April 18th, Monday …
The Brocade Secret Service had been handed over to Tang Bingyao. Pei Qian did not know what kind of people she would find.
There were many departments in Tengda now. Even if he placed a Management Trainee in each department, he would need more than ten people. It was impossible to gather all of them in a short time.
Pei Qian's request to Tang Yishu was to gather everyone by next Saturday.
On Saturday, when there was no one in the company, he would secretly have a small meeting and assign work. Thinking about it, he actually felt a little mysterious.
Pei Qian woke up naturally today. He went to the office after dinner to express his gratitude.
However, he heard a knock on the door before he could open Aili Island to catch up on dramas.
"Eh?"
Pei Qian could not help but frown. What was so urgent?
Someone knocked on the door less than two minutes after he entered the office. Obviously, they had been waiting for a long time.
"Come in."
Hu Xianbin pushed the door open and entered.
"What's wrong? Have you encountered any problems with the development of Struggle?" Pei Qian could not help but feel a little expectant.
Hu Xianbin shook his head. "No, the development of Struggle has been going smoothly so far. It's about GOG! "
Pei Qian could not help but feel disappointed.
On one hand, it was because the development of Struggle was going smoothly. On the other hand, Hu Xianbin was still worried about GOG. That was not in line with the Tengda spirit.
Pei Qian cleared his throat. "Don't be in a hurry to talk about GOG.
There are some problems with your thinking.
"A person's energy is limited. You can only do one thing at a time. How can you manage the development of Struggle and GOG's operations at the same time?
"Hurry up and let go of GOG's operations."
No matter what, Hu Xianbin was a researcher in the latter half of GOG. He was responsible for the release of the mobile and client-side versions. He understood GOG very well.
Pei Qian had put Hu Xianbin in charge of the development of Struggle so that he would not care about GOG. Yet, he wanted to do both at the same time. That was too much.
Hu Xianbin was stunned. "Er, alright, Boss Pei. I'll hand over the work to Min Jingchao when I get back.
"However … I do have something important to report about the GOG project!"
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, go ahead."
Hu Xianbin looked very eager. "Boss Pei, I hope you can make an exception and hire more people for Tengda Games!"
Pei Qian could not help but frown.
Make an exception?
Should I hire more people?
Little brother, this is a very dangerous thought!
Now, Tengda's various departments and positions were being recruited in a unified manner. There were only two recruitment sessions a year, in May and November.
Setting this time was mainly to avoid the peak season of recruitment.
Because the recruitment process was more complicated, and the new employees were given enough time to go through the resignation procedures and hand over their jobs, the actual start time would be a month later.
However, Pei Qian looked at the date. It was already April 18th. What was so urgent about GOG that they couldn't wait for more than a month?
There must be something wrong here!
Pei Qian placed great importance on this, but he still asked casually, "Why are you in such a hurry to recruit people?"
Hu Xianbin said, "Boss Pei, IOI wants to start an 'arms race' with us. GOG urgently needs more manpower now! Otherwise, our advantage in the early stages of the game will be gone! "
Pei Qian could not help but feel delighted.
Although he did not understand what the 'arms race' referred to, he was very clear about one thing: Lin Wan had begun to act!
IOI's local server should have been almost ready during this period. They should have also developed a series of publicity strategies to start fighting for GOG's market.
Pei Qian did not know how Hu Xianbin got the news.
However, considering that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games were sibling departments, it was not surprising that they got the news from other channels.
Pei Qian smiled and said, "Is that so? Tell me in detail."
Hu Xianbin quickly said, "IOI's strategy is to desperately update and win with quantity. According to the current plan, they have to update two new heroes every month. That's too fast!
"GOG has fewer heroes than IOI now, but it's still within an acceptable range.
"Once IOI updates new heroes at the speed of light while we slowly update a new hero every two months, we will definitely be left behind. Then, GOG's first-mover advantage will be gone!"
Pei Qian nodded repeatedly.
Not bad, Finger Games and Lin Wan are very reliable!
Indeed, the script is developing as I imagined. I've really calculated everything.
Pei Qian's expression became even more relaxed. "So, you want to recruit more people to compete with them in speed?"
Hu Xianbin nodded. "Yes, there's no reason for us to lose to them in speed! Whoever updates faster will be able to maintain the stickiness of the players and the popularity of the game. That's a huge advantage!
"The situation now is that the brave will win. GOG must not give in!"
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. "I don't agree with you.
"We can't recruit people in advance. Even if it's next month, I don't recommend the gaming department to recruit too many new people."
Hu Xianbin was stunned. "W-why?"
Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and said seriously, "It's about quality, not quantity.
"With more people, we will be faster, and we will come up with more ideas. That seems like a good thing.
"However, a large number of people can be a treasure, or a cage."
"Don't always think of such stupid tactics when you encounter problems. That will lower the upper limit of your thinking and erase your inspiration.
"In short, don't recruit too many people."
Hu Xianbin was a little anxious. "But Boss Pei …"
Pei Qian emphasized again. "Don't recruit too many people."
Hu Xianbin was speechless. He did not dare to let Boss Pei repeat himself a third time. He could only sigh and silently leave the office.
Pei Qian smiled in satisfaction.
Lin Wan, this is all I can help you with. You must complete the mission as soon as possible!
…
Hu Xianbin went back upstairs dejectedly and sat down at his desk.
Min Jingchao saw Hu Xianbin and immediately came over.
"How did it go? Did Boss Pei agree?"
Hu Xianbin shook his head. "No, Boss Pei rejected it."
Min Jingchao was stunned. "He rejected it? That can't be, right? Boss Pei has always been generous with the company's expenses. Why did he not allow us to recruit a few new designers? That doesn't make sense. "
Hu Xianbin sighed. "Sigh, I don't know what Boss Pei is thinking, but his attitude is very firm. He said that not only can we not make an exception and recruit in advance, but we can't recruit too many people in a month's time."
Min Jingchao frowned, confused. "Why would Boss Pei say something like that for no reason? Did he say something else?
"Usually, Boss Pei's words have some hidden clues."
Hu Xianbin tried hard to recall. "Let me think …
"He