"Hello, hello."

Gu Zefeng was a little flattered, and hurriedly greeted each other with both hands, and the two shook their hands and patted their shoulders, as if they were very affectionate for a while.

"It's our honor that the two Gu presidents are willing to patronize us, and it really makes the society shine......

Gu Zefeng said with a smile: "Mr. Cai, you have such a good relationship with our family, you don't need to see each other like this!" ”

"Haha, since Gu Gongzi is so open, I won't say anything about the scene, but what I just said is all from my heart, just from my heart, hahaha......"

The two met when they were children, and it was the kind of relationship that grabbed toys and made each other cry, and after three or two sentences, the relationship quickly warmed up, and the smirk overflowing on each other's faces without temperature could freeze tilapia hard.

Gu Yuqing glanced at Cai Zhenyi's behind, several employees were in order, and the faint stars holding the moon highlighted Cai Zhenyi's C position, which was very ceremonial.

It can be seen that Cai Zhenyi did not rely on Gu Zongyan's approval to be pampered and proud of the relationship between the two families, and took the studio cadres out of the door to greet her, giving her enough face.

At least it's much more elaborate than Chen Ya's really "pampered and arrogant" guy.

But this position, Gu Yuqing felt ...... It's a bit of a second-class suspicion, and for an enterprise in the IT industry, the bureaucratic atmosphere is too heavy.

The employees on Chen Ya's side are more youthful and not so slippery, giving people a more "geek" feeling.

"Let's talk inside."

Gu Yuqing and his entourage entered the door together. Donghuang Qixing obviously has high hopes for this studio, and allocated a four-story single-family office building for them as an office building, with an estimated annual rent of tens of thousands.

Passing by the cold reception hall on the first floor, they didn't get on the elevator due to the need to visit, entered the stairs through the side door, stepped on the soft orange carpet, and went all the way to the second floor.

As soon as I arrived on the second floor, a wave of heat mixed with the breath of many people hit my face.

In front of me were countless rows of long desks, each with more than a dozen computers, half of which were seated and the other half empty.

Cai Zhenyi stretched out his hand as he walked and introduced:

"Our main office area is on the second and third floors, and there are a total of 300 workstations on the two floors, and we are still recruiting, and the goal is to fill these 300 workstations and add 100 more workstations."

Gu Zefeng was dumbfounded and asked, "Mr. Cai's studio, the development team has 400 people!?" ”

"Yes," Cai Zhenyi said, looking quite proud, "We Donghuang Qixing have quite mature project management experience, and a development team of 400 people, I think it is appropriate for our game." ”

After Gu Yuqing saw Cai Zhenyi, she finally asked for the first time, "How long is your game development cycle?" ”

"One year."

Gu Zefeng was surprised again: "A year? Is it so fast? ”

"Well, this is also the deadline we set in the spirit of being responsible to investors." Cai Zhenyi said.

"This game has a huge span from our previous game genres, and it was an adventure for both the company and me. We hope to make the results visible to the headquarters and investors in the shortest possible time. ”

Gu Zefeng frustrated his hand and said: "I can't wait to see what Mr. Cai's new tour is like." ”

After visiting the entire studio, Gu Yuqing found that the title of "studio" had left a wrong impression on her before, causing her to underestimate Donghuang Qixing's determination this time.

The development team of 400 people and the independent office building have made a lot of investment in the early stage.

According to this posture, if the average monthly turnover of their games is not higher than 30 million, the head of the studio will have to apologize for his own crimes.

After turning around the development office area, I went to the reception hall to have a discussion. Cai Zhenyi invited an inch-headed man to come over, saying that he was the master planner of the game and asked him to introduce the content of the game.

The game master looked around forty years old, his face was slightly dark, he looked quite honest, he didn't talk much and concisely, he held a laser pointer in his hand, turned on the projection and started talking directly.

He clicked on the PPT, and several image designs and map designs of the protagonist appeared in the picture, and the painting style was two-dimensional, which looked quite exquisite.

"The tentative name of our game is "The Heart of Gangenir", of course, the name is only tentative, and it will definitely change after it is launched, telling the story of an adventurer who travels to the continent of Calradi in another world and gradually explores the mysteries of the world......"

Hearing this, Gu Zefeng couldn't help but yawn.

Cai Zhenyi interrupted the main planner: "You just talk about the key points, there is no need to introduce the background." ”

The main planner jumped two pages and introduced: "The core of our game's gameplay and profit is card drawing, we borrowed from "Zelda: Legends of the Wild" and "Demon Original Sin" to design a set of environmental interaction systems, such as water and ice will make the environment freeze, and wind and fire will make the whole area catch fire......"

Gu Zefeng nodded, he didn't know anything about these things, and he didn't feel anything. Gu Yuqing was greatly shaken.

This idea came to mind with Chen Ya.

The only difference is that one is the elemental reaction between the characters, and the other adds the map interaction mechanic - which is more similar to Tales of the Wild.

