Silence, dead silence.

The huge conference room was a little depressed at this time, which made people panic.

Yang Ying and the chief planner Cheng and others looked at each other, looking nervous, and did not dare to look at Mr. An.

They crossed their hands under the conference table and kept swinging them to relieve the tension.

Now, in the entire conference room, it is estimated that even a pin can be heard when it falls on the ground.

Yang Ying was a little apprehensive at this time.

Half an hour ago, Mr. An suddenly notified all the main personnel of the jump group on the company's intranet to go to the conference room for a meeting.

The smell of command revealed between the lines made Yang Ying sigh in his heart.

Dark Dao shouldn't be the only new game that makes Mr. An unhappy

Actually, it's not hard to imagine... As a competitor in the industry, Unlimited Internet Entertainment has made a palace-level "Control Failure" with the standards of cooperative small factories, and has sold 2.79 million sets that no one has been able to compare so far.

With such an explosive result, how can the top management of technical games be comfortable?

Seeing that the opponent makes money and earns green muscles, that feeling, don't mention it.

So, with a nervous mood, Yang Ying took a pen and paper and rushed to the conference room with the chief planner Cheng and others.

As a result, it was half an hour to sit.

During this period, Mr. An didn't say a word, just looked at the laptop on the main seat with an ugly face.

Yang Ying and several colleagues exchanged glances with each other, and sighed slightly in their hearts.

It's obviously the calm before the storm

I called for a meeting and didn't say anything, I'm still busy...

Just when he was thinking this, Mr. An, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

"Yang Gong, tell me, where is the game you are responsible for now."

This sentence is not a rhetorical question or inquiry, but a question full of class gap and cold taste.

And when he spoke, Mr. An always looked at the laptop and did not look up at the few people under the table.

Its attitude speaks for itself.

He was dissatisfied!

But Yang Ying is also very confused and helpless, other people's games are popular, what kind of face are you putting on for us here?

Didn't we do our job well?

"This. Mr. An, the progress is normal, and it is still under stable development. ”

After Mr. An heard this, he immediately spoke coldly.

Its head, unchanged, was not raised.

"Yes, come and tell me, how long will you be stable?"

Yang Ying was speechless for a moment, and looked at several colleagues, not knowing how to answer.

"Huh?"

Seeing that no one responded, Mr. An questioned loudly, which greatly increased the pressure on Yang Ying and the others under the table.

"Mr. An. Yes, according to the plan, the game has 12 levels. But now, 9 levels have been made. And."

"Get it done in two months."

Without waiting for Yang Ying to finish speaking, Mr. An's undoubted tone made several people in the meeting dumbfounded.

Yang Ying, in particular, stood up even more anxiously.

"Mr. An An, no, you listen to me."

At this time, Mr. An raised his head slightly and looked at the few people under the table.

Although he didn't say anything, his expression was obviously signaling Yang Ying to say something quickly.

Yang Ying paused, first glanced at a few colleagues with embarrassed faces, and then organized his speech in his heart.

Then, he looked at Mr. An

"Mr. An. That's right, our company's game doesn't mean that the level is finished and the finished product is finished, it's just the level. Later on, there is the model, art, music and sound effects, as well as testing, tweaking, optimizing values, and other post-production work to be done, which will take time. Two months is really."

Yang Yingzheng was saying that, but was interrupted by Mr. An raising his hand.

"Yang Gong, how long ago was that project in your hand? If I'm not mistaken, before the project was established, the production team of Infinite Net Entertainment shouldn't have released a new work of what kind of sky or something, right? ”

"Now they're out of the Sky games, and even Control Failure is out. Your Bloody Scientist, the level is not finished yet? ”

"Explain?"

Mr. An's words carried a suffocating oppression, which made Yang Ying and the others hang their heads with bitter faces.

This question, he has explained before.

The game is done so fast, it's obviously a team of 100 people.

And they jumped group, there were only 32 people.

