Otherworldly Architect

The work of the judges is actually only half a day.

After all the entries for the top eight were evaluated, the final ranking did not surprise everyone.

The legendary "idle game" made by Yu Bing still ranked third.

30% of the scores were provided by the judges. Apart from the explicit and warm-hearted scores, the rest of them were also a little hesitant.

——The main reason is that they have never seen such a new way of playing.

The remaining 70% is provided by the players in the audience.

They are very free to score, and it’s over according to their own preferences-if it is fun, it is fun, and if it is not fun, it is not fun.

Combining the above two scores, the score of this game called "Fingertip Man" is not bad, and finally won the third place.

At this time, the judges also left the stage one after another, and the final award presentation was done by a veteran who had just retired from the industry.

Mingyan said that the recording of the show here had come to an end for the time being, and he quickly returned to the backstage and washed his face.

Zhu Wenshu followed behind him and used another pool.

Mingyan gave him a friendly smile.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wenshu stared at his face and said, "I really can't tell that senior has graduated for more than three years. With such good skin, I thought he was a college student at first glance."

He waited to speak clearly.

Then he said plainly, "Oh."

Zhu Wenshu: "..."

Goodness, this is yet another topic beyond the scope of stated knowledge!

After saying "Oh", I didn't know what to comment on it for a long time, so I finally decided to return to my own topic: "I'm back to work overtime, how about you?"

Zhu Wenshu: "..."

He touched a pimple that had just grown on his chin, and secretly ground his teeth.

In the game industry, there is no one who does not work overtime.

But I don't know why, other people who do mental work overtime are crazy about acne breakouts, all of them have greasy faces, serious dark circles under their eyes, and lack of energy.

But why is working overtime the same as doing a SPA?

It doesn't matter if you don't have acne...

Can he still be refreshed and in a good mood? !

What kind of overtime spirit is supporting him!

Zhu Wenshu gritted his teeth, and said with a nonchalant smile: "I don't work overtime, maybe the company values ​​me more, I work from home, and I don't usually need to clock in. Oh, I'm really embarrassed to say it, that's it The company also gave me a bonus, saying that the results of "Grasp of the Empire" were particularly good..."

Mingyan nodded.

Oh, working from home + project bonus, isn't this the usual treatment of Blue Star Studio?

Mingyan calmly said: "Okay, then you go on and make a new game."

Zhu Wenshu didn't get the desired reaction again, and said frantically: "Then senior, you also work hard! I will definitely beat you in the next game!!"

He felt that what he had said was very explicit!Nakedly exuding a provocative atmosphere!

Unexpectedly, he said plainly and calmly, "Oh, yes."

Even a little relieved look?

It's like when the senior saw the enterprising junior, he felt a little appreciative?

Zhu Wenshu: "..." Wu fuck said.

After the game, Mingyan immediately went back to Blue Star Studio.

After a whole day of relaxation, he has a lot of fragmented thoughts and ideas in his spare time, and now he is eager to classify them into design documents.

In addition, the level of newcomers who make games this year is indeed very good.

That third-year student named "Yu Bing" is very talented, maybe you can ask him if he has any intention to come to Blue Star Studio for an internship...

at the same time.

When Mingyan went back to work overtime, Xia Cheng had just finished a banquet.

Although he is the direct son of the Xia family, which means that he has immeasurable political and economic power behind him, but it also means that there must be some communication—if he wants to continue to work hard with his own strength.

The Star Show Contest was quite a big event, and a lot of resources were used behind it.

The matter of money is second, the most important thing is the network——

The presence of big names in the industry is the key factor to support the competition.

It's a pity that only seven of the big shots expected to be invited came.

The time for the award presentation was small, so every invitee came happily; the judges took a long time, and finally there was still a vacancy.

Zhu Wenshu also caught up at the right time, and someone in the IPP recommended him, so at this critical moment when the final day is coming, he had to be directly promoted.

In terms of qualifications, he is indeed a little worse.

Moreover, Xia Cheng felt that this person had a deep mind, and he was not willing to associate with him.

Sure enough, after the banquet, the staff of the program team began to edit the entire final video.

Everyone frowned when they saw the performance of the judges.

It was not so obvious at the scene, but when the video is played back, it is equivalent to spreading out all the problems under everyone's noses.

——Zhu Wenshu danced too much!

——like a male peacock in heat, eager to express himself in front of the camera.Interrupting the speeches of the contestants and even other judges several times, impatiently showing their game design ideas.

As a judge, doing so is completely overwhelming.

It can be seen in the video that when he spoke, even some of the audience showed expressions of disgust.

