Two days later, at 9 a.m.

The reporter from Xingyou.com arrived on time.

Miao Zhu went down to greet him, and a reporter and a cameraman came.

The female reporter's name is Cui Xiaonuo, who looks to be about thirty years old, and has seen a lot of mature women in the workplace.

The cameraman carries a folding tripod, a gimbal and a palm-sized camera, but he doesn't need a good body to move like Zhong Ming did in his previous life, the equipment in this world is going in the direction of miniaturization, and the quality of the recorded images is not ambiguous at all.

At the door of the Shimmer Studio, Zhong Ming greeted him at the door, and Cui Xiaonuo came up and shook Zhong Ming's hand.

"Hello Mr. Zhong! It's a pleasure for you to be interviewed by us. Cui Xiaonuo smiled.

Zhong Ming also smiled: "Please come in." ”

Invite reporters and photographers in, go to the small reception room to sit for a while, and Miao Zhu went to prepare some tea.

exchanged a few words of greeting on both sides, and quickly got to the point.

"You should be quite busy developing games here, so we won't delay, our plan is like this, first take a brief picture of the studio, and then interview two random employees, mainly to interview you." Cui Xiaonuo said.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Yes, just get this according to your plan, just interview casually." ”

"Okay, then let's go shoot some studio footage first, and then come back and interview you."

After Cui Xiaonuo finished speaking, he left the small reception room with the photographer and began to record.

The first is to come to the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Cui Xiaonuo, a reporter from Xingyou.com, and you can see that we're at the door of Shimmer Studio right now."

The photographer deliberately gave a close-up of the house number, Huanyu Grand View No. 6666, highlighting a 6.

"Speaking of Shimmer Studios, many viewers may be relatively unfamiliar, but when it comes to their games, you must have heard of them. They have developed a total of 5 games, "Latent Red Path", "Working Dog Survival Manual", "Ink and Smoke", "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and "Zodiac Guardian", which has recently received super high ratings around the world......"

Cui Xiaonuo first gave a brief introduction, and then entered the studio and began to shoot some of the situations in the studio.

For example, the distribution of workstations, how many employees there are in the studio, how many people are in each department, and so on.

I also filmed some people's daily work, such as taking pictures of the original paintings that Xiao Mu was drawing from the original painting team, filming the code being written on the program side, and fine-tuning the movements on the action art side, etc.

None of this is a trade secret, and a shot that passes in seconds is harmless.

After that, it's time to interview the staff.

Cui Xiaonuo hadn't figured out who he was going to interview, he was thinking about random interviews before, but seeing that everyone had work at hand, Cui Xiaonuo was too embarrassed to bother for a while.

Just then, a man came in through the door.

Zhou Sen.

Today he was late.

Cui Xiaonuo looked just right, this person probably doesn't have any work at hand, so he can interview it.

As soon as Zhou Sen sat down and turned on the computer, Cui Xiaonuo came over: "Hello, do you have time to answer a few questions from me?" ”

"Answering questions? I don't have time to answer questions, just fool around......" Zhou Sen didn't turn his head, and said subconsciously while still staring at the computer screen.

Suddenly, he realized that something was wrong, turned his head, and saw the camera following Cui Xiaonuo.

"You ...... Are you here for an interview? Zhou Sen suddenly realized.

Zhong Ming was notified two days ago, Zhou Sen had already forgotten about this stubble, and when he saw the reporter and camera today, he suddenly remembered, as if he had indeed said that there was an exclusive interview before!

Cui Xiaonuo smiled: "Yes, I am a reporter from Xingyou.com. ”

"Ah, you wait." Zhou Sen turned his head, took a small bag from the table, took out a small spray from it and sprayed it on his face, then took out a small comb and combed his hair, and then looked at himself in the small mirror and tidied up his collar.

"Okay, you ask." Zhou Sen smiled, revealing four teeth.

Cui Xiaonuo was watching Zhou Sen's operation on the side, and he couldn't cry or laugh, how did he feel that he had been thinking about this for a long time, the small bag on the table was obviously prepared in advance!

"What's your name, please? How long have you been at Shimmer Studios? ”

Zhou Sen smiled slightly and replied, "My name is Zhou Sen, Shimmer Studio, and I am the co-founder." I think that at the beginning, Zhong Ming and I both worked in Guangyi Mutual Entertainment, and then he found me and said that he admired me very much and wanted to pull me out to start a business together, so there is the current Shimmer Studio......"

