Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 259 Mobile Game Layout
In just one day, Tang Daosheng advanced the project progress, arranged personnel division of labor, and issued various orders. He has basically been working non-stop since last night and was so busy that he had no time to worry.

However, when he looked at the work schedule for the employees in the next half month, which showed that each person would work at least 15 hours a day, he felt a bit of a headache. It was unrealistic to force employees to work overtime on the one hand and to prohibit them from complaining on the job on the other hand.

He and those managers can be open-minded. After all, the annual salary of several million is there, and it is worth it even if they work hard for it. But how can the ordinary employees who only earn tens or hundreds of thousands a year understand this?
For a moment, Tang Daosheng had a headache. He hoped that these people would not have time to think about these trivial things in the subsequent work day and night.

Tencent's WLG department is extremely busy, and Bi'an Technology is no less busy.

On the day after Bi'an's press conference, all technical teams were busy and ready to prepare for the major version update of all Bi'an's products and the launch of the international version tomorrow.

Every time after the Bi'an press conference, it is the busiest time for all employees in the company.

As the boss, Chen Mo took on the responsibility without even having time to read online reports and public opinion. He first followed up on the release of each business unit tomorrow, and in the afternoon he called Sun Ziwei and Zhang Chao to his office.

Before Chen Mo started, Sun Ziwei took the initiative and asked, "What are the hammer and water tank at the end of the press conference? How come I don't know~"

Not only were all the netizens speculating, but even the top two in the company's other side game division were confused last night. Wasn't this something that had happened in the previous rehearsal?

"Oh, my, that was something I added before I went on stage, otherwise it wouldn't be so simple. Since you two care so much, let's talk about this first."

Chen Mo pulled over a whiteboard and drew a diagram on it. A matchstick man was holding something, let's call it a hammer, sitting in a water tank, and then climbing up.

"No matter how difficult it is, if you're not careful, you'll fall back to the starting point. By the way, this game doesn't support save and load. It's a pure racing game. When it's released globally, the world leaderboard will be open for players to compete for."

"Do you have a name?"

"This hammer water tank is called Digging the Earth to Seek Ascension. There is another similar one, which is the same as the Ladder to the Clouds, and it also climbs up in various ways and finally flies into the starry sky. I named it Ascension on the Spot.

These two games are similar, creating a global racing atmosphere, just like the concept of the Olympics, faster, higher and stronger."

In fact, the prototypes of the two games mentioned by Chen Mo are "Overcoming Difficulties with Bennett Foddy" and "Only Up".

These two games focus on a frustrating climbing race. Why frustrating? Because this type of game is just like life, once you start, you can't save the game. You either finish it in the end or give up and exit the game halfway.

Aside from the inability to save the game, these two games also have one thing in common: they torture players all over the world to the point where they cannot take care of themselves.

It also brings countless joys, and the source of joy is watching those anchors lose their mentality and get broken by the game.

Chen Mo just launched these two games in order to collaborate with YY and preheat the game live broadcast in advance.

After all, game live streaming is a huge promotional boost for game manufacturers.

Chen Mo briefly explained the characteristics of this type of game to the two of them, especially Zhang Chao who looked at his boss dimly.

You have a clear grasp of human nature, and you still say that you don’t understand the game?
Sun Ziwei was used to it. He wouldn't be surprised if this guy turned into Ultraman in front of him or flew out and turned into a star in the sky. He asked the question he was concerned about, "What about the profit model of the game? In-app purchases? Buyout?"

"Don't make in-app purchases for this kind of thing, it's too ugly. Just buy it out. Then, depending on how popular it is, you can do some product placement, which will also be a profit."

Sun Ziwei was a little worried. "It's hard to deal with piracy for a stand-alone PC game like this."

"Completely eliminate piracy and don't display it. Tell the human resources department to hire some technical experts in the security field. It's better to delay the cracking as much as possible.

Besides, these two games are just to maintain the topic of the other side and promote game live broadcasting. I don’t care much about the revenue. I just want to recover the cost.”

"Yeah, sure! I know what to do."

After explaining this to Sun Ziwei, Chen Mo turned and looked at Zhang Chao.

"You have a very important mission here!"

It had been a long time since I heard the word "very important mission" from the boss, which made Zhang Chao a little excited. "Boss, just tell me, what is it!"

“Talk about copyright!”

"Talk about copyright?"

"That's it~" Chen Mo pulled over a large whiteboard and started writing on it with a pen.

There are only two short lines on the whiteboard, and the top line is a popular PC game.

The next row is a classic anime masterpiece.

Legend, Miracle, DNF, Bubble Kart, Audition
Naruto, Dragon Ball, Bleach, One Piece, Saint Seiya, Slam Dunk.
These are all names that Zhang Chao is extremely familiar with. He knows all the origins and plots like the back of his hand. If he had invested the time he spent on games and animation into researching technology, he would have had no role to play as the company's CTO long ago.

Thinking about the business he was currently in charge of, Zhang Chao had some exciting guesses in his mind, "Boss, do you mean to adapt all of these into mobile games in the future?"

Since there were no outsiders present, Chen Mo was a little more casual in his address.
"Your brother Jianchao is doing well now, and our company has established offices in Japan and South Korea.

