When we arrived in Yangcheng, Tianhuo Studio specially sent a commercial vehicle to pick us up at the airport.
This is a very normal treatment. Zhou Muyan should arrange it this way for both public and private matters.
Sitting in the business car, Pei Qian warned Min Jingchao: "The office conditions at Tianhuo Studio are a little worse than those at Tenda."
"But it's not much different. If you try hard to adapt, you can treat it as poverty alleviation."
"Every company has its own situation, don't ask too much, just understand."
Min Jingchao nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I understand."
This is Min Jingchao’s first time going to Tianhuo Studio.
When he was developing "Sea Fortress" before, Pei Qian organized a publicly funded trip and arranged for employees to come to Yangcheng and visit Tianhuo Studio.
But Min Jingchao hadn't joined the company at that time. He only joined the company during the GOG period.
Pei Qian is not worried about anything else. He is afraid that when Min Jingchao gets there, he will just like Ma Yang and ask questions: Why do you still go to work on Saturday? Is there overtime pay? Why are the workstations so crowded?
Although Min Jingchao may not be as unemotional as Lao Ma, a few words of warning in advance will never go wrong.
Tianhuo Studio itself has a seven-story office building, surrounded by pines, cypresses, and green trees, and the environment is quite good.
The business car stopped at the door, and Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi, who was in charge of reception, were already waiting at the door.
Seeing Mr. Pei arrive, the two of them came over and welcomed him warmly.
Pei Qian still has a vague impression of Sun Xi. He was responsible for the reception last time. His previous position seemed to be the core designer of a large-scale MMORPG project within Tianhuo Studio, and he also participated in the research and development of "Bullet Traces".
He was originally a core member, and after more than two years of training and training, he is now Zhou Muyan's capable subordinate and a very important chief designer within the studio.
Pass through the bamboo forest in the vestibule, then pass through the front desk, all the way to the fourth floor.
The last time I came here, there was a visit, but I just skipped it this time because Zhou Muyan felt embarrassed all over when he thought about it...
I actually once showed off the benefits of employees in front of Tenda. What were I thinking at the time!
When Tenda was still a small company, the benefits were better than those of Tianhuo Studio. Now that it is getting bigger and bigger, the benefits are even better.
Zhou Muyan also knows that there is no comparison in this aspect.
Therefore, this time, we made a very tacit agreement not to mention what happened before, and just pretended that nothing had happened.
After Min Jingchao settles down, just let Sun Xi take him to get acquainted with the working environment.
"Mr. Pei, should we sit down and have a rest first and have a casual chat, or..." Zhou Muyan tried to seek advice.
After all, Mr. Pei had just arrived by plane and was probably a little tired. A more friendly itinerary would be to sit in the reception room first, make an appointment in advance, and then let Mr. Pei and Min Jingchao go back to the hotel to rest and come back for the meeting the next day.
Pei Qian waved his hand: "No, let's start directly."
Anyway, I arrived in business class, so I can’t say I was tired. Moreover, Pei Qian’s design method is a random design method, which does not require brain cells or accumulation of ideas. It is completely random.
Min Jingchao's workload may be larger, but he doesn't need to finish it in one day.
You can jot down the key points today and then gradually improve them later.
If this meeting is finished as soon as possible, Pei Qian can go back to Jingzhou to rest early.
Zhou Muyan nodded: "Okay, I'll call a few chief designers to come over and observe. Then I will choose the most capable one to help Brother Min."
"You two have some tea first and wait a moment."
Zhou Muyan stood up and told Sun Xi to inform the designers.
He said that he wanted to select the most capable designer to work for Min Jingchao. In fact, he also hoped to take this opportunity to allow these chief designers to listen to Mr. Pei's lectures and improve themselves.
This opportunity is so precious!
It's like watching a real martial arts master practice. Even if you don't understand it at all, you will still improve.
At least you have broadened your horizons, learned how martial arts masters practice, and understood the general direction.
The same is true for game design. Everyone knows that Pei is always a game design genius, but how exactly does he design games? There are many rumors from the outside world, but if you are not an insider, you have no way of knowing the truth.
We must make good use of this precious opportunity now and learn more.
Of course, Zhou Muyan only called a few core chief designers, all of whom he trusted very much.
The reason why he didn't call more people was, on the one hand, because Zhou Muyan felt that the others were not at this level or were not trustworthy core members and were not worthy of listening; on the other hand, he could not go too far and arouse Mr. Pei's resentment.
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If you arrange a large conference room and it is packed with people inside and outside, then your intention will be too obvious and it will be very rude.
In short, this time is not just a game produced in cooperation with Tenda, but also a learning conference for game design knowledge.
There may not be a second chance like this, so can we not take it seriously?
