Reboot the age of gaming

Chapter 221 Interview (Two in One)

Two days later.

The previously screened candidates began to come for interviews one after another.

Outside 6666, Xiao Mu looked at the house number with some hesitation.

"Room 6666, um, it's here. This house number is a bit messed up."

Through the transparent glass door, Xiao Mu looked inside and found that there were only four people working in the huge office.

"..."

What's the matter with a sense of powerlessness in honey.

Xiao Mu knocked lightly on the door, inside, Zhong Ming looked up and saw him, stood up and opened the door.

"Hi, I'm here for an interview." Xiao Mu said.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Come with me."

Xiao Mu looks like he is in his early thirties, and he is very energetic. He also carries a hand-painted tablet with him, because there is a requirement for on-site testing.

The art test is different from the program test. The "test" of art means that during the interview, those who apply for the art position, especially the original painting position, need to paint on the spot, within a time limit of one or two hours, to draw a piece of work.The degree of completion doesn't have to be too high, it can be a semi-finished product, but at least it can be seen how basic the artist's skills are.

When passing by the workstation, Xiao Mu glanced intentionally or unintentionally.

He just wanted to know, who is his immediate boss?Who is your boss? ?
Xiao Mu applied for the position of original artist, so he must have a chief artist and a boss and producer above him.

But looking at the only four people in the studio, Xiao Mu fell into confusion.

Which is the main art? ?
The one who looks the oldest here, looks in his 30s, may be slightly older than me; the other three people, the man who is still sitting looks older, about 26 seven; the woman who is sitting , and the man who led me to the interview was relatively young and looked like a fresh graduate.

It doesn't look like it!

The two older ones are a little bit possible, but they don't look like art at all, but they look like programmers...

Xiao Mu was a little confused.

Before he came, he didn't know much about Shimmer Studios. He only knew that the studio had produced three successful independent games, and they didn't seem to be short of money.

Moreover, Xiao Mu also read the art styles of the two games "Working Dog Survival Manual" and "Ink and Clouds", and felt that the main artist here is a real talent, and he should be able to learn something here, so Just wanted to take a look.

But after arriving here, it is also very mysterious to find that there are only four people in the whole company.

Xiao Mu followed Zhong Ming to the small conference room.

Zhong Ming signaled Xiao Mu to sit down opposite, and then called up Xiao Mu's resume from the bracelet: "Then, let's chat casually."

Xiao Mu was stunned for a moment.

What do you mean, the interview is about to start? ? ? ?
Just interview me with this young man in front of you? ? ? ?

Xiao Muren was dumbfounded. He originally thought that Zhong Ming was just running errands. Isn't it the same in interviews in other companies? Newcomers in the company are responsible for opening the door, serving tea and water, and then the interviewer is late...

It turned out not here, this young man is the interviewer!

Fortunately, Xiao Mu was experienced in many battles, he reacted after being stunned for a while, and began to introduce himself.

Of course, at the same time, I was also muttering in my heart, this is the main artist?He is so young, is he really qualified to interview me...

Soon after Xiao Mu's self-introduction was finished, Zhong Ming asked some questions about some resumes on his resume, and Xiao Mu's answers were completely OK.

Zhong Ming was quite satisfied.

This person worked as an original artist in a big company before, and then moved to a small company to be the main art artist.As a result, after working for more than half a year, the company's status went from bad to worse, and the promised remuneration was not implemented, so I planned to change jobs.From the point of view of the works, it is not bad. In terms of the current needs of Shimmer Studios, it is no problem to be competent as an original artist.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Okay, everything is good. I will make an original painting on the spot, with the theme of martial arts characters. There are no specific requirements, and the time limit is two hours."

Xiao Mu nodded: "OK."

He was also a little surprised, the interview here was quite straightforward, unlike the interviewers in other companies who always like to ask questions, just casually asked about resumes, and then started the test directly.

Xiao Mu took out the hand-painted tablet and began to conceive and compose the picture.

Zhong Ming pushed the door and went out, leaving Xiao Mu alone in the small conference room to paint.

The reason why the interview seemed very casual was mainly because Xiao Mu’s position was original game painting, and Zhong Ming knew that this position was ultimately based on his works. As long as the works drawn on the spot were presented, he could see the quality of the artist.

