You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 243: Not Recognizing Hard Work, Only Recognizing Merit (2 in 1 Order)

Jianghai City, Leopard Tooth Live headquarters building.

Tang Tang sat in front of the computer with a dejected look on her face. What was playing on the screen was the store exploration video of D station UP host Gorilla BOY. In the video, Tang Tang and her two sisters were wearing cat girl COS costumes and dancing the home dance happily.

The candy's eyes wandered across the screen, and he was overcome by a deep sense of loss.

Recently, Taoyuan Light Year is in the limelight, while Su Yufan, who was signed by Leopard Tooth Live, is about to be ruined because of a love scandal. The image of Leopard Tooth Live is also in jeopardy in this storm of public opinion.

She recalled the past, when she was an idol trainee in a girl group, and they worked together to hold a concert at the Bird's Nest, leaving behind many beautiful memories.

But at this moment, she just felt that that time seemed to have gone far away and could no longer be reached.

Deep down in her heart, she felt a little envious of the happiness of the three sisters.

"They seem to have found new friends..."

Thinking of this, Candy felt lonely and helpless... There was a hint of jealousy mixed in with the feeling of loss.

Why, in such seemingly cruel business competition, even though they are deeply involved in it, can they live so happily and joyfully?
She laughed at herself, hesitation flashing in her eyes.

Is the path you have chosen really the right one?
……

Jianghai City, headquarters of Mileyou Company.

The Collapse 3 project team is currently in the final R&D sprint for the Tianzun Cup version.

The PPT on the big screen in the conference room was densely filled with the next R&D arrangements.

Xiao Wei, R&D Director:

"Everyone, cooperation with the Liu Group is very important. They have invested heavily in supporting our Tianzun Cup. Youyi Company has a 300-person pre-research team ready for us to deploy.

Moreover, Youyi Company also helped me contact an outsourced production team of thousands of people, so our first version must be able to amaze the entire gaming industry!
After all, we are a mobile game, and we need to package a weekly version every week and submit it to the App Store for review.
From today until the end of the Tianzun Cup, everyone please work hard and work overtime every night."

When they heard about working overtime, the project team members' faces with dark circles under their eyes looked even more haggard.

Producer Tianwu: "Although it's a bit tiring to work overtime, everyone, think about our 2D dream! Think about our passion!"

After giving the chicken blood a shot, he said, "Okay, does anyone have anything else to add?"

"..."

There was silence in the conference room.

Tianwu clapped his hands in satisfaction and was about to adjourn the meeting.
At this moment, Wan Jia in the conference room raised his hand cautiously.

"Well... I have some immature opinions, and I hope to share them with everyone."

Tianwu frowned, but did not stop.

Wan Jia stood up and said:
“I think we can add elements of daily life that allow players to interact with the Valkyries in the game, so that players can have a deeper understanding of the beautiful girls in the card pool.

For example, dating and giving gifts like GALGAME...

It can even evolve into a character emotional system, where the player's choices can affect the Valkyrie's emotional direction and plot development.

To this end, we can design more diverse character attributes, such as personality, interests, etc., to make the Valkyries more individual.

The captain has a variety of interactive methods, including gestures, expressions, etc., which increase the interactivity between players and the beautiful girl characters. "

Tianwu rubbed his eyebrows and raised his hand to interrupt Wan Jia.

"Well, that's the case, Wan Jia, your designs are a bit too far from reality.

What is the one point I have always emphasized in my work?
"Playing games" and "making games" are two completely different things. As a player, you can use your imagination as you like.

But if you’re a game designer, you have to consider the workload and whether this thing can be implemented.”

Wan Jia paused, stunned, "Huh? But these... are all settings that can be seen in GALGAME."

R&D Director Xiao Wei interrupted with a warm smile:

"How about this, Xiao Wan, if you have anything else to say, please say it all out loud for everyone's reference."

Wan Jia hesitated for a moment and continued:

"In addition, we can set up a richer social system to allow players to interact and communicate online, deepening the sense of community.

For example, players in the same fleet can interact and play games together.

In level design, we can design different combat challenges, including single-player mode, team raid, etc.

At the same time, we can set up a personalized growth system to shape different character development trajectories based on the player’s choices and behaviors.”

Other planners in the meeting room began to complain:
The level planner refuted: "We are an 2D game. Our users are all a bunch of shut-in geeks. Why are you trying to be social? It's a thankless task."

The copywriter also refuted: "We want to create a hard-core 2D world. If we add too many GALGAME elements, it will easily become otaku-friendly."

"..."

Wan Jia felt like there was something stuck in his throat and fell silent.

One of you says the user is a otaku, and the other says you don't flatter otakus. Isn't this a contradiction...