As for Pei Qian, he was drinking tea while thinking about where to start with this design.
After thinking about it, he seemed to only know one design method, which was to design to lose money, but in the end he made money...
I have to say, this made him feel quite sad.
In fact, Pei Qian is a little confused. Logically speaking, there are so many ways to lose money by making games in the world, so why do he always make games that make money?
Is it because I am so lucky that all the ways to make money happen to be available to me?
Apart from this, there seems to be no other possibility.
You can’t really be a game design genius, right?
So...if you try a few times, you will always encounter a time when you lose money?
After all, Tenda's own development capabilities alone are limited. It can only produce four or five games a year at most, and many of its money-making ideas cannot be verified.
But if other companies help, they can develop several more games at the same time, and maybe one of them will become a success?
So Pei Qian's idea this time is still to design in the direction of losing money.
If they make money, it means that Longyu Group and Tianhuo Studio are lucky and they are just fulfilling their contracts normally, so it doesn't matter.
Although Tenda will be given some money, Tenda already has so many profitable games that it doesn’t matter if there is one more game or one less game.
What if you lose money? That would be significant!
Pei Qian must study this money-losing model carefully and try to use it to his advantage.
If the losses are severe, that would be even better. Pei Qian can use the opportunity of compensation next time to continue to cooperate with Tianhuo Studio and Longyu Group. By then, Tengda will take over the majority of R&D and monopolize this great opportunity to lose money.
In short, this time can be regarded as an additional attempt, and no matter what the result is, it is acceptable.
After a while, Sun Xi came back: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Pei, the conference room has been arranged."
Zhou Muyan looked at Pei Qian: "Well, Mr. Pei, let's walk?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Well, let's go!"
Everyone came to the large conference room on the same floor. The designers who came to listen had already arrived in advance. When they saw Zhou Muyan and Pei Qian arriving, they all stood up to say hello.
Zhou Muyan reserved the middle seat and motioned for Pei Qian to take a seat.
Pei Qian said a few polite words, but seeing that Zhou Muyan kept insisting, he did not refuse.
After everyone sat down, Zhou Muyan coughed twice to signal everyone to be quiet.
"This time Mr. Pei came all the way, which really made our studio shine."
"As for this new project, I have introduced it to you before. It is a project jointly developed and operated by Tengda Group, Tianhuo Studio, and Longyu Group. The opportunity is very precious. Everyone here should be aware of this large-scale project.
How meaningful the project is to the designer.”
The designer industry also pays attention to "gold plating".
If a designer who has participated in a successful project and a designer who has not participated in a successful project apply for a job outside, they will have two completely different price tags.
Not to mention designers who hold key positions in successful projects.
After all, there is no clear measure of ability in a creative field like this. As long as the basic abilities are similar, successful experience is the biggest highlight.
Needless to say, Mr. Pei’s identity and status in the gaming industry are known to everyone here.
For these designers, if they can participate in this project, it will definitely be a rare highlight moment in their entire career.
If this project succeeds as expected, not to mention bonuses and shares, this resume alone will be enough to elevate their career plans to a big level.
But it’s not certain how many people can enter this project to help Min Jingchao.
Maybe in the end it will have to be screened and reviewed by Zhou Muyan and Min Jingchao.
Therefore, these designers are all gearing up, hoping to listen carefully, think carefully, and put forward some unique views and opinions to increase their probability of being selected.
Zhou Muyan looked at Pei Qian: "Then, Mr. Pei, let's get started?"
"From now on, all processes will follow Tenda's development process, and we will fully cooperate."
Of course Tianhuo Studio has its own development process, but since Mr. Pei is here and there is a better process, why not use it?
Tianhuo Studio is determined to be an apprentice and a toolman, and try not to let their habits interfere with Mr. Pei and Min Jingchao.
Otherwise... how embarrassing it would be if Tengda Games' undefeated myth failed here!
Mr. Pei is in Tengda, making one thing that is popular.
As a result, when I came to Tianhuo Studio, I immediately became a fan of it.
Is this true?
If this kind of thing really happened, no one would think that Mr. Pei was not good enough. They would just think that Tianhuo Studio is too useless and can hold us back too much.
This must be a team with many talents. Even Mr. Pei can’t lead it?
Zhou Muyan couldn't bear this kind of blow.
Pei Qian nodded: "Okay, let's get started."
"What type of game, have you ever thought about it?"
The random design method is like this, starting from the game type.
This sentence sounds normal and ordinary to Min Jingchao, but it sounds completely different to other designers.
There were shocked expressions on their faces.
Seeing what Mr. Pei means, he has never even thought about the type of game?
I thought Mr. Pei had already thought about the content of the game design before he came here!
Doesn’t that mean that Mr. Pei can design any type? And he is confident that he can design it well?