Chapter 6 Games and Psychology
In order to save electricity, Fu Ying did not turn on the company's LED ceiling light, but sat alone in front of the computer, making electronic questionnaires in the dark. However, it was not long before she deleted them all, held her head in her hands, propped her arms on the table, and closed her eyes in a little distress.
A man came to the door of the office and looked at the light in front of the computer screen with a wary expression: "Who?" ”
Fu Ying turned around and apologized slightly: "It's me." ”
The man turned on the light, and Fu Ying realized that it was the chief programmer Mo Shen.
Mo Shen has a baby face, looks quite kind and gentle, and has a special relationship with Yu Fan, who seems to be a friend who has known him for many years, and Yu Fan specially poached him from other companies.
He walked up to Fu Ying, looked at the blank document in front of her, and asked inexplicably: "I don't have much work today, everyone is going home early, what are you still doing here?" ”
Fu Ying was a little embarrassed, and muttered, "I—I'm doing a questionnaire." ”
Mo Shen got up and picked up the mobile phone that was left on his desk, walked back to Fu Ying, and knocked on the computer: "But I didn't see a word, where is the questionnaire?" ”
Fu Ying frowned, deep in distress: "I have made several versions, and I always feel that the tone is too casual, not like a formal questionnaire issued by a game company. ”
Mo Shen laughed: "Are you thinking too much of our company?" ”
"You are a veteran employee of the company, don't you think it is a great thing for our company to become the first female-oriented game company in the industry? But as a new employee, I am always afraid that I will not do well at work, and I will ruin the company's image by accident. Fu Ying herself also loves the game "The Little Prince 100%", so she is afraid of messing up.
"That's why you're so cautious about doing a survey?" Mo Shen's voice is quite gentle, even if it contains some ridicule, it will not be offensive.
Fu Ying still sensed his little malice: "Woo...... Why are you talking so poisonous, you must have stayed with Yu Fan for too long. ”
Mo Shen laughed: "I have a good relationship with him, maybe it's really the black who is close to ink." ”
"Your surname is Mo, isn't it Yu Fan who is black near ink?" Fu Ying playfully fought back, her eyes were bright, and her eyebrows were crooked, like an elf fairy.
Mo Shen was attracted by her mischievous expression, so he simply took off his coat, sat down beside her, and asked with a smile: "Come, tell me, what kind of investigation do you want to do?" ”
The backs of the two got closer and closer in front of the computer, and they discussed softly.
The next morning, Fu Ying yawned twice in front of the Flying Eagle Mansion, and the dark circles came out: "Whew...... I'm so tired......"
Yu Fan walked up to her, lowered his head and smiled and mocked: "Miss Panda, do you want to go to the zoo to sell a cute?" ”
"Boss, I'm working for you! Can you stop being sarcastic? ”
"When you have the idea of working for the company or for me, the motivation to work is at least halved."
"Then who am I working for, then?"
"For yourself."
Fu Ying lowered her head and thought about it, and felt a little unreasonable: "That's right." ”
Yu Fan rubbed her head and reproached with a little distress: "The company provides overtime pay, and it didn't let you come desperately." Got off work late yesterday? ”
Fu Ying smiled embarrassedly: "I originally wanted to get off work at 9 o'clock, but it was 11 o'clock after chatting with Mo Shen." ”
Yu Fan suddenly heard the unexpected name, and frowned: "Mo Shen is a programmer, what do you have to talk to him?" ”
"It's the questionnaire that recalls old players! He gave me a lot of advice last night, so I really want to thank him. Fu Ying didn't doubt him, so she said it casually, and she was still very grateful for the free help of the main programmer.
Yu Fan stared at the senseless little girl in front of him with an unhappy face, and asked in a low voice: "And then?" Did he send you home? ”
"Well, he took the same taxi as me and took me home first."
Yu Fan looked at her silently for two seconds, and Fu Ying looked back at him inexplicably.
"I actually know how to find foreign help." Yu Fan's voice contained a feeling of gnashing of teeth.
Fu Ying smiled and waved her hand: "I didn't take the initiative to find it." He happened to come back to get his mobile phone, and saw me pulling out my hair alone in front of the computer, embarrassed to see death. ”
"How many days have you been given the task of recalling old players?"
