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

Chapter 262 The first day at the other side

"Jonathan, have you decided what game you're going to play?"

"I've downloaded this game called The Other Shore and I'm going to try it out to see if it's as fun as the reviews online say. What about you?"

"You forgot that I'm a loyal fan of Blizzard. The feeling of Warcraft Legend will suit me very well."

"Oh my god, why does this game require WeChat to log in? It's so troublesome to download WeChat again!"

"No, you can also register with your mobile phone number, but you'd better download WeChat. With WeChat, you can log in to the other side game with one click."

"How do you know so much?"

"I went to the offline trial meeting that day, and someone introduced it to me. I heard it while I was waiting in line, but you interrupted me and I got hung up again. This crazy little chicken really tests my skills."

"I should say that Bi'an's mobile games are really fun, but I always feel that these games have the shadow of our Dahan Republic online games. The Chinese are too cunning. They must have stolen our country's ideas! Is our referee dead?"

"Edward, how many of us are squeezing in at the Ancient War now?"

"There are 300 people in our group, and there are more than people queuing outside."

"Only when the game is popular can it prove that it is worth competing for. Let everyone get familiar with the game Ancient War within a week, and take the top spot in the current server within a month. Then we will start our new journey by launching the international server."

"Okay, William~ Our Great British Razor Party will definitely stand at the top of the world!"

"Eh? My dearest Ou Doudou, what new game are you playing?"

"The third place in Apple's ranking is Cool Run for All~"

"Let me play for a while~"

"Dame! You have a cell phone too, you can download it yourself~"

"Let's do it, huh? The first one is actually a plane shooting game, this suits me!"

In just a few days, a whirlwind called the other shore blew in from the distant and mysterious eastern country and swept across the world.

WeChat and Bi'an Mobile Assistant are strongly ranked in the top ten software rankings in various regions.

Nowadays, not only Chinese mobile games, but also mobile games all over the world have no popular works except for the once popular games such as Fruit Ninja, Fishing, Crazy Birds, etc. In the West, most of the mobile games are fantasy-style role-playing games. There are a lot of mobile games produced by small workshops, but there are no hits, and they are very scarce.

The sudden emergence of the mobile game "The Other Shore" has caused a gap in the history of the game. After its launch, it topped the game rankings in various regions and occupied the top spot. However, the ranking of various mobile games in "The Other Shore" varies according to different regional cultures and the degree of acceptance.

Because "Ancient War" has a universal world view background and civilization evolution, especially the subsequent news about the international server, it has occupied the first place in Europe, America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and China.

"Crazy Chickens" is similar to the previously globally popular "Crazy Birds" in both game style and name, and is closely following.

Then some differences emerged.

"Legends of Warcraft" ranked third, thanks to its novel card types, especially the slot machine-like mechanism of drawing cards, which won the favor of European and American users, especially Warcraft players.

The situation is the opposite in Japan and South Korea, where casual games from Beyond are more favored by local players, while Ancient War ranks behind.

Not only were the players affected, but many game companies and studios were also taught a hard lesson by the other side.

It’s not the Netherlands, nor Henan, it’s Finland.

Supercell Oy is a game studio founded in 2010 by Ilkka Paananen and five other co-founders.

The company is currently developing two mobile games. One is called Cartoon Farm, which is a cartoon-style development and management game with some strategic gameplay. The inspiration comes from the Happy Farm that was previously spread from the distant Eastern continent.

That’s right! It’s the vegetable-stealing Happy Farm in China. At that time, this Flash social game was saturated in the domestic market. Then, in less than a year, Happy Farm was released to 20 countries and regions, covering nearly 2 million users, and it was also very popular.

The other game is a primitive tribal-style tower defense game. However, when Eka and others saw the news on the market, especially the gameplay and mode of Ancient War, they were deeply attracted.

Thinking about our own experience in developing business strategy games, and feeling that the primitive tribal style is a good match, I feel that it has great market prospects.

Then Supercell Oy decided to change the direction of the game and turn it into a tower defense business strategy game called Clash of Clans.
Monday, March 2012, 1 was sunny.

Li Min came to the tenth floor of China Resources Wucai City. Today was his first day at the other side. His name sounded like a woman's, and it was the same name as a character in Blizzard, but he was a man with a penis, although he was a little introverted.

Li Min studied both her bachelor's and master's degrees at Beijing University of Science and Technology, majoring in computer science. After graduation, she joined Huasou Technology, whose full name is Huaxia Search Information Technology Co., Ltd., the same company that the legendary female table tennis champion is the CEO of. The project they worked on was originally called People's Search, but was later renamed "People's Search".

