It was past two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday.

Jinghe Community.

Xu Yi packed his briefcase, brought his resume and other belongings, changed into a formal suit, and prepared to go out.

"Out for an interview again?" Bi Wenli, who had just finished taking a nap, glanced at the suit on his body and asked.

"Hmm." Xu Yi changed his shoes and pushed open the door, nodding, "Come back for dinner." ”

At present, Xu Yi is working in a certain company, sitting in a small project management post, counting performance and year-end bonuses, etc., the average salary per month is about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Even if Bi Wenli opens a supermarket, she can earn a lot of money every month, so the family is not short of money.

However, Xu Yi's personal sense of crisis is relatively strong, especially when he is 45 years old this year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is super old in the position of programmer.

The same group of computer bigwigs as him are either already dominating the domestic market, or at least they are also high-level backbones in major Internet companies.

After accumulating a certain amount of capital and contacts in large factories, once these high-level technical backbones come out and find a good idea, they can often soar to the sky with various resources they have accumulated.

But Xu Yi's foundation was too thin at the beginning, saying that he was born in a computer major, but in fact, he relied on his own self-study in college, and after going to work, he relied on the tips of some seniors to gradually have some passable skills.

In addition, he is relatively content with stability, most of his work is not fighting or grabbing, and he enjoys the small days of his wife and children at home, so when he works in several companies, he is basically at a level that is not up or down.

At the highest time, it is the person in charge of some ordinary projects.

But he's not really just staying in one company.

Generally speaking, every six months to a year, Xu Yi will re-select companies in the market and submit his resume.

I didn't really rush to change jobs, but just to find out what the price and treatment of a programmer of his age and ability were in the current market.

If the fluctuations are not too large, then he will still stay in the company safely.

After all, at this age, if he can not move, Xu Yi must be too lazy to move again, and just wants to retire in the company with peace of mind.

It's also a small management post, although it's not a high-level backbone, but it's more than enough.

At this stage of his life, stability is the most important thing.

Unless there is a company that really values his ability and offers a salary that is much higher than the current level, it is basically impossible for him to move again.

Secondly, coming out for an interview is also a way to broaden your horizons.

In particular, emerging companies that are gaining momentum in the market, as well as start-ups that seem to have great potential at the moment, are Xu Yi's goals.

Although understanding this thing doesn't help him much in his usual work, he also wants to speculate in stocks.

Even if some companies are not listed yet, he goes to the interview in advance, goes to other companies to see the mental outlook of employees, understands the internal work status and process, and then matches all kinds of information that can be found on the market, which can be regarded as a kind of advance research.

In fact, Xu Yi usually has a lot of income, all of which comes from stocks.

Working in the Internet field, most of the companies he likes to invest in are also of this type.

And with the take-off of the domestic Internet economy, he has really made a lot of money here.

"Huh? Are you going out too? ”

As soon as he walked out of the house, he met Xu Jian head-on.

The two brothers said hello, and Xu Jian knew that his younger brother was going out for an interview and playing again.

"What company is this time?"

"It's called Qunxing Company, and it has a Tianshu studio under it, and it has made a mobile game called Fruit Assassin." Xu Yi followed Xu Jian downstairs and said as he walked, "Now the monthly income is estimated to be eight figures." ”

"Huh." Xu Jian smacked his lips, "This broken game is quite profitable?" ”

"That's not it, and it's still someone else's beautiful knife." Xu Yi smiled, "A small company in China, the game is sent to the head of Lao Mei, and it is currently the highest sales volume in the new game, and Lao Mei can't beat the mobile games made by himself." ”

"That's amazing." As soon as he heard that it was to win glory for the country, and the broken game immediately became good, Xu Jian praised, "This boss is promising." ”

"I'm also curious about who the owner of this company is." Xu Yi touched his chin and said, "I guess at least I have to be from a prestigious school, I should have worked in the game department of some big factories before, and then I only came out to work alone recently." ”

"Earning tens of millions a month is unbelievable." Xu Jian shook his head and sighed, "I'm busy working now, and I'm going to hundreds of thousands a month." ”

"I heard that you and your sister-in-law are doing a very hot online store now?" Xu Yi thought of this, so he asked with a smile, "I remember that opening an online store was still Xu Xing's kid's idea, right?" ”

"Hey, the blind cat has met a dead mouse." Xu Jian pursed his lips, and then said, "Recently, I went to talk to a few foundries to help Wanhui get a cheaper customized factory price." ”

"However, large factories don't accept this kind of small orders, and small factories are reluctant to accept because of production capacity problems, and the price is about the same as the wholesale market, so I have a headache."