"Let me count, it seems like seven or eight days."
"Give you three more days and come up with results."
Fu Ying's eyes widened, and she shouted: "Three days is too short, right?" Usually I have to do tests, but I can only do this in my spare time. ”
Yu Fan looked stern: "The winter vacation is coming to an end." And, isn't there foreign aid to help you? ”
"Hey, I wouldn't have told you if I had known! Just because they helped me, you ruthlessly shortened my mission time? Fu Ying felt that she was very wronged, obviously she was using her off-duty time to plan how to recall the old players, but Yu Fan acted as if she owed him a debt.
Yu Fan took two steps forward, put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked back at her, and reminded her lightly: "Questionnaires or something, the company has done dozens of them." You have to check the player's preferences and data, and go directly to the database to call it up. ”
Fu Ying opened her mouth in surprise: "Huh?!" Didn't I do it for nothing last night? Mo Shen, why didn't he tell me? ”
Yu Fan snorted lowly: "Ill-intentioned." ”
Fu Ying held her head and was stunned in place.
Three days later, Fu Ying shook into Yu Fan's office like a ghost with dark circles under her eyes that were more serious than before.
Fu Ying lowered her head and made a very conscious action of carrying the thorns: "Boss, I'm here to take the blame." ”
Yu Fan didn't seem surprised at all: "How many old players have been recalled?" ”
Fu Ying pouted and replied hesitantly: "Mo Shen helped me use big data to count, and since this week, there are only 33 old players who have returned. ”
Yu Fan found that his friend's name was particularly harsh when it came out of Fu Ying's mouth: "How did you and Mo Shen get together?" ”
Fu Ying knocked on the table, annoyed by his carelessness: "Boss, can you please pay attention to the key points?" There are only 33 old players recalled! ”
Yu Fan's expression was indifferent: "I expected it." ”
Fu Ying was stunned for a moment, suddenly blushed, and approached him angrily: "You mean, you have long expected that I won't be able to recall a few old players?" ”
Yu Fan pointed to many colleagues outside the office, looking like an old god was there: "Don't be too sad, your predecessors have all experienced this level." ”
Fu Ying almost wanted to get angry, and after sorting out her thoughts, she clenched her hands and opened her mouth in a trembling voice: "Maybe you, as the boss, feel that this kind of test is very necessary for newcomers." But I did it with absolute seriousness, and I worked overtime for a few days in a row to find a way to recall the old players. Now, you're telling me that everything is useless, and you expected me to be bad, and I-"
Fu Ying choked up, her eyes widened, trying not to let the tears fall. This extremely uncalm look deeply shook Yu Fan, so that the latter couldn't help but look apologetic and handed out a tissue.
Seeing that she was so stubborn that she refused to reach out to take the tissue, Yu Fan couldn't help but stand up, walked to her side, and gently held Fu Ying's shoulder: "Please accept my apology." It's that I didn't take into account your feelings, you love the game deeply, and I shouldn't use your motivation to discourage you from doing things. ”
There may have been some kind of jealousy in his heart, jealousy of the friend who helped her in times of trouble.
Fu Ying took a step back lightly and looked up at him: "You said this is a novice task, I really want to show it." But—"
"It's a novice task, but it's actually a dismount I'm giving you. Because I studied psychology, many people didn't believe that I could make a good game when they came to apply. Yu Fan shrugged his shoulders, he also encountered a lot of doubts, so he would guard against others first.
"Psychology? What does gaming have to do with psychology? ”
Fu Ying's attention was diverted, and Yu Fan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that she was no longer the crying appearance of Fang Cai.
"Look, you have that question, too. Since I'm here, you have to know that the biggest difference between my game company and other companies is that I will apply a lot of psychological theories to make games and make innovations, instead of relying on plagiarism and imitation of other games to start. ”
Fu Ying showed a blank look, as if she didn't get what Yu Fan wanted to express.
"To put it simply, why can't you resist smoking the prince card when you are shy in your pocket?" Yu Fan thought about it and gave her an example.
