Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 18 The determination to poach employees from the old boss is serious!
Mark Merrill's last text message was:

【Want to play games tonight? 】

Why does this sound so familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

Gu Bei thought about it and scrolled down.

Wow, no wonder it looks so familiar.

It turns out that Mark said this almost every day.

The founder of Riot Games was almost caught by him as a black carp!
It all started last Tuesday, the day when New York City was hit by heavy snow.

[Bruce, I saw the news and it snowed heavily in New York. How is it over there?]

[The weather in New York is like this, either very cold or very hot, and the traffic and security conditions are not good.

But Los Angeles is different. The temperature is very uniform year-round, making it very suitable for living. My alma mater, the University of Southern California, also has a highly ranked computer science program.

Mark Merrill's purpose of stepping on one and praising the other is obvious.

They just wanted to trick Gu Bei into going to Los Angeles and having him work for Riot Games.

If it were an ordinary day, Gu Bei would definitely be polite to him, after all, he wanted to invest in their Riot Games in the future.

But that day happened to be a very stressful night for him. Zhou Qianqian called him several times, but he was always on the phone and had no time to pay attention to the text messages.

So I didn’t reply.

The next day, Mark posted this sentence.

Gu Bei saw it and was trapped at home by the snowstorm, so he immediately replied with a GoGoGo.

The two played Dota for an entire afternoon, and Mark asked a few questions about the game design.

Gu Bei saw at a glance that it was a problem encountered in the development of League of Legends. It was not a difficult task for him, so he gave some pointers.

On Thursday afternoon, Mark asked a few more questions.

Gu Bei was organizing the shooting plan and didn't reply.

A few hours later, Mark came to ask him in the evening if he wanted to play. Gu Bei happened to be free, so he played with him for a few more hours and helped him solve a few problems.

Next, a pattern seemed to develop.

Mark spoke first, but Gu Bei didn't reply.

After waiting for a few hours, Mark would ask him if he wanted to play.

Gu Bei has been accustomed to not checking text messages for more than ten years. Every night after coming back from filming, he would only reply to the last message, because only the last message was displayed on the homepage.

It’s exactly the same sentence [Do you want to play games tonight? ]

Now scrolling down, I found that there were more than a dozen text messages from Mark that I had not replied to.

“It feels like it’s almost time to close the net!”

Gu Bei thought about it.

He and Mark Merrill met on a gaming forum.

The other party was recruiting Dota players to play games with them, but actually they wanted to recruit people to join Riot Games, and they were caught by Gu Bei who was lurking in the forum.

As one of the three pillars of his old club, Gu Bei is quite familiar with the development history of League of Legends.

Riot Games was founded in the second half of this year and developed a preliminary version in March of next year to participate in the GDC Game Developers Conference, but it did not make much of a splash.

After another year of development, it was not until 2008 that it received investment from its old employer, Penguin.

Finally, the public beta was launched in 2009, starting the legendary journey.

After Gu Bei and Mark met, he has been showing each other his understanding of game design.

Judging from Mark's daily check-in performance, this step was completed very well, even a little too much.

There is no way, Gu Bei is serious about his determination to poach people from his old boss!
[Don’t play.]

I remember you guys were in Los Angeles, right?
I'll be passing through Los Angeles soon, let's have a drink together.

Not long after, Mark replied:

【no problem. 】

……

In an old workshop in Los Angeles, Mark Merrill raised his hands and jumped up from his seat: "Brandon, I have good news for you. Bruce is coming to Los Angeles!"

"really?"

Brandon Baker is another founder of Riot Games. "If he is willing to join us, we will definitely be able to shine at next year's GDC Game Developers Conference and get investment!"

After a pause, he said worriedly, "But what about the Sheep Knife? I feel like I'm almost convincing him!"

Mark Merrill said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I believe Yang Dao is willing to be Bruce's deputy.

Bruce is a genius who can design games and write code. If he could get investment like we did, he could create a better competitor than us."

"Then let's keep him here!"

……

After the wrap party.

Gu Bei devoted himself to the post-production of the short film.

Since he participated in the entire production process of the short film, even though many storyboards had to be modified, the entire short film was already in his mind, and he only had to produce it step by step.

After the production was completed, Gu Bei handed it to Antonio, who submitted it to the Sundance Film Festival through the professor's channels.

If nothing unexpected happens, the film festival shortlist will be released a week before Christmas.

[Investor, the short film has been completed and submitted to the film festival.]

[Okay, note brother.]

A big question mark slowly appeared above Gu Bei's head.

Brother Paper Note, what is this nickname?
He thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the connection was between him and the note.

If you can't figure it out, just ask directly.

What does "Paper Note Brother" mean? You've mentioned it several times. Can you at least explain to me how this nickname came about?

[Note bro is a bit forgetful, it hasn't even been a few days!]

walk slowly!

As long as I am not embarrassed, then others will be embarrassed.

I just feel that Zhou Qianqian has been a little naughty lately!
I don’t know if it’s because I took too many days off before, so I’m now attending classes like crazy to catch up on my studies.

If he didn't know where she was taking the class, he would definitely go and see her offline for real.

But soon, Gu Bei no longer had this idea.

He himself has to catch up!
"Bang bang bang!"

There was a rapid knock on the door.

Gu Bei opened the door and saw Joel, who looked like he was wearing a funny suit.

"Oh my God! Bruce, why are you still so relaxed? Do you know that the machines in the printing factory are working so hard for you that they are smoking?"

Joel opened his arms and wanted to give Gu Bei a hug.

Gu Bei moved away; he was not used to such intimate etiquette.

"That's heartbreaking. Are you ready? You're going to be very, very busy over the next month. We're going to be all over North America."

Joel said he was sad, but in fact he was eager to try.

"Sounds like there's been some changes I'm not aware of?"

Gu Bei was slightly surprised when he heard this.

This is not a resource that a new writer can get.

"Of course, the sensation your book has caused in New York has already attracted the attention of headquarters.

When I met with Mr. Marcus, I was able to convince him to include your book as the featured book for the Christmas season at Random House.

I've staked my career on this."

Joel showed an ambitious expression and said in an extremely provocative tone, "Bruce, welcome to the North American Book Christmas War!
Want to know who your opponent is?"

(End of this chapter)