"Today, I have to accompany a few sales managers of the foundry to drink, but your sister-in-law is comfortable, staying in the store to blow the air conditioner, knowing how to enjoy."

Xu Yi smiled: "Why don't you bring your sister-in-law with you." ”

"Women should stay in the base camp with peace of mind." Xu Jian walked out of the corridor and straightened his collar, "Leave the drinking matter to the masters, let's go." ”

The brothers got into their own cars, and after leaving the community side by side, they lowered the window and said hello for the last time, and then separated left and right at the entrance of the community.

Xu Yi drove the car towards Yaoguang Entrepreneurship Park.

……

Yaoguang Entrepreneurship Park, 7th Floor of East Park, Tianshu Studio.

After Xu Yi parked his car in the parking lot, he took the elevator to the seventh floor, and saw the words "Tianshu Studio" on the door of the office space in front of him, which looked very brand new.

Next to it is the logo of the Big Dipper, the one representing the Tianshu Star is dyed gold, making it more conspicuous.

"You're here for an interview too?" A young man who also walked out of the elevator, tall and strong, with vigorous hair and dark skin, looked at the other two people who came out together, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Hmm." The other young man nodded, looking dull and introverted, and stopped talking after answering.

Xu Yi looked at the hair of the two young people who were still alive, and couldn't help touching the top of his sparse head with emotion, he could only admit that the years were ruthless, and time was really a barber.

"You're all here for an interview, right?" Xu Yi said with a smile, "I don't think there are other companies interviewing on this floor." ”

"Uncle is coming for an interview at such an old age?" The sturdy boy greeted with a smile, "Lei Wenyan, I just graduated from Min University this year. ”

"Oh, high-achieving students." Xu Yi had some envy in his eyes, "I'm old, I can't compare with you young people, what's this name?" ”

As he spoke, Xu Yi looked at the more introverted boy and asked.

"He Sitong." The boy whispered, "I graduated from Fuda with a master's degree." ”

The three of them walked through the door of the studio while chatting.

Peng Yuxuan, the secretary at the door, registered them, and then arranged the resumes of the three of them in order.

"Well, you are the last three interviewers today, please wait in the vacant seat next to you for a while, there are about four interviewers in front of you."

"Okay, thanks."

The three of them were also fated, so they simply sat at the same table.

Lei Wenyan, who has a more unrestrained personality, asked first: "What kind of job is uncle doing now?" ”

"At some point, I'm a casual worker." Xu Yi smiled, and after answering casually, he asked curiously, "You are also a graduate of a famous university, how did you think of coming to this company that has only been established for a few months for an interview?" ”

"I voted for more than 20 people, and this is just one of them." He Sitong said succinctly, "The company is small, but it has great potential, and the promotion opportunities are high, and it is easier to get ahead than large factories." ”

"I've already taken offers from several game companies." Lei Wenyan touched his head and complained, "But our domestic game companies are too unenterprising, and those things really can't be seen, so I want to find a company that makes games well." ”

"This Tianshu studio can only be said to be an alternative, if the interview can be passed, I'll come in first and stay for a while, after all, it's just a fruit assassin and it's a little interesting, and the way to interact with the touch screen mobile phone, with cutting fruit to show, the planning is still very thoughtful."

"But if you make a lot of money and the new game starts to rot, then I guess it will slip away in a few months, I hope the boss here doesn't lie down."

Talking about the situation of the studio, He Sitong seemed to be interested, pushed his round-framed glasses with his middle finger, and said seriously: "I think the boss of this studio should have a lot of ideas." ”

"It's not just about the idea of the game, it's about the choice of the game market."

"At present, the sales of domestic buyout mobile games are not ideal, but the market mechanism in North America is very mature, and players' payment habits have been cultivated for a long time."

"Fruit Assassin's choice to upload in foreign markets instead of in China is a very powerful and decisive decision in my opinion."

"I don't care about marketing." Lei Wenyan shook his head, not very interested in this aspect, "Anyway, as long as the game is fun and innovative, then I am optimistic about this company." ”

"I think what He Sitong said is very interesting." Xu Yi added with a smile, "I don't know if you have paid attention, the publicity of the Fruit Assassin has set off a wave in North America. ”

"At first, it was just an advertising video on two dozen YouTube tubes, and then it escalated into a controversy with the planning of the Exotic Sword."

"I've been following the progress for the past two days, and as a result, a blogger with more than one million followers on YouTube posted his own fruit assassin points and skins, which caused a lot of followers."

"Yesterday, there were even some celebrities who tweeted screenshots of their fruit assassin points, and it seemed that they were happy to use this way to close the distance between them and their fans."