Fu Ying thought back to her mental journey of playing the game, and replied hesitantly: "Because after this time, the event gacha prince will not be able to draw." I don't know if I'm going to wait until the Year of the Monkey in the Replica Pool, and with a bunch of princes in the Replica Pool, the chances of drawing the prince I want are even lower. ”
"Yes, that's the forbidden fruit effect. In psychology, forbidden fruit does not refer to something bad, but to a high-value item that is endowed with a scarcity that inadvertently entices others to acquire it. Yu Fan found that he liked to see her full of interest, well, a sense of accomplishment.
Yu Fan struck while the iron was hot and guided her to return: "If you use the forbidden fruit effect in the activity of recalling old players, what methods can you think of?" ”
Fu Ying was stunned for a moment, and her brain quickly turned: "I can ...... Set a time limit for those veteran players to return to the game before the end of the winter break, and if they can do so before the deadline, they can get a lot of rewards! ”
Yu Fan smiled slightly: "Smart." Is there any other way? ”
"You can also design a rare item for returning players - no, let's change it to an out-of-print item that can only be obtained during this time. It can be obtained by both new and existing players, but it will not appear again after the winter break. Fu Ying tried her best as a player to think about the most advantageous plan and measures.
Yu Fan nodded, with appreciation in his eyes: "It's creative, and I also take into account the problems that new and old players may have contradictions." ”
Fu Ying excitedly approached Yu Fan, pulled his arm and shook it twice: "Boss, since you said about the forbidden fruit effect, a lot of good ideas have come out of my head!" ”
Yu Fan touched her head: "This is the charm of psychology." It teaches you how to think, not tedious practical operations. You can use the theoretical knowledge of psychology to put into practice a thousand different recall scenarios. ”
Fu Ying stuck out her tongue, a little frightened: "Thousands of kinds...... I can't do it, I'm not genius material. ”
"Backed down so quickly?"
"Nope! This time, I will definitely do my best! The Novice Quest must be successfully completed. ”
Yu Fan looked at her energetic appearance, and couldn't help but warn her: "One thing I want to remind you is that many of our players are primary and secondary school students, and they may save lunch money and pocket money to draw cards. ”
Fu Ying nodded heavily, as if she had re-acquainted herself with Yu Fan, and looked at him with a radiant expression: "Boss, hearing now, your words are the most heartwarming to me!" Thank you for always putting yourself in the player's shoes and thinking so much about the player. Just because there are such good games and such good companies, I think I can liver for another 100 years! ”
Yu Fan was almost certain that she was talking about "another hundred years of liver" instead of "another hundred years of work", and couldn't help but wonder if her game liver was really so strong?
He coughed lightly: "Don't you don't make me look like an old man." Now that you've thought of several recall options, make a report and let your colleagues evaluate it, and implement it if you can! ”
Fu Ying nodded happily: "Yes!" ”
When she walked to the door of the office, she was stopped by Yu Fan again.
"That...... Don't give Mo Shen an assessment, he's busy with the program. Go and communicate with Mao Buling, he used to be the master planner, and he has a very good set of activities. Yu Fan pretended to be serious, "Mo Shen is very busy, don't bother him", only he knows that he doesn't want the girl to get too close to Mo Shen, who is like the big brother next door.
"Uncle Cat? He used to be the main planner?! ”
Yu Fan was stabbed by her again, and he was angry: "When did you not know Mao well enough to call him a nickname?" ”
Fu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then replied with the question: "Uh...... That's what everyone calls it, and I'll just go with the flow. ”
Yu Fan complained in a dissatisfied voice: "It's really not to be taken lightly. ”
Fu Ying waved at him: "Boss, I'm out, thank you for your teaching." ”
Yu Fan gritted his teeth: "Hmph, just take care of the distance from me getting farther and farther." ”
He picked up his mobile phone, used the mobile phone screen as a mirror, and looked at his appearance: "Has your hair not been cut recently?" That girl is yours at every turn, and people are panicked when they hear it. ”
"Boss, I have something I want to ask-" The tester Zhou Xin came up to report the test, and saw that the door was open, and Fu Ying had just left, so he walked in without thinking, and happened to see Yu Fan's narcissistic behavior of using the mobile phone screen as a mirror.
Yu Fan glared at him, and Zhou Xin quickly retreated.
"Comrades, do you know what I just saw? Boss, he-"
Zhou Xin is a loud voice again, even in the office, Yu Fan can hear his words clearly.
Yu Fan covered his face, looking speechless and speechless.