You have to bully your sweetheart so you won't be a dog

For the Huagang game, when the name of the studio was decided, the name of the game was also changed accordingly.

First of all, the word "Huagang" is placed alone like this, which is too literary and not close to the people, and secondly, it is a bit heavy with the name of the studio, so Ye Zuo led everyone to discuss and changed it to "Flower Harbor".

From the name, the high-end, elegant, fresh and literary style has been abruptly reversed into a Japanese-style beautiful Two-dimensional girly style.

Not to mention, it matches the content of the game quite well.

The game positioning of Flower Harbor is a game of drawing cards to develop love, with the theme of "flower boys", and the market is aimed at women.Xu Jing was quite puzzled at the beginning why a team with mostly men made this kind of game that young girls like. Later, he was fortunate enough to listen to them chatting about the character design, and then realized that this group of people is purely in reality. .

Xu Jing played the demo of "Flower Harbor" for a while, but did not speak during the whole process. The content of the demo is very small, and it only made a few automatic combat simulations of the characters, and it will be over in a short time. After Xu Jing was silent for a while, he brought over the plan: "There is no problem with the gameplay, but I think there are still some skills. We have to adjust it, let’s have a meeting to discuss this directly, what about other DEMOs?”

"It hasn't been released yet, only these characters have been released." Ye Zuo said.

Xu Jing nodded: "Then solve this one first. This person's skills actually look quite powerful, but the effects produced by these skills used in combat are not in line with his level."

Ye Zuo was a little worried: "But his kung fu is mainly related to 'fire'. If it is improved a little bit, it may overlap with another character's."

Xu Jing: "Then what if one is raging fire and the other is hell fire?"

Ye Zuo: "Hey, you can consider... adding a buff to the skill that keeps losing blood?"

Xu Jing: "There is also silence."

After the two of them discussed how to change it one by one, Xu Jing said: "Also, I think we should change the battle image, don't put characters and bosses in the scene, just list them on the screen in the form of avatar frames Fang, all we do is 2D, it’s kind of weird to cut out the characters.”

Ye Zuo: "I also wanted to say it just now. It's weird no matter how you look at it, but the scene map feels useless in this way."

Xu Jing smiled and said: "It's just right, our scene painting style is originally a beautiful ink style, which is regarded as a main feature, which can offset some of the completion of the picture, so even if the scene is not so detailed, there is still something for people to buy. of."

Ye Zuo looked at him suspiciously: "The main reason is that there is not enough funds?"

Cheng Manyu's painting style is a bit small and fresh, so in the past, she might be in charge of design in the team, and she might also include some pictures of props, but she rarely draws CG. ", that is, Xu Jing, after knowing the characteristics of her painting style, with a wave of his hand, he basically set the painting style of the entire game as ink style. Anyway, the background of their game is not particularly modern. Unexpectedly, it has a unique feature with the background of the game.

But everyone in the group still agreed that Xu Jing's proposal was just to save money at first.

Xu Jing shrugged, and frankly admitted: "Saving a few scenes is saving a few money. We must have the self-consciousness of Qiongbi Studio."

When Cheng Manyu heard this, she moaned in despair: "Boss Xu, you can't be poor. I'm asking you to hire more original artists. How to live."

Ma Jianian also followed suit: "I also apply for a few more colleagues. I am now renewing my life with health care products every day. I am only 23 years old."

Xu Jing glanced at them speechlessly: "Okay, recruit people, do you have any reliable classmates? Come and recruit."

At present, besides Xu Jing, who is the PM who personally participated in the battle, among the six people, there are two programs, two original paintings, one UI, and Ye Zuo, the all-round planner. Harbor is in the form of technical shares. Each person takes a small share and pays dividends at that time. Except for the most basic food and lodging which is Xu Jingbao, there is no salary every month.

Once a game is made, it will take two or three years. Even if they have saved the time and cost of Flower Harbor in their plan, it will still be at least a year. What a lot of pressure to bear.

And Xu Jing is also not easy, in addition to serving the six masters who can't leave their chairs every day, he also has to help Ye Zuo with planning and find employees.

Employees can’t all be college students, but also have to be experienced. Programmers are fine, but most experienced original artists in the circle now have their own owners. Xu Jing has no roots, bottomless background, and poaching is impossible. And even if you are lucky enough to meet one or two scattered ones, it may be that you were fired because of something happened to the original company, or you resigned because you had a bad temper.

