After returning from Boss Pei's office, Ma Yiqun no longer felt as lost as before.
He walked past the editing department upstairs and saw the young editors reviewing and editing manuscripts seriously.
These young people cherished this job opportunity.
As a second-tier city, Jingzhou's high-tech industries were not developed. There were not many internet companies, and most of the jobs were in traditional industries.
Jobs in traditional industries were torturous for most young people who had just graduated.
The ways of the world, the strict hierarchy, and the boring work … most young people were not used to traditional industries.
These people were originally very lost about their futures.
They could not get a postgraduate scholarship, they could not pass the postgraduate entrance exams, and they could not find a job that suited them.
Traditional industries looked down on them, and they looked down on traditional industries as well. They despised each other.
They saw that their classmates had found a place to go. Some had successfully secured postgraduate scholarships and were carefree; some had received high salary offers and became the envy of others.
Yet, they did not have a single offer. They had been rejected several times, and their resumes had sunk into the ocean. One could imagine the psychological pressure they were under.
Originally, some of them had been preparing for the postgraduate entrance exams while others had planned to return home. Unexpectedly, things had taken a turn for the better!
Coincidentally, a new website had been set up and accepted all of them. What's more, it was an editing job that had something to do with humanities. They were really lucky!
Although some of them were not particularly satisfied with this job at first and were a little repulsed by the internet, they found out that their jobs were very good after interacting with other students who were already working!
Their salary was definitely considered high in Jingzhou.
Although reviewing manuscripts was a little boring, it was much more interesting than being a clerk in an office.
What's more, the leader was young and easy to talk to. The atmosphere in the company was relaxed and harmonious. Everyone quickly acknowledged this job and started working hard to change from students to office workers.
Seeing that Ma Yiqun had arrived, a skinny boy stood up. "Brother Ma, I've finished reviewing today's manuscript."
Ma Yiqun nodded. "Alright, do whatever you want. I'll call you for a meeting later."
This boy's name was Zhu Anxing. He was the most active one in this batch. He was not as autistic as the others and was more quick-witted. He was one of the few editors that Ma Yiqun was satisfied with.
Zhu Anxing's academic results were the lowest. He still failed three subjects before graduation. That was why he had to delay his graduation.
Considering the difficulty of the exams for the liberal arts majors, the fact that he could still fail three subjects before graduation showed how much he disliked studying.
Delayed graduation meant that he would only be able to get his graduation certificate at the end of the year. However, Ma Yiqun did not care about that. In his opinion, academic results had little to do with whether he could do a good job as an editor.
Zhu Anxing had read online literature and played games during his time in university. He had a wide range of interests, so he got the hang of editing relatively quickly.
Ma Yiqun was thinking about promoting Zhu Anxing to the chief editor of a popular channel when his capabilities were almost up to par. That way, Zhu Anxing could share some of his workload.
Ma Yiqun returned to his desk and made some preparations. Then, he called a few potential chief editors for a meeting and briefly explained Boss Pei's intentions.
In the future, the standards for manuscripts would be lowered even further. They would attract authors with full attendance and enrich their library first.
After that, there was the problem of insufficient workload.
People like Zhu Anxing, who had a quick understanding of web literature, were barely qualified to be an editor. Since there were very few manuscripts submitted by authors, the review was completed very quickly.
In the remaining time, since they had no other work, they could only read popular online literature on Infinite Chinese Network.
Ma Yiqun looked around at everyone and said, "If you feel that your workload is insufficient, you can try to write your own, in addition to reading popular online literature.
"Although we are all editors, what if we can write a novel that will make us famous? We have to have dreams.
"What's more, we don't have many manuscripts on our website now. The quality of manuscripts is not high either. If you write a novel, you can definitely get a good recommendation spot. You can take this opportunity to try it out."
There was nothing wrong with what he said, but in reality, it was meaningless.
If no one read the website, what was the point of getting a recommendation spot …
Ma Yiqun paused and then continued, "If you really have nothing to do, I'll arrange a task for you. Think about Repent and be Saved's world and plot."
Ma Yiqun, the plot planner, was supposed to be in charge of Repent and be Saved's world.
However, unexpected things happened. Ma Yiqun had been mysteriously promoted.
Logically speaking, Ma Yiqun should have handed over this task.
Lu Mingliang was dumbfounded. If he told Ma Yiqun, no one would take over this task, right?
The only one who could do this was Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei was so busy. How could he have the time to personally write the plot?
Ma Yiqun thought about it and realized that this was the case. It seemed like he had to write the world by himself.
Thus, Ma Yiqun had no choice but to take on two jobs.
He had to think about Repent and be Saved's world setting and work on Zhongdian Chinese Network at the same time. That was why he had been so busy recently.
Now, the initial preparations for the website were complete. What's more, Boss Pei's strong support made Ma Yiqun feel much less stressed.
Ma Yiqun suddenly realized a problem. He had brothers now. He did not have to struggle alone. He could work on Repent and be Saved's plot together!
These twenty-odd people could help him think about Repent and be Saved's plot when they were free. Some of them were from the Chinese Language Faculty. Zhu Xingan, for example, had a good foundation in ancient Chinese.
According to Boss Pei's requirements, Repent and be Saved required a large amount of content to solve the riddles in ancient texts. If Ma Yiqun were to write all of that content on his own, it would not be impossible. However, if he were to write so much content on his own, the quality of the content would definitely decline.
However, with so many people helping him now, wouldn't it be equivalent to having a plot team?
Ma Yiqun briefly explained Repent and be Saved's world setting to everyone.
The initial world setting had already been completed. It would be a traditional Chinese setting with elements of Buddhism, Daoism, and traditional mythology. However, it would not highlight any particular element. It would only be used as decoration.
Although this game could also have Buddhist elements as its background and even use Sanskrit for the art materials, Ma Yiqun and Lu Mingliang felt that it was not appropriate after discussing it with each other.
A pure Buddhist setting would make the game's world more unified and its style more distinct. However, it might not be able to highlight the unique characteristics of China.
In other words, it might overshadow the main theme.
After all, Buddhism was a foreign religion. It was not local enough, and China's style would not be prominent enough.
Thus, after discussing with Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun decided to merge Buddhism, Daoism, traditional mythology, and other elements to form a unique Chinese style.
As for whether it would cause confusion when so many elements were mixed together …
Don't worry, Big Boss Ruan Guangjian is in charge of the style design.
Using the epic ink oil painting style to paint this kind of theme, the effect was absolutely perfect.
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