, which will inevitably lead to cost overruns, and the latter may bring "no vision" and "indiscriminate filling" to Mingzhou.

Manager Wang can still maintain a calm and steady posture on the surface, but the apprehension in his heart cannot be removed. The chips on the Holy Grail Workshop side have all been pressed on the table, just waiting for the moment when the gambling cup is opened.

"Mr. Wang, in fact, I have always been very optimistic about you, and I also hope that the cooperation between our two sides can continue smoothly. But you have to understand that our Mingzhou side is a large company with a clear system and standardized management, and it is impossible for me to have the final say alone......" Vice Chairman Shao's face still had a warm smile, but every word of his words made the hearts of the executives of the Holy Grail Studio more and more cold, "The last time I made an exception for you to pass the demo version review that had great doubts, it has brought me a lot of pressure, this time if I lower the requirements to accommodate you, I can't explain to others on the board of directors of Mingzhou!" ”

Hearing Vice Chairman Shao say this, the executives of the Holy Grail Studio opposite him couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the expressions of the others, and exchanged a few glances that didn't know whether they were shocked or sad.

"What do you mean?" After taking a few deep breaths, Manager Wang was finally ready to meet the consciousness of the final judgment.

Vice Chairman Shao spread out his hands and rubbed his eyes vigorously for a while, as if he had finally made a decision.

"Let's negotiate a termination. ”

Finally this far? Manager Wang gritted his teeth and asked himself silently in his heart, from arrogantly refusing the high salary of the boss of the Golden Egret Company, to contacting several friends in the industry for several years or even decades with high spirits to form the prototype of the Holy Grail Studio team, and then to come to Hangzhou to lease the initial office space (in fact, it was the collective dormitory where Duan Shanshan lived at the beginning), more than a dozen people crowded into an apartment and enthusiastically completed the project filing work and publicity PPT (presentation); and then moved into the top floor of the Glory Building with great ambition and began to recruit troops on a large scale…… Half a year has passed imperceptibly, is this the final result?

"According to our contract, if we have not completed the progress of the relevant functions of the game version as required by the agreement, the responsibility for breach of contract should be on your Holy Grail Studio's side, right?" After Vice Chairman Shao made a decision, he quickly entered the state it should be, "So according to the provisions of the agreement, when the cooperation is terminated, the copyright of all the completed art resources of your Holy Grail Studio will be transferred to us as compensation." If not, I will inform our company's legal counsel to come and take over the negotiations with your Holy Grail Studio as soon as possible...... Of course, from my personal standpoint, I don't want either of us to get to that point. Now that the problem has been solved, everyone has spread out the matter and made it clear, so that we can get together and disperse, and maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation next time. ”

Manager Wang was no longer interested in listening carefully to Vice Chairman Shao's statement that was neither soft nor hard, his face was blue for a while and white for a while, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Finally, after Vice Chairman Shao finished speaking, he nodded sneeringly.

"Mr. Shao, everything will be done according to what you say, I have nothing to say. ”

"Don't be discouraged, Mr. Wang, you are still young, it is not a bad thing to fail once or twice once in a while, where can there be no risk in starting a business? You have the opportunity to make a comeback!" Seeing Manager Wang's cooperative attitude, Deputy Director Shao was not very sorry for himself, and in turn relieved a few words, but at this time, no one knew if Manager Wang could listen to it.

After sending off Vice President Shao and his party, the executives of the Holy Grail Studio returned to the conference room and closed the door for a long time for an emergency meeting, and finally opened the door, and every executive who came out looked unhappy and their faces were pale.

Although most of the employees did not understand the process of this meeting, it was clear that the outcome was unhappy.

That night, Manager Wang and Manager Bing rarely called Cao Gong, Liu Kewei, and She Jinshan to go to Manager Wang's apartment to drink, during which Manager Wang first called Cao Gong out alone and chatted for a long time, and then changed the object of conversation to Liu Kewei.

"The company's ship is going to sink, do you have any plans?" Manager Wang's alcohol was originally very good, when he was in Xiamen, he once drank most of the planning department by himself, but today he somehow drank very much, and he was a little unstable holding on to the railing of the balcony.