In the end, it was hard to find a female original artist who resigned because of having a child and wanted to find a job again, and then dug out two people who had just graduated from the university and whose painting style was closer to Cheng Manyu's.

Together with the four newly recruited programmers and a third-year student of music arrangement recommended by Ye Zuo, there are a total of eight new members, adding up to a total of 15 people in the team, which is already a well-organized team. .

These newly recruited people are not technical investors, but real wages. Because there are too many people, Xu Jing has to rent a house of the same type in the same building as the rented house, but the newly rented house It is only used for office work, not wrapped.

It took Xu Jing more than half a month to review the demo, and the version plan for several months of deletions, deletions, and revisions was completely finalized. The next details and assignments were handed over to Ye Zuo and Zhumei. The whole team was busy, While running in.

New Years has passed in a blink of an eye.

As if to surprise Xu Jing, on the last day of the New Year's Day holiday, that is, on January [-]st, he woke up early in the morning and noticed something was wrong.

I didn't notice it at first, but when I prepared to make a routine report, I found that the system panel could not be adjusted, leaving only a "system maintenance, service suspension" announcement.The font is transparent, you can't see it unless you look carefully.

Xu Jing stood there for a long time on the busy road before he became both surprised and happy.

He can see this announcement, which not only proves that the report is useful, but also proves that the system has not left. System maintenance is a good thing and a bad thing. Fortunately, he can finally get out of the control of the system and feel a lot more relaxed. The bad thing is that he still remembers " Juvenile Voice” has repeatedly emphasized that the task will be completed sooner or later. How long it takes to maintain now may have to be postponed in the future.

Once New Year's Day is over, the Lunar New Year holiday will not be far away.

Xu Jing gave everyone a holiday on the 29th of the Lunar New Year for half a month. The group of college students who had just graduated or even in school didn’t have any special feelings, but a few people who had experience in the industry were very pleasantly surprised. The child's sister Meng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The company I used to squeeze people to the point of inhumanity, and I was tired when I was tired, but after I became pregnant, I really couldn't stand the work intensity in that damn place. I kind of regret doing it.”

Xu Jing leaned on the stair rail, and smiled when he heard the words: "Don't be too happy, the main thing is to give you a little more time during the Chinese New Year, so that working overtime in the future won't make you turn against me."

Sister Meng was speechless for a moment: "If you think about it in your heart, don't say it, okay? I'm so happy."

Xu Jing smiled and said, "I'm just kidding, Sister Meng, the real reason is that I also want to have a vacation, and I'm still a child."

Sister Meng let out a long "Hey": "Don't be ashamed."

Xu Jing shrugged his shoulders. This group of people didn't know that he was actually a high school candidate. Ma Jianian still thought that he was really his junior, and it was only because he took a leave of absence this year that he was so free.

On the afternoon of the holiday, it was rare to leave work after five o'clock. The newly recruited people left first, and then the former members who lived in the house. Xu Jing watched them busy packing their luggage, and he Sitting firmly on the chair, Ye Zuo leaned over curiously: "Boss respect, are you going home for the New Year?"

"I won't come back." Xu Jing said.

Ye Zuo was a little happy: "Old Yu doesn't seem to be going back. His home is too far away. My home is in City B. I'll make an appointment to play sometime."

Xu Jing smiled and said, "Come if you have the chance."

Xu Jing went back to the small hotel as soon as he was on vacation, and the daughter of Brother Feng's family went to her husband's hometown to celebrate the New Year with her husband, so it was only the three of them for a year.

There are basically no guests in the small hotel. Once the gate is closed, it is the world of his family inside. Lao Yu originally went to their house with Ye Zuo, but he ran back the next day, because Ye Zuo's family is the seventh eldest aunt this year. All the aunts came to get together, and it was embarrassing for him to be there alone.

When Xu Jing talked with him on the phone, Mrs. Feng had a rough idea, so Mrs. Feng invited him to celebrate the New Year together, so Lao Yu happily packed his luggage and moved from the rented house to Feng's small hotel. The three-year-old became the four-year-old , Lao Yu was open-minded, and he was so funny when he spoke his hometown dialect, which made the whole room burst into laughter.

Before midnight on New Year's Eve, Lao Yu started to call his family one by one to pay New Year's greetings. Brother Feng's daughter also made a video call with them. Xu Jing sat on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala for a while, holding his phone every few seconds. Putting it down again, Lao Yu gave him a look at Xu Jing after he didn't know how many aunts paid his respects, and asked curiously, "Boss Jing, isn't he calling?"

