After Xu Qian left, Zhang Lexing came to the sofa in his office and sat down, and not long after Xu Qian came back, still holding a folder in his hand.

"Boss, this is the report. Xu Qian took out a document from the folder and handed it over.

Zhang Lexing took the information and looked at it, and the cover read "Investigation Report on Game Development Companies and Teams in Beijing". The cover was opened, and it was enlightened to read: "The investigation in this report began in August 1992 and ended in January 1993......"

"Boss, there is a lot of content in this report, why don't I briefly introduce it to you first. Xu Qian leaned next to him and asked softly.

"Okay, then you can talk about it first. "Looking at the thickness of the report, there should be a lot of content, Zhang Lexing doesn't mind understanding it first.

"Boss, at your request, I started doing this survey in August last year. At present, there are two main companies in Beijing for game development, one is the pioneer cartoon founded in November 1991, after getting the authorization of Tianzhiyuan FC game development technology, it is currently planning to develop FC games, the specific project is unknown, and the company also intends to run a game-related publication. The other is Jinpan Electronics, founded in April 1992, is a Sino-foreign joint venture disc publishing company, that year published an educational game called "WhereisCarmenSandiego?", has set up a game development department, plans to develop computer games, but the specific project is unknown.

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In addition to the companies involved in game development, there are also small amateur game development groups, most of which are three to five people working on the development of the game, and the members are usually college students who love games. These amateur game development teams are scattered in various colleges and universities, because Pioneer Cartoon has held prize game idea collection activities in colleges and universities, attracting some college students to Pioneer Cartoon part-time work, and some members of the amateur game development team are also haunted.

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In addition, I read in the newspaper that Zhiguan from Taiwan has set up a branch in Guangzhou and set up a game development studio, but it doesn't seem to be planning to launch games for the mainland market. ”

After Zhang Lexing listened to it, he read the investigation report again, and he did a good job, it seems that this Wang Mengyao classmate is still quite capable. After reading this report, Zhang Lexing roughly also learned that Beijing's strength in game development is still very weak, which basically represents the game development strength of the entire mainland (of course, Zhang Lexing's investment in Tianzhiyuan is mainly export-oriented, so it is not counted), and I can't help but think of the problem of game development talent training that I thought about before.

Zhang Lexing's office belongs to the side facing the street, and he can see the scenery outside through the glass window, and when his eyes turn to the window, a huge billboard appears in front of him, "School of Software, because of its professionalism, so excellent!"

It turned out that the advertisements of the software college were all hit here, Zhang Lexing looked at the huge billboard, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but think of the "game college". As the name suggests, the game academy is a place dedicated to cultivating game development talents, and it is an institution born with the growing gap of game development talents. The Game Academy has been a product of mixed reputation since its inception, on the one hand, it may have provided talents for some game development companies, but on the other hand, it has the business purpose of making money on students under the guise of revitalizing the game industry. However, for the current situation of poverty and whiteness, anything that can help the game industry is precious, and in the hands of Zhang Lexing, there is no need for this game academy to put the idea of making money on the students.

Now you don't have to worry about funding problems when running a game academy, the biggest trouble is the faculty, the game academy is different from the induction training, there must be a certain number of standing teachers, and Zhang Lexing now has the trainer qualification on hand and Xiao Donghai alone, those front-line developers are not unable to lecture, but they can do it does not mean that they will teach others, and this kind of trainer is not found in China, it seems that the vision has to look outward, and there may be suitable candidates.

Thinking of this, Xu Qian of Zhang Lexing's team said: "It's okay, you go out first, and by the way, call Xiao Donghai over, I have something to talk to him." ”

Xu Qian nodded, turned around and left, and after a while, Xiao Donghai walked into Zhang Lexing's office.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

"Lao Xiao, sit down first, I have something to ask you. Zhang Lexing motioned for Xiao Donghai to come to the sofa and sit.

Xiao Donghai came to the sofa and sat down, and then said, "Boss, what do you want to ask?"

"I haven't been here for a while, I don't know how the training effect of this batch of newcomers is?"

"To be honest, except for some of the original foundations, the effect of others is not too big, after all, the time is too short. However, it is precisely after joining the company that they should be able to grow up by using the old to bring the new with the new. ”

"Lao Xiao, if the training period is extended to one year, do you think the effect will be much better?"

