Chapter 85: The End of the Holy Grail
It's the last day of the Holy Grail Studio. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the originally spacious and atmospheric office space on the 24th floor of the Glory Building, it seems very lonely and deserted at the moment. There are empty desks and chairs everywhere, and most of the machinery and equipment are packaged and disposed of for others to move, only to see waste paper, waste network cables and all kinds of empty beverage cans and coffee cans and other office waste, which is a mess.
Now there are only five people left on this floor: Manager Wang, Manager Bing, Liu Kewei, Cao Gong and She Jinshan, waiting for the property management company to which the building belongs to send someone to handle the final lease surrender procedures.
Liu Kewei sat in his seat with his notebook and watched the Korean variety shows he watched again. Because the network cable and router have been removed, I can only pass the time with the old videos downloaded to the hard drive.
Beside him, Cao Gong and She Jinshan were holding their mobile phones, playing games intently. Both of them have accepted Manager Wang's invitation, and after determining that the next step is to step into the development of mobile games, no one dares to slack off, and they are racing against time to familiarize themselves with the new platform features.
"Lao Liu, are you really not going to go with us?" asked She Jinshan casually.
Liu Kewei said "um", he had answered Cao Gong three or four times in the past few days, and She Jinshan more than ten times. But the other party seems to be unable to understand at all, and always mentions it again and again.
It is also said that from Lucheng to Hangzhou, they have worked together for several years and get along day and night, and suddenly heard that Liu Kewei was going to fly solo, which was really unacceptable to Cao Gong and She Jinshan. Especially since She Jinshan left the university, he has been mixed with these two so-called "Wang Zhu's two generals", and he has long been accustomed to encountering uncertain problems at work, asking Cao Gong if he belongs to the system, and asking Liu Kewei for advice if he belongs to the level, and now he suddenly wants to part ways with this half-teacher and half-friend colleague, and I always feel that this matter is too unreal.
"Lao Liu, if you are in a hurry to be the main planner, I will go to Manager Wang and say that you will go first, and I will be the deputy planner first. Cao Gong persuaded with a smile, looking very sincere and friendly.
"The main reason is that I want to continue to make "Six Paths", which has little to do with the main and deputy chief planner. Liu Kewei said with a smile, "I always feel that it is a pity that everyone's investment in the past six months has been wasted like this." ”
Cao Gong pursed his lips and stopped talking, She Jinshan raised his head and looked at Liu Kewei, then turned his head to look at Cao Gong on the other side, sighed and continued to lower his head to play games.
Although his eyes have been glued to the display of the notebook, Liu Kewei's mind at the moment is all about building the team of the future. Che Guanglong has already stated that he can wait a few months, so that he has plenty of time to find a place to stay, on the condition that no matter where she goes, she must bring Wakazakura with her, and it is best to help her find a job in a new company, front desk, personnel, administration, anything.
Putting aside his personal relationship with Che Guanglong and Wakasakura, simply arranging a job for the family members of executives at the level of the main journey can be regarded as a default acceptable application condition in the IT industry, and Wakazakura's own personality and ability are very suitable for this kind of administrative work, and the profession is not completely wrong (hotel management is also a kind of management, right?). This matter is not very difficult to operate, and Liu Kewei also accepted it in a big way.
Duan Shanshan made a phone call over there, but the guy seemed quite anxious, saying that he was forced by his family to go on a blind date all day long, and then staying at home was worse than death. Recently, a young girl who came to his house under the guise of a world friend made him eager to escape from the house.
Liu Kewei inquired very gossipily about the situation of the so-called "little girl", and it turned out that "all conditions are very good", and then he asked why don't you follow the others? As a result, Duan Shanshan burst into foul language angrily, saying that the other party was also forced by family pressure to deal with him perfunctorily, and it was impossible for people to look down on him, and he was not interested in climbing the other party, so as not to be regarded by others as a guy who likes to eat soft rice and has no ambition.
