Xinhai City, Old Town, Jinshan Community.

The cheesy name of the neighborhood is a community built more than 20 years ago, and the residential buildings in the community look quite dilapidated, and most of the people living here are now elderly and low-income people.

This area is the old part of Xinhai City, and several neighborhoods were developed decades ago, and it is quite popular because of its proximity to the city center. Like Jinshan Community, there have been several rumors of demolition and relocation, but there has been no follow-up for various reasons.

At 6:30 in the morning, several breakfast shops near the community have opened, and many people who go to the morning shift are already eating breakfast here.

A young man wearing a crumpled shirt and fair skin walked into a snack bar, and the busy boss saw the young man coming, and without waiting for the young man to speak, he directly and enthusiastically shouted: "A bowl of tofu brain, add more soy sauce." ”

After that, the boss took out three buns from the steamer, sent them to the young man's table, and said, "Xiao Su, it's so early today." ”

The young man's name is Su Li, twenty-five years old, his skin is very white, but his face is covered with stubble, and his hair is a little messy, and he looks like he hasn't cleaned up for two days.

This snack bar is a famous old shop here, the owner has been selling breakfast here for 30 years, and it is a neighbor of Su Li, who has been making breakfast here before going to college, so he is quite familiar with the boss.

However, after Su Li went to college, there were fewer comes.

Recently, however, he has returned to his hometown, and he habitually comes here for breakfast.

Su Li took a bite of the bun, then yawned.

There is no doubt that Su Li stayed up late again.

The old town is characterized by a lot of acquaintances, and it didn't take long for several tables to sit in the snack bar. The bosses greeted them one after another, and they all seemed to be acquaintances, and some of them still knew each other.

Several elderly people sat together, chatting about their parents' shortcomings, and from time to time their eyes drifted to Su Li.

At this time, the boss was also idle, he was chatting with people, pointed at Su Li, and said enthusiastically: "This is my old neighbor's son, Xiao Su, who is a top student of Tsinghua University, and later went to the United States to study, you say it's not amazing." ”

Su Li heard the boss talking about himself, raised his head, and smiled a little shyly.

The boss then said to an old lady: "I said, haven't you been in a hurry to find someone for your granddaughter to go on a blind date recently, I think Xiao Su is good, with high education and talent." ”

The old lady glanced at Su Li, and a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, but when she saw Su Li's appearance, she skipped a trace of disdain.

But I have to admit that Su Li's appearance is really not good now.

Su Li also admitted this, but when he went out, he was hungry and panicked, and he thought that he would go home to sleep after eating, so he didn't clean himself up.

Hearing the boss's talk about Tsinghua University's top students, studying in the United States, everyone in the snack bar couldn't help but look at Su Li, and those who had good deeds asked: "Oh, it's so powerful, what does the young man do?" ”

Without waiting for Su Li to answer, a strange voice came from the corner of the snack bar: "What kind of work can he do, he doesn't know what to do when he stays at home every day, and he doesn't look like him, he is good at reading, but I'm afraid I'm stupid to read." ”

Su Li followed the prestige, and a menopausal woman in her fifties glanced at Su Li and said proudly.

Hearing this, the old lady who was still looking at Su Li immediately withdrew her gaze and stared at the food on her plate without squinting.

Su Li is no stranger to this menopausal woman, who lives in the same building as him and has a son who is about the same age as himself.

However, her son has never been able to study, and after finishing high school, he can only work part-time. Su Li knew that this was a pimple for this vain menopausal woman who loved to compare, and every time she saw herself, she felt a little resentful, and felt that she had lost face.

Now that Su has returned to her hometown after studying abroad, she has stayed at home and has no job, which makes her a little angry, and she wants to disgust herself when she finds an opportunity.

Everyone in the snack bar was quiet, but the eyes that looked at Su Li were a little strange, in the minds of these people, it was a very embarrassing thing to have a high education like Su Li but not a job.

The boss glanced at Su Li apologetically, he didn't expect that he would give Su Li a little cold words in one sentence, and he was a little reluctant.

Su Li smiled at the boss, and after eating the steamed buns and tofu brains, he took out a little change and put it on the table.

When Su Li was about to walk out of the snack bar, he turned around and said to the menopausal woman with a smile: "Auntie, I was quite familiar with your child Xiao Li when I was a child, I have to remind you here, now that the construction industry is in a recession, your son is still very hard in the construction site, but you have to be careful not to be dragged by the foreman." ”

Then he paused, and then pretended to be sincere: "When you ask for wages, be careful not to be beaten." ”

After that, Su Li went straight out of the snack bar and went home, deaf to the shrews scolding the street from behind.

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Back at home, Su Li sorted out the results of his night's work, checked his mailbox again, and after confirming that there were no new emails, he fell asleep.

Although Su Li did not go to work, he had his own job.

Indie game producer.

An indie game producer who is quite hard-working, single-handed, and doesn't have much fame.

For Su Li, the gaming career is his life's pursuit, and he has been fascinated by it since he first came into contact with the games on FC that now seem very rudimentary.

During the college entrance examination, Su Li entered the computer department of Tsinghua University with high scores. After graduating with honors, Su Li turned down offers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and other top universities in the world to major in CS, and chose Game Center at New York University to study game design.

This is his choice to pursue his dream, and making an epoch-making game is the ideal he pursues.

After graduating from NYU, Su Li gave up the opportunity to join a major game company and chose to become an independent game producer.

In order to reduce living expenses, Su Li returned to his hometown and lived in this old house. Su Li's parents bought a new house a few years ago, and this old house has been renting out, and at Su Li's request, he has lived here alone since he returned from the United States, and it is also his studio.

Indie games are definitely an extremely difficult road in today's environment, full of unknowns and risks.

Especially in China, the atmosphere of the game industry here is even more unsuitable for independent game producers than in Europe and the United States.

But Su Li doesn't care about this, he just wants to make a game of his own, a game that can bring happiness to people, not a money game that is bound by words such as profit points, retention rate, and monthly flow.

However, even if it is an independent game, there are few people who fight alone like Su Li.

The game is a very systematic project, even if it is a small indie game.

If you don't find outsourcing, it means that Su Li has to solve a series of complicated tasks such as programming, art, music, UI, and copywriting by himself.

Over the years, Su Li has been preparing to be a qualified game producer, in addition to the best program, he also studied art, music, UI design, etc., although not as good as professionals, but at least barely useful.

For an indie game, the most important thing is the producer's whimsical ideas and interesting designs. No one is critical of the graphics or the music of an indie game.

The first game made by Su Li is a pixel-style side-scrolling game, and the design of the levels is quite exquisite, although the game content is not much, but the evaluation is good. He released the game on Steam, and the income he earned was enough to make ends meet.

In the past few months, in addition to updating his first game, designing new levels, fixing bugs, etc., Su Li is worrying about what he should do next.