"Recruitment."

Qing Zhiyuan knocked on Akane Ayase's table.

"Huh?"

The latter was stunned for a moment, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"Okay, President, how many people are you going to recruit now, and what positions are they for?"

Akane Ayase hurriedly picked up the pen and paper and took notes at any time.

"Hmm......" Qing Zhiyuan glanced around.

Now there are 35 regular employees in the company, and there are several newcomers who will report to the company in April.

Then there are 5 regular interns.

The school on this side of Neon has 3 holidays a year, with summer vacation in July every year, and then school starts in September, and goes until the New Year in December, followed by winter vacation, which is put in January.

Then there is spring break in February or March.

Reopening will begin in April.

For example, Makoto Shinkai came to the company for an internship this time, taking advantage of the spring break.

By April, the interns had left the company.

Of course, there are some exceptions, depending on how well you get along with the intern, if the conditions are good and the intern is interested, they can work in the company in their free time at school.

This is a very common phenomenon in both neon and China.

In his previous life, Qing Zhiyuan also stayed in a small game company where half of them were interns.

The use of interns as regular employees is a tacit understanding of the capitalists.

But at least Qingzhiyuan will give them enough internship salary, and if they perform well, they can also sign an adoption contract first, and they can enter Pokeni as soon as they graduate from university.

This can be regarded as a relatively conscientious person.

Most companies only let interns work without paying them at all, and even some large companies need to pay for internships.

Xinhai Cheng belongs to the object of Qingzhiyuan's key care, so even if it has already started, Xinhai Cheng will take advantage of his free time to come to the company to help and do some scattered things.

It's not for the internship salary, it's mainly about having a sense of identity among the pokeni, having seniors he likes, and being able to do what he likes.

Sometimes, the company will also give him the task of original painting, so that he can complete it at school and bring it over.

Although Shinjin Makoto is not a full-time employee, it is also a member of Pokeni, and it is used as a half-time employee.

In the future, Qing Zhiyuan also wants to hand over more important work to this young man.

In addition to Shinjin Cheng, there are several good young men who also have similar treatment and are trained as future talents of the company.

Of course, it is still unknown whether they will choose Pokeni when they graduate.

……

So now the company is full of 40 people.

But it's only enough to support 2 or 3 teams.

One of them under development is "Diablo 2", which was originally handed over to Shinji Mikami to produce, but he wants to do "The Witcher" with Xuan Xuyuan, so Diablo 2 can only come by Qing Zhiyuan himself.

The other is "Pokémon", and now the development progress of Pokémon is quite ideal.

The mechanics of this game are not complicated, the main thing is that the original art and character design will take a lot of time, according to Qing Zhiyuan's own estimates, Pokémon should be able to finish in June.

But these two projects have basically occupied all the manpower of the company.

If you want to free up your hands to do "The Witcher", you either have to expand your recruitment, or you can see if the program and art can be interspersed with stitches.

The so-called interspersed work is a bit like the [time slice rotation scheduling] on the computer process, because everyone's work arrangement has a certain dislocation and sequence, and it is impossible for everyone to do saturated work at the same time.

When some of them deliver the work at hand, while waiting for the next batch of work to arrive, they have some of the time to spare, and then use that time to do other projects.

To put it bluntly, The Witcher needs to check the rest of Diablo 2.

But in this way, the development cycle of "The Witcher" will become relatively long, and it will not be supported by manpower until the development of Pokémon is completed.

"Two programs, two artists, pretty much first." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Well, by the way, when the time comes, let Taiji Sakata pay more attention to it, what we need is talents who can draw Japanese Western illusions." ”

"Okay president." Akane Ayase carefully recorded it with a pen.

As a result, there are more and more people in the company.

"By the way, we have to find a bigger venue, and now the company can't accommodate so many people." Qing Zhiyuan added.

"Huh?"

Little HR was stunned for a moment, and pointed to himself with his finger, "Shall I contact?" ”

"Or else?"

"Ah...... Damn, president, you are treating someone as a secretary again! ”

……

Back in the office, Qing Zhiyuan clasped his hands and thought silently.

Large-scale game development is indeed a very time-consuming, money-consuming and resource-intensive affair.

The development cycle is generally long, and half a year is considered short, and even some projects have to be done for one or two years, three or four years, or even 10 years.

The problem is that several of Pokeni's games are now large-scale projects.

Diablo is a game with a long cycle.

In contrast, Galgame has a distinct advantage.

The development cycle is short, the selling price is high, and the P company is now not famous, as long as the product quality is good enough, the money is actually quite a lot.

With the current progress of program development, as long as the amount of art can be paved, the production cycle of a galgame will be 3 months.

Do you want to make another galgame?

