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

Chapter 310 Everything is based on mutual consent

"Say it again? How many people have left the Douzan Project Team?"

"How much is half? More than 50 people? Has the online game operation been affected? Oh, no, that's good."

However, this phenomenon still reminded Xiao Ma of some bad memories. "Have these people signed non-compete agreements? Especially those against Bi'an, it's better to sign them, it's better to sign them."

"Always pay attention to the movements of the group headed by Feng Ji, especially to see if these people have gone to the other side!"

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Ma frowned. Why did he suddenly quit his job? He always felt that something was wrong, but he had no clue what to do.

Only time will tell.

A few days later, Pony Ma received the latest news that the group of people who had resigned from Tencent Quantum Studio had established a game company called Game Science.

"Is the company located in Beijing? Hangzhou? Has the capital behind it been investigated?"

"Qiming Ventures? Invested 500 million? Forget it. It's going to rain and it's going to get married. After all, everyone has their own aspirations. Let's just leave it at that for now!"

Xiao Ma Ge tried every way to associate game science with the other side, but after thinking about it, it seemed quite normal. Although he always felt that something was not right, he had to give up.

Half a month later,

In an entrepreneurial industrial park on the outskirts of HZ, there are small buildings in the Hui style with white walls and black tiles scattered around the park.

The scenery here is beautiful and the environment is quiet. The Game Science Base is located here, which is a four-story building.

The overall interior decoration style is minimalist industrial style, full of the technological hardcore of technology geeks. Since the decoration was just completed not long ago, there are no curtains on all the windows. Some windows have a few pieces of cardboard stuck on them with transparent tape to avoid direct sunlight.

The first floor is for research and development, and the second floor is the public area. Several treadmills and bicycles are placed in the corners, as well as various Dou War props brought by previous employees, such as weapons like sticks and armor. In the middle is a human-sized model of the Monkey King.

The third floor is vacant and is planned to be used as a motion capture studio in the future. There is a huge display screen on the wall.

The fourth floor is called the fourth floor, but it is actually a small attic that serves as Feng Ji's office.

The pace of life in Hangzhou is not as fast as that in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and the housing prices are not too high (not yet driven up by Alibaba), so people won’t feel suffocated. The quiet atmosphere here is very suitable for everyone to calm down and work together on one thing.

This is also the reason why Feng Ji chose to locate his company here.

After the company was renovated, Feng Ji called other partners and asked them to come to the company for a meeting to discuss what to do next.

Yang Qi was still playing games at home when he received the call. Before leaving, he posted a microblog, "I started to do something stupid this year. It seems like I have been waiting for this day for several years in this industry. I will go out for a meeting soon, and outside the window I feel like the trees in the entire community are quietly calling my name..."

At that time, Yang Qi had only more than 300 followers on Weibo, most of whom were colleagues and friends, as well as some netizens he knew in the industry.

A few minutes after the Weibo post was published, there was only one comment from Feng Ji, who said "cheer up".

When he arrived at the company, he found that he was the last one to arrive. Then he saw Feng Ji wrote three routes on the whiteboard in the conference room.

“The first path: go all out to make a single-player action game;
The second way: Make a popular RPG+SLG mobile game;

The third option is to split into two teams, one to make a mobile game and the other to make a stand-alone action game.

After Yang Qi arrived, all the partners in the room were present.

"These are the three paths I originally wanted to take, but now that we have funding, things are different." Feng Ji crossed out the second and third paths.

"We now have only one path to follow, and this meeting is to determine our black myth: the skeleton of Wukong!
Before we get started, there are a few rules to keep in mind! ”

Feng Ji once wrote an article entitled "Who Murdered Our Games" which caused quite a stir at the time.

Now he still remembers his original intention and emphasizes it again.

What is behind the game operators? Capital.

What is the essence of games? It is a virtual sense of existence and achievement.

What is the huge player group in the eyes of capital? It is the best and most delicious lamb to be slaughtered; it is a super gold mine that cannot be found anywhere in the world; it is the perfect, uncultivated, and most fertile virgin land.

"So what is the purpose of making games? There is only one reason, and that is for fun. Only games that we think are fun will be liked by players. We must keep this in mind from beginning to end."

In fact, everyone had discussed what type of game to make countless times before. Everyone agreed that it should be an action game with weak networking, strong combat experience, and cold weapon combat, but there were some differences in the style of the game. Everyone preferred different styles, such as "God of War!" "Monster Hunter!" "Dynasty Warriors!"

After much discussion, everyone finally reached a consensus to make the new game an action game with "very strong enemy oppression", "ingenious level structure", and "fragmented narrative with a mysterious style".

Now that these are decided, the next step is to develop the game engine. Should we use a ready-made one on the market or develop it completely in-house?

The three main game engines on the market are Unity, Unreal, and Cocos, and self-developed games are a more difficult path.