He is indeed talented, and some of the opinions he put forward also have his own understanding.

But this way of speaking is too offensive.

The video quickly showed the scene where Zhu Wenshu and Mingyan refuted each other.

Xia Cheng frowned, paused the video tape, and couldn't watch it anymore.

"Cut it off." He said coldly, "This kind of thing is released to recruit black people."

The editor nodded in agreement and marked this place.

Then Xia Cheng added: "Not only this place, but also other corresponding positions can be figured out. The competition we hold must be positive, and don't become a stepping stone for some people."

Everyone looked at each other and understood what Xia Cheng meant.

The editing of the video tape was completed, and it began to be played on the whole network on the second night.

This kind of large-scale competition is usually broadcast after editing.

Because the game itself has a lot of links to experience the game, generally a large part of it will be cut to prevent the audience from watching others play the game boringly.

In the end, only the essential content is left to play.

That night, Zhu Wenshu was so excited that he immediately opened the program video.

However, looking at it, his face turned into an ugly iron blue.

Soon, it turned red again from anger.

Because the program crew almost cut out all the scenes about him.

From the highlight introduction at the beginning, to the evaluation of each entry later, and his most proud part-suggesting revisions to each work-almost none of them were screened!

If it weren't for the audience, almost no one would have noticed that there was a "fifth judge" on the field, because the appearance rate was too low.

To put it bluntly, there are four judges in total, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Originally, Zhu Wenshu was very sure that as long as his creative speech could be played, 80% of the audience would be impressed with him.

At least his talent is no worse than Blue Star's Mingyan.

But how can he be promoted through so many good channels, and still have a lot of traffic, and pile up good-looking data for him?

In Zhu Wenshu's view, the popularity of games such as "Blue Star Doom" is partly due to the good recommendations from IPP players, and partly due to good luck being evaluated by the League One.

For any game, as long as there is a review article for League One, there will definitely be a surge in sales.

That's why Zhu Wenshu's own "Grasp of the Empire" made it to the top ten of the list.

But it's a pity that the best ranking is only the second place, and it fell down after about 20 hours... and it just happened to be suppressed by "Blue Star Doom"!

Just like the advertising space given by the IPP family in the week of the first release, the first one in this period is Blue Star Doomsday, and the second one is Grip of the Empire.

Zhu Wenshu is like Mingyan's second child for ten thousand years.

The most angry thing is that Mingyan didn't even know this person at the time!

Why is Blue Star's luck so good, also starting from scratch, but Mingyan always gets the best resources?

The more Zhu Wenshu thought about it, the more unwilling he became.

Unhappy, he sent Xia Cheng a message.

When Xia Cheng answered the call, he was still in the car.

Zhu Wenshu was obviously angry, and even forgot to show his usual shyness in front of Xia Cheng, and said in a questioning tone: "Brother Cheng, why did you cut off all my shots? Is it because I am afraid of stealing some people's limelight? ?"

Xia Cheng frowned, and said, "Who did you steal the limelight from, don't you know?"

He's actually talking about the contestants.

But Zhu Wenshu's reason has been burnt out by anger, and he said without hesitation: "What's so good about Mingyan! It's worth you to open the back door for him like this? The recommended place is always given to the first one, and it's hard to be on a show together." , you still want to suppress others to pave the way for him?"

Ah.

Xia Cheng laughed after hearing this, and said, "You're thinking too much. In business, I never gave him any preferential treatment. Everything Bluestar earned today is based on its ability."

Zhu Wenshu couldn't listen, and his voice was choked with anger, and he said: "I am worse than him! I have treated you with all my heart and soul, why should I suffer unfair treatment, why?! "

Xia Cheng was silent for a while, and said: "Compared to him, you are not worthy. I hope you can recognize your face, and you don't need to contact me in the future."

He shook his head and hung up the communication.

Zhu Wenshu's voice was too loud.

The driver, Lao Li, also heard a few words, and quickly turned on the car stereo, pretending that he didn't hear it at all.

He sighed in his heart: Oh, young man, is there still a lack of heart and soul around Master Xia?Two years ago, you also saw the car I was driving, and you suddenly started to show so much hospitality to Master Xia. Even I could see it clearly at the time. Do you think Master Xia is a fool to understand?He also asked him for resources... Tsk tsk, like that Master Ming, I have never heard him say the word "recommended". Good resources are automatically sent to good works, not by asking .

Why do some people always think that as long as they act innocent, kind and shy, they can attract the attention of rich kids?

Wealth and IQ are not inversely proportional.

Finally, the car drove to the place——

The underground garage of the Lanxing Building has been opened, and you can enter it with a certificate.