Some time ago, there were even 3 left, including the level designer, and there were only 29 people left in the group.

As a result, they are now developing and recruiting at the same time, and they are very busy, and they often work overtime to catch up with the schedule.

As a result, Mr. An actually thought that they were making slow progress!?

Yang Ying sighed in his heart.

The problem of game progress, in fact, is not slow.

The reason why Mr. An feels slow is because of the surprising frequency of the other party's new works, which has led to a misunderstanding.

In addition, Mr. An is anxious for quick success and quick profit, and wants to give priority to seizing the market, so his mentality is unstable.

But game production can't be done in one step, it's a time-consuming process.

If you have enough people, you can improve your progress.

But now it's just not enough...

Previously, in order to make up for the loss of "Jungle Horror".

So "Bloody Scientist" has become a key project of the company, and the requirement is high quality.

But if you want to achieve high quality, you naturally need a lot of people.

The 29 people in my group have been working overtime day and night, and it is already good to be able to do this.

If you have to estimate the completion date, I'm afraid it will take another half a year...

And there is no guarantee of quality!

But Yang Ying didn't dare to say that it was a manpower problem...

Because of problems like this, the company has delegated authority to the heads of each production team to be responsible.

If you lack someone, recruit it yourself, as long as you think it's suitable, the company doesn't care.

But if you dare to tell me that you are understaffed, that's your problem. Because I gave you power, you didn't use it yourself.

Yang Ying, as the person in charge of the jumping group, is usually too busy with work, and he only occasionally looks at the recruitment of people.

Therefore, it is not easy to talk to Mr. An about the shortage of manpower.

This is indeed his problem.

Thinking of this, for a while, Yang Ying seemed a little silent.

Seeing this, Mr. An snorted coldly, and guessed something in his heart.

"When I had a meeting before, I had already told the other groups to help them with the development, but there was no movement?"

Yang Ying opened his mouth and was speechless for a while.

Other groups also have their own projects, so how can they put aside their own things to help others complete their work?

Isn't that pure?

Although Mr. An has strong marketing capabilities, he is really an outsider in game development

"That's how Mr. An. The other groups have projects in charge, and in order not to affect them, we are fully responsible for them within our own group."

"Not hiring?"

Mr. An frowned and stared at Yang Ying, so that the latter did not dare to look directly.

"Recruited. But many of the applicants did not meet the requirements. The screened resume also failed because of interview questions"

"So you're going on like this? Well? ”

Mr. An's tone suddenly turned cold, and his expression was extremely impatient.

"You take some time to come out and recruit a group of people to come in to complete the work, won't this matter be implemented? If you take the time to do this first, will you also improve the overall work efficiency earlier? Improve your progress? ”

"As a result, you have to be busy on both sides, and both sides have not been implemented, is this your problem?"

"Do you know what's going on in the company right now? Watching other people's things make money one after another in vain. We have the strength, but we can only stare dryly, and we can't do anything. ”

"Right now, in the whole industry, as far as I know, there are four companies developing horror games, including Infinity Entertainment's own internal working group."

"If we don't move quickly, what are we going to eat when someone else comes in with the product?"

Yang Ying was helpless, glanced at Mr. An, and groaned with difficulty.

"Mr. An. You're right, but I didn't do it well. I'll take some time to come out and get this done. But even then, 2 months is not enough."

"You said at the beginning that Bloody Scientist is a word-of-mouth game, and it doesn't require good sales, only quality. So our focus is on quality. But now the time is too rushed, I'm afraid that the quality is not up to par, and then the sales and reputation will collapse."

After hearing this, Mr. An shook his head.

"So, you have to give me a guarantee of quality, but also give me the time to finish the game."

"Huh?"

Yang Ying was stunned, and even the main Cheng Zhumei and others beside him were also stunned, as if they had heard something incredible.

"Mr. An An. This and this"

"What, there's a problem?"

