pinnacle game producer

Chapter 6 Making games is really a good way to lose money
"Turn left, go straight, turn right."

Wang Jian turned off the wayfinding app in his hand and looked up.

This is a high-tech park with many Internet companies, and the buildings and office buildings are bustling and magnificent.

The building in front of Wang Jian towered like a giant, and the blue glass exterior looked very modern and technological.

On the square in front of the building, there is a large amethyst sculpture that reflects a charming purple glow under the sunlight.

This is artificial crystal, of course, but it is still very beautiful.

"The Amethyst Building? It should be here."

Judging by the appearance of the building, it is estimated that one month's rent is not cheap.

"Fugui Game Studio", this game studio that now belongs to Wang Jian is located on the eleventh floor.

While waiting for the elevator, Wang Jian thought to himself: "This name is too vulgar, I must change it after I take over."

After getting out of the elevator, follow the direction arrow on the wall facing the elevator door, pass "Tianyu Electronic Entertainment Co., Ltd." and "Shunze Feiniao Culture Media Co., Ltd.", turn a corner, and finally see "Fugui Game Studio" brand.

Wang Jian pushed open the frosted glass door, and was taken aback for a moment.

The internal area of ​​the studio is about 100 square meters, but at this time it is extremely empty, with only a few worthless desks and chairs, not even a computer, let alone a smart host, and it is not obvious that the game studio should Some look.

A chubby little brother who looked like a programmer was sitting on a chair and swiping his phone with a gloomy expression, as if he was waiting for someone.

Wang Jian suddenly thought of his new mission.

[Requirement: retain the last employee]

Is this the last employee at the studio?

Baibai Pangpang found someone coming in, thought that the person he was waiting for had arrived, and was overjoyed.

After seeing Wang Jian clearly, he found that it was not the person he imagined, and asked with some doubts: "You are?"

"The studio's new boss, Wang Jian."

Baibai Pangpang's expression froze, he clenched his chubby fist angrily, and said angrily, "Damn, you bastard!"

Wang Jian moved a chair to sit beside him, and asked in a relaxed tone: "Can you tell me what's going on?"

"Uh, I'm not talking about you." Bai Bai Pangpang realized that he seemed a little rude, scratching his head, "My name is Luo Shuai, and I'm a programmer of Fugui Game."

In Luo Shuai's narration, Wang Jian also roughly figured out the previous situation of this studio.

Fugui Games is a game studio established a year ago.

The original boss of the studio, that is, the bearded middle-aged man who transferred the studio to Wang Jian, was originally an ordinary office worker, and his job was also the kind that had nothing to do with games.

Just such an ordinary person won the 500 million lottery like a dream.

After getting rich overnight, he was going to do some business investment. He heard that the game industry was the most profitable, so he spent money to build a whole studio.

What kind of game can a layman make?
The first is to recruit people. I don’t understand anyway, so I hire people based on feeling.

This hype looks a little level, um, good!
This one looks honest and honest, um, good!

Among the recruited employees, many of them are cunning people who are not skilled enough and are good at flattering people. They blow rainbow farts every day to make the bearded man happy.

And the design idea of ​​the game was also decided during the meeting, listening to those sycophants fooling around.

What is "exquisite picture, smooth attack, epic narrative."

It has become a rare masterpiece in heaven and earth. Anyway, as long as the production is completed, it will be a proper income of tens of millions, hundreds of millions of yuan, just lie down and count the money.

It's not that there were no employees who pointed out the problem implicitly, but it made the bearded man unhappy and reprimanded him a lot.

In the end, except for the sycophants, the ones who stayed were basically hard-working programmers like Luo Shuai.

500 million to buy equipment, rent venues, pay salaries, plus some messy miscellaneous items
Taking advantage of the boss's ignorance, the sycophants also made a lot of gaudy projects aboveboard, which harmed the public and benefited their own interests, which was extremely nourishing.

Almost a year has passed, and the windfall from the sky is almost used up, but the game is only a semi-finished product that is completely different, and there is no way to sell it.

The bearded man saw that the funds had bottomed out, and the game was far away from completion, and he began to panic. He sold all the smart consoles and struggled for another two months.

In the end, it can only be declared that the development failed, and a spicy chicken game was stillborn.

It wasn't even enough to pay the employees the last month's salary, so the scene in the square appeared before, and the mess was transferred to Wang Jian.

The sycophants sucked a lot of blood in the game production. Hearing that the bastard boss ran away, he didn't care about the salary arrears, so he disposed of the remaining equipment at a low price, packed up and left.

So when Wang Jian came, there were only a few worthless desks and chairs left here.

And Luo Shuai, the unlucky kid, is still waiting eagerly for the boss to come back and settle his salary.

After reading the situation, Wang Jian let out a breath and relaxed a lot.

It turned out that it was just wage arrears, which was better than he had imagined.

But then, he learned another important piece of information, that is, the space rented by the studio will expire in half a month.

Within half a month, I still have to earn enough money to pay the rent.

Wang Jian checked and found that the rent of Amethyst Building is 150 per square meter per month, while his studio is 120 square meters, and he needs to pay at least three months' rent at a time, which is about 5.

In the past year, Wang Jian only saved [-] yuan, excluding rent and daily expenses.

Now he couldn't help but feel frightened.

Even though "The Demon King" has a unique mind and is a new genre that everyone has never seen before, it is still a bit difficult to earn 3 in half a month, right?
What's more, the time of game production has to be thrown away.

10 in 3 days, emmmmm
However, after completing the task of retaining employees, you can also get a chance to draw a lottery, which may increase your chances of winning.

Just when Wang Jian was thinking about how to speak to persuade him to stay, Luo Shuai seemed to suddenly think of something, he couldn't help looking at Wang Jian, hesitant to speak.

"By the way, you said you are the new boss, right?"

Wang Jian vaguely guessed what he was going to say: "That's right."

"That, that." Luo Shuai timidly rubbed his chubby palms, "Can you?"

Seeing that he was embarrassed to speak, he knew it was about raising his salary.

Wang Jian asked bluntly: "No problem, how much does the previous boss owe you?"

With anticipation in Luo Shuai's eyes, he spread his five fat fingers: "5000."

Well, I didn't count this just now.

"Now turn you, I sweep you?"

Luo Shuai was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Okay."

The two quickly completed the transfer.

After repaying the wages owed by the previous boss, the atmosphere between the two became more harmonious. Wang Jian took advantage of the opportunity to chat with Luo Shuai about games.

Luo Shuai is also an avid game lover. When talking about classic games, his eyes light up immediately, and he can't stop talking about all kinds of game anecdotes.When it comes to the stillborn hot chicken game in the studio, he looks depressed and helpless, shaking his head and sighing.

And Wang Jian's enthusiasm and understanding of the game has also been recognized by him.

"I hope you can stay and develop games with me."

Seeing that Luo Shuai was still hesitant, Wang Jian revealed a little: "I am going to develop a word game with innovative ideas. Different from other word games, this game is based on brain holes."

Looking into Luo Shuai's eyes sincerely: "How about it, do you want to develop it with me?"

(End of this chapter)