Reboot the age of gaming

Chapter 248 Playing cards out of common sense!
Two days later, at 9 am.

The reporter from Xingyou.com arrived on time.

When Miao Zhu went down to greet her, a reporter and a cameraman came.

The female reporter's name is Cui Xiaonuo, and she looks about 30 years old, with the demeanor of a mature working woman that you've seen a lot.

The cameraman is carrying a folding tripod, a gimbal, and a palm-sized camera. It doesn’t need a good body to move like Zhong Ming’s previous life. The equipment in this world is going in the direction of miniaturization, and the recorded pictures The quality is unambiguous.

When they arrived at the door of Weiguang Studio, Zhong Ming greeted him at the door, and Cui Xiaonuo came up to shake hands with Zhong Ming.

"Hello, Mr. Zhong! I'm glad you accepted our interview." Cui Xiaonuo smiled.

Zhong Ming also smiled: "Please come in."

The reporters and photographers were invited in, first went to the small reception room to sit for a while, and Miao Zhu went to prepare some tea.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, and soon got to the point.

"You should be quite busy developing games here, so there is no delay. Our plan is as follows. First, take a brief photo of the studio, and then interview two random employees, mainly interviewing you." Cui Xiao No said.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Okay, this can be done according to your plan, and you can interview as you like."

"Okay, let's go and shoot some video materials of the studio first, and then come back to interview you."

After Cui Xiaonuo finished speaking, he left the small reception room with the cameraman and started recording.

The first is to come to the door.

"Everyone, I'm Cui Xiaonuo, a reporter from Xingyou.com. You can see that we are at the gate of Weiguang Studio."

The photographer specially gave a close-up of the house number, Huanyu Daguan No. 6666, with a 6 highlighted.

"Speaking of Shimmer Studios, many viewers may be relatively unfamiliar, but when it comes to their games, you must have heard of them. They have developed a total of 5 games, "Lurking Red Road", "Working Dog Survival Manual" , "Ink and Cloud", "Taiwu Painted Scroll", and "Zodiac Guardian", which has recently received super high ratings all over the world..."

Cui Xiaonuo first gave a brief introduction, then entered the studio and began to shoot some situations in the studio.

For example, the distribution of workstations, how many employees there are in the studio, how many people are in each department, and so on.

I also took pictures of some people's daily work, such as the original painting that Xiao Mu of the original painting team was drawing, the code that was being written on the program side, and the fine-tuning movements on the action art side, etc.

These are not commercial secrets, and it doesn't hurt that a shot passes in a few seconds.

Then it's time to interview employees.

Cui Xiaonuo hasn't made up his mind on who to interview. Before that, he thought about random interviews, but seeing that everyone has jobs at hand, Cui Xiaonuo was too embarrassed to interrupt for a while.

At this moment, a person came in from outside the door.

Zhou Sen.

He is late today.

Cui Xiaonuo looked right, this guy probably doesn't have any work at hand, so he can interview him.

As soon as Zhou Sen sat down and turned on the computer, Cui Xiaonuo came over and said, "Hello, do you have time to answer a few questions for me?"

"Answer questions? I don't have time to answer questions. I'm just messing around..." Zhou Sen subconsciously said without turning his head, still staring at the computer screen.

Suddenly, he realized that something was wrong, turned his head, and saw the camera behind Cui Xiaonuo.

"You...are here for an interview?" Zhou Sen suddenly realized.

Zhong Ming had notified him two days ago. Zhou Sen had already forgotten about it. Today, when he saw the reporter and the camera, he suddenly remembered that he had indeed said that there was an interview!

Cui Xiaonuo smiled: "Yes, I am a reporter from Star Travel Network."

"Ah, wait." Zhou Sen turned his head, took a small bag from the table, took out a small spray from it and sprayed it on his face, then took out a small comb to comb his hair, and then came out He took a picture of himself in the small mirror and straightened his collar.

"Okay, you can ask." Zhou Sen smiled, showing four teeth.

Cui Xiaonuo looked at Zhou Sen's set of operations, and couldn't laugh or cry. Why does this guy feel like he has been thinking about this for a long time? The small bag on the table is obviously prepared in advance!

"Excuse me, what's your name? How long have you been in Weiguang Studio?"

Zhou Sen smiled slightly and replied: "My name is Zhou Sen, and I'm the co-founder of Weiguang Studio. At the beginning, Zhong Ming and I both worked in Light Wing Interactive Entertainment. Later, he found me and said he admired me very much. You want to pull me out to start a business together, so you have the current Weiguang Studio..."