At this time, He Sitong added: "Today is only the sixth, and the sales volume has exceeded 2.5 million, this is the buyout system, and the net income in a week must be at least 20 million or more." ”

Lei Wenyan: "?! ”

He's a guy who cares more about the quality, creativity, and playability of his games, and doesn't care much about specific sales and revenue.

Now that He Sitong said this, he suddenly felt a little different.

"More than 20 million a week?" Lei Wenyan was a little dumbfounded, "Not 80 million a month?" That's nearly a billion a year? It's really fake. ”

"If you want to sell a billion, you have to have so many users." Xu Yi smiled and reminded, "The buyout system has an upper limit on the number of players, and it is impossible to sell endlessly. ”

"At present, it seems that the first three months should be a period of skyrocketing sales, and after the number of players is slowly saturated, unless a sequel such as Fruit Assassin 2 is launched in the future, the sales growth will definitely fall slowly."

"Well, of course, according to the current trend, there should be no problem in making hundreds of millions of dollars a year."

When he said this, even Xu Yi himself was a little emotional.

It's easy to say hundreds of millions of dollars, but it's the dream of the vast majority of gamers to make a game's revenue reach this level.

Especially this is still a lightweight mobile game.,There's basically no technical threshold.,It doesn't rely on any outstanding art style.,Eating is purely a gameplay idea.。

In addition to its own outstanding creativity, it is also inseparable from Pineapple's breakthrough in the field of mobile phones, the popularity of smart touch screen mobile phones, and the high-quality environment of paid games cultivated in North America.

In addition, the mobile game market is yet to be developed, and most of the mobile game production thinking is still stuck on the idea of terminal game and web game, at most it is to copy the gameplay and make minor adjustments.

And it was in this situation that the Fruit Assassin suddenly came out of nowhere at the most perfect time and crushed everything.

Only after combining the above factors, will it be found that the explosion of the fruit assassin is almost impossible to replicate.

"So in fact, the most important thing for this studio at present is not how much money Fruit Assassin can make in the future, but whether it can seize this opportunity and improve the basic capabilities of its studio."

Xu Yi concluded, "If the boss of this company is only immersed in the dream of a fruit assassin and does not want to make progress, even if he makes hundreds of millions more, he will still have to make money in the future." ”

"Or he will retire now, hundreds of millions of dollars will be enough for him to spend a lifetime."

"Judging from the size of the Fruit Assassin, its production cost should be very small, and the ownership is estimated to be in his own hands."

"Huh." Lei Wenyan smiled, "Uncle, you look at his recruitment posture, it doesn't look like he's going to retire, I'm curious now, will his next game be able to replicate the miracle of the Fruit Assassin?" ”

"Actually, you don't have to be so demanding." He Sitong said seriously, "Fruit Assassin is a hit that is hard to find, and as long as the studio's next game can break even, it will be considered a success in my opinion." ”

The three of them waited for the interview, and after chatting, they found that they had a common language.

Xu Yi usually likes to chat with young people, and most of the people in the company are young people, and when he communicates with Xu Xing at home, he is also in a very casual state.

So the two young people can talk to this uncle quite well.

And the more they talked, the more they felt that the success and difficulty of replicating the fruit assassin were, although it seems that Tianshu Studio has great potential at present, but it is too much of a planned idea, and there is no technical accumulation in itself.

And creativity is such a thing, it is really said that there is, and if there is not, it is too mysterious, and if a game company relies on this alone, it is difficult to say that there is any special advantage.

However, after chatting like this, the three of them also have a new understanding of the company from different angles, and they also have new considerations about whether they will choose to join.

"He Sitong, is He Sitong here?"

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the secretary Peng Yuxuan shouted at the door of the office.

"Here." After He Sitong heard his name, he immediately got up and raised his hand.

"You'll be next." Peng Yuxuan reminded, "Please be prepared. ”

"Okay."

It didn't take long for He Sitong to be called into the office for an interview.

After Peng Yuxuan sent He Sitong in, he asked the last two remaining people here, "Which one is Lei Wenyan?" Next up is you, get ready. ”

"Oh, okay."

"The rest is Xu Yi, right? You are the last one today. ”

"Well, thank you."

Seeing that there was no one around, Xu Yi glanced around and found that except for a little girl in the corner who seemed to be working, there seemed to be no one else here.

So while He Sitong was still in the interview, the secretary next to him had nothing to do, Xu Yi simply leaned over to say hello, and after chatting casually, he asked curiously: "How many employees does our company have now?" ”

"I don't know about that." Peng Yuxuan smiled slightly, "I also just came here in the last few days, and the weekend is a rest time, except for the employees who volunteer to work overtime, no one else works." ”

"Oh, that's it." Xu Yi nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Is the person interviewing there our boss?" ”

"Yes, today's interview was personally checked by the boss."

