Guangzhou.
Sun Strike Studios.
"Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.?"
"They're here to visit our studio in Guangzhou?"
Zhou Muyan was bewildered.
What the f * ck was a gaming company visiting another gaming company? He had never heard of something like that before!
Those who visited the big companies were usually university students doing social practice activities. Under the circumstances of the school's organization, they visited the big companies to prepare in advance for their career after graduation.
He had never heard of a gaming company organizing a visit to another company!
At the very least, it was unheard of domestically.
That was because most of the gaming companies in the country wanted to generate profits. It was a huge loss for them to travel so far away for a visit!
Even if it was a group of 20 to 30 people, the airfare, hotel and other expenses as well as the compensation for the employees not working for the past few days would not be a small sum.
Furthermore, they wouldn't be able to generate any profits even if they were to travel so far away. It would just be a loss.
Even though it was a learning exchange, what the f * ck was that?
Which gaming company was that sick …
Zhou Muyan wanted to reject them instinctively.
He was the producer of Sun Strike Studios and was rather famous in the industry.
Of course, strictly speaking, it was a mixed bag. Many people were criticizing Sun Strike Studios and as the producer, he was naturally implicated as well.
Zhou Muyan was not his real name, but his nickname. Nicknames were a popular trend in some companies in the south, and it was the same for Sun Strike Studios.
Recently, Sun Strike Studios was developing a FPS online game that had been in development for more than a year and was about to start its internal testing.
With everyone working overtime, Zhou Muyan could not be bothered to take half a day to receive the employees of a gaming company that had traveled all the way from Handong Province.
"Boss Zhou, this company has a successful project and Ghost General was developed by them. I suggest you take some time to meet them. If you don't have time, you can get Brother Sun to receive them. After all, it won't take much effort to bring them around the company, "The administrative girl reminded Xin Hailu over the phone.
"Ghost General was made by them?"
Zhou Muyan was stunned for a moment before realizing that the administrative girl's words made sense.
As the saying went, the more friends you have, the more options you have.
Even though they were in the same industry, it would be too unreasonable of him to reject someone who had traveled a long way to visit his company and exchange ideas.
Furthermore, Zhou Muyan knew about Ghost General. It was a mobile game that had recently made a name for itself and its creator was probably not an ordinary person.
Meeting and getting to know this kind of person wasn't a bad idea.
Anyway, it was nothing more than taking a day out to meet them and show them around the studio. It wouldn't affect their work.
Thinking of this, Zhou Muyan nodded. "Alright, then agree. Let's set the schedule in advance. I'll personally receive them. "
"Alright, Director Zhou. Also, the list of eliminated rookies has been released. Please take a look. "
Zhou Muyan took the name list and scanned through it.
"Fire everyone except Lin Wan. Do it according to the rules."
"Okay." The administrative girl didn't ask much and left with the list.
The last-place elimination system was very popular among many gaming companies, especially those with more on-campus job fairs.
It was the same for Sun Strike Studios as well. The freshmen that they recruited would be evaluated a few months into the job and the bottom 15% would be eliminated.
After being eliminated, these freshmen would be placed in an extremely awkward situation.
On one hand, they were no longer freshmen and had missed out on the on-campus job. On the other hand, they only had a few months of work experience and were eliminated by their previous companies – there was no advantage for them in the social job.
It could be said that with a wave of Zhou Muyan's hand, he had placed a huge stumbling block in the life of this batch of students who had been eliminated!
However, Zhou Muyan didn't find anything wrong with that. Even though he knew that those who were eliminated would definitely be cursing at him and his immediate family in private, he wasn't bothered.
To Zhou Muyan, the gaming industry was governed by the law of the jungle – survival of the fittest!
In such a cruel environment, there was no way one could be humane.
Of course, there was an exception – Lin Wan.
This was a girl. Just like the others, she was recruited from a famous university in the capital and was highly educated.
According to the scoring mechanism of the elimination system, she was also in the last 15% that would be eliminated.
Lin Wan made the same mistake as many other young people – being overly optimistic and naive.
To Zhou Muyan, the gaming industry was a business.
However, Lin Wan was the same as many other young people who treated it as an art or a dream. Most of the time, it was incompatible with the last place elimination system.
In other words, she wasn't the type of talent that Sun Strike Studios needed.
However, Zhou Muyan had singled out Lin Wan from all the people who were eliminated at the last place.
It wasn't for any other reason but because her background was way too frightening …
Her father was the president of Shenhua Corporation, the largest communications and smart hardware developer in the country – Zhou Muyan couldn't afford to offend her.
Well, it might not be accurate to say that he couldn't afford to offend her – Zhou Muyan would rather kneel down and lick her boots!
Of course, Lin Wan did not know that her identity had been exposed because she had entered Sun Strike Studios through the normal on-campus job process.
However, it was clear that Lin Wan had underestimated the importance and concern her father had for her …
On the second day after Lin Wan joined Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan received a call from the president's office of Shenhua Corporation.
He had two hopes. First, he hoped that Zhou Muyan and Sun Strike Studios could help take care of Lin Wan so that she wouldn't overwork her health. Second, he hoped that Zhou Muyan could destroy Lin Wan's good impression of the gaming industry as soon as possible so that she would give up on it!
Although it was said tactfully over the phone, Zhou Muyan was smart enough to understand it immediately.
The old man did not want Lin Wan to enter the gaming industry. However, he did not want to be too forceful and cause a rift between father and daughter. That was the reason why he took the roundabout route!
Zhou Muyan naturally couldn't ask for more, so he immediately agreed.
That was the massive Shenhua Corporation in the country! If they could establish a connection with them, it would be extremely beneficial for Sun Strike Studios in the future!
Therefore, those at the bottom of the list were all fired. Only Lin Wan continued to stay.
Zhou Muyan had already considered how he could destroy Lin Wan's passion for gaming as soon as possible so that she could leave the industry as soon as possible.
It wasn't difficult.
All he had to do was let Lin Wan see the truth of the gaming industry.
The gaming industry, or at least the domestic gaming industry, was a sweatshop.
Last place elimination, 996, giving up on dreams and pursuits for money, turning art into a money-making tool …
These were nothing new in the domestic gaming industry.
Of course, these things weren't absolute. There were talented designers and studios in the country as well.
However, there were relatively few of them.
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