Sure enough, as Chen Ya said, everyone is learning "Legends of the Wild", and their ideas will inevitably converge.

"And what's the point of your design?" Gu Yuqing asked.

The master planner opened his mouth, he didn't expect Gu Yuqing to ask such a question, he thought about it before he said:

"In terms of gameplay, it encourages players to explore multiple ways to solve problems, and our game will have two elements: adventure and survival, and in the process, different elements can be used to interact to achieve the goal."

Gu Yuqing nodded, and the master planner continued:

"From an operational point of view, players need to have multiple characters in order to have enough means to solve various puzzles and play more 'comfortably', which in turn increases players' desire to draw cards."

Gu Zefeng asked, "Then how much can it be improved?" ”

This question will not be able to rectify the main strategy, he opened his mouth for a long time and was speechless, Cai Zhenyi waved his hand, motioned for him to hand the electric pen to himself, and said:

"I'll tell you about it."

Cai Zhenyi, who took over the scene, crossed his legs, sat on the sofa, pressed PPT continuously, and finally fixed on the table full of data, and said:

"I won't introduce much in terms of gameplay, mainly in terms of benefits, as I just said, our team of 400 people, the plan is a one-year development cycle, and the benefits are ......."

Although Cai Zhenyi is a practitioner in the gaming industry, he is more of a speculator at heart.

He is not a professional in areas of expertise such as gameplay and design, and he is not interested, he is only interested in the benefits of the game.

How much to invest, how much to get back, what is the rate of return, and how long is the game lifecycle...... His focus is all on these areas.

In short, he just doesn't care about the game itself, he cares if the game makes money or not.

Cai Zhenyi said for a long time, and Gu Yuqing probably understood.

In Cai Zhenyi's game, there is a "temple" similar to the temple in "Tales of the Wild".

Players can team up to challenge the "Temple Boss" together, so as to obtain the corresponding character's exclusive weapons and skill fragments, and develop the character.

Each version introduces a brand new Sanctuary, and in order to pass through the Sanctuary, players must go online every day to build up their combat power.

Of course, krypton can improve the efficiency of the liver and allow the team to form faster.

In addition, the "shouting" function in the game (that is, the small speaker that speaks on the world channel), guilds, fashion, etc., all require kryptonite.

After listening to it, Gu Yuqing had a feeling: This is an online game version of "Legend of the Wilderness", which is stuffed with krypton gold dots.

Like other games of Donghuang Seven Stars, it is also similar to the online games of other major manufacturers.

Most of the domestic online games are played in this way: forcing players to go online every day to clear their physical strength and play dungeons, using social networking to stabilize and stabilize the player base, and each version launches new krypton gold points to lure players to spend.

After making a profit from the previous version of Kryptonite, then develop the next version and iterate infinitely.

If the old players are gradually lost, start a wave of activities, spend some promotion funds, and attract a group of new players to come in.

Until the end of the game, the loss of players is almost exhausted, and the operation can no longer continue, so the service is closed and disbanded, and the next project is started.

Donghuang Seven Stars started with this style of play, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly.

The difference is that this time they have entered the "two-dimensional" field, which is completely different from the market crowd they faced before.

That's why Cai Zhenyi said that the company's decision this time is a risky behavior, and they need to see the return as soon as possible.

This can't help but make Gu Yuqing think of Chen Ya, compared to the style of play recommended by Donghuang Qixing, his concept of "paying for love" is more like pinning his hopes on the feelings of players.

From the player's point of view, Gu Yuqing certainly hopes that the games are the kind developed by Chen Ya.

But from the perspective of investors, Gu Yuqing feels that Donghuang Qixing's way is more reliable.

Because the core of the concept of "paying for love" includes "you can play without paying", from the player's point of view, since you can play without paying, why pay?

White prostitution is human nature.

Gu Yuqing's brows were tightly knit here, and she was worried, while Gu Zefeng was having a happy chat with Cai Zhenyi over there.

When the two of them left the perfect studio, Gu Yuqing suddenly turned around and asked Cai Zhenyi: "Mr. Cai, ask you one last thing." ”

"Yuqing, just ask, I know everything." Cai Zhenyi said gently.

"What are your criteria for recruiting employees?"

Cai Zhenyi raised his eyebrows and said: "The most basic requirement is that double first-class graduates, employment experience is preferred." ”

Gu Yuqing asked: "Didn't you transfer from the other game departments of Donghuang Seven Stars?" ”

"Absolutely." Cai Zhenyi patted the shoulder of the chief planner next to him and said, "Like our planner Zhang, he was transferred from the "Chaos" project team. ”

Gu Yuqing nodded and didn't say anything. The expression of the planner Zhang seemed to be a little helpless, and he didn't know what was inside.

……

After Gu Yuqing dealt with the company's affairs, she turned her head and went to Chen Ya's side, and finished talking to him about the "enemy situation", after listening to the last sentence, Gu Yuqing asked the other party about the recruitment standards for employees, Chen Ya smiled.