Cui Xiaonuo was stunned, and he caught the co-founder with a quick grasp???

It's kind of awesome!

But this doesn't seem to be a co-founder at all......

Even in the very young team of Shimmer Studio, Zhou Sen belongs to the relatively young group.

"So, could you please comment on your good partner Zhong Ming?" Cui Xiaonuo asked again.

Zhou Sen said: "I think he is a very talented person, just like me. My skills must be 100% brought into play through his creativity, and it is the same when I send it, and his creativity is inseparable from my skills, and the two of us complement each other, just like the two sides of a coin are inseparable......"

After ten minutes of interviewing, the people next to Zhou Sen were desperately holding back laughter.

Cui Xiaonuo almost suffocated his internal injuries, how did he feel like he was running the train with his mouth full!

Finally, after the interview, Cui Xiaonuo decided to change his mind this time.

The old employees seem to have a bit of the nature of old fritters, although the show has a good effect, but they are full of running trains, which is not very reliable.

Let's change to a younger face.

However, this is also quite difficult, because it is difficult to determine the time of their entry by age in the Shimmer Studio, such as Zhou Sen, who looks like he is twenty-seven or eighteen, and it turns out that he is the co-founder, earlier than many employees in their thirties.

Cui Xiaonuo walked around for a while and walked to the design team.

Fu Xing'an, Jia Jia, and Wu Mingliang are not very old, relatively speaking, Fu Xing'an is the youngest.

However, among the three, Jia Jia, who does numerical values, is the youngest, because he has just graduated from graduate school, and he still dresses like a student, and he looks relatively young.

Cui Xiaonuo secretly made a decision, so he interviewed him!

"Hello, do you have time for an interview?"

Jia Jia temporarily put down the work in hand: "Yes." ”

Cui Xiaonuo said in his heart, yes, this time the candidate is okay, and the answer is very simple, not as exaggerated as the previous one.

Jia Jia gives people the impression of a typical science and engineering man, especially in mathematics, he is very calm at first glance, and his language is very concise, concise, and to the point.

"How long has it been since you joined Shimmer Studio?"

Jia Jia thought for a while: "In less than half a year, I joined in the production of "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and two games have been developed so far. ”

"How do you feel about here?"

"Feelings? I feel that the environment and atmosphere here are very good, everyone is talented, and getting along with everyone has benefited a lot, which has greatly improved me. And the team atmosphere is very harmonious, I feel like I'm at home here, I love it here. Jia Jia replied with a smile.

"Uh......" Cui Xiaonuo thought for a moment and asked again, "Then, what do you think of your producer Zhong Ming?" ”

Jia Jia said with a serious face: "I think the boss is simply an out-and-out genius!" The design of each game is very complete, so we just need to follow behind and shout 666, of course, we will also be responsible for some relatively simple work, but the overall game framework, he has already thought it through, which is what I admire the most. Many times some of his designs are incomprehensible to us, but we can make new ideas and make players especially buy them, which is the most powerful point! ”

"In the usual work, the boss also cares about his subordinates, bonuses and other things are always open, and we have flexible working hours, as long as the work tasks are completed, you can do your own things during working hours. They also took us out for a big meal every once in a while, and there were all kinds of small gifts in the company......"

"The boss is usually very serious and responsible, and I feel that he is a very pure person who makes games, without any selfish distractions, and is a role model in my life, a benchmark for struggle, and my lifelong goal is to become a producer like the boss!"

Jia Jia suddenly opened the conversation box and stunned Cui Xiaonuo for a moment.

This young man, the road is wide......

The key is that Jia Jia was very serious when he said this, so serious that Cui Xiaonuo was embarrassed to ask if this was the truth or if he was slapping the boss's ass.

"Okay, thank you very much for the interview, I hope you can achieve your dream soon!"

After interviewing Jia Jia, Cui Xiaonuo felt that it was almost over, and he might not make any trouble when he interviewed the staff again.

Since entering the door of the Shimmer Studio, Cui Xiaonuo felt that he had entered a rather strange atmosphere, looked at his watch, and even the interview was delayed, it was almost ten o'clock, and he had to hurry up to interview Zhong Ming, after all, this is the highlight of this interview.

After a turn, I returned to the small reception room.

"How's it going, did the interview go well? My employees should be the kind of employees who are very honest and honest, and they are not ambiguous about what they ask or say. Zhong Ming smiled.

