He Shenglei took eight minutes to arrive at the studio's underground parking lot.
He Shenglei didn't even dare to turn on the heater. It wasn't because he wanted to learn from Xia Xia and save a part of the engine's power by not turning on the air conditioner to ensure power output. He Shenglei, who was sitting in the car, was sweating profusely.
Because the prototype of the figurine had not been finalized yet!
It was one final step away. That step was invisible and untouchable, but it existed in its heart.
Descendants of Stars was the most influential game company in Korea. Even among the game creation companies in the world, Descendants of Stars' influence was considerable.
To be able to receive an order from their company, in addition to their own strength, they also relied on the good karma they had with Tencent Games.
Not only were the two hero figurines beautifully finished, but their mass-production prices were also very low among other model companies. Tencent Games and Descendants of Stars worked together frequently. If Descendants of Stars wanted to develop a figurine, they would naturally ask for the opinion of Tencent Games, who had developed countless figurines.
Hippo Studio was honored to become one of the many studios that Descendants of Stars worked with.
However, Descendants of Stars was arrogant, but they couldn't play by the rules.
Everyone knew that the development of a premium figurine took at least two months from design to finalization. Although Hippo Studio was a big company and set the contract duration at one and a half months, only 35 days had passed. There were still 10 days left.
After parking the car, he ran upstairs.
As soon as he entered, He Shenglei saw his boss, Ko Cho-kwang, with a face that could act in a zombie movie. Then, the two pairs of eyes met. His boss, who had been silently brewing emotions, suddenly exploded.
"Play, play, play!"
"All of you know that this order from Descendants of Stars is very important to us. If we can take it, we can become the best model design company in the country in the future. We won't have to take those messy souvenir orders from those messy companies anymore. You'll be able to work on your favorite figurines happily. "
"But what are you doing? Do you know that this task is important and the schedule is tight? You don't work overtime during lunch break, but you go to team up and play games and watch cartoons. "
Ko Cho-kwang's cold gaze swept across the crowd, like a sharp sickle sweeping through a wheat field. Everyone lowered their heads.
They kept cursing in their hearts, 'Boss, you're more proactive than anyone else when we're teaming up. Besides, the most important thing in creative work was inspiration. Playing games and watching anime were their biggest source of inspiration.
Of course, on the surface, they could only shrink their heads and pretend to be quails.
His piercing gaze finally stopped on He Shenglei, unable to move away for a long time. Under his gaze, He Shenglei, who was already sweating profusely, now had steam rising from his forehead.
"Tell me." Ko Cho-kwang felt that the atmosphere was tense enough, so he said coldly, "Twenty minutes ago, I received a call from the Descendants of Stars company. They said that the prototype inspection team will arrive in Zhongyun in two and a half hours. I've sent someone to pick them up at the airport. Even if they take a detour and delay us, they can only buy us three and a half hours at most. "
"He Shenglei, I'm telling you, don't recklessly be late just because you're important. If there's a mistake in the inspection this time, you'll get lost."
"I … I … need a day. Boss, you know the progress of our prototype design team. We're just … just one step away." He Shenglei knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't dare to raise his head. He didn't dare to have any confidence in a day's time.
"Our coloring team has no problems with the overall color and color scheme. We've done it according to their requirements. However, some details related to the charm have not been perfected, so we might not be able to convince them. We can't make adjustments now, so we can only try our luck with the current plan. "
"Our costume design team has no problems. The costumes just need to be aesthetically pleasing. This is the easiest." The three core team leaders expressed their opinions one by one.
"The biggest problem still lies with you, He Shenglei." The boss, Gao Zhuoguang, was furious.
"Brother Gao, please calm down." The younger coloring team leader, Guo Lin, quickly tried to smooth things over. "Although Brother He is late these days, he works overtime more than anyone else. As for King of Glory, Brother He's character hasn't been online for many days. Brother Gao, you know this too. "
"The biggest problem is still with Descendants of Stars."