He glanced around the conference room. The indifferent looks in the eyes of the other team members showed that they did not take the plan he had worked so hard to come up with seriously at all.

Tianwu directly issued a summary of the meeting:
"Anyway, everyone, follow the division of labor in my list just now and speed up the development. The Tianzun Cup is coming soon."

Speaking of the Tianzun Cup, the whole conference room suddenly became excited:
"We must win the Tianzun Cup this time!"

Everyone in the conference room walked out. Tianwu thought for a moment and called Wan Jia back:
"Oh, by the way, Wan Jia, go configure the skill scripts for those monsters, and then go find the art students to work on the latest UI."

Wan Jia was stunned. This UI has been revised three times in one month. Why does it need to be revised again?

But he kept quiet and didn't ask any more questions.

……

After coming out of the conference room, Zhao Peng, the senior employee who was in charge of supervising this intern, took him out for lunch.

"Come on, Xiao Wan, let's go out and eat spicy hot pot. I'll treat you."

After the two of them sat down at the Malatang restaurant on the commercial street downstairs, Wan Jia couldn't help but voice his doubts:
"Brother Peng, I'm a little confused about what's going on in the conference room today. I think all my suggestions are pretty good."

Zhao Peng chuckled, opened a can of beer for himself, gulped down several mouthfuls, and then smacked his lips twice:

"Xiao Wan, you just graduated this year, so you haven't had any internships at other companies before, right?"

Wan Jia nodded in confusion.

"Heh... no wonder."

Zhao Peng picked up two pieces of grilled sausage with chopsticks and ate with relish, his mouth full of oil.

"Brother Peng, let me tell you something: when you're new to the workplace, the first thing you need to learn isn't job skills or how to work overtime. Instead, it's how to 'read people's expressions and manage upwards.'"

"Manage... upward?" Wan Jia was even more confused.

"That's right. Let me talk about what happened in the conference room just now. If I were you, I would definitely not stand up and be the first to make any suggestions for improvement.

Look, when the boss was speaking, everyone else remained silent. Why?
Because the plans on the PPT are all the boss's ideas, wouldn't you offend the boss by opposing him?
If you really have a different opinion, you can talk to the boss in person in private.

In the end, you, a young fool, are the only one who stood up. Are you stupid?"

"But... I just want to make the game more fun," Wan Jia said unconvincedly. "Isn't our company's corporate culture 'Speak Your Mind'? It's printed on the wall."

Zhao Peng took another big sip of beer:

"You really believe it? Let me tell you, whoever believes our company's slogans will be the one to pack up and leave." Zhao Peng looked around and analyzed in a low voice:
"For example, the saying 'Don't recognize hard work, only recognize merit'.

Anyone with a normal mind thinks this sentence is bullshit. Do you know why?

There is an old saying that goes, "A good warrior may not have great achievements!"

What counts as merit? How do we define who has made a contribution?

Some technical maintenance, operations, customer service support and other departments may not seem to have any special features at first glance, but they work a lot of overtime and their work is very hard.
As a result, they had no presence at the company's annual meeting, but it was obvious that these departments' greatest contribution was to maintain stability and avoid problems.

So why aren’t their hard work recognized?
The consequence of only recognizing achievements is that everyone is thinking about scheming and making profits, and showing off in front of the leaders like a peacock,

They will even mess around with things that don't need to be changed, just to give themselves some credit to write about!
If this continues, the project will be in chaos sooner or later..."

Wan Jia was more and more shocked as he listened. He seemed to be lost in thought. He quickly brought two more cans of beer to Zhao Peng and whispered, "Brother Zhao, why is there such a mess?"

Zhao Peng gulped down several more mouthfuls of beer and continued:

"Because these people were all recruited from outside by Mileyou at great expense,
All the social recruits are accomplished professionals in the gaming industry, and all the campus recruits are the proud children of Ivy League schools and C9.
Gather such a group of talented people together and tell them that our company only recognizes merit.

The final result is that no one is willing to admit defeat to anyone else and everyone thinks they are the best!
Teamwork is bullshit, processes and pipelines are bullshit, I want credit, I want to show myself in front of the boss..."

"Ow..."

Wan Jia nodded as if he understood something. No wonder there were always strange quarrels in the office during the past few months since he joined the company.

Zhao Peng continued in a low voice:
"For example, our boss has just taken over as producer.
There’s a saying that goes, a new official starts with three things!
Calling us here today to arrange work is the first step!"

Wan Jia is a smart man and quickly reacted:

"Brother Peng, you're saying that the UI doesn't really need to be changed, but because it was created by the predecessor, the boss has to find a way to overturn and redo it to preserve his own work achievements."

"Ruzi can be taught!"

Zhao Peng gave a thumbs up and put two peanuts into his mouth.

