Chapter Twenty-Five: The Down-and-Out Studio

This weekend, taking advantage of the free time during the holiday, Li Bei dialed the phone number of the computer professional who had asked Yu Wang. It's time to get the game on the agenda.

"Hey, hello." Li Bei dialed the phone.

"Hello, who is it?" A somewhat lazy voice replied on the other side.

"Hmm...... Are you Mr. Wong Ka Heng? I have a little question about the translation of game software and want to ask you for help, but Yu Wang introduced you to me. Li Bei directly picked out the matter.

"Is it the son of the Yu family!?" The voice on the other side suddenly became a little serious.

"Well, if the person you're talking about is also a student of Jiang University, I think it should be him."

"That's fine! You can tell me a time and place, we can meet, or you can come directly to me, the main thing is that I have a studio here, all kinds of equipment and technicians are not lacking, and generally any problems are solved here. Wang Jiaheng quickly responded.

"Then do you have time now, I can come over at any time." Li Bei didn't want to delay too much time.

"Well...... it's okay, I'll give you an address......" Wang Jiaheng thought about it a little, but still responded to Li Bei.

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When Li Bei arrived at the place Wang Jiaheng said, he was a little surprised, a dilapidated residential building is located in a remote community without any image, the community is a very old old-fashioned cylindrical residential building, and you can occasionally see the big word "demolition" painted on the wall around. Li Bei was a little speechless, this is the studio where Yu Wang introduced his master? Li Bei was a little suspicious, but he had to see someone before he saw it.

took out his mobile phone and called Wang Jiaheng. Soon, a young man of about twenty-six or seventeen years old who was about twenty-six or seventeen years old could never be found in the crowd walked out of the residential building, and when he came out, he saw Li Bei outside, and he was a little stunned, and turned back to his senses.

"Is it Li Bei?" Wang Jiaheng asked.

"Well, it's me, you are Wang Jiaheng, the computer master recommended to me by Yu Wang, right?" Li Bei looked at the young man in front of him, who was not amazing, and thought to himself that he could help him handle this matter.

"Huh! Where did you come from, what kind of master did you come from, but you just eat in this industry. Wang Jiaheng smiled casually, there was some pride in his smile, but there was a bit of bitterness. I think he was already very accomplished in computers at a young age, and when he was in college, even many teachers who taught them computer classes sighed to themselves, thinking that he was a genius in computers. But what about geniuses, in this era, how can you make any money in the computer industry, and this industry is a pattern where the winner kills the loser and has nothing. Large IT companies such as NetEase and Sohu have occupied most of the market, and other small companies are difficult to drink even a little soup and water.

At the beginning, he was ambitious to find a group of like-minded friends to set up a computer studio, and fantasized about becoming the next Ding Lei and the next Zhang Chaoyang. But technology alone can't convert it into profits, and the money that everyone put together is quickly spent, only the struggling snail lives in this residential building that is about to be demolished, and occasionally repairs the computer for people, installs system software, and these unskilled jobs to make a living, it is estimated that it will not be long before the studio that once carried his dream will no longer exist, and he will become a joke and a loser in the eyes of others. It made him a little melancholy, but he didn't know how to do it.

Li Bei clearly saw the fleeting bitterness in Wang Jiaheng's eyes, and a thoughtful look flashed on his face. turned to Wang Jiaheng and said: "Where, if you just want to make a living, you won't set up a studio, and it's not much easier to go directly to a software company to find a job." Since Brother Wang has set up his own studio team, he must have strong technology. ”

"What's the use of good technology! It's not like you're going to put a system on people in this hellish place to make ends meet! Wang Jiaheng was a little resentful. Okay, without going out there, I'll show you our studio here. Saying that, Wang Jiaheng took Li Bei into a basement in this dilapidated residential building.

Walking into the basement, what was presented in front of Li Bei was a sloppy and messy environment, four or five computers were placed on several dilapidated tables, and the ground was full of messy entanglements of power cords, which made people worry about whether there would be a fire here soon, the ground on one side was full of garbage, the instant noodle boxes that had been eaten were all over the ground, and there was a bed in the corner, which seemed to be for people to rest, but the bed could not be called a bed, and it should be more appropriate to describe it as a "nest". Two or three young people were sitting in front of the computer playing games, and they didn't even notice that Li Bei and Wang Jiaheng had come in.

Seeing this, Li Bei also somewhat understood what kind of people this was, no wonder they were reduced to living here on instant noodles, at first glance, they were a group of otaku who nested in their huts all day long, fiddling with computers and not communicating too much with the outside world, and could only program games, so it was strange that they could make money.

Wang Jiaheng was also a little embarrassed at this time, "You know, this, we usually clean it occasionally, but isn't this place about to be demolished, we feel that we are about to leave anyway, so there is no need to clean it......" Even Wang Jiaheng himself blushed a little when he said these words.