"Why are you still asking them this? Isn't that a deliberate attempt to be a spy on my side? ”

Gu Yuqing glanced at him and said, "You belong to a typical example of being cheap and obedient, isn't it good to have me as a spy for you?" Still pretentious? ”

"It's not hypocrisy, it's caring about you, I'm afraid you'll be exposed."

After Chen Ya finished speaking, Gu Yuqing asked with a straight face: "By the way, what are your criteria for recruiting employees?" I see your new hires, there's everyone. ”

In her mind, compared with what she had seen and heard in the Perfect Studio, she faintly felt a little worried about Chen Ya's side.

"We have a lot of criteria for recruitment, but there is only one most important one, that is, I love the second dimension and am a senior house." Chen Ya said.

Gu Yuqing was silent for a long time after hearing this answer.

“…… So how do you know that employees like two-dimensional? ”

"It's very simple, there are a lot of things in our exam questions that are only known in the old house, and if you can't answer it, you will be counted as a zero score, such as when Shinji Ikari first got on the first machine." Chen Ya said.

Gu Yuqing was silent for a long time after hearing this, before asking, "What is that?" ”

"It's June 22, 2015." Chen Ya said, "If you don't answer the Western calendar, you can score points if you answer the time correctly, and if you answer the 'Western calendar', you can add 0.5 points." ”

"I didn't ask what it was, I asked what you were talking about?"

"You don't understand."

Although Gu Yuqing didn't understand what "ready" meant, she was still angry for a long time.

"Since it is a second tour, enterprises must understand the market and understand the psychology of the audience," Chen Ya said, "As soon as you tell me, I know that their company's project will not be successful, and the company's culture does not have a two-dimensional gene." ”

"But they have famous college students, data and technology." Gu Yuqing was still a little angry with Chen Ya, and deliberately went against him.

"That's why I'm not optimistic about them." Chen Ya said, "If the game wants to be fun, the person who makes the game should like to play the game, what is the use of watching the university?" Besides, it's not like we don't have a prestigious university, and I'm also a prestigious university. ”

Hearing Chen Ya's words, Gu Yuqing smiled: "What kind of famous university are you?" ”

"Jingda, I'm the librarian of Jingda, so naturally I'm also a Beijing."

"You've worked part-time on this part-time, huh?"

"It's not part-time, it's full-time."

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Ya set off to the company to see the situation, and he drove Gu Yuqing's car.

Gu Yuqing now comes to play with Chen Ya as long as she doesn't go to work, and she completely lets go of herself. Anyway, I couldn't hide my father's eyeliner, so I just showed it generously.

Anyway, she couldn't be worse in the other party's heart now.

When she arrived at the company, Gu Yuqing's first feeling was that there were more people.

Before, the company was a little empty, but now the office area is finally full.

Her second feeling was that the smell of the dead house had become stronger.

It may be that on the first day of work, everyone is still a little restrained with each other, plus the second dimension, which is a subculture in China, most people are hidden, at the beginning, those employees who were recruited looked quite normal.

On the second day alone, more than half of the people were exposed, and many people began to have various figures on their desks, and some people drove painful cars to work, which caused many onlookers.

Gu Yuqing found a strange instrument on an employee desk, a round glass cover spread out on a wooden board, and the entangled copper wire in the glass cover showed the time.

"What is this?" Gu Yuqing asked curiously.

"Glow tube." Chen Ya replied.

"What is a glow tube?" Gu Yuqing asked again, "What does the string of numbers it display mean?" ”

I saw that the time displayed in the glow tube was - 114514.

Chen Ya asked the employee, "What do the numbers in your glow tube mean?" ”

The boy smiled coldly, put his hand to his face, and said:

"これはすべてュ夕インズ?ゲー布的选択だ!"

"What did he say?" Gu Yuqing asked.

"He said he was a little gay."

“？？？”

……

In the evening, Chen Ya was busy with work, and suddenly remembered Lu Aiai's love.

She had asked herself to look for her, but days had passed, and she had not seen her once, and there was no trace of her coming to the house.

I don't know what happened to her.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little indebted.

Although Gu Yuqing said that he was guilty of scumbag disease, it was really difficult to leave Lu Aiai alone.

So he dialed Lu Aiai's phone.

The other party answered in seconds, but for a long time, only the sound of even breathing came from the microphone, and no one spoke.

"Hey......" Chen Ya said stiffly, "Are you okay?" ”

"......" greeted him with silence.

"How long did you wait that day? You okay? Chen Ya was a little apprehensive as he spoke, "I was really busy that day and couldn't leave." ”

After a long silence, the other side finally spoke:

"Can you stop talking to me?"

"Huh?"

"Can you not contact me, don't show up in front of me, ignore me?" Lu Aiai said, "Every time I think of you, my heart is here, it's very uncomfortable and empty." ”

Her voice still sounded emotionless, but Chen Ya always felt that he could hear that she was in pain.