"So you know how stupid your behavior was today, right?

However, it's not a big problem. Brother Peng will give you a tip. After you finish your meal in the afternoon, take the initiative to send an email to the boss and attach the plans you proposed in the meeting room.

Just say that today you originally had a learning attitude and wanted to bring up these crude things first to "throw out some ideas" for the boss's plan, but you were too nervous and ended up making things worse.

Now, after seeing the boss's plan, you feel that your plan is a piece of shit. Please give me some advice in the spirit of guiding the younger generation.

If you flatter me, the boss won't give you any trouble in the future."

Wan Jia nodded gratefully, then became thoughtful.

Zhao Peng finished a large bowl of spicy hot pot and wiped his mouth with a tissue in satisfaction. Then he remembered something and asked:

“Oh, by the way, do you have any classmates or friends who have some technical skills and want to join MiLeYou?
If you have a resume, send it to me. I will recommend you internally and we will split the referral bonus 50-50."

Wan Jia understood immediately, then nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Peng, you'll be a part of any good resume."

"Hehe, you are sensible. It's worth it for the master to help you."

……

After returning home from get off work, Wan Jia carried a bunch of purchased vegetables into the kitchen.

For some reason, my younger sister Wan Xiaotong has been coming home very late recently. I heard her say that she is busy developing a new game.

But Wan Jia didn't care.

It is estimated that Wan Xiaotong's workplace is a small web game workshop that is not presentable and does things that exploit employees.

But thinking of this, he smiled at himself again.

Even if his sister's company is a small workshop, what right does he have to laugh at it?

He recalled that the reason why he joined Mileyou was because of his dream and love for the second dimension.

As a result, after working in the workplace for a while and enduring enough beatings, he finally realized that
Playing games and making games are two different things.

Work and hobbies are two different things.

Mileyou appears to be presented very beautifully in its external promotional videos, but the necessary KPI pressure and overtime are still there.

Although the structure is said to be flat, there is a strict implicit hierarchy within it, and it is full of office struggles and factions.

Even compared with big manufacturers like Tenghui, it is better than them.

After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

No matter how good a company's publicity is, it cannot escape basic human nature.

……

Thinking of this, Wan Jia no longer had the heart to cook. He walked to the computer and casually opened a few resumes in his hand, preparing to send them to Zhao Peng.

These resumes are from classmates from the same school who haven't found a job yet and asked him to help with internal referrals.

The so-called "internal referral" refers to internal recommendation, and it is said that the acceptance rate is much higher than submitting your resume in person.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Peng hinted to Wan Jia and asked him for his resume was because Mileyou has an "internal referral culture."

If the referred employee is successfully hired, the recommender will receive a substantial referral bonus of tens of thousands of yuan.

Even if the recommended candidate is not successfully hired, as long as the interview enters a certain stage, he or she will receive a referral bonus of several thousand yuan at certain stages.

It is precisely because of this that on social platforms such as Maimai, Mileyou employees are everywhere spreading internal referral advertisements and sending out their own internal referral codes, to the point where it is almost rampant.

Of course, team leaders within the company also like to hire people who are recommended by internal referrals.

the reason is simple,
Because the company is full of big guns, and in a culture that only recognizes merit, no one is willing to give in to anyone else.
Therefore, in order to gain an advantage in the internal struggle of the office, the team leader will definitely recommend his own direct subordinates and acquaintances to join the company.
For example, if the team leader is a graduate of Jianghai University, he will definitely give priority to recruiting his junior students who are familiar with him in school to join the project team as his direct subordinates.
If the team leader is a veteran who has been in the workplace for many years, he will definitely include former colleagues with whom he has a good relationship as his direct subordinates.

For example, employees from Tenghui will stick together and form their own faction.

Former employees from Youyi, Beautiful World, and Zuyou Network will also band together to form their own faction and expand their own power through internal referrals.

After all, Mileyou's expansion was too fast and the management experience of the top management could not keep up.
So in Wan Jia's opinion, this company is already a bit chaotic.

……

Just as she was daydreaming, Wan Xiaotong pushed open the door and returned home.

"Brother, please quickly prepare the royal meal for me. I have been battling the invisible boundary for a whole day and am starving."

Wan Jia knocked his sister's head expressionlessly.

"Talk nicely when you get home."

"Well……"

For the sake of the delicious food on the table, she decided to hold back.

Wan Jia continued to ask, "Why do you always come home late recently? Are you working overtime at the company?"

"No... I'm petting the cat." Wan Xiaotong told the truth.

Wan Jia was stunned.

What kind of weird company is this that keeps employees in the company to play with cats?
Could it be that my sister accidentally entered some shady factory?

He said seriously, "Tell me in detail."

(End of this chapter)