"The Fruit Assassin game is made by our boss himself, right?"

"I've just been here, so I don't know very much."

"Could it be that the little girl over there did it?"

"I'm only in charge of the company's administration, and I don't know anything about the game."

Looking at this secretary who was quite strict-mouthed, Xu Yi laughed twice, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and after glancing at the little girl over there, he silently leaned over there.

Seeing that Peng Yuxuan didn't come to stop him, Xu Yi came to Yan Chi Vinegar's side, didn't peek, but coughed first, attracting Yan Chi Vinegar's attention.

"Huh?" Yan Chi Vinegar was typing the code at this time, and suddenly found that there was another person next to him, and he was almost startled, "Excuse me...... Is there anything wrong with you? ”

"Oh, nothing." Xu Yi asked casually, "Just curious about what you're doing, I think you're the only employee around?" ”

"That's right." Yan Chi Vinegar nodded, "Otherwise, why would you ask your uncle for an interview?" ”

"And when you made the Fruit Assassin, how many people were on the game team?" Xu Yi asked tentatively.

Yan Chi Vinegar blinked, broke his fingers and counted carefully, and then said, "Six." ”

"Six." Xu Yi nodded thoughtfully, "Awesome." ”

The labor cost of six people for two months, considering that it is a small studio, assuming that the average person has a salary of about 6,000, that is more than 70,000 salary expenses.

Coupled with the advertising expenditure in the early stage, office land, water and electricity bills and meal expenses, the cost is estimated to be three or four hundred thousand.

However, the cost of the publicity part is not easy to estimate, if this part is excluded, the game production cost should only be about 100,000 yuan.

It's really a classic case of small and big.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi had a higher opinion of the owner of this studio.

After all, it is a team of only six people, and the boss himself is probably the core of the production team, and even the planning of the fruit assassin may be handled by this mysterious boss.

Knowing this, Xu Yi became more and more curious about the boss behind the studio.

I don't know which big factory I ran away from.

The mobile game market is now in the ascendant, and it is the time to take off, and in this regard, it can be said that domestic and foreign countries are almost on the same starting line.

Whoever is the first to make a new game that adapts to the mobile environment will quickly get a piece of the pie in this emerging market.

The Fruit Assassin is clearly one of the best.

Being able to glimpse this opportunity in a short period of time and seize it tightly, Xu Yi feels that such a person must have a unique vision and insight into the market.

Thinking of this, he was even more interested in the next interview session.

"Lei Wenyan, it's your turn." When He Sitong walked out of the office, Peng Yuxuan shouted at Lei Wenyan.

However, Lei Wenyan didn't rush in, but quietly asked He Sitong, "What do you say?" What's the interviewer like? ”

"Hmm...... How to say it. He Sitong, who came out of the office, had a complicated expression, and seemed to have a little residual disbelief and consternation, "If the interviewer is really the owner of the studio, it would be outrageous." ”

"Ahem." Peng Yuxuan walked over and reminded, "Please don't communicate about interview-related topics. ”

"Anyway, keep your facial expressions under control." He Sitong patted Lei Wenyan on the shoulder and kindly reminded.

"Is that an exaggeration?" Lei Wenyan muttered and walked towards the office, "Could it be that you can be stronger than me?" Or is it a big beauty? Or is it a well-known bull in the industry? ”

Lei Wenyan pushed the door in with curiosity.

Ten minutes later, the office door opened again.

"Xu Yi, it's your turn."

Peng Yuxuan said to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi nodded, and met Lei Wenyan who came out.

As a result, he sighed, shook his head and said incredulously: "What the hell, I feel like I've lived to a dog for more than 20 years, and people are really angry with people compared to people." ”

"Is that an exaggeration?" Xu Yi laughed a little.

"There really is." Lei Wenyan looked serious, looked at the sparse hair on the top of Xu Yi's head, and added, "And I think the impact on you, uncle, should be much greater than the two of us." ”

"Really?" Xu Yi was a little unconvinced.

Think he's not seen any storms and waves in decades?

It's just an interview, even if the boss Tengxin sits in it, it's not so exaggerated, right?

With this in mind, Xu Yi walked to the door of the office and held the doorknob.

The next second, he pushed the door open.

Xu Yi and the interviewer inside looked at each other.

Moment.

Both of them had drastic changes in their faces, and their pupils shook.

"Xu Xing ??!!"

"! Uncle? ”

(End of chapter)