Chapter 94: Threesome Studio
Joey stared at the game screen on his laptop monitor with no intention of hiding the eagerness in his eyes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Xiafei's development in Pengcheng has reached a bottleneck, in order to make a breakthrough, the ambitious chairman tried to extend the company's tentacles to the north, after all, the imperial capital and the magic capital are the two major centers of the domestic game industry, talents, channels and everything are much more abundant than Lingnan.
As a Taiwanese game practitioner, he came to the mainland to look for development because of the sluggish game industry on the island, and accidentally fell into the eyes of Chairman Xiafei and was entrusted with the important task of going north.
It's been almost a year since I was ordered to come to the magic capital to set up the second R&D department, although I barely put together a team to make a page game called "Game Empire", but unfortunately I didn't pass two consecutive internal audits, and the test version number has also increased from alpha and bate to gamma version, and the guys in the company's marketing department are still very unoptimistic, thinking that this game has no value in reluctant operation.
Because of the setbacks encountered in the development process of "Game Empire", which has seriously affected his evaluation in the mind of the chairman, he has the intention to start another project to try again, so as to regain the chairman's confidence in him, but the company's investment in him is limited, and it is not enough to support another complete R&D team outside of "Game Empire".
As for disbanding the "Game Empire" team and stopping the project?Don't be stupid, these people are all recruited by him, how can they be regarded as his descendants in Xia Fei's company, if they are all driven away, won't Joey be a loner in the company?
Because of this, he has been unable to eat and sleep for a long time, and he has been dreaming about how to change the unfavorable status quo. Until suddenly, a young man came from Hangzhou and put the game video and production outline of "Six Legends" in front of him, which was like opening a skylight for him and making him suddenly enlightened.
Isn't this the opportunity he dreamed of? 300,000 investment, preferential agency, the price is so small, and the return is so high, as long as he wins this game and completes it successfully, the chairman must also look at him differently, right?
"I am the person in charge of the R&D Department II of Xia Fei Company, and I am also the only game producer of the second part, you can call me Joey," Joey enthusiastically stretched out his right hand, "I remember that your name is Liu Kewei, what do I call you? Xiao Liu or something else?"
Liu Kewei smiled and stretched out his right hand, which was held heavily by Joey for a long time and did not let go.
"It's okay, Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, I'm definitely younger than you. But my former colleagues generally call me Lao Liu, hehe. Liu Kewei asked a little apprehensively, "What do you think of our project?"
"Very good, great, I'm satisfied!" Joey used three adjectives in a row to describe his evaluation, "Then I'll call you Lao Liu, you will get used to it a little bit." I can accept your request, when do you think it is appropriate to sign a contract? Our company has a professional legal counsel, I will call her later, and ask her to draft a contract according to your requirements and fax it over. β
"I'm here at any time, so give me a call when it's convenient for you. Liu Kewei replied while closing the notebook and putting it back in his backpack.
"Where do you live?" asked Joey with concern, "Is it convenient to come to us?"
"Well, I spent last night in a hotel near the train station, but it's settled this morning. I didn't have any luggage, so I took this backpack with me, so I might find a hostel or something nearby. Liu Kewei was stunned for a moment, he was really not sure where he was going to live today.
"Then don't leave yet, I'll find someone to take you to visit our second R&D department, to be honest, the venue, equipment and treatment on our side are very good, so that you can have a little more confidence in us." Joey's eyes rolled and he made up his mind, he was determined to strangle all the variables before signing the contract in the cradle, "The company's legal counsel has several ready-made contract templates, it shouldn't take long to find a suitable one, and we will have a meal together to celebrate after the contract is signed, and by the way, I will introduce you to other colleagues in the second department." β
"Well, well, then I'll do whatever you want, and everything will come your way. Liu Kewei replied a little flattered.
"Hey, it's not right for you to say that you are a guest, right? We're going to be a family soon!" Joey jokingly picked on Liu Kewei's speech problem, and then laughed heartily.
He picked up the phone on the desk, pressed a few numbers, and said, "Kuang Xi, come to my office." β
Seconds later, a young man with glasses walked in. Joey said that this is the main strategy of the project at hand in the second department, and asked him to put down the work at hand first, take Liu Kewei to visit the company's environment, and chat by the way, in short, the other party is responsible for Liu Kewei's reception work in these few hours.
Kuang Xi reluctantly agreed, and led Liu Kewei to walk outside the house.
After seeing that Liu Kewei finally left the house, Joey, who was anxious, hurriedly took out his mobile phone, dialed the chairman, and reported today's unexpected gains. Then he was busy getting in touch with the legal counsel of Pengcheng Head Office, introducing the situation of "Legend of the Six Paths" and the specific requirements put forward by Liu Kewei, and asking the other party to come up with a contract for the nature of a studio franchise as soon as possible.
