Chapter 42: Making a Game (Asking for Recommendations)
"Happy Farm?"
Abt looked at the document in his hand, looked at Severn suspiciously, not knowing what it meant, and then continued to flip through the plan.
The further he flipped back, the tighter Abt's brow furrowed, and five minutes later, Abt passed the plan in his hand to Lucas next to him, without saying anything.
Half an hour later, everyone had read the plan, and when they had finished reading it, Severn took it back and turned to Abt and asked:
"How's it going, do you have anything to say after reading it?"
Severn asked, but no one answered, everyone looked down in thought, and Severn looked around, finally fixing his gaze on a young white man.
"Will, tell me, what do you think?"
Will, like George, was a student at Imperial College London and was one of five people who came to Facebook with George.
Hearing that Severn had clicked on himself, Will's body subconsciously tightened, and he said nervously: "Boss, I don't know." ”
He had just come to Facebook, so he didn't dare to express any opinions.
"Rose, you say. Severn nodded again.
"Boss, I don't have any opinion. Rose shook his head.
“........”
After that, Severn ordered two more people, but neither gave Severn any clear advice, and finally, Severn pointed to George Road:
"George, do you have any thoughts after reading this plan?"
George groaned and asked, "Boss, are you planning to make games in the future?"
Happy Farm is a simple browser game, Severn took it out, and George couldn't figure out Severn's mind for a while.
"Well, there's a plan. Severn nodded and said that in Severn's future planning for Facebook, the game occupies a very important position.
"But boss, IMHO, this game is too simplistic and doesn't seem to be going to do much for the future of Facebook, right?" George said directly.
He watched it a few times, but he didn't see anything surprising about the game, but it couldn't be simpler.
After listening, Severn was not angry, but looked at Abt and Lucas with a smile on his face:
"What do you think?"
Lucas was just a simple technician who didn't know how much commercial value a product was, so he shook his head and didn't answer.
Abt looked at Severn with a solemn look in his eyes and asked, "Boss, this can't be the game you told me some time ago that our company is going to develop, right?"
He remembers Severn mentioning to him some time ago that he was going to develop a game that would allow Facebook's users to soar again and increase their dependence.
To be honest, Abt doesn't agree with Severn's words, because developing a game definitely requires a lot of money, but the development of a game does not necessarily guarantee that it meets the market positioning, so in Abt's view, this is completely a money-burning existence.
But now Severn has come up with such a simple web game plan, which makes him feel more unreliable than making a large-scale online game.
"yes, that's the game I told you about some time ago. Severn replied, "What do you think?"
Abt shook his head, "I have the same opinion as George. Boss, I'm not so optimistic about this little game of Happy Farm. ”
Seeing this, Severn was not surprised, indeed, if he hadn't experienced the hot scene of Happy Farm, I am afraid that he would not have much confidence in this little game.
But sometimes things turn out like that, and the simpler the game, the more users like it and enjoy it.
Severn leaned back on the leather chair and said with a relaxed expression:
"Although all of you are not optimistic, we also have to give it a try, and we should accumulate experience for future game production, and I believe everyone knows how profitable the two game companies are Blizzard Entertainment and Nintendo.
Although we don't want to be a professional game company, since we make social software, games are a project that we can't avoid. ”
Everyone agrees with Severn's words, Facebook is only getting started, and it is still far from being compared to large social software such as Google and MSN, and if it wants to develop, it must innovate.
For Facebook-based users, the game is a good breakthrough.
Since Severn had already said everything here, it was obviously not good to refute it again, so Abt and the others looked at each other, nodded, and said:
"Well, let's just gain experience for the future. ”
Although they agreed, they were obviously not optimistic about the project, but Severn was the boss, so he had to let Severn go.
Severn knew what Abt was thinking, but he didn't refute it, believing that when the results came out, they should know how "wise and powerful" they were.
"Now that everyone has decided, then now this plan is officially established, I will take out 1 million pounds, led by George, Will, Rose, Robert, Edward, the four of you will jointly assist George in developing this game, how about it, do you have a problem with this arrangement?" Severn looked at George and said.
£1 million is more than enough to develop the little game Happy Farm, and the reason why it costs so much is that I hope they will make the game a little more beautiful and pay a little more attention to the maintenance work in the later stage.
"I'm fine, boss. George replied, and Will and they nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
This is George's first project at Facebook, even if he is no longer optimistic about it, he must do it with his heart and strive to hand over a "perfect" answer, and Severn is interested in this.
"Two months, two months is enough, isn't it?" Severn asked.
He remembered that it didn't seem to take long to develop Happy Farm in the previous life, not to mention that now that he had built the general framework of the game, I believe that it won't take long for George and them to develop this game.
"Enough boss. George confidently said that this kind of mini-game is not too difficult for them.
"Okay, since it's decided, let's go down and work hard, that's all for today's meeting, and now adjourn. Severn waved his hand.
"Yes, boss. ”
When Abt and the others were gone, David Smith came in again and said:
"Boss, our job advertisement has been sent out, and the interview is scheduled for March 20, boss, do you need to be together?"
Severn calculated the time, today is March 16th, Friday, the 20th is next Tuesday, Severn looked at his schedule, and found that he didn't seem to have much to do in the next few days, so he nodded in agreement:
"Okay, you tell me when you take the retest, and I'll take a look at it then. ”
"No problem, boss, I will definitely choose the most beautiful one for you to retest when the time comes. David Smith nodded.
Hearing this, Severn couldn't help glaring at David Smith, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Am I that kind of person? What our company needs is talents, not vases!"
But then Severn changed his tone and said: "Of course, it would be better if this talent was a little more good-looking." ”
David Smith smiled mysteriously at Chong Saiwen, who understood it: "Don't worry, boss, I promise, the people recruited are definitely beautiful and talented." ”
"Well, I hope you won't let me down then. Severn winked at David Smith.
Severn didn't think it was wrong to recruit a beautiful female secretary, he was just a layman, and in the process of pursuing the pinnacle of wealth, if he couldn't enjoy it, then he would rather die.
Seeing Severn's hint, David Smith immediately patted his chest and said:
"Definitely not let the boss down!"
"Alright, let's go to work. ”
"Yes. ”
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"Hey, dear, I may not be able to come back tonight, the TV station is going to let me work overtime, I'm sorry~"
On the phone, Kissy said apologetically to Severn, her tone full of self-reproach.
Severn comforted: "It's okay, my dear, it's just one night, but if you want to stay up late, you have to pay attention to your body." ”
"Uh-huh, I know, honey, I love you, Trojan~"
Hearing that Severn didn't mean to be angry, Kissty threw a flying kiss at Severn over the phone in a brisk tone.
"I love you too. Severn said in a gentle voice.
"Then dear, I won't say anything more to you, I'm about to go on stage, bye~"
"Go get busy, bye~"
Severn sat in his office, looking at the gradually gloomy sky outside, hung up the phone, and couldn't help but feel a little excited, if Kissty didn't come back tonight, it would be a little lonely to go back to Notting Hill Villa.
"Why don't you call Joe Senna and hang them out?"
Severn thought so in his heart, so he took out his phone again and flipped through the address book.
"Huh?"
When Severn saw a name in the address book, he instantly changed his original plan.