Xu Jing gave a vague "hmm", and felt that it was good for Lao Yu not to mention it, but when he mentioned it, it was as if there were nails under his buttocks, and he couldn't sit still.

The system has been maintained, and the saved tasks do not need to be honored for the time being, and the Xu family has remained silent, and now the school is on holiday...

He finally unlocked his phone this time, swipe aimlessly, and finally landed on a travel app.

He suddenly wanted to check the ticket.

***

Su Xiangchen spent this year in a sea of ​​problems.

That is to say, I went to Huo's house with a bunch of gifts a year ago, and when I heard the sound of the TV inside, I put the gifts at the door, then sent a text message to Huo Wenbo, and left.

He had only gone down one floor when he heard the door opening upstairs, and his footsteps subconsciously paused.

He hid at the corner of the stairs going down one floor, lest the sound of his footsteps reveal the fact that "the person hasn't left yet", but he heard the person upstairs take a gift into the door, and actually walked a few steps downstairs.

Su Xiangchen: "..."

Before he could decide whether to run or hide, Huo Wenbo had already appeared in his sight. The man looked at him with some surprise in his eyes. The two were silent for a while, and it was Su Xiangchen who greeted first : "Uncle Huo."

The man nodded and said, "Come in."

Su Xiangchen didn't expect that Huo Wenbo would invite him into his house, but after he went in, he realized that Huo Feifan didn't come back for the New Year this year, and he didn't know where he went to have fun.

Huo Wenbo used to watch TV alone at home, with a small plate of melon seeds and a few small oranges in front of him. Other than that, there were basically no New Year's goods in sight.When Su Xiangchen came, he searched around, and finally found a box of potato chips from Huo Feifan's room, and threw it in front of Su Xiangchen.

Su Xiangchen only glanced at it, and then looked away. He actually doesn't like to eat snacks, especially Huo Feifan's snacks.

Huo Wenbo didn't seem to know what to chat with him. After the two of them watched TV side by side for a while, Huo Wenbo asked in a tone of "we're just familiar with each other but we can chat a little bit" and asked, "What are you talking about this year?" How do you celebrate the new year?"

Su Xiangchen said: "Stay with my mother."

Huo Wenbo was quite surprised. Although he always said to Su Xiangchen, "Go to your mother", he just used this kind of words to vent his anger. He knew very well that Su Xiangchen would not be willing to go.

Su Xiangchen thought for a while, and added: "Bring her back for a few days."

Huo Wenbo glanced at him: "That's good too."

Everyone from Su Xiangchen came, so he made a meal of braised noodles for Huo Wenbo, ordered several kinds of dishes, put paper towels and water within his reach, and helped to tidy up the messy house. After a while, the TV volume was turned up a bit so that Huo Wenbo could hear it on the dining table. The meat that was placed like that after buying was put into the refrigerator, and the doors of several bedrooms were closed so that the electric heater in the room could be heard. The temperature doesn't run around...it's as natural as if he has never left the house.

Huo Wenbo keenly felt that something seemed to have changed in Su Xiangchen - not just his cooking skills.

Su Xiangchen used to work at home. In fact, Huo Wenbo didn't ask him to work much, but it was probably because the child was afraid of being abandoned, so he always had a little self-consciousness of "living under the fence".But Su Xiangchen's work now is not like before, with a little inferiority complex, cautious, but not to please, and it makes people feel taken care of.

When he bends over, he doesn't shrink his neck as if he can't lift his head, but the lines of his back are clear and skinny. It's not sweeping the floor, but writing a question for which the answer is known. The written words are neat and beautiful, and the pen needs to be turned from time to time.

Huo Wenbo noticed again that Su Xiangchen seemed to have grown a lot taller.

When Su Xiangchen almost cleaned the house, another wave of voices came from the corridor. The sound insulation of this low-end residential area is not very good. If the voice is a little louder, the people in the room can hear clearly. Su Xiangchen didn't He cared, but as the voice got closer and closer, he recognized that it seemed to be Huo Feifan's voice.

