"Boss, one more portion of meat for the ramen and one more fried egg for the egg fried rice! Give me a side dish, cucumber with garlic sauce! "
Pei Qian spared no expense in order to reward Ma Yang.
Ma Yang happily ate his ramen. "Not bad, Brother Qian. You're not even pretending anymore. You're starting to act like a rich second-generation heir? But … this money is enough to order two side dishes from the restaurant nearby … "
Pei Qian waved his hand. "Sigh, no way. Even though the restaurant nearby isn't expensive, it's not filling."
"To be honest, we should eat something better to celebrate the start of work. But I have to save all my money for the game so I'm a little tight. "
Actually, his Personal Wealth was too little. It was only 700 yuan and he could not bear to spend it lavishly.
Ma Yang nodded as he ate his ramen. "I understand, I understand! That's what we should do. We're still at a stage where we can't waste money. "
Pei Qian said, "Once the game is done, I'll bring you to a barbecue buffet that costs 50 yuan per person!"
Ma Yang nodded furiously. "Sure, sure!"
At that time, buffets were usually priced around 30 yuan. If Pei Qian were to go for a 50 yuan buffet, that would be considered quite high-end.
Of course, in 10 years, buffets would be around 100 to 200 yuan per person. It was incomparable.
Pei Qian was thinking that if he could lose all 300,000 yuan and convert it into Personal Wealth, he would be able to eat whatever he wanted.
"Right, there's also the contract." Pei Qian ate his egg fried rice. "I'll go get a template later and we can sign an internship contract with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan."
Ma Yang hurriedly said, "Brother Qian, you're too polite. Money isn't important and there's no need for a contract, right?"
Pei Qian shook his head. "That won't do. You have to work hard for me and you can't take a single cent less. We're starting a proper business and we have to go through the proper procedures. There must be a contract."
"Alright, I'll listen to you," Ma Yang did not insist. Who wouldn't want money?
He just felt that 3,000 was a little too much and he was embarrassed.
Actually, Pei Qian wanted to give more but the system did not allow it!
The system stipulated that Pei Qian could not hire employees with a salary that was obviously higher than a reasonable salary. After some testing, Pei Qian confirmed that this' reasonable salary 'should not be more than two times.
Take Ma Yang for example.
If he were to go to a proper gaming company to do odd jobs, according to the current basic salary of an intern, it would be 1500 yuan.
Of course, it did not exclude the possibility that some companies were more generous, and the interns would work more and get a higher salary.
However, he had to consider Ma Yang's capabilities as well. At most, he would be a burden to the company …
Thus, Pei Qian gave him 3,000 yuan a month as an internship salary. That was the highest salary allowed by the system.
As he ate his ramen, Ma Yang suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Sigh! Qian 'er, I suddenly thought of a good idea! What do you think if we make all the generals of the three kingdoms female? Isn't it subversive enough? "
Pei Qian nearly spat out a mouthful of fried rice.
"No!"
Pei Qian rejected him immediately.
Ma Yang was a little confused. "Why not? Didn't you say that you wanted to overthrow it?"
Pei Qian was speechless.
Why not?
Of course, it was because there was a real possibility of success …
In fact, the idea of changing the character of the generals of the Three Kingdoms had long been tried in animations, and it was quite successful.
Even though this was 2009 and 2D games weren't that popular yet, there was still a trend. Many mobile card games were made cartoonish on purpose to cater to this trend.
What if the game gained the love of otakus and became popular because of this?!
Pei Qian would never allow that to happen.
But of course, that was Pei Qian's true thoughts and he could not tell Ma Yang.
He coughed twice before explaining, "That won't do. It's equivalent to making the characters lose their uniqueness!"
"For example, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan are all females … If they were to become females, their uniqueness wouldn't be obvious anymore."
"Your current plan is great. Ma Chao is a centaur while Guan Yu is a dragon. That's enough for them to be easily recognizable!"
"That's why I feel that your current plan is better."
Enlightened, Ma Yang nodded his head. "Oh, so that's the case. I understand now."
Pei Qian heaved out a sigh of relief. Seemed like recruiting wasn't necessarily a good thing after all.