"The contract is 45 days, but they came 10 days early. Isn't … isn't that breaking the rules? That's too much. "
"Then when they arrive later, you, Guo Lin, go and tell those Koreans that they're going to buy tickets back now. Tell them that the contract will expire in 10 days. My Hippo Studio only recognizes the contract and not the people."
Ko Cho-kwang sneered. "You, Guo Lin, also know that they're breaking the rules and not the contract?"
"You, Guo Lin, dare to talk about breaking the rules with Descendants of Stars?"
Guo Lin shook his head resentfully. He only wanted to help He Shenglei put in a few good words. Everyone came together because of their interests and had known each other for many years. They couldn't hurt each other.
Guo Lin sighed heavily in his heart. Prototype design was different from normal product design.
The biggest difference between prototype design and normal product design was the charm.
Products were dead. They were cold lines and corners.
Prototypes were alive. They were 3D virtual characters that were summoned to the real world through a medium. The developers of the figurines were the summoners.
In their hearts, no matter how perfect or exquisite a prototype was, it wouldn't work. It had to have the charm that a 3D character should have. Only the charm could make them come alive in the real world. Without the charm, the prototype was a dead object. It would be a failure to summon.
Charm was something that couldn't be seen or grasped. Only people who loved them could feel it with their hearts. Their group of technical staff had the ability to feel it. Of course, the game company that commissioned them to create the prototype could also feel it.
During this one and a half months of developing the prototype contract, Hippo Studio would be in constant communication with the Descendants of Stars. From the design plan to the clothes and pendant they created, they had to communicate and compromise with each other before finally reaching an agreement.
Only the charm couldn't be communicated. This was also the difference between a studio and a factory.
The charm needed to be completed by Hippo Studio alone. Now, the Hippo Working Group had developed everything except for the charm of the figurine. They had also gotten approval from the Descendants of Stars. The remaining ten days would be the time to test the Hippo Team's ability.
If they had the ability, they might only need an instant of inspiration to give the prototype a charm through the final facial adjustments and facial coloring.
If they didn't have the ability, they might make it worse in ten days. Laymen would think that a cat didn't look like a cat or a tiger.
Therefore, Descendants of Stars had broken the rules, but this was where they didn't violate the contract.
That was because they had already reached a final design plan with Descendants of Stars for all the coloring, clothing, and object designs.
After the final plan was finalized, Descendants of Stars had already paid 40,000 for each prototype, totaling 240,000 for the design price.
The money had been paid, and there were no problems with the contract.
However, in the end, Descendants of Stars gave Hippo Studio the right to not mass produce the figurines. This was another new contract that needed to be discussed again.
If the studio hoped for a design price of 40,000 for each figurine, this amount of money might not even be enough to pay the employees' salaries and material costs. The other contract for mass production of the figurines was the core that allowed the studio to maintain high benefits and high profits.
Mass production of the figurines was very simple. Small-scale use of silicone molds and large-scale use of engraved steel molds. Their studio had the ability to mass produce. Besides, there weren't many high-quality figurines to mass produce. It was possible to mass produce three to five thousand copies of a design.
Whether or not they could get the commissioned mass production contract would depend on how well they handled that layer of intangible charm.
If they handled it well, the contract would naturally be in their hands.
If they didn't handle it well, the next contract would be ruined. Hippo Studio didn't give the detailed electronic data, so Descendants of Stars couldn't use the figurines to create their own models. However, if they couldn't get the contract for mass production, they wouldn't earn a single cent.
Originally, there were still ten days before the contract expired. These ten days were left for each team leader of Hippo Studio to freely express their inspiration.
Now that Descendants of Stars had come earlier than the agreed time, Hippo Studio, who had just entered the period of searching for inspiration, was immediately shrouded in a layer of desperate crisis.
There was a huge gap in strength between the two parties, and Descendants of Stars was a Korean company.
Even if Descendants of Stars knew that there was this agreed upon rule, Hippo Studio could only hope for a miracle at the last moment.
The weak had no right to speak.
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