From yesterday afternoon to this morning, many people have been interviewed here one after another. Although not everyone is suitable, it is obvious that there are quite a lot of reliable people.

As long as you carefully screen, you can fill in the holes in many positions.

This should be the effect of the halo, so Zhong Ming has been using the halo during the day for the past few days, covering the whole process.

……

Soon, two hours are up.

Zhong Ming gently knocked on the door and entered the small meeting room.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Ming asked.

Xiao Mu handed the hand-painted board to Zhong Ming: "I haven't had time to refine and color it, but the general framework is there, take a look."

Zhong Ming took the hand-painted tablet.

A topic with fewer restrictions like this requires more time to conceive and design.The more restrictions on the subject matter, the fewer directions you can choose, and the faster you can start writing.

Like this painting, a large part of the time may be spent conceiving.

The theme given by Zhong Ming is "martial arts characters", that is to say, an original painting of a character should be given.

The requirement for the original painting of characters is that the characters should be highlighted in the picture, and the full-body portraits of the characters should be drawn as much as possible to facilitate the production of models.Moreover, the original painting of the characters also has certain precision requirements, including the clothing details on the body, the surrounding environment background, etc., which can show the personality of the characters and cannot be fooled.

The character on the screen is a monk, with his left palm clasped together, and his right hand holding a long stick.The background is expressed in ink and wash, with mountains, water and bamboo forests.

This background painting is rather sloppy. It is a time-saving way to express it with ink style when time is limited, but the effect is not bad, and it fits the theme very well.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Well, not bad."

Aside from being happy, Xiao Mu also felt a little bit pained.

This interviewer really doesn't talk much. He can only say "good" to such a painting?
"What do you think can be improved?" Xiao Mu asked tentatively.

Zhong Ming thought about it for five seconds, took the pressure-sensitive pen, quickly copied a copy, then created a new layer, and began to quickly sketch on it.

"There is a small problem with the layout, and the space occupied by the characters is a bit small."

"In terms of the character's movements, although there is nothing wrong with common sense, this movement is not very impressive and has no characteristics. It may be better if it is changed to stand on one leg."

"There are also details. There are a lot of fragments on the monk. Although the clothes look more gorgeous, they don't fit the persona of the monk. In fact, simple and plain clothes can also be drawn well, for example..."

As Zhong Ming spoke, he made quick revisions on the drawing board.

This operation made Xiao Mu dazzled, and the whole person was dumbfounded!
I saw Zhong Ming's right hand holding the pressure-sensitive pen and poking a little bit on the hand-painted board. The whole thing seemed to be zoomed in quickly. After just a few minutes, the line draft was completed!

The key is that the effect after the modification is really much better than before!

After some revisions have been made to the structure, layout, character movements, details, etc., Xiao Mu himself feels that this painting seems to have obviously risen to a higher level!

"It's almost like this, but it's not bad if you can draw like this, keep working hard. Let's talk about the salary after the retest, and I'll call you when the time comes."

Zhong Ming briefly told Xiao Mu about the problems in his paintings, and then the interview was over.

Holding the hand-painted board, Xiao Mu walked out in a daze, with only one feeling in his heart: Awesome!
Sure enough, the real good people are the type of people who don't talk too much...

Xiao Mu wondered before, what exactly does this young man do, is he an intern of the company?

It turned out that I was thinking too much, this person is probably the main artist of the project...

As for why people are so young... then who knows!

Xiao Mu is completely convinced. Sure enough, the level of art in "Ink and Cloud" is not designed by ordinary people. This person is definitely an amazing figure in art!
At that time, Xiao Mu decided that even if he was under pressure when talking about salary, he would definitely come. If he followed this kind of person, he would definitely learn something real!

……

noon.

Zhong Ming, Zhou Sen and others came to the internal restaurant of Tianyu Daguan for lunch.

Here is a buffet, 30 yuan per person, with Chinese and Western food, but you need to pay extra if you want to eat some expensive things. The buffet is full of basic meals.

But even so, compared to the price, it is quite a bargain.This can also be regarded as some of the benefits that Huanyudaguan has given to these internal companies.

After all, after spending so much rent, it is not too much to give compensation.

The four of them sat down at an empty table and began to eat.