Mr. An covered the laptop and looked directly at Yang Ying, making the latter open his mouth wide and speechless.

Even what I wanted to say was swallowed raw.

Mr. An frowned, looked at a few people, and shook his head.

"I'm not making games, and I don't play these things. But at the end of the day, a game is a product. ”

"Since it's a product, whether it's good or bad, it can meet the needs of a part of the population. Therefore, the target users of our products are also those who have needs, not everyone. ”

"Therefore, it is impossible for everyone to like our products. However, we can screen out the 'core users' that we need and can bring us word of mouth and benefits from 'everyone'. ”

"See what I mean?"

Yang Ying and the others looked at each other again, and they listened with a confused expression.

Mr. An, on the other hand, continued to speak in a deep voice.

"Although I don't know about games, I can still give you a suggestion through marketing strategies."

"The game is not finished, it doesn't matter. Shorten the process, compress the script, and release the finale in advance. Didn't you say you made it to level 9? Then take the 10th level as the end, and the remaining two levels, don't do it. ”

"You have to understand that the essence of a game is a product for people to use. In today's society, everyone is busy with a fast-paced life. Short and precise things are the mainstream in line with the current environment. Something that lasts forever, in fragmented time, will only wear out patience and energy. ”

"That's why I've been insisting on recommending to the board of directors that the transition to mobile and web games should be made instead of these money-burning and time-consuming computer games."

"You know a lot of big companies, including foreign companies. In order to get the game out on schedule, do you have to delete resources and shorten the process? If others can do it, why can't you? ”

"What's the use of your game being so long that others can't finish it? When the time comes, they will say that the game is not good, so that others can't play. ”

"It's better to take out your phone and play a simple and easy mobile game, or a web game that can be played automatically with a single click."

"So, the company wants you to make short and concise high-quality computer games to seize the market. It's not the kind of game that takes care of the player's feelings and caters to the player's taste. Can it be done by shortening the process, ending it early, and recruiting a group of people to come in and polish the existing things? ”

Yang Ying was so stupid that he almost vomited three liters of blood.

It turns out that Mr. An is biased against stand-alone games!

What he wants is a 'consumable game' like a mobile game with fast revenue and high results!

No wonder... It's no wonder that the company recently bought the rights to the hottest anime adaptation in Toei Kingdom.

It turned out that he was preparing to make a hit in the mobile game market!

"Mr. An An. If you shorten the process, there will be a clear disconnect in the game's plot, and the player will feel that the end is very abrupt."

When Mr. An heard this, he waved his hand impatiently.

"Change the ending to be open-ended, reserve a bit of suspense, and let those who play the game know that the story is not over yet, and there will be a follow-up. If this game sells well, then a sequel will be released to complete the plot. If it doesn't sell well, the IP will be put away first, and new IPs will be developed, or IPs will be acquired. ”

"Yang Gong, you have been in the company for so many years, do you still need me to teach you this kind of thing?"

"The company values sales volume and is a means of making profits. And not what a comfortable experience for those groups to play games! How much can someone else's experience bring you? Games are just products, just sell them when they are done, do you care what those guys think about playing games? ”

"It's true that in order to enter the horror game market at the moment, we need that group of people who play games. But don't forget that the company itself has the qualifications and funds to seize the market. The reason why you want word of mouth is nothing more than to get off to a good start. ”

"I don't want to talk about it anymore, and in two months, the game will be released. During this period, I will hold a game conference and invite the media and partners of the game industry to come and attend. Then, I also learned from unlimited online entertainment to entertain them, and did a pre-sale pre-broadcast to attract attention. ”

"This game company doesn't care about how many sales, it cares about word of mouth. We want to let the group of people who play games know that we also have horror games that we can handle! ”

"I hope you can think more about the company."

A long time ago, someone questioned when Mr. An first appeared, is there really such a high-level in reality? I gotta say, yes. In addition, this chapter draws on KONAMI.

(End of chapter)