In the irrepressible laughter, Liu Kewei easily calmed the anxious Duan Shanshan, and gave him a general introduction to the situation and progress on his side, so that he could be more patient and wait for a while. Fortunately, although Duan Shanshan was in a hurry, he still knew what was important, and he didn't urge him much, just said that he would tell him as soon as he had new progress.
In addition to Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan, he also casually asked Ling Xingning if he was interested in working together, although the other party did not give a clear answer at the first time, he could see that he was quite moved, and said that he should think about it.
In this way, let Ling Xingning provoke the part of the system, let Duan Shanshan pick up the copywriting, and Liu Kewei can control the two parts of the level and the value by himself, and he can build a complete skeleton prototype of the planning department, and in terms of professional standards, it will not be inferior to the planning department of the Holy Grail Studio led by Xu Zhuce before.
Che Guanglong's technical level has also been unanimously recognized in the Holy Grail Studio, and his professional ability is by no means below Director Li, but his qualifications are a little worse.
As for the other main program of the client and the main beauty of the art department, Liu Kewei has not determined a suitable candidate for the time being, and is still repeatedly screening in his mind. If you really can't find someone you are familiar with by then, you can go to a new company and recruit externally.
Now the key question is, where to find this company that is willing to start a new team?
Just as Liu Kewei looked like he was staring at the program video on his notebook on the surface, but in fact he was thousands of miles away, Manager Bing gently walked behind him, and suddenly stretched out his hand and patted Liu Kewei's shoulder, which frightened the latter to stand up.
"I'm watching a Korean variety show again!"
Manager Bing's rebuke sounds painless, but while handling the resignation procedures of a large number of employees in the past few days, it has also made him bear a lot of additional criticism and infamy, which can be regarded as hard work and labor. The whole person looked very haggard, as if he hadn't rested well for several days.
"Xiao Bing, it's you, what's the matter?" asked Liu Kewei after turning his head to see who the other party was.
"Just finished the settlement with the property, Manager Wang said to talk to you about something at the end, you can go quickly. Manager Bing stretched, relaxed himself rarely, and sat down crookedly in an empty chair.
After all, the three people in front of him are not acquaintances he needs to deliberately maintain the image that HR should have.
Liu Kewei nodded and immediately walked towards Manager Wang's office.
The last time he was drinking in Manager Wang's apartment, he frankly expressed his intention to break a path by himself, but Manager Wang did not make a direct statement, but asked him to think about it for a few days before replying, and now it should be the last time to come to him to confirm his intention, right?
However, Liu Kewei has already made up his mind, no matter whether Manager Wang will persuade him to change his mind again, he will not waver.
However, unexpectedly, after entering the house, Manager Wang did not make any bitter tirade, but simply asked him a word.
"Have you thought it through?"
Manager Wang's expression was very complicated, both a little lost, a little relieved, and a little relieved. Liu Kewei didn't know how he could interpret so many emotions from the other party's eyes, but judging from his experience of working with Manager Wang for so many years, his speculation should be eight or nine.
Meeting Manager Wang's gaze, Liu Kewei nodded slowly but resolutely.
followed more than ten seconds of silence, during which Manager Wang didn't say a word, just kept looking at Liu Kewei with scrutinizing eyes. Then he suddenly opened the drawer of his desk and took out a portable hard drive and gently placed it on the table.
"Take it, it's a parting gift for you. Manager Wang said lightly.
"What is this?" Liu Kewei asked puzzledly, not taking it at the first time.
"The full set of game source code and planning documents for Six Paths, as well as art resources. Manager Wang's words were very light, but Liu Kewei's pupils immediately contracted.
"I can't ask for this gift! This is the company's property, and it is the result of everyone's hard work in the past six months, how can you give it to me?" Liu Kewei hurriedly pushed and gave way.