Xia Cheng's certificate was naturally given clearly, and he was still "an important collaborator of Blue Star" in name - how should I put it, it really made those who heard it sad and cried when they saw it.

Xia Cheng silently accepted the documents, and took the elevator to Mingyan's office on the top floor.

Naturally, the secretary recognized him, so he quickly invited the young master to the VIP reception room for a rest, and served tea graciously.

The secretary said: "The boss is working overtime in the small dark room, I'll call him right away."

Well, Xia Cheng is not surprised at all!

At this time, Mingyan was in the small black room again, drawing a level design draft.

He is used to materialize the inspiration in his heart first, and then slowly fill in the details into the blueprint.

When doing this kind of thing, he has a sense of urgency in his heart, for fear that he will lose the inspiration accidentally, or forget the details in his mind.

——If you forget, it will be a big loss!

So when the secretary came to inform him, he made it clear that the left ear went in and the right ear went out, but he didn't hear anything at all.

After more than an hour, the secretary came again to remind Mingyan.

Ming Yan suddenly woke up from work, washed his face, and hurried to find Xia Cheng in the lounge.

Xia Cheng was sitting on the sofa and reading a magazine at hand. There were still a few wrinkles between his heroic brows. Maybe it was because of the terrible things he encountered in the past two days.

At this moment, Mingyan pushed open the door, and as soon as the two saw each other, they said in unison:

"sorry!"

"sorry!"

Mingyan blinked his eyes and said, "I kept you waiting. I'm really sorry, I was drawing something in the small black room just now, and I was too focused."

Xia Cheng said: "No, it's my fault that I came here without notifying you in advance, and I have to ask you to spare some time."

Mingyan laughed and said, "I thought you would be busy with the show tonight? Why do you have time to come to my place?"

Xia Cheng sighed and was about to say something.

Clearly said: "Don't chat here, go, go to the cafeteria below. It's not time yet, and the barbecue is still open!"

The two took the elevator down to the Blue Star Canteen on the second floor.

The cafeteria is open from 7:00 to 0:00 in the morning every day, and breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and supper are all available.

Even if employees work overtime until late at night, they can still have a bite of hot food.

Of course, this is not advocating overtime work, because it is clearly stated that he will send an email to question him personally.

At this moment, the two bosses were wearing casual T-shirts and drooping disposable slippers, sitting in the private room and ordering skewers.

By the way, there was a bunch of non-alcoholic alcoholic beverages.

Xia Cheng said: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect Zhu Wenshu to speak so badly. He used to behave quite normally... Sigh."

Mingyan was at a loss after hearing this, raised his head and said, "Is he speaking abnormally?"

"..." Xia Cheng said, "Except for you, most people probably hate him. His desire to show off is too strong, almost affecting the normal flow of the game. I cut him out, otherwise the audience would almost throw up. "

Mingyan patted the back of his head and said, "The competition you planned is still very good, let's not let him be a judge next time."

Xia Cheng smiled and said, "Well, I have already blocked his communication number."

Ming Yan said: "Huh? I thought you were very good friends?" After all, Zhu Wenshu acted very familiar.

For some reason, Xia Cheng suddenly sat upright again, and said with a serious expression: "I have absolutely no contact with him other than work, and there is absolutely no favoritism, malpractice, or any partial gang behavior at work. His recommendations are all withdrawn... Do you want me to swear to God?"

Ming Yan said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I'm not your boss."

But after he finished speaking, Xia Cheng's expression was still very discouraged, and he showed his dimples and said, "If I'm with him... forget it, it's too disgusting. If I date someone else, do you think it has nothing to do with you?"

He lowered his head, took a bite of the skewer in his hand, and his golden curly hair seemed to be drooping.

Like a lion thumping in the water, it was wet, wilted, and lost its brilliance.

Mingyan thought for a while and said, "I think this is your freedom, as long as you don't delay your work."

Xia Cheng suddenly raised his head: "What if it's delayed? If I'm in a relationship, I'll allocate all my spare time to my partner. I won't find anyone to eat and chat with after work, and I won't send text messages during breaks. Delicious food will definitely not be the second person to think about it at the first time..."

Mingyan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Don't be so exaggerated."

Xia Cheng didn't speak, but stared at him seriously.

Mingyan imagined it, if at this moment Xia Cheng didn't have a barbecue with him at Blue Star, but went out shopping with others, for example, asked someone to buy him two ties...

what.

"...Then you should stop dating." Mingyan said.

He thought, Xia Cheng is too silly and sweet, and he will probably suffer a loss if he spends so much of his heart and soul.