Li Min worked diligently, willingly and overtime for two years. Due to his personality, he only knew how to work and was not very good at expressing himself. Although his salary increased, he was still a soldier.

Years ago, because the leader of their department lost the palace fight, the gods fought and the mortals suffered, and even a small soldier like him who was forced to take sides was affected. He was transferred to another department, and what followed was endless suppression and exclusion. In the end, he resigned in anger and didn't even ask for compensation.

Li Min has a good academic background and has made good use of his time. He has a solid foundation and in the past two years, he has worked on several small projects that interest him in addition to working overtime, and has accumulated a lot of technical skills.

Later, I became an interview master and could interview at least two companies every day. I looked for a job for almost a month and finally reaped great rewards. I could pick and choose any offer I could. My salary increased by more than 2% compared to my previous employer. Big companies such as Alibaba and Baidu even extended olive branches to me.

Based on my past work experience, Baidu is actually the most suitable place for me.

But Li Min finally chose Bi'an Technology because he read the reviews on Zhiyan and his peers' evaluation of Bi'an was that it was the company he aspired to be.

Whether it is salary or working environment.

Li Min came to the front desk and looked at the pretty lady with a smile on her face. She said shyly, "Hello, my name is Li Min, and I'm here to start work."

After handing in his ID card, graduation certificate, passport photo, certificate of resignation and other necessary documents, he was led by a young lady to a large conference room. Although it was called a large conference room, judging by the decoration style and lazy sofas, it felt like a jungle-themed lounge.

There were about a dozen people inside, standing, sitting or lying down, looking very comfortable. They were all new employees who joined the company today.

At ten o'clock in the morning, a female HR lady wearing jeans and a custom-made T-shirt from Bi'an walked in. She had short hair and looked very capable. She introduced herself concisely with a smile on her face.

"Welcome everyone to join the big family of Bi'an. You can just call me Lingling. Next, I will organize a few small games to deepen everyone's understanding of our company and promote mutual familiarity."

Then everyone in the room introduced themselves. Li Min found that although everyone had different jobs, including designers, programmers, operations, planners, etc.

Everyone belongs to different departments, but the common point is that they all have their own skills. There is even a big brother who is in charge of operations. Although he only has a college degree, he was the president of the largest guild in a certain server of World of Warcraft, with nearly a thousand members under him.

Li Min was very surprised, and it was considered a good example of this.

However, the HR lady had one small request at the end, which was that everyone should say why they chose Bian Technology.

Some said it was for the legendary workstation worth thirty thousand yuan, some said they didn't want to work overtime like a beast of burden, some were more straightforward and said the pay was high, and the operations guy said kindly that for his dream, he was waiting every day to join the Warcraft Legend project team and become an operations officer.

Since the atmosphere on site was not like training or classes, everyone was very relaxed. When it was Li Min's turn to speak, he did not stand up. "Well, I just want a fair and free working environment."

Every time a new student gave a reason, the HR lady wrote one on the whiteboard.

After everyone had finished introducing themselves, "Everyone is right. The other shore is indeed as everyone said. However, you haven't told the whole story yet."

She then added a few more points.

"The above are the benefits of our other shore. Please take a look first. You may have a deeper understanding in the subsequent work."

Next, under the leadership of the young lady, everyone present was divided into four teams, played some interesting games, and learned about the development history, management personnel, company vision and the company's red lines of Bi'an.

One hour later, the new employee training was over with everyone laughing and chatting. Everyone held in their hands more or less a small action figure customized by the company. Some were models of the demon hunter Illidan, some were little yellow chicken pillows, and so on. These were the rewards for playing the mini-games just now.

"The new employee training has come to an end for now. Everyone will need to get some new employee equipment before they start working. Follow me."

Then everyone lined up and came to the meeting room next door labeled "Equipment Room". Looking at the various items classified into different categories, Li Min actually had a sense of déjà vu as if a new semester had started and freshmen were receiving their books after joining the company.

When it was his turn, Li Min received a work badge with his photo and number 0618 on it, and a custom-made T-shirt and jacket from Bi'an, the same style as the one worn by the HR lady. People next to him said that the material of the clothes cost at least 500 yuan.

No wonder it felt a little different when he touched it.

"The next part is what some of you are most interested in. Maybe you have heard of it before, which is that if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Everyone, follow me."

Then everyone came to a counter with a large screen on top and a double-sided screen below, where HR staff and employees could interact with each other face to face, just like ordering.

The name of the system is "Newcomer Equipment Selection System"

(End of this chapter)