Li Bei didn't care either, all he wanted was the other party's technology, and he didn't care about other aspects.

"I know, but I don't care about this, as long as you can help me do this well, I will pay you 20,000 yuan." Li Bei secretly speculated in his heart about how much time and work it would take to build the capacity of those two games, and quoted a price.

"What? Twenty thousand! Wang Jiaheng's tone suddenly became higher, and even a few people who were playing games next to him also looked over.

"Who is this man? What 20,000 yuan, is Brother Wang talking to him about business? A boy with greasy hair who hadn't washed it for an unknown amount of time wondered.

"I don't know, it would be good if we came to the business to get a job, so that we could hold on for a while, I'm afraid it would be empty again." Another young man next to him took over.

"Yes, we have nothing to do for a long time, the location of this community is biased, there is basically no business to come to the door, or Brother Wang's old relationship only occasionally has something to take care of us, otherwise this studio will not be able to open for a long time, I hope I can take over the big job this time." The greasy boy replied.

"This, since it is the patron introduced by Yu Gongzi, we shouldn't have charged for it, but you have seen our current situation, to be honest, we can't hold it anymore, let's just charge a little, or you can give eight thousand?"

Hearing Wang Jiaheng's words, Li Bei was a little dumbfounded. "You don't know what I want you to do, so easy to agree, if the workload is too much, you will not lose money."

"Well, look at me, I'm a little confused with joy, and I haven't asked you if there's anything you need my help with?" Wang Jiaheng patted his forehead and said, "But since you are Yu Gongzi's friend, I don't think you will cheat a few of us, and besides, we have all reached such a point, as long as we can make money, we will not accept anything." ”

Li Bei took out a USB flash drive from his pocket at this time, "Well, as I told you before, there are two game software in this USB flash drive, but they are both Chinese versions, I want to translate these two games into English versions of games that can be played by Americans, and then limit some of their functions to make an abbreviated version of the game." I wonder if you can do it? ”

Listening to Li Bei's words, Wang Jiaheng thought for a moment and replied: "If it's just like this, it's not really difficult, as long as you have learned some professional computer knowledge, people with good English proficiency can do this, so your reward for us is still a little higher." ”

Two or three people in the studio on the side were about to cry at this time, Brother Wang, what are you doing! Originally, people said that they would give 20,000 yuan, but you gave away 12,000 and only 8,000 were left, so that's it, after all, it was introduced by an acquaintance. Now that people have explained their work, you still have to reduce the price, and it won't be in the way to earn a little, haven't you heard someone say that you will give 20,000 yuan before, and your face hasn't changed? What the hell are you doing?

Fortunately, Li Bei seemed to hear their voices at this time, shook his head and said: "It's not easy for you, but this matter is very important to me, I hope you don't disclose this matter to others, and the game translation is better, the price, it's still good as before, say 20,000 is 20,000, no need to change." ”

A few people on the side didn't wait for Wang Jiaheng to speak at this time, and hurriedly replied: "No, no!" We promise not to say it, we still have this professional ethics, as for the translation, you know, in our line of work, those with poor English skills can't get mixed up in this business, which is definitely no problem. ”

As the leader of the team, he took the brothers to endure these days, he can't think about how much he has suffered, and now his brothers are still doing their own efforts for this team, and he wants this studio to continue to last, he doesn't know what to do after the current place is gone, the word dissolution is a nightmare he doesn't want to mention and has to hold in his heart for a long time, thinking of the differences that everyone will face later, He felt a pang of pain and self-reproach in his heart.

But at this time, he didn't live up to the kindness of these brothers, and said to Li Bei with a reluctant smile: "This matter will definitely only be known to a few of us, your work is very important to us, and it can almost be regarded as our benefactor, not to mention that with the relationship between you and Yu Gongzi, we will not leak it out." As for the translation of the game, you can rest assured that we will not have any problems with this, but it will take a certain amount of time depending on the size of the game, but the general game can be completed in three or four days. When the time comes, I'll call you and tell you to come and get it. ”

"Well, okay, then I'll bother you with this." Li Beidao paused for a moment, took out a stack of money from his body and put it on the table on the side, "In addition, this is half of the advance payment for you, a total of 10,000 yuan, you better not eat those instant noodles all the time, pay attention to your body, don't break your body and can't help me do things, right?" ”

The eyes of several people on the side were a little red at this time, when had they ever met such a customer! A thing that is not difficult to give such a high reward, they took the initiative to reduce the price but did not agree, after seeing their difficulties, they left such a large deposit, and took the initiative to care about their bodies, thinking about the landlord who owed a few days before came to kill the pig-like roar, urging them to pay the money, compared to Li Bei's current care, this makes them almost a little impulsive to die for their confidants.

"Mr. Li, don't worry! We will definitely do your job well! Several people replied categorically.