Huo Wenbo also recognized it, and looked up at Su Xiangchen.He didn't quite know what Huo Feifan had done to Su Xiangchen, but that didn't mean he couldn't see any signs of it. Although Huo Feifan always pretended to be good when he was at home, he vaguely knew that Su Xiangchen had been educated in school. Violent, after all, Su Xiangchen applied to check out.He just didn't want to understand, closed his eyes and listened, as long as Su Xiangchen didn't take the initiative to say something, he would pretend that he didn't know anything, so as not to make the father-son relationship with his own son more and more tense.

But at this moment, Su Xiangchen in his eyes didn't seem to have any fear, embarrassment or bewilderment, instead he calmly picked up his bag.

Huo Wenbo asked casually, "Going away?"

"En." Su Xiangchen adjusted the position of his backpack and said, "Happy New Year Uncle Huo, I'll see you next time."

Huo Wenbo would like to ask: You are not doing well in this house, why do you insist on saying "I will see you next time" so persistently before you leave, and it is not just a polite word, but that you will really come.

But he opened his lips, but still didn't ask.

On the contrary, Su Xiangchen seemed to have noticed something, "ah", and explained: "You saved my life twice, or even three times."

For the first time, Huo Wenbo took in Su Qing's mother and son when they were in the most difficult time, and paid a high medical fee for Su Xiangchen who was almost unable to survive at that time.

The second time, he rescued Su Xiangchen who was almost drowning from Su Qing's men.

In fact, Su Qing went crazy at that time because the Huo family was originally well-off, but because of Su Xiangchen's medical expenses, the living standard dropped again and again, and the savings were almost exhausted. Huo Feifan had to quarrel with his father almost every day. He often talked about "severing the relationship", so Huo Wenbo finally decided to compromise and handed over the divorce agreement to Su Qing.

Su Qing's life has been difficult. In fact, she has been prone to severe depression. She finally had a stable home. Even though she has a difficult stepson, she really put her heart on Huo Wenbo.Until the fluffy piece of paper broke the layer of camouflage she had put together, revealing her precarious state of mind, forcing her to finally go in the most extreme direction.

Huo Wenbo felt that he was also responsible, so he could make a divorce judgment at any time, and he was sure to win the case, but he still saved Su Xiangchen for the third time and raised him to adulthood.

Even though Su Xiangchen suffered from Huo Wenbo's deliberate indifference and sneaky bullying from Huo Wenbo after that, life was not easy, but he hadn't even stopped taking the medicine at that time, and the risk of relapse may come at any time, if Huo Wenbo If Bo didn't adopt him, he might not be able to live to the present.

Su Xiangchen smiled sincerely at Huo Wenbo who was a little dazed: "I don't want to have a relationship with you, but I want to know how to repay you. It is not an obligation for you to support me, but it is an obligation for me to repay you. "

Hearing this, Huo Wenbo came back to his senses, paused for a moment, and said in the same tone as usual: "I'll visit you next time, during the college entrance examination."

"En." Just as Su Xiangchen responded, the door opened. Huo Feifan was stunned at the door, looking at Su Xiangchen in disbelief, with a colorful expression on his face.

Su Xiangchen was very calm, the way he looked at the past was no different from looking at any random passer-by on the street, as if it was just for the relationship of "the benefactor's son", he politely nodded his chin at Huo Feifan, said "Happy Chinese New Year", and then He walked past him lightly and closed the door by the way.

After leaving Huo's house, Su Xiangchen went to pick up Su Qing.

They didn't have many days during their senior year winter vacation, hotels were hard to find and prices were rising, and renting a house was not cost-effective, so Su Xiangchen temporarily lived in the apartment near the school, and picking up Su Qing was also taking him back to the apartment.

Even in a mental hospital where people are on duty during the Chinese New Year, there are many non-dangerous patients who will be taken back by their family members to stay for a few days during the Chinese New Year. Su Qing did not meet this requirement before, because she came in because she almost killed someone, but Su Qing It has been two years since he showed any signs of danger, except for the occasional loss of control and crying and making a fuss, there is no other excessive behavior.

Su Xiangchen got Su Qing's permission to leave the hospital within a limited time this year, so he planned to take her back to spend the next year. He is no longer the fourteen or fifteen-year-old child who was still ill and helpless. Even if Su Qing really Crazy, he can control it.

Su Qing hadn't left the mental hospital for a long time, and she felt novel and interesting about the outside world, so she seemed very obedient. Just looking at it like this, she couldn't tell that she came from that kind of place at all.