"Is there no chance at all?" Liu Kewei asked cautiously tentatively, he said, while moving a back chair from the bedroom next door, and helped the rickety Manager Wang to sit down on the chair, "In fact, from my point of view, our project is really no worse than the previous "Sui Tang", it is just that the bug of the collision detection system has not been solved for the time being, give us more time to definitely get it done!"

"Of course there is a chance, hehe, but I can't agree!" Manager Wang laughed a little chillingly, "Lao Xu and Lao Gong found an investor who was willing to take over, but the two of them actually wanted me to sweep Lao Cao and Lao Li out of the house, saying that these two people are unstable factors in the team! Lao Liu, can I do this kind of thing? If I agree to them, am I still the old Wang in your mind?" It's all at this time, and I don't want to hug them together and do it well, so let's stop doing it, just when I recognize them wrong!"

Hearing Manager Wang say this, Liu Kewei couldn't help but clench his fists, did a promising team and a promising project come to an end like this? Looking back on the hard work and hard work he had put in in the past six months, he really felt a heart-wrenching reluctance.

"Lao Liu, you haven't answered me yet, do you have any plans?" Although Manager Wang looked like he was drunk, his thinking was still as sharp and clear as ever, and he didn't wait for Liu Kewei's answer for a long time, and couldn't help but ask again.

"I really haven't thought about this, can you tell me what your plans are for the future?" asked Liu Kewei.

"Duanyou, this time I fell so big, I don't want to touch it again for the time being. Manager Wang's words were quick and decisive, as if they had been deliberated for a long time, "I summarized the reasons for this failure, the most important thing is that the team of terminal game R&D is too large, and the team is too big and the people's hearts are uneven, and it is too difficult to manage." I'm still more comfortable leading a small team like the previous Golden Egret planning department. Recently, smartphones have become more popular, and I have always been very optimistic about the platform of mobile games, with the launch of iphone4, the time should be ripe, but the market is still relatively blank, and there are not many excellent game works, so it is a good time to intervene. And the team size of mobile games will be much smaller than that of terminal games, so I plan to try to make mobile games, and the direction should be relatively simple card types, and the difficulty of development will be much smaller than that of MMORPG. Lao Cao's side has already agreed, and Xiao She's side shouldn't be a big problem. How about it, do you have the confidence to fight again with my Lao Wang? The main planner I have promised Lao Cao, if you want to go with us, you will be the deputy mastermind, and when our first project comes out, I will mention you as the main planner!"

Liu Kewei stared at the mentor and leader in front of him who could be regarded as a hand-in-hand guide who took him to learn game production, he is not a person who forgets his roots, and Manager Wang has always been generous and kind, it is said that there is no need to think about it at this time, just agree directly. The R&D cycle of mobile games will be much shorter than that of terminal games, with Manager Wang's experience and the tacit cooperation cultivated by the long-term cooperation of the planning team, the possibility of the successful completion of the project is still very large, and after the fact, Manager Wang can't treat him, the hero who has followed him all the way from Lucheng.

But why can't Liu Kewei always spit out that simple "good"? The faces of Duan Shanshan and Che Guanglong appeared in his mind in turn, and he suddenly found that if he really wanted to leave the team of the Holy Grail Studio, the desire to fight with those two guys was much stronger than continuing to fight with old colleagues and friends such as Manager Wang and Cao Gong!

"I'm sorry, Manager Wang, this time I want to try to go out on my own...... I may find a company to apply for the position of chief planner, and then set up a team by myself, continue to do terminal games, and make our unfinished "Legend of the Six Paths"!"

Manager Wang blinked, and the wine woke up in an instant, Liu Kewei's reply was far beyond his expectations, and continued to do the end game? Make this "Legend of the Six Paths", which is almost an untimely death? He stared at Liu Kewei with an unbelievable expression, silently assessing whether this young man was impulsively hot-headed, or whether he had really made up his mind to break the kettle.

Facing Manager Wang's scrutinizing gaze, Liu Kewei subconsciously straightened his waist and chest.

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