……

It took 5 days to finish the planning of the new galgame, and on the afternoon of the second Tuesday, when Makoto Shinjin came to the company, Aoi Chigen summoned him, art supervisor Taiji Sakata, and copywriter Mika Ishino to the president's office.

Qing Zhiyuan sent a copy of the printed business plan to one person.

Shinjin Makoto was a little flattered and took two deep breaths to calm himself down.

The president was so kind to me that I didn't know how to repay him.

glanced down and found that there were a few big words written on the business case-

"Your Name"

This is an original neon animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai in 2016, with Ryunosuke Kamiki and Moe Kamishiraishi as the main voices, and produced by Comix Wave Films.

The film tells the story of male and female high school students who meet in a dream and find each other.

It can be said that this anime established Makoto Shinkai's position in the field of animated films, and since then he has been hailed as the successor of Hayao Miyazaki.

Your name is a mature work that he has been groping for so many years, and before that, it was somewhat [the picture is beautiful, but the story is not enough].

This film has also created a box office miracle for animated films around the world, and has become a masterpiece in the minds of countless people.

Either don't do it, or if you want to do it, of course, you will go straight to the big one!

That's what Qing Zhiyuan thinks.

In the past, it was limited by hardware, but now Pokeni's technology has also improved, both software and hardware.

Although using Sega's MD is not as beautiful as Wallpaper Maniac, it can also be done to a pretty good degree.

……

A few people didn't speak, silently flipping through them.

The story takes place in a neon planet that coincides with the visit of a comet once in a thousand years.

Miyamizu, a high school girl living in a neon town, is bored with the election campaign held by her father, who is the mayor of the town, and the ancient customs of the family shrine.

She is full of longing for the big city, and even fantasizes about "Please let me be a handsome guy in Tokyo in the next life!" ”。

Suddenly one day,Sanye had a dream of becoming a boy by himself.,In a strange room.,Face strange friends.,And the streets of Tokyo.。

Although she was confused, the girl was full of joy to be able to come to Tokyo, where she had been dreaming about her for a long time.

At the same time, Tachibana Tachi, a high school boy living in Tokyo, also has a strange dream that he becomes a high school girl in a small mountain town that he has never been to.

In this way, the boy and the girl met each other in a dream, and looked for each other with the belief that "no matter where you are in the world, I will definitely go to see you".

……

Although he has a deep memory of animation in his mind, due to the restrictions of the times, Qing Zhiyuan has made some minor adjustments to the script outline in this game project.

For example—

Smartphones, such a thing has not yet been invented, and naturally it is impossible to appear in the project.

Relatively speaking, there will be a little regret, but overall the impact is not very large.

After reading it, several people let out a sigh.

Mika Ishino's eyes lowered and she smiled silently.

She can almost feel the beauty of the story described in the script, and has her own thoughts about the emotions of the hero and heroine, as well as their respective experiences.

If you can fill in the details, it will be a really good story.

On the other hand, Taiji Sakata and Makoto Shintsu are of the same opinion.

"This story of exchanging lives and saving each other is so good." Taiji Sakata let out a sigh of emotion.

"Hmm. Is this the president's work? Xinjin Makoto stroked the original line drawing in it, although it had not been colored, but he could already see the beauty and-

A sense of déjà vu.

It was a very subtle feeling, as if he had seen it in his dreams.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to match the president's talent in my life." Makoto Shinjin said.

"No, no." Qing Zhiyuan thought to himself, this is your work originally.

Several people chatted with each other for a while, exchanging opinions on some uncertain issues, and Mika Ishino probably already knew it.

"Now that the company is understaffed, let Xinjin-san serve as the original artist in this project first, I hope the main design will come from Xinjin-san."

Qing Zhiyuan said this to Taiji Sakata, the head of art.

The latter understood and nodded silently.

Although he still has some doubts in his heart, he is willing to trust the president's judgment.

"The only problem is that Xinjin-san is now a freshman, and he doesn't know how to take care of his studies, and his time is unstable."

"It's okay, I can take it back to school to do," Shinjin said.

It seems that this guy is very interested in the project case of "Your Name".

Taiji Sakata thought to himself.

However, he agrees with Shinjin Cheng's original painting ability, although some of the skills are still rusty, but he has shown extraordinary talent, and it is not certain that he will become a master in the future.

Even Taiji Sakata has produced -

If this guy stays in the game company, it's too condescending to the idea.

According to his assumption, Makoto Shintsu is more suitable to follow Hayao Miyazaki to do independent animation.

"But President, I'm just an intern now. Why choose me? Makoto Shinjin asked weakly.

"Because I think you're the best fit." Qing Zhiyuan said categorically.

This is indeed Qing Zhiyuan's truth, in this world, there is no more suitable person to be the original artist of "Your Name" than Makoto Tsukai.

Because this is what belongs to him in the first place.