A wry smile appeared at the corner of Manager Wang's mouth: "Who else can I give it to if I don't give it to you?" You also know that I plan to turn to the mobile game platform for development, at least for two or three years, if nothing else, I will not return to the terminal game platform." If these things can't be put into operation within a year, many design solutions will become obsolete, and that is the biggest waste. Now that you have the confidence and determination to continue making this game, it's best to leave it to you. If you can get lucky, it will also reduce the regrets in my heart a little. ”
"This ...... This ......" Liu Kewei was a little at a loss, before that, he continued to do so-called "reproduction" of the perception of this game in his mind by himself and Duan Shanshan, Ling Xingning and others, and Manager Wang would actually hand over to him all the materials of the Holy Grail Studio that were close to the alpha version of the finished product, which was a possibility he never imagined.
"Don't be too happy, the copyright of the art resources in this hard drive already belongs to Mingzhou, and it is not a big problem for you to temporarily use these art resources to demonstrate to investors. But if you want to really operate and commercialize, the entire set of art resources must be redone, otherwise Mingzhou will definitely have a lawsuit with you, and you will definitely lose, this is the first one. Manager Wang raised an index finger as he spoke.
"Secondly, you are also very aware that there is still a big bug in the engine part of the source code that has not been solved. I don't know who you're going to find to be the main program, but with Lao Li's level, the problem has not been solved in the past six months, and the other five people in the program department have intervened in the last week, so this collision detection system bug should be quite difficult to overcome in the short term! Either you have to rewrite a new engine, or buy someone else's off-the-shelf game engine to use. This is the second one. Manager Wang put his middle finger and index finger up together.
"So even if I give you all these things, it doesn't mean that you can get it much easier. But the advice I want to give you is that once you have this material, you should probably try to set up a studio and then find someone to invest in it, as we did at the Holy Grail studio. The main reason for the failure of the Holy Grail was me, but we were initially in the right direction, but then it went wrong. You also know the process very well, so I won't say more. At least in terms of grasping the direction of game production, if you have your own studio, it will be much better than simply working for someone else. Of course, this is just my suggestion, so you can decide what to do. ”
Seeing that Liu Kewei still looked hesitant, Manager Wang stood up and walked over and patted him on the shoulder, took the mobile hard drive on the table and stuffed it into his hand.
"Don't be hypocritical, if you hadn't resigned from Jinlu half a year ago, you should have lived in the apartment that the boss bought a down payment for you in Lucheng now, and drove the car that the boss paid for, just like those colleagues who stayed in Lucheng. Now that half a year has passed, I haven't given you anything, this can be regarded as my compensation, and you deserve it. If you don't think it's good to take it for nothing, try to make this game to make money, and when the time comes, you want to give me dividends or something in return, I won't refuse, haha. ”
Holding the cold and heavy mobile hard drive in his hand, Liu Kewei felt from the bottom of his heart that there were already too many people's expectations and trusts on his shoulders, which made him a little breathless......
P.S. This was by far the hardest chapter to write, and it took a whole day. The main reason is that the author has not personally experienced the last moment of the company's dissolution, so many plots and dialogues have to be pondered for a long time to find a feeling.
By the way, it can be revealed at this time, the initial process of how Liu Kewei and others obtained a full set of data for the game was relatively simple, but Manager Wang cloned the hard disk of the game test server and gave it to Liu Kewei, and was later educated by the Fourteenth Master, saying that he did not get the source code in Director Li's hard disk, and even if all the data of the game server was copied, there was no way to continue to maintain it, and the suggestion he gave was to let someone use hacking methods to steal the source code from Director Li's machine. However, the author has a spiritual cleanliness habit of not allowing the protagonist to obtain benefits through immoral or improper means. So after thinking about it for a long time, the main plot line was modified to Manager Wang asking the company to come forward to buy Director Li's engine, and designed a self-justifying reason for this approach, which was the main reason why the length of the first volume exceeded expectations.
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