Su Xiangchen moved a few heavy boxes to seal off the road on the second floor, because the second floor was Zheng Yanqing's site, and the first floor belonged to Xu Jing as well as him, which was agreed long ago.He also specially warned Su Qing, and Su Qing followed him and did not go to the second floor.

Su Xiangchen didn't let Su Qing touch the knives into the kitchen, and Su Qing was a little raw with bread and dumplings, so Su Xiangchen simply drove her outside to watch TV. Su Qing probably felt that watching TV every day was very boring, so she took a peek at the kitchen , found that the door was closed, so she looked around, the door of Xu Jing's room was locked, and she couldn't open it, so she naturally went into Su Xiangchen's room.

After Su Xiangchen finished cooking and recorded a video, he put the device back in the room, and saw Su Qing flipping through his book full of notes, pressing her finger on the corner of her eye.

At that moment, Su Xiangchen felt that Su Qing wanted to accept her fate. She had to admit that the last sustenance in her life could only be placed on her only blood relative. She could not hurt him any more, and she would not get him forgive.

But he will do his best to help her through this life.

Su Xiangchen spent a few days with Su Qing, occasionally taking her to parks with few people, or taking her for a ride to see where shopping malls were built and where they were transformed into amusement parks.

Su Qing didn't know how she got along in her early years. She seldom mentioned her own family affairs. She only told Su Xiangchen that they had no relatives anymore. Apart from the daily communication at the hospital to confirm the situation, no one called, even if there was someone from Su Xiangchen's side. New Year's greetings from classmates and friends are also resolved on chat software.

On the evening of the third year of junior high school, when Su Xiangchen received an unfamiliar number, he was holding up his mobile phone to pay. A nearby supermarket had just opened that day, and Su Xiangchen came back after buying a bunch of things. Pay the money.

He didn't call back that number either, and both hands were full with things, thinking that it's not easy to do telemarketing these days, and there are no holidays during the Chinese New Year.It's a pity that this statement failed to convince himself, another idea came out crazily, he had just glanced at it, and he belonged to Beijing.

It took less than 5 minutes to go home. Su Xiangchen had something in his mind and walked for almost 10 minutes. The phone call never came back. When Su Xiangchen was about to go downstairs, he suddenly realized that he had just given birth to some Excessively expecting, he closed his eyes, suppressed his thoughts, and swiped his card to enter the building.

After taking two steps, he backed out again, put the bag at the gate, and glanced at the person next door who was almost integrated into the flower stand by the cleaning vehicle aisle.

The man was wearing a dark blue down jacket. He hugged his knees and didn't know whether to squat or sit. His head was buried in his arms. If he didn't look carefully, he couldn't really tell that there was someone there.

Su Xiangchen kicked his foot and struggled for a long time before waking him up, and then he saw a very familiar face look up with a blank expression.

After Su Xiangchen was silent for a while, he picked him up.

As soon as Xu Jing uttered the word "uh", Su Xiangchen pushed him against the iron railing and interrupted: "Don't talk, I'll kill you first."

Xu Jing is sober now, and couldn't help laughing, seeing each other for half a year, his cute little brother has become a little cool brother, and domestic violence will happen when they meet.

In the end, it was fine if he didn't smile, but when he smiled, all the anger that Su Xiangchen had suppressed a long time ago was aroused, and he didn't spare any sympathy, it was even more ruthless than when he beat Qiu Feng. Even when he did it, his mind was calm, and now he only had some stubborn thoughts in his mind, such as beating this guy to the ground first.

At first, Xu Jing was beaten and scolded a few times without fighting back, but he couldn't take it any longer. He yelled "Ouch" twice, then grabbed Su Xiangchen's wrist and pinned it behind his back, taking advantage of the situation to hold Su Xiangchen The man pulled in his direction, chest to chest.

He originally thought that he would have to beg for mercy for a while to calm down Su Xiangchen, but Su Xiangchen, who fell into his arms, became quiet in an instant, leaving only a few heavy panting sounds.

Xu Jing let go of his hands and felt those hands slowly climb up his back.

Su Xiangchen also leaned his head, his hands trembled a little, he didn't know whether it was from anger or cold or something else, he climbed several times, his nails scratched harshly on the down jacket, finally felt that he seemed to be grasping firmly, Then it stopped moving.

Xu Jing hugged him back, and with the tightest strength, said softly: "I can't bear it, I miss you so much."

The author has something to say:

Alas, I let them meet in less than four chapters, what a kind and amiable mother I am!