"I've seen your work and think it's quite beautiful and imaginative, and after I wrote this project, my first thought was you.

If it were you, I would probably be able to make the best of the game's original art, and that's my first instinct. ”

Huh?

Is that so?

Shinjin Makoto suddenly felt a little moved.

I just came to the company for an internship and was recognized so strongly by the president, I really don't know how to reciprocate.

"Okay president, I will work hard to live up to your expectations."

……

After Makoto Shinjin and Taiji Sakata left, Mika Ishino held the plan and looked at Qing Zhiyuan without saying anything.

"What's wrong?" Qing Zhiyuan turned around and asked.

"President, don't you like to be a galgame?"

The corners of Qing Zhiyuan's mouth twitched fiercely.

"The wind has changed...... And make money.,It's not chilling.,What's more, our galgame is different from other galgames.,We're a galgame that brings happiness and touch.。 ”

"Uh-huh." Mika Ishino nodded.

I didn't think that the president would have to compromise for money in the end.

But,It's quite charismatic to be able to get out of a different galgame path.。

But—Fortunately, aren't you happy in your heart?

……

After arranging the work, Qing Zhiyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The main reason is that the company's repayment pressure is too great, and it is not bad to take too many risks, and it is not bad to have a short-cycle galgame to make money.

Time passed gradually, and in the blink of an eye, it was late May.

The weather is also starting to get warmer.

At the beginning of June, Qingzhiyuan was invited to participate in the Chicago Consumer Electronics Exhibition in Chicago, USA

The Chicago Consumer Electronics Show is equivalent to the future E3 Electronics Show, or Tokyo Game Show, which mainly invites the world's largest electronics manufacturers to come here to exhibit and promote their new products, and at the same time let more people have access to these cutting-edge products.

At this time last year, Ren Heaven and Sony were still tearing each other's faces at the electronics show.

A year has passed in a blink of an eye, but Qing Zhiyuan has come to this stage that belongs to the bigwigs.

The main reason for the invitation is that at this exhibition, Sega will unveil a new handheld, and Pokeni and Sony are the main participants.

And, of course, there is DUN's Nao Tsuda counterpart.

……

The whole consumer show is divided into two parts, the first part is the pre-show press conference, where the exhibiting companies introduce their products, and the media reporters and consumers will attend the event.

After the press conference, it is open to free time to visit and experience.

Each exhibiting company will have a fixed area where they can set up and display their products for consumers to experience.

At this time, the process has been relatively perfected, and similar exhibitions in the future will basically be in this mode.

On the afternoon of the first day, Ren Tianten brought the SFC game console that they had developed with Philips to expand, because it uses new disk technology, and playing games on SFC can increase the game capacity to more than 500 megabytes.

This technology is actually not very advanced,Last year's electronics show,Sony presented you with the PS trial machine developed for Ren Heaven。

It's a pity that it's all gone into a fantasy bubble now.

It's ironic in retrospect.

But the media and players don't seem to have such a deep memory, and when the game console is displayed on the stage, and the introducer tries it out on the TV, the name of Super Mario is still chanting below.

Qing Zhiyuan glanced back at Sony's representative, Mr. Ken Kutaragi, and saw this person's resentful expression, and at a glance, he knew that he was riveted and ready to take revenge.

The next morning, it was Sega's turn to hold a pre-show presentation.

Media reporters have been waiting for a long time, because before the press conference, everyone has already received the news that Sega will launch a new handheld game console jointly developed by Sega and Sony this year.

Coupled with the love-hate relationship between Sega, Sony and Rententen, this press conference became more gunpowdery.

Everyone is looking forward to a very dramatic performance.

……

Sega's presentation was made by Tom Collinsky, the head of sales at their U.S. branch.

When Tom took the stage, he raised the microphone and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Hello everyone, I'm Tom Collinsky, the head of sales at Sega."

There was a round of applause below.

Everyone has been looking forward to Sega for a long time, and they want to see what kind of sparks can be sparked between Sega and Ren Heaven this year.

Tom smiled slightly, "If there is anything in this world that can make our dreams come true, and even let us hold our dreams in the palm of our hands."

I guess, at least this thing won't be black and white. ”

Hahahaha......

A burst of laughter erupted below.

This is obviously the gameboy in the connotation of Ren Heaven, and it is still a black and white screen.

Randy, the sales executive of Ren Heaven, didn't have a very good face, but when facing the cameras of media reporters, he still tried to squeeze out a smile.

"Whose dreams are black and white?"

Tom Collinsky spread his hands and made an inviting gesture, and the staff below immediately ran to the stage and put a brand new handheld game console in his hand.

On the big screen, the camera is zoomed in and into Kolinsky's hand, revealing the brand new game console.

"Next, I would like to introduce to you -

Sega!

GAME POCKET！ ”

……

Thunderous applause erupted again.

……

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