"It's hard to say, a one-year training requires much more teachers than a three-month short course, and we're afraid we don't have this strength at the moment, the key is that we don't have any experience in this area. Hardly. ”

"Lao Xiao, I think so. At present, there are a total of 62 game developers in the company, which is definitely not enough in the long run, and our current three-month short course is only suitable for some new employees who have no foundation at all, and it may be to let them get started, so that the image of our daily development work is very large. In the past, the way of going abroad for further study was not suitable for all people, so I wondered if it was a longer and more formal training method, such as the software college, of course, at the beginning, it must only start in the form of regular training courses, and the training period is tentatively set for one year, first three months of basic learning, and then nine months of professional training according to different majors. ”

"Boss, it's not impossible for you to think like this, but I'm afraid it's not enough for me alone. You know that I belong to the kind of people who know a little bit of everything, but they are not proficient, and it is okay to talk about the basics, and more professional training is better for more professional people. ”

"Lao Xiao, I plan to officially start this training course in September, and you should go through the relevant procedures before this time, because if you want to make this training course more formal, you still need to advertise. Of course, considering the current problem of teachers, for the time being, we will first set up a class, about 30 people, and find a way to get the teaching materials out first, as well as the problem of training venues. As for the matter of strengthening the teaching staff, I will figure out a way. In addition, you don't have to worry about the funding of the training course, I will arrange a special fund for you. ”

"Okay boss, then I'll go and find out what is needed first. Well, nothing else, I'll go first. After speaking, Xiao Donghai got up and left.

After Xiao Donghai left, Zhang Lexing pondered the problem of game development and training teachers, there are people in this area abroad, but you can't always require the students to speak English without obstacles, it seems that for the time being, you can only tap the potential internally, and think of more ways to do it on Zhan Jun's old people, anyway, Zhang Lexing is not in a hurry to make money from the creative workshop immediately.

It's a pity that everyone is busy with testing or catching up with "Transport Tycoon" work, so I can't bother for the time being, so let's just wait until next week to talk about it. However, when it comes to testing, Zhang Lexing feels that it is still not possible to have full-time testers, so that the testing work now takes up a lot of the developer's time, which is too wasteful, and it seems that the focus of this year's recruitment can be on game testing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing got up and left his office, and decided to talk to Chu Jing about recruitment, it was almost time. When I came to the Administration Department, Chu Jing was the only one left inside, and the others didn't know what to do.

"Chu Jing, has this year's recruitment plan been made?"

"Oh, Lexing. The recruitment plan is almost the same as last year's, do you want to take a look. As she spoke, Chu Jing took out a folder from the drawer and handed it over.

Zhang Lexing took it and took a look, it was really the same as last year, recruiting the same three as planning, programming, and art, and the number of people was slightly more than last year, and three more marketing personnel were added. Zhang Lexing shook his head and returned the folder to Chu Jing.

"This can't work, I have learned, the effect of this kind of short course is not obvious, and our planning, programming, and art can no longer be added. I suggest that this year the company focus on recruiting game testers, which is not too demanding, just drop one or two old employees to mentor them, and do not need to do too much training. In addition, the market can recruit a few people, and we can start to try to do the domestic market and accumulate some experience. There is still a shortage of professional music producers in the company, and this aspect needs to be considered from now on, and I can't always outsource to Hong Kong, I also have to develop some of my own talent. ”

"Okay, I'll readjust this year's recruitment plan, but it's really difficult to recruit music producers, most of the people who know music now are in conservatories or art troupes, and even music graduates go to these two places, I'm afraid there are almost no people who are willing to do game music, and if you are really willing to come, you may not be able to see it." ”

"Let's try it, you can find out if there is any computer music production, maybe you can find the person we need from here." Zhang Lexing remembered that domestic game music producers seemed to start from computer music production, and hoped that he was lucky enough to make an appointment with the right person.

"Okay, I'll find out. Chu Jing should take this matter, but that expression didn't seem to be very sure.

"By the way, what about Chen Jingyi, why haven't I seen her in the past two days?" Zhang Lexing remembered the woman in white who impressed him.

"She's busy, she's busy contacting the export of "Thunderbolt Bricks" and "Transport Tycoon", yesterday it seems that she went to send the demo version of the game, and today I heard that the other party has sent the information, Chen Jingyi went to the post office to pick up the package. ”

"Which company did Chen Jingyi contact?" asked Zhang Lexing curiously.

"It's the contact information you left, the EA company you contacted first, the other party was not interested, and then I found Activision in the United States, and finally had an intention, but I didn't know if I could officially sign a contract until the demo version was sent. ”

I didn't expect this Chen Jingyi to really have a way, and she dared to contact foreign game agencies directly, it seems that the words she said when she applied for the job were not true. Zhang Lexing decided to give Chen Jingyi more opportunities in the future, maybe she could make better results.

Back in his office, Zhang Lexing took out Xu Qian's report again, and the words "Pioneer cartoon attracted some college students to work part-time, and some members of the amateur game development team also appeared in it" and other words caught his attention.

"I don't know what the level of those college students who work part-time at Pioneer Cartoon is, maybe I can go and check it out, maybe I can meet a few suitable ones. Zhang Lexing secretly made a decision, he must take a chance to go to the pioneer cartoon in the next few days, maybe there are still some hidden characters.

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