Cui Xiaonuo was stunned, he caught the co-founder with a quick grab? ? ?

It's a bit awesome!

But this guy doesn't look like a co-founder at all...

Even in the very young team of Weiguang Studio, Zhou Sen belongs to the younger group.

"Then, please comment on your good partner Zhong Ming?" Cui Xiaonuo asked again.

Zhou Sen said seriously: "I think he is a very talented person, just like me. My skills can only be brought into play 100% through his creativity. Technology, the two of us complement each other, just like the two sides of a coin are inseparable..."

After 10 minutes of the interview, the people next to Zhou Sen were all holding back their laughter.

Cui Xiaonuo also almost suffered internal injuries, why does this guy feel like he's running the train with his mouth full!

After finally finishing the interview, Cui Xiaonuo decided to change his mind this time.

The old employees seem to be a bit old-fashioned. Although the program works well, they are full of words and are not very reliable.

Let's change to a younger face.

But this is also quite difficult, because it is difficult to use age to determine when they joined the company in Weiguang Studio. For example, Zhou Sen, who seems to be only 27 or [-], turns out he is the co-founder, and he is younger than many people in their thirties. It's still early for employees to join the company, so who can justify it.

Cui Xiaonuo wandered around for a while, and wandered over to the design team.

Fu Xing'an, Jia Jia, and Wu Mingliang are all young, relatively speaking, Fu Xing'an is the youngest.

But among the three, Jia Jia, who works in numerical values, seems to be the youngest, because he just graduated from a graduate school, and he still looks like a student in his clothes, and he looks more tender.

Cui Xiaonuo secretly decided to interview him!

"Hello, do you have time for an interview?"

Jia Jia temporarily put down the work in hand: "Yes."

Cui Xiaonuo said in his heart, yes, this time the candidate is good, and the answer is very straightforward, not as exaggerated as the previous one.

Jia Jia gave people the impression of a typical man of science and engineering, especially one who was engaged in mathematics. At first glance, he was very calm, and his language was very refined and concise, and hit the point directly.

"Excuse me, how long has it been since you joined Weiguang Studio?"

Jia Jia thought for a while: "In less than half a year, I joined it when I was making "Taiwu Picture Scroll". So far, I have developed two games."

"How do you feel about being here?"

"Feel? I feel that the environment and atmosphere here are very good. Everyone is a talent. I have benefited a lot from getting along with everyone. It has greatly improved me. And the team atmosphere is very harmonious. Coming here is like coming to my own home. I like it very much. Here." Jia Jia replied with a smile.

"Uh..." Cui Xiaonuo thought for a while, then asked again, "Then, what do you think of your producer Zhong Ming?"

Jia Jia said seriously: "I think the boss is an out-and-out genius! The design completion of each game is very high, so we only need to follow behind and call 666. Of course, we also He will be responsible for some relatively simple tasks, but he has already figured out the overall game framework, which is what I admire the most. Many times we feel that we cannot understand some of his designs, but we can make them It is innovative and makes players especially buy it, this is the most powerful point!"

"In normal work, the boss is also very concerned about his subordinates. Bonuses and so on are always open, and we have flexible working hours. As long as the work tasks are completed, we can do our own things during working hours. He also takes us from time to time. Go out for a big meal, and there are various small gifts in the company..."

"The boss is also very serious and responsible at work. I feel that he is a very pure gamer without any selfish distractions. He is my role model in life and the benchmark of struggle. My life goal is to become a Such a producer!"

Jia Jia suddenly opened up the chatter box, and was taken aback by what Cui Xiaonuo said.

This boy, the road is wide...

The key point is that Jia Jia was very serious when he said this, so serious that Cui Xiaonuo was too embarrassed to ask if it was the truth or if he was flattering the boss.

"Okay, thank you very much for accepting the interview, I hope you can realize your dream as soon as possible!"

After the interview with Jia Jia, Cui Xiaonuo felt that it was almost done, and if he interviewed the employees again, something might happen.

Ever since he entered the door of the Weiguang Studio, Cui Xiaonuo felt that he had entered a rather strange atmosphere. He looked at his watch, and even if the interview was delayed, it was almost ten o'clock, and he had to hurry up to interview Zhong Ming. Yes, after all, this is the highlight of this interview.

After turning around, he returned to the small reception room.