"That Xiao Mu, how is it?" Jiang Wanna asked.

Zhong Ming thought for a while: "It's okay, I think it's no problem to be qualified for the original painting position. If there is no more satisfactory one, he will be the original painting."

"So how many have been decided now? On the program side, Brother Dahui and I think that Yu Wei is good. On the backstage side, we will meet two in the afternoon." Zhou Sen said.

Zhong Ming made some calculations: "Including Xiao Mu and interviewing three people this morning, plus the six people who interviewed yesterday, a total of three jobs are basically confirmed. The efficiency is not bad."

"It's not okay, it went so smoothly, okay?" Brother Dahui complained, "Why didn't I encounter this kind of situation when I was recruiting people before? I didn't come to a position for a week or two before. It’s a good candidate for a suitable candidate, and now it’s a good time, and one or two people who come to the interview will have a more reliable one, it’s amazing!”

Zhong Ming smiled: "It means that Weiguang Studio has a good reputation, and everyone is willing to work here. If the recruitment goes well, you should be able to start working directly in the next year and start a new project. Everyone has to change their thinking a little bit. Now you You can’t patronize your own work anymore, you have people under your command, you have to coordinate the progress within the group and accumulate some management experience.”

Brother Dahui nodded and said, "Don't worry, there must be no problem with the program."

Zhong Ming looked at Jiang Wanna again.

Jiang Wanna: "Look at what I do, I'm fine!"

"That's good." Zhong Ming smiled, "There are still a few interviewees in the afternoon, cheer up and try to finish the job as soon as possible."

……

Soon, a personal choice was finalized.

The previously established recruitment plan was basically being completed at a very magical speed.

Of course, mainly halo played a role.

A dedicated HR was the first to join the job, and after that, HR was in charge of notifying interviews, negotiating salary, etc., and Zhong Ming just checked a little bit.

For interviews, Zhong Ming and Brother Dahui are mainly interviewing.

Zhong Ming's interview was very simple, because after just a few questions, it was basically clear. There was no need to add those cumbersome content, it was just a waste of each other's time.

Of course, it doesn't mean that everyone needs it. Zhong Ming's standards are still very strict.

There are many reliable people, but there are also many unreliable people.

There was a person who came to interview a world architect. He was very talkative. He kept talking about industry trends, but after looking at the written design documents, he just brushed them off.

There was an action artist who came to interview for action art. Zhong Ming looked at his previous works and saw that his work was really eye-catching, so he just brushed it off.

There were a lot of people, and the interviews were fast. Many positions were confirmed, but most of them only confirmed their verbal intentions, and they all waited to get the year-end bonus in the original company before entering the job.

Those who don't plan to get the year-end bonus have nothing to do after the year, so Zhong Ming also arranges for the year-end.

……

night.

Zhong Ming returned home, lay down on the sofa, and stretched himself.

This day was a crazy interview, but I was exhausted.

The few extra desks in the living room have all been sold second-hand, freeing up a lot of space.The game consoles, big TVs, driving simulators, etc. that I bought before have all arrived, and they are placed in the living room, making it a bit like a game room.

As a result, I really wanted to play before I bought it, but suddenly I didn't want to play after I bought it.

Anyway, these things are all here, let’s talk about them when we have time.

Wait, aren't you free now...

Forget it, I'm tired.

Zhong Ming turned on the bracelet, flipped through Weibo, and went to various game platforms to see if there were any new games launched recently.

"Oh? "The End of the Sword"? It turned out to be made by Guangyi Interactive Entertainment."

Zhong Ming found that several app markets had listed this game in a very eye-catching recommended position, and it was noted that it was still in the internal testing stage.

But looking at this battle, it is really not small.

Lightwing Interactive Entertainment has its own channels, but they are not particularly large.Companies like these do their own channels just to avoid being exploited by others. In terms of scale, they certainly cannot compare with some game platforms that only do channels.

Therefore, when Lightwing Interactive Entertainment makes a new game, in order to achieve the best publicity effect, it must be combined with other game platforms.

"It seems that the quality is good. How can Lightwing Interactive Entertainment still make this kind of game? It's a bit amazing."

Zhong Ming said that he was really impressed by Guangyi Mutual Entertainment.

(End of this chapter)