After he finished speaking, Xia Cheng suddenly became happy again for some reason.

"Come here, here's a skewer for you!" Xia Cheng happily handed Mingyan a skewer of paired wings, "The sauce is all over, it's definitely the most delicious skewer on this plate."

He smiled, and Mingyan laughed too.

The little lion of Xia's family has regained its brilliance, shining brightly, making people feel very energetic when looking at it.

……

The next day, Mingyan asked the secretary to send an invitation letter to Yu Bing, asking him to come to Blue Star as a guest.

Yu Bing is the third runner-up in the star show competition, and Mingyan is very interested in the "placement game" he made.

Although he is still an undergraduate student, but with Ling Xiaoman's lessons learned, the employees of Blue Star know that the boss is a person who doesn't care about age.

As long as there is talent, the employment notice of Blue Star Studio is eclectic.

It was also the first time for Yu Bing to come to Blue Star Studio, and he greeted everyone very nervously.

He also said to Ling Xiaoman: "Hello senior!!"

Ling Xiaoman was taken aback by hearing this, it was also the first time she saw someone younger than herself come in - she immediately lay down outside the glass of the conference room with great interest, observing Yu Bing.

Yu Bing waited for a while in the conference room.

The secretary poured him a cup of hot water, and he asked super nervously: "Then, that... Is the leader very busy? Can I come over during working hours? Should I come here in a suit? Yes, I'm sorry... "

The secretary couldn't help laughing, and said, "Don't be nervous, the boss is very gentle."

After a while, Mingyan hadn't appeared yet, and the door of the meeting room suddenly opened.

Yu Bing trembled nervously, stood at attention and shouted: "See the leader!"

"Ow?"

The big golden retriever Xixi opened the door with his head, tilted his head to look at Yu Bing blankly, and then wagged his tail happily.

"Eh? Dog?" Yu Bing was dumbfounded.

As long as Xixi saw humans, she would be very happy, and immediately ran to the corner to pick up her toy, and rubbed her head against the back of Yu Bing's hand, wanting him to play with her.

After a while, Mingyan ended the meeting at hand.

Hearing that Yu Bing arrived four or 10 minutes earlier, he laughed while quickening his pace and walked to the corresponding conference room.

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, a person and a dog were playing a game of tug-of-war inside.

Looks like you're having a good time.

The Golden Retriever is indeed a moving artifact for decompression and relaxation. The young man Yu Bing doesn't seem as nervous as before.

"Hi, Master!" Yu Bing said.

Ming Yan said with a smile: "You can call me whatever you want. Sorry to keep you waiting."

He didn't sit on the opposite side of the table, but casually pulled out the chair next to him, and sat face to face with Yu Bing about half a meter away.

Yu Bing hurriedly said: "I'm here early! My, my."

Like a casual conversation between friends, he clearly stated: "Is the school already on summer vacation?"

Yu Bing said: "Yes, yes, I heard about the star show competition just after the holiday. Many people in our class have not been home for a while, and they all participated in the competition."

Ming Yan said: "Very good, you can play in Blue Star for a while longer. Are you interested in continuing to develop your game "Fingerman"?"

The implication in his words suddenly made Yu Bing flush with excitement.

Yu Bing immediately sat up straight, flattered and said: "Yes! Very yes, super yes! This is my honor!"

Mingyan laughed and said, "However, there is one thing that needs to be explained to you in advance: Blue Star's current work schedule is relatively tight, so there is no schedule for it. I expect that the Tulong Baodao studio will cooperate with you. ..."

"Eh?"

Yu Bing was dumbfounded, and said in a daze, "Are you going to recommend me to another studio?"

and many more.

"Dragon Slaying Sword"?He has heard of it!

In class, the case studies that their teacher likes to use most, one is Blue Star Studio, and the other is Tulong Baodao Studio.

From the word of mouth of the players, these two studios are obviously two extremes that are opposite to each other, but they have cooperated again.

The card-drawing game "Card League" is still occupying the top few rankings, which really makes the teachers in the school talk about it.

If it is explained that Yan wants to recommend Yu Bing to Tulong Baodao for an internship, Yu Bing thinks it makes sense...

However, Yu Bing never expected it.

Mingyan showed a mysterious smile: "Actually, I am also the chief designer and person in charge of Tulong Baodao Studio. Both studios are under my name, so it is the same wherever you go for internship. This time The main reason is to prepare for the joint release of your game by Tulong Baodao."

Yu Bing was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react in his head for a long time.

Ming Yan let out a "shh": "Keep this secret for me first, don't tell it out."