Feng Ji silently wrote the word "Tiangong" on the whiteboard. "I have discussed this issue with Mr. Chen from Bi'an before. Tiangong is the game engine that Bi'an is currently developing. Last month, Bi'an acquired the company behind Cosos. The Tiangong engine will be integrated with Cosos and developed on this basis. We will use Cocos first, and the cost of subsequent changes will be much smaller."

Zhao Wenyong raised his own question, "Wouldn't it be less risky to use an existing mature game engine from abroad?"

"Use your own products to feel at ease!"

After all the discussions were completed, Feng Ji made the final summary, "Everyone says that after the White Bones, there will be no more Journey to the West."

Feng Ji's words came from the fact that at that time, Douzhanshen was planned to have a total of 5 chapters, and the third chapter was called "Goodbye Madam", and Madam referred to Madam Baigu. As a result, the reality was that the plot only lasted to the third chapter. There were plot animations and dubbing before, and the quality was very high, but it came to an abrupt end in the third chapter.

The next two chapters are just plain text mission instructions to get the job done, so it has become the most frequently complained about phrase by players.

This also became a knot in the hearts of several of them.

"Then let us, the descendants of bones, travel west again!"

Game Science, Black Myth: Wukong, the seeds have been sown. Chen Mo does not pay attention or interfere, just invests money and waits for them to bear fruit. Everything is the best arrangement.

In order to protect Game Science from various external disturbances, Chen Mo did not give the funds directly. Instead, he had a meal with Tong Shihao of Qiming Venture Partners and the funds were transferred from there.

He did not invest 1 million right away but instead made loans gradually. Interestingly, Tong Shihao also wanted to get involved by investing 500 million personally. The reason he gave was that he believed Chen Mo's vision was right, so he just did it and took advantage of the situation.

After finishing this matter, Chen Mo prepared to rectify the current atmosphere of all-out attack, because he remembered the impatient tone of Feng Ji when he greeted him before, and realized that Bi'an seemed to be very unpopular among Tencent employees.

He then learned some of the ins and outs from Feng Ji and discovered that the all-out recruitment style had gone astray.

They are Bi'an, not Amway. When did Bi'an become so cheap? It's like begging people to work for Bi'an.

Chen Mo has always believed that it is not a good business to take advantage of others, so he was very angry.

After settling on Game Science, Chen Mo immediately called HRVP Xu Peinan, Zhang Changfa, and all the regional managers at the headquarters to hold a remote conference call.

First, we listened to the "battle results" reported by various regions. Everyone's tone was high-spirited because the results were fruitful.

Xu Peixin also enthusiastically reported that the number of employees in the Bi'an Group has exceeded the original plan of 3 and is currently approaching the 5 mark. In addition, nearly one-third of the new employees in the past two months came from BAT companies.
Chen Mo clapped his hands, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Not bad! Beyond expectations~"

The participants were greatly encouraged.

"But 5 is enough? Why not go straight for ? After all, the revenue of the other shore is so good, it's not like they can't afford it. What do you think, Pei Xin?"

Xu Peixin heard his boss's voice-over and felt a pang in his heart. "Too fast an expansion of staff will bring management pressure, which will lead to a decrease in overall efficiency."

"It seems you know it. I thought you didn't know it! Then, Lao Zhang, do you know what the employees of those big factories say about us?"

"This"

"Cow-skin candy, dog-skin plaster, pyramid scheme, oh, there's an adjective in front of it, rich and powerful~~~ In other people's eyes, we have become bootlickers."

Zhang Changfa and Xu Peixin stood up quickly. Although they didn't quite understand what a dog licker was, they could probably guess the meaning from the literal meaning.
"Boss, this is mainly my fault." Zhang Changfa was about to explain when Chen Mo interrupted him and looked at Xu Peixin.
"The screen shows some anonymous reports I received in my personal mailbox. Note that it is "some", not just a few.

The content is about some employees relying on their background in big companies to boss around some old colleagues. This is especially obvious in Alibaba, with a lot of words like "how is Alibaba, how is the other side now?"
Pei Xin, you HR department should strengthen management in this area. For such employees, if you find them for the first time, you should give them a warning. If you find them for the second time, you should fire them directly!"

Xu Peixin said hesitantly, "Firing for this reason does not comply with the Labor Law..."

"Do you need me to teach you 2N+1? The other side wants talents, not smart people! Xu Peixin, this time I give you a verbal warning!"

Xu Peixin's forehead was covered with sweat, and he quickly assured, "I understand, Boss, I know how to do it, just watch me show me how to do it!"

“What I need is for you to proactively report to me, rather than for me to passively find problems and come to you!
At the beginning of the year, I emphasized orderly expansion. Don’t just remember expansion and forget the first two words. If the foundation is not well laid, what is the use of the group growing to tens of thousands in the future if they are all scattered soldiers? Do you understand? "

(End of this chapter)