"How is it? Did the interview go well? My employees should be the kind of very honest employees who never ambiguously ask what they ask." Zhong Ming smiled.

Cui Xiaonuo Waterfall Khan, still be honest? !

One has exaggerated acting skills and the other has realistic acting skills.

Just caught two of them casually, and they were all dramatists, who could stop the trouble!
"Okay, Mr. Zhong, let's officially start the interview. Some of the questions this time are what we want to ask at Star Tour. It will be edited."

Zhong Ming nodded: "Okay, you can ask."

On Cui Xiaonuo's wristband, there was a general outline of the interview. She glanced at it and asked, "The first question, can you briefly tell me, what kind of reason did you start your business and set up Weiguang Studio?" The decision you made in the state? Or, what drove you to make such a risky behavior at the time?"

Zhong Ming thought for a while: "At that time, I was still working as a world architect in Light Wing Interactive Entertainment. Later, I felt that the leadership ability there was really limited, which seriously hindered me. I felt that it would be more free to open a studio by myself. Just right It happened that I won the first prize in the Virtual Idol Contest, and with the start-up funds, I jumped out and started my own studio.”

Cui Xiaonuo almost choked on a mouthful of tea.

The leader of Light Wing Interactive Entertainment is holding you back?How dare you say so!
"Do you still want to cut this part?" Cui Xiaonuo asked tentatively.

Zhong Ming was very puzzled: "Why? What I said is the truth. This is not something that cannot be said."

"Hmm...Okay, but does this alone make you decide to set up a studio? We all know that in the current market environment, it is a very risky thing to spend your own money to make independent games. Then you Have you also experienced mental struggles?"

Cui Xiaonuo didn't get the answer he wanted, so he had to change the angle and emphasize it.

This time, Zhong Ming was silent.

Cui Xiaonuo felt that he probably recalled the choices he faced during that time, the setbacks and difficulties he experienced when he first founded the studio, as well as the unknown future and the confusion he once fell into...

Zhong Ming paused and said: "Indeed, in the current market environment, spending your own money to make independent games is a very risky thing. I have heard that many studios were founded because of dreams, but were forced to do so because of reality. Disbandment, the problems they face, such as the shortage of capital chain, uncontrollable development cycle, employee troubles, friends turning against each other, etc..."

"Actually, these are problems that are often encountered in entrepreneurship, but I... have never experienced it."

Cui Xiaonuo was taken aback: "Huh??"

Haven't experienced it before?So what do you want to say after laying the groundwork so much? !
A sharp turn left Cui Xiaonuo stunned.

"You... have never experienced it?" Cui Xiaonuo asked again.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Yes, I have never experienced it. The first game "Latent Red Road" of Shimmer Studios was only made for two weeks, and the cost is estimated to be hundreds of thousands. Of course, after the game was launched, The monthly turnover is not too high, only ten million or so, and the score is not bad, 9.5 points, after all, it is a text adventure game, and there is no high requirement..."

Cui Xiaonuo: "..."

Look, is this speaking human language?
After two weeks of work, the cost is hundreds of thousands, the monthly turnover is 1000 million, and the score is 9.5 points!
"Later, the production of "Working Dog Survival Manual" and "Ink and Clouds" were actually relatively smooth. But when I was working on "Taiwu Painting Scroll"... hey, it was really..."

As soon as Zhong Ming said this, Cui Xiaonuo immediately became interested and listened carefully.

Zhong Ming seemed to be recalling the mental journey of developing "Taiwu Picture Scroll" before, with a lot of emotion: "During that time, our studio was facing a transformation, and it must be different from before. Because the previous games were all It was developed by four people, and the content of "Taiwu Painted Scroll" is very complex, so the studio began to recruit people, from four people to more than 20 people."

"For small studios, recruiting is bound to be a difficult problem, because there is no dedicated human resources department, and there is no reputation, so many small studios cannot recruit reliable employees, and they have to give People who pay a premium are willing to come..."

"...But, we haven't experienced these either!"

Another sharp turn, Cui Xiaonuo looked confused: "Huh?"

"Yes, we have never experienced it before." Zhong Ming said solemnly, "I just posted a job advertisement on the Internet, and within a few days, I recruited employees I am very satisfied with. How should I put it, luck is better."

Cui Xiaonuo was almost powerless to complain, and the whole person had fallen into a state of sluggishness.

Why doesn't the person opposite him play his cards according to the routine? !

(End of this chapter)