Even though he would be able to pay out more salaries, Pei Qian's decision might cause the employees to doubt and doubt him. If that was the case, Pei Qian would have to give a reasonable explanation.
Otherwise, if the employees were to suspect that Pei Qian was intentionally causing the company to incur losses, that would be something that was forbidden by the system as well.
"Thankfully, Ma Yang's brain isn't that good."
"If I were to recruit more people in the future, I'd have to recruit more brainless people like him."
Pei Qian thought to himself.
…
After his meal, he strolled back to his dormitory.
Ma Yang climbed up to his upper bunk energetically and filled up the art requirement form with his imagination.
Pei Qian, on the other hand, switched on his computer and entered the resource website. He realized that there was a reply to his previous message.
Ruan Guangjian: "How many do you want? What are the specific requirements? "
Pei Qian briefly mentioned his requirements, including the number of cards and the general style etc.
But of course, the specific requirement form wasn't out yet and Pei Qian could only give a simple description.
"Art style. Not cartoonish. Anything else."
"A total of 50 characters. A set of four original arts for each character for a total of 200."
"I'm still working on the requirement form. I'll pass it to you later."
The other party didn't reply even after a full three minutes.
Ruan Guangjian was probably stumped as well.
His signature art was cartoonish and yet, the first thing he said to him was' not cartoonish '?!
After a while, Ruan Guangjian replied.
"Sure. The price is 2,000 per set. Is that okay? I know that this price might be a little more expensive for a new artist. However, don't worry, I'm definitely top notch. It's just that I'm still in school and don't have any good representative art. "
2,000 per set? Wouldn't that be 500 per set?!
Pei Qian was unhappy right away – that was way too low!
Wouldn't he have an endless amount of money to spend then?!
Initially, he had a price of 3,000 per set. Now, it had shrunk to 2,000 per set.
A total of 50 characters and he would have to spend 50,000 less?
No, definitely not!
"I don't think that price is appropriate," Pei Qian replied.
Ruan Guangjian: "How much do you think is appropriate then? That's pretty much my bottom line. "
Pei Qian: "Our situation here is a little unique."
"That's because we're going to create a style that no one else has done before. We're going to create a subversive image. That's why the difficulty is higher, do you understand?"
"Furthermore, the designers here don't know much about art and the requirements they've given are rather vague."
"Therefore, we'll need you to use your brain and design it."
"Considering the additional workload in this area, 2,000 yuan per set is too unfair to you. I think 3,000 yuan per set is more suitable!"
"That includes the image design and subsequent modifications. At the same time, I hope that you can draw more intricately. How about that?"
Ruan Guangjian fell into silence once more.
Clearly, it was rare to see a client like Pei Qian who would try to bargain like that …
An additional 1,000 yuan was added to the price of a set of original art!
However, Pei Qian's actions were not against the rules and the system did not give him a warning.
That was because Pei Qian's reasoning was reasonable. The additional money included the additional design fees due to the unclear requirements, the fees for raising the quality of the original arts and subsequent modifications.
Ruan Guangjian replied after a couple of minutes, "Sure. A total of 50 sets and 200 original arts for 150,000. That'll give you 20 major modifications and 50 minor modifications."
Pei Qian smiled gently.
Indeed, he could spend money to purchase the number of modifications. However, he could choose not to use them as well!
In any case, it would be best if the artwork wasn't to his liking.
The two of them made their decision immediately and prepared to sign the agreement on the resource website.
Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of something. "How many original arts can you produce in three weeks? I'll make some changes to the numbers on the agreement. "
The system stipulated that Pei Qian could not have any unreleased products a week before settlement.
Therefore, Pei Qian's game had to be released a week before settlement. That left Ruan Guangjian with three weeks.
Ruan Guangjian: "I definitely can't produce 200. However, I can distribute the work to my dorm mates. Don't worry, with my supervision, the quality of their original arts will be guaranteed. Furthermore, I can help you unify the style as well. "
Pei Qian was elated. "Sure! I'll leave it all to you then! "
Ruan Guangjian was still in school. While he might be able to reach the standard required by the resource website, his classmates might not be able to!
This could be considered as a small loophole, spending the money and lowering the quality of the original art.
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