April 25th, Wednesday morning.
Ye Zhizhou arrived at Slow Movement Workspace's office according to the address given by Lin Wan.
After Lin Wan left Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou took over as the new person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. The employees of Shang Yang Games had already had a farewell meal with Lin Wan.
They might be a little reluctant but as the saying went, all good things must come to an end. What's more, Tengda Corporation's internal work transfers had always been very frequent. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin knew that they would have to take over sooner or later, so they were not too sad.
What's more, Slow Movement Workspace's office was in Jingzhou. It was not far from Shang Yang Games. They could visit often and there would be many opportunities to see each other in the future.
Ye Zhizhou came today to finalize the new game for Slow Movement Workspace with Lin Wan.
Previously, Boss Pei had already confirmed that Slow Movement Workspace's first game would be a VR game. However, the details of the game had not been finalized.
Ye Zhizhou was here to help make the decision.
As far as Ye Zhizhou knew, apart from him and Lin Wan, there was also a product manager in charge of developing VR glasses in Shenhua's cell phone department and the new chief planner hired by Slow Movement Workspace.
They had to finalize the name and details of the game and get Slow Movement Workspace on the right track as soon as possible. Sometimes, entering the research and development process as soon as possible was the best way to hone the team.
Ye Zhizhou arrived at Slow Movement Workspace and subconsciously looked at the working environment.
Yes, it was indeed in the same vein as Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games.
Slow Movement Workspace might have just been established but there were already employees working in their desks. He had to admit that the efficiency of the recruitment was quite high.
Ye Zhizhou arrived at the conference room and sat down in an empty seat.
Lin Wan was flipping through a thick stack of resumes seriously. She picked out the ones that met the requirements and placed them aside, preparing to invite them for an interview.
Seeing that everyone was here, Lin Wan tidied up the resumes and poked the conference table. "Everyone is here. Let's hurry up and start. There are still a few interviews in the afternoon."
Ye Zhizhou realized that Lin Wan seemed to be becoming more and more like a model. When she first arrived at Shang Yang Games, she often hesitated and could not make up her mind. Now, she was becoming more and more like a qualified leader.
"Your side is very efficient. It's only been three days and there are already new employees?" Ye Zhizhou took a sip of tea and said.
Lin Wan smiled. "Yes, as long as we put up the brands of Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation, and then put up Shang Yang Games' successful games, the recruitment mailbox would immediately explode."
"Many people want to enter Tengda Games, but they can't. They even have to take exams. The benefits here are similar to Tengda's, and it's famous. Many gamers are dying to join.
"However … I'm also under a lot of pressure because of Tengda. If I don't do a good job with the game, I would really be losing out to Boss Pei.
"Let me introduce everyone. This is the current person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou. This is the product manager of Shenhua Corporation's cell phone business, Old Song. This is the chief designer of Slow Movement Workspace, Cai Jiadong …"
Lin Wan quickly introduced them to everyone present.
Old Song was the product manager. He was in charge of borrowing Shenhua Corporation's resources to create the new VR glasses. Cai Jiadong was the newly recruited chief designer. His resume was unknown, but the two of them looked to be in their thirties or forties. They should have a lot of experience.
Cai Jiadong shook hands with Ye Zhizhou. "Nice to meet you! I've played all the games developed by Shang Yang Workspace. I didn't expect the chief designer to be so young. I'm really ashamed. "
Ye Zhizhou quickly said, "Not at all, not at all. It's all because of Tengda Corporation's platform. If not for Boss Pei, I would probably still be an executive planner."
After both parties praised each other for a while, they quickly got to the main topic.
Lin Wan distributed the documents as she said, "These are the main points that we decided on after the last meeting with Boss Pei. Everyone, take a look."
She looked at Ye Zhizhou. "It's still the same workflow as before in Shang Yang Games. First, analyze Boss Pei's intentions, and then determine the specific form of the game."
Cai Jiadong took the document with both hands and read it very seriously with a pious expression.
He might be the chief planner of Slow Movement Workspace in name, but his current chief planner was an empty title. He was only in charge of execution. He would slowly get used to the pace of work here before gradually taking over the design work.
Cai Jiadong's resume as a designer was very good. He had many years of experience working as a chief designer in a large domestic game company and had also brought out successful projects.
There were two reasons why he came to Slow Movement Workspace. First, the treatment here was better than his original company. Second, it was because of Tengda Games.
Every game designer had a dream in the depths of their hearts.
Making games with paywalls could indeed earn money, but it was only a job. It would not be very happy. On the other hand, to be able to create a 3A game that belonged to oneself and achieve both sales and reputation was something that was truly worthy of pride for a designer.
The game 'Mission and Choice' had reawakened the passion of many designers like Cai Jiadong that had been silent for many years. Thus, he accepted this job without hesitation.
Cai Jiadong might have rich game design experience but there was still a huge difference between the development process of 3A masterpieces and games with paywalls. They could not be generalized.
What's more, he had long heard that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had a very unique game design method that belonged to Boss Pei. It was a good opportunity to learn from them.
He looked at the document and realized that there were a few hard and fast rules, including the investment in games and VR glasses, the type of games, the general style, and so on.
Cai Jiadong took a few glances and immediately looked shocked.
Invest 20 million yuan in glasses and 20 million yuan in games?
Casual games and cartoon-style games … invest so much money?
Cai Jiadong was very confused. Although there were only a few rules in the document, these rules were clearly contradictory to his experience and would not work at all.
It was already ridiculous to invest 20 million yuan in casual games and cartoons. They actually wanted to spend another 20 million yuan to develop a VR glasses for a single game?
If it was any other game company, this suggestion would definitely be rejected immediately. However, here … it seemed to be a common thing?
Cai Jiadong was new here so he did not dare to ask too much. He could only listen silently.
Lin Wan first looked at the product manager, Old Song. "How far can 20 million yuan go if we use it to develop VR glasses?"
Old Song answered truthfully, "It's enough to develop the glasses itself. It's even a little wasteful. I suggest that there's no need to invest so much money. After all, the domestic market is not big. We can't expect it to sell well even if we make it. "
"We should make do with a basic model and hype up the concept. We can sell it casually to recoup our costs."
Lin Wan immediately shook her head. "That won't do. We can only have more research and development funds, not less. Just tell me how far we can go."
Old Song thought for a moment. "Then we can only make an issue of the controller."
"But the controller … seems to be very difficult to make any changes."
"The VR controller is nothing more than those things, joysticks, buttons, and the like."
"Currently, there are two types of controllers. One is relatively simple. It's one-handed and doesn't have a joystick. It only has a simple touchpad, one or two buttons, and a trigger button. The other is more complicated. It's two-handed and has two joysticks, four buttons for the thumb, and a trigger button for the index finger."
"The first type is too simple. It won't cost much if it's purely research and development. Since we have enough funds, we will definitely do the second type."
"But the second type's functions are already very complete. There are already buttons for each finger, and it's more ergonomic. There's no need for us to forcefully change the design to be different. At most, we'll just change the shape. "
"So I think there's not much point in redesigning it."
Lin Wan thought for a moment. "Then what if we add more functions?"
Old Song shook his head. "There's nothing to add. The thumbs of both hands have to press the joystick and the four buttons on the front, and the index finger has to press the trigger. How can we add functions when they're all occupied?"
There was a brief silence. Clearly, no one had a good idea how to spend the money.
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