When Liu Kewei entered the door just now, he didn't have time to take a closer look, so he went directly to the producer's office, and now he has someone to accompany him to introduce the visit, and he can finally observe the specific situation of the second R&D department of this Xiafei company with peace of mind.
There are about thirty or forty employees in the second department, which is a little smaller than the previous Holy Grail Studio. After all, web games will require fewer manpower than desktop games.
Xia Fei rented a relatively large office space on the fourth floor of the office building near Zhangjiang, with a small office and another small conference room inside. There are only five such offices on this level.
At the entrance is a coin-operated vending machine with a variety of common drinks and some snacks. Liu Kewei didn't have any change with him, so Kuang Xi took out a few steel hammers from his pocket and stuffed them into the coin slot.
For each coin stuffed, the cumulative amount is displayed on the vending machine. Kwong Xi chose a canned coffee with a price tag of four yuan, so he stuffed eight coins in one bite. On one or two occasions, the coins were stuffed in and were not priced properly, but instead rolled out of the change slot under the coin slot.
"Occasionally, it's a little bit of a problem, but it's not a big problem. Kwong Xi said disapprovingly, as he re-stuffed the rolled coins into the slot.
After all eight coins were correctly placed in the vending machine, Kwong Xi clicked the number button above the coin slot, selected the number corresponding to the coffee, and then clicked OK.
There were two crashing sounds of heavy objects falling from under the vending machine, Kuang Xi bent down, pushed open the baffle of the pick-up window, felt out two bottles of canned coffee, and handed one to Liu Kewei.
"There's one of them, it's usually pretty convenient. Kuang Xi said without showing off.
Liu Kewei took the coffee after thanking him, opened the pull ring on the top of the can and took a sip, the temperature of the coffee is quite cold, it seems that this vending machine also has a freezing and refrigeration function. He smiled and nodded as he sipped his cold coffee.
There is a desk next to the vending machine, and there is a microwave oven on the table, which is naturally used for the employees to make noodles or heat up the few refrigerated fast food in the vending machine, and Liu Kewei can imagine it without Kuang Xi explaining.
Kuang Xi gave Liu Kewei a general introduction to the composition of the second part, of course, it is also the three major parts of planning, program, and art. and introduced the two main Cheng and Zhumei on the front and back ends, and greeted Liu Kewei with a smile.
Then Kuang Xi took Liu Kewei into the small conference room, and the two chatted all over the world.
During the conversation, Liu Kewei intentionally or unintentionally touched the foundation of Xiafei's company and Kuang Xi's resume. Knowing that the scale of Xiafei Company in Pengcheng is much larger than that of Modu, it has chartered a whole two floors of an office building, in addition to R&D, it also has a marketing department and operation department under the company, with more than 200 employees.
Because the chairman of the board of directors is a Hong Kong native, the company's senior management uses English names, which can be regarded as good at the top and very bad at the bottom.
Kuang Xi graduated only two years ago, and worked as a numerical planner in a mobile game company for a year, and then jumped to the second R&D department of Xiafei, and was set as the main strategy by Joey, who was eager for talent, and faintly relied on him as a confidant.
About two hours later, a freshly baked contract was placed in front of Liu Kewei.
The contract roughly stipulates that Liu Kewei, Che Guanglong, and Duan Shanshan will each contribute 100,000 yuan, accounting for 17 percent of the studio's shares, for a total of 51 percent, and the other 49 percent of the shares will be won by Xiafei Company, which will inject 300,000 yuan into the studio in the form of 75,000 yuan per month for four months. The studio's financial accounting is independent, and the research and development of the alpha version of "Legend of the Six Paths" must be completed within four months, and Xiafei has the right of priority to act as an agent for this project under the same conditions.
Liu Kewei read the full text of the contract three or four times repeatedly, and after feeling that there was no problem, he picked up the signature pen on the table, and after glancing at the name of the studio left blank on the contract, he couldn't help but remember the memories of discussing the name in Hangzhou a few days ago.
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"It's called a threesome studio, right?" Duan Shanshan was the first to make a suggestion.
"It doesn't seem to sound good!" Liu Kewei pondered these three words and said his intuitive feelings.
"I also think it's pretty dirty. Che Guanglong also frowned and commented.
"'Threesomes, there must be my teacher' This is the words of Confucius, from the Analects! Where is this name? What a high-end atmosphere!" Duan Shanshan protested dissatisfiedly, "We are exactly three people, listen to Confucius's words, choose the appropriate opinions of others to adopt, and correct if we find that we have shortcomings, isn't it good?"
Hearing him say this, Liu Kewei nodded silently, and Che Guanglong was thoughtful.
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Liu Kewei couldn't help but show a smile of relief, the idea that the three of them hid in the apartment and discussed it in the air at the beginning, could it finally be put on paper? He blinked, and wrote the name on the contract seriously and meticulously-
Threesome Studio.