Chapter 48: The Game Producer

Friday, December 3, 2011 at 2 p.m.

Xue Kui sat in his own office, comfortably leaning on a chair and swiping his mobile phone, and after a while, Gu Shanyao knocked on the door and came in to tell him that those who had passed the interview in the morning had come over one after another and were ready to sign a contract.

Xue Kui took out a list form from the table, on which were written the salary conditions he offered to those who were hired: "Prepare contracts for them according to this standard." ”

After Gu Shanyao took the paper out of the office door, she carefully began to look at the list.

The list is mainly divided into: name, age, position, salary conditions.

There are 40 names on the list, from top to bottom:

"Li Xiang, 24 years old, game producer, monthly salary 4500."

"Sun Wencheng, 24 years old, game planner, monthly salary of 5,000."

……

"He Mao, 38 years old, game programmer, monthly salary 7,000."

"Zhao Hao, 39 years old, game programmer, monthly salary 7000."

……

"Xu Shuai, 19 years old, game tester, monthly salary 4000."

After reading the entire list, she had a not-so-good feeling in her heart.

Why is the salary of a game producer not as high as that of a game planner?

Game programmers turned out to be the highest-paid of all??

Shouldn't game producers be the highest-paid ones!

This was just one of the things that she couldn't understand the most.

And why are the people on this list all around 24 years old, could they be too young and lack work experience?

And what about a 19-year-old game tester?

One question after another appeared in Gu Shanyao's mind.

Beyond these issues, her primary concern is staffing.

Of the more than 20 people I screened, only 5 were left in the end?

In addition to these 5 people, the remaining 35 people were all determined by Xue Kui.

According to her experience, each of the more than 20 people screened by her has a very rich resume, and the resume is also very serious, which can be seen that these have a considerable degree of professionalism.

She didn't think that these 20 or so people were all admitted, but at least about half of them were admitted.

But the final result surprised her a little - only 5 of the group of people in their thirties and forties with work experience remained?

Since she didn't receive resumes from the other 35 and didn't participate in the final interview process, she didn't know much about the other 35.

This couldn't help but make her curious, what criteria does Xue always use to choose people?

Could it be that these 35 young people with an average age of less than 24 years old are all at a high level?

She didn't come from a game background, and she wasn't very familiar with the game industry, so she didn't speculate too much.

To be able to give such a high salary, I think these people have something extraordinary!

She convinced herself.

Still, an astonishing idea popped into her head.

It won't be Mr. Xue who spends a lot of money to hire a bunch of incapable people to work, right?

She was almost amused by her own out-of-tune thoughts, and hurriedly covered her mouth lightly to prepare the contract to prevent others from seeing it.

After a while, Gu Shanyao prepared the contract according to the requirements on the list, and then handed it to Xue Kui.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Xue Kui began to formally sign contracts with each new employee.

The first is Li Xiang.

"Congratulations, Li Xiang, welcome to join us No Return Technology Co., Ltd." Xue Kui greeted Li Xiang warmly.

"Thank you Mr. Xue for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely work hard to do a good job!" Before coming in, Li Xiang learned Xue Kui's name, and imagined a serious looking boss who exuded the coercion of his superiors sitting in the office with a little nervousness, however, what he didn't expect was that Xue Kui, the boss of the company, turned out to be the interviewer who interviewed him in the morning!

"Based on the resume you provided, as well as the brief presentation in the morning, I think you're a good fit for the role of 'Game Producer.'" Xue Kui took out the contract about the game producer from the contract and put it in front of Li Xiang.

I applied for a game tester, so why did I suddenly become a game producer???

That's the guy who is responsible for a game from start to finish!

How can I do this???

Isn't this nonsense?

Li Xiang suddenly felt a huge pressure, about the position of 'game producer', he had also checked before, knowing that this position is very important, it can be said to be the core of determining whether a game can sell well.

The game producer is the chief designer who grasps the direction of a game's design, gameplay, and core target groups. The people who can take on this position are all high-level people who have a high understanding of the general trends of the game industry as a whole, the interests of players, and the current level of game production.

Like the well-known game producers that Xue Kui knew before he crossed: Hideo Kojima, Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideki Kamiya, Silk Mikami, and G Fat, etc., each of them is well-known all over the world, and the games they make are also popular all over the world.

Every game has a game producer, but not every game producer gets the same achievements as they do.

And Li Xiang, as an otaku who only knows how to play games, which point is worthy of the position of game producer?

No!

Xue Kui accurately grasped Li Xiang's advantage and decided to hand over this most important position to him.

Let a bastard be a game producer, it's exciting to think about!

"Mr. Xue, I don't think I'm capable of holding such an important position." Li Xiang is very clear about his ability and thinks that he is not capable of holding such a heavy position.

"Don't you think." Xue Kui spoke.

He straightened up and said seriously, "Do you think I look like the boss of a company?" ”

Hearing Xue Kui's rhetorical question, Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, unable to understand what the other party was going to say.

was preconceived by Xue Kui's identity as the boss before, so he always thought about Xue Kui with his attitude towards the boss. And now, when he was asked by Xue Kui, his thinking also changed a little, and he began to analyze it from another angle: Mr. Xue looks younger than me, and he is very easy-going in his speech, there is no arrogance, he seems to do things according to his feelings, and let me be a game producer...

After analyzing it, Li Xiang found that Xue Kui was drifting away from the stereotype of the boss in his mind.

How can a boss faint enough to make him, a newcomer, a game producer?

Isn't this the obvious rhythm of finishing the calf?

Li Xiang was silent, not knowing how to answer, he had been dealing with games for many years, so he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Just say 'not like'?

That's not the platform for demolishing the boss?

But when he said 'like', it seemed to be a bit against his will, and he couldn't open his mouth.

For a while, he was a little entangled, and could only remain silent awkwardly.

Seeing Li Xiang like this, Xue Kui didn't embarrass him, and said for him: "At the beginning, I didn't believe that I could be the boss of a company. ”

"You've heard of "The Long Balance Beam" and "The Phantom Show", right?" Xue Kui asked.

"I've heard of it." Li Xiang nodded.

"I did." Xue Kui said a little indifferently.