Cui Xiaonuo Waterfall Khan, are you still honest?!

One has exaggerated acting skills, and the other has realistic acting skills.

Just caught the two casually, and they are both drama spirits, who can stop this!

"Okay, Mr. Zhong, let's officially start the interview. This time, part of the questions we want to ask are from Xingyou.com, and part of them are questions from netizens who are solicited, if you encounter something you don't want to answer, you can just say that the material we recorded will also be edited in the later stage. ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "Okay, you ask." ”

On Cui Xiaonuo's bracelet, there was a rough outline of the interview, she glanced at it a little, and asked: "The first question, can you briefly tell us about the decision in what state did you make when you came out to start a business and founded Shimmer Studio?" Or what drove you to do such a risky act? ”

Zhong Ming thought for a while: "At that time, I was still working as a world architect in Guangyi Mutual Entertainment. Later, I felt that the leadership ability over there was really limited, which seriously held me back, and I felt that it was more free to open my own studio. Just in time for me to win the first prize in the virtual idol competition, with the start-up funds, I simply jumped out and opened my own studio. ”

Cui Xiaonuo almost choked on a sip of tea.

The leader of Light Wing Mutual Entertainment dragged you back? How dare you say it!

This passage ...... Do you still want to cut it out? Cui Xiaonuo asked tentatively.

Zhong Ming was puzzled: "Why?" I'm telling the truth. It's not something you can't talk about. ”

"Hmm...... Okay, but did that alone make you decide to start a studio? We all know that in the current market environment, spending your own money to make an indie game is a very risky thing, so did you also experience a mental struggle at that time? ”

Cui Xiaonuo didn't ask the answer he was intending to, so he had to change the angle and emphasize it again.

This time, Zhong Ming was silent.

Cui Xiaonuo felt that he probably recalled the choices he faced during that time, recalled the setbacks and difficulties he experienced when he first founded the studio, and the confusion he had fallen into in the unknown future......

Zhong Ming paused and said: "Indeed, in the current market environment, it is very risky to spend your own money to make independent games. I've heard of many studios that were founded because of a dream and forced to disband because of reality, and they face these problems, such as shortage of capital chain, uncontrollable development cycle, employee troubles, friends turning against each other, etc., etc., etc., etc......., etc., etc."

"In fact, these are all problems that are often encountered in entrepreneurship, and I ...... Haven't experienced it. ”

Cui Xiaonuo was stunned: "Huh?? ”

Haven't experienced it yet, but it's okay? So what do you want to say with so much foreshadowing in front of you?!

A sharp turn shook Cui Xiaonuo into a daze.

"You...... Haven't experienced it yet? Cui Xiaonuo asked again.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Yes, I haven't experienced it." Shimmer Studio's first game "Latent Red Path" was done for two weeks before and after, and the cost is estimated to be hundreds of thousands, of course, the monthly turnover after the game was launched was not too high, only 10 million, and the score was okay, 9.5 points, after all, it was a text adventure game, and there were no too high requirements......"

Cui Xiaonuo: "......"

Look at it, is this talking about human words!

I did it for two weeks, the cost was hundreds of thousands, the monthly turnover was 10 million, and the score was 9.5 points!

"Later, doing "Working Dog Survival Manual" and "Ink and Smoke" was actually relatively smooth. But when I was doing "Taiwu Picture Scroll", ...... Hey, it was a ......."

As soon as Zhong Ming's words turned, Cui Xiaonuo instantly became interested and listened carefully.

Zhong Ming seemed to be recalling the mental process of developing "Taiwu Picture Scroll" before, and felt a lot of emotion: "At that time, our studio was facing a transformation, and it must be different from before. Because the previous games were developed by four people, and the content of "Taiwu Picture Scroll" is very complex, the studio began to recruit people, expanding from four people to more than 20 people. ”

"For small studios, recruitment must be a big problem, because there is no special human resources department, and there is no reputation, so many small studios can't recruit reliable employees, and they have to give a premium before they are willing to ......."

“…… However, we haven't experienced any of this either! ”

Another sharp turn, Cui Xiaonuo looked confused: "Ah? ”

"Yes, we haven't experienced it either." Zhong Ming said seriously, "I just posted a recruitment notice on the Internet, and then within a few days, I recruited employees that I was very satisfied with. ”

Cui Xiaonuo was simply powerless to complain, and the whole person had fallen into a sluggish state.

The person on the other side, why doesn't he play cards according to the routine at all?!

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