Please work hard, bring the company's legal department and a few capable assistants from your department, and strive to buy out the mobile game license in the Chinese region. Note, it must be a buyout!
In other words, in the future, anyone who wants to develop similar mobile games in China needs the approval of the other side. If an online game is to be converted into a PC game, if there is a ready-made one in Korea, we can use it directly. If there is no ready-made license, we can take it and develop it ourselves.

As for the price, as long as it's not outrageous, we can negotiate!"

Wow, it looks like they are going to take over the whole thing. I like this tactic of destroying the whole family.

Zhang Chao was secretly amazed at the boss's generosity, then he clasped his hands together and nodded vigorously, "Boss, just wait and see! We will definitely win before the end of the year! Uh, no, Legend should be grand,"

"Go ahead and try it out first, go ahead!"

After Zhang Chao excitedly left, Chen Mo reminded Sun Ziwei, "Find a few more stable people to cooperate with Zhang Chao."

"Well, I know what to do. Zhang Chao is very motivated and has a deep understanding of games and animation. He is indeed a good candidate."

Chen Mo smiled and said, "But it would be good if we can get half of it before the New Year. You should keep an eye on this too."

"Hmm~"

"Go, call Xu Peixin!"

Video games have been popular for decades, and ultimately there are only a few types: RTS (real-time strategy), RPG (role-playing), FPS (first-person design), MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena), card and SLG (strategy simulation), and FTG (action fighting).

RPG: "Tian Ya Ming Yue Dao", "Genshin Impact", "Ni Shui Han".
FPS: Subsequent Chicken-Eating Modes of "PUBG Mobile" and "Peace Elite"

MOBA: Similar to "League of Legends" and "Honor of Kings"

SLG: "Three Kingdoms Strategy Edition" "War of the Golden Spatula"

Cards: Hearthstone, Sword and Expedition

FTG: "Naruto" "DNF"

The above are the mobile games that Chen Mo remembers as being relatively popular. Once the license is obtained, research and development can be carried out in advance. After two years when 4G becomes popular, a few similar hits will be launched in each category, and money can be made without doing anything.

When the popularity of the game has died down, you can still reap some benefits through various collaborations and skin changes. No matter how much you talk about feelings, a company must be profit-driven. Who will work with you if you only make big promises but don't provide any benefits?
Even if Bi'an doesn't make these games, several other companies will. At least Bi'an will allocate a portion of its revenue from mobile games to domestic 3A masterpieces. After a few years of accumulation, it will see if it can produce something of similar quality to Black Myth, so that domestic players can also have a good meal. The rest can be invested in technological research and development.

And these profits were given to other companies, and a large piece of the pie went to the foreigners.

Trivia: On the surface, BAT is led by Ma and Li, who hold considerable say, but are they actually workers for capital? The major shareholders behind them are all foreign capital, which accounted for more than one-third of the total during the peak period. Among them, the South African Press behind T is African, Softbank behind A is Japanese, Yahoo is American, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson behind B is also American.

It’s better to make money yourself than to let others get the benefit!

This is the general development trend.
A few minutes later, Human Resources Director Xu Peixin came in and interrupted Chen Mo's thoughts.

He was going to report to his boss about the company's annual meeting. After all, this was the first annual meeting since the establishment of Bi'an, and it was also something his boss had assigned him to do last month.

The first time should be grand. You can't just find a cheap hotel to deal with it. That would be too unreasonable.

Therefore, Chen Mo left Xu Peixin with the eight-character guideline for holding the annual meeting: "Hold it in a grand manner and be happy!"

Xu Peixin was recruited by Quanjun Qi in the middle of last year. He used to be the human resources manager of a Fortune 500 company. He has rich management experience and most importantly, he is a man.

In a company, if a middle-level manager, especially in a department like HR, is a female leader, generally speaking, the employees below her will have a more miserable life.

Otherwise, how could the term "Baidu female manager" come into being?

Baidu's business has grown rapidly in the past two years, and many product managers and programmers are unable to move up after reaching a certain level.

Therefore, some "smart people" took advantage of Baidu's talent mechanism, job transfer mechanism and internal fighting opportunities and chose to change jobs (the so-called "going the M route").

As the business subsequently contracted, these old white rabbits that reaped the dividends of the past are now experiencing problems such as a mismatch between their moral character and their ability, and a mismatch between their salary and ability.

What’s more serious is that these old white rabbits can endure and be tolerant, and they won’t change or run away even if they are angry.

Not only are they unable to promote the development of the enterprise, but they have become an obstacle to the progress of the enterprise.

As a result, there are more and more complaints about this phenomenon within Baidu. Coupled with the discrimination against women in the workplace, some employees believe that the success rate of female managers transitioning to M (technical to management) is higher than that of male managers. As a result, this joke has spread widely among the people.

It’s not that women in the workplace are incapable, there are many outstanding female managers, but from the perspective of probability and phenomenon, Internet founders and capable managers are indeed mostly men.

In his previous life, Chen Mo met a weird female leader. There were conflicts in the family. The whole team was trembling with fear and kept a low profile, for fear of becoming the victim. There were also a few days of irritability every month, which made things very difficult.

Therefore, most of the managers in Bi'an Company are men, and Human Resources Director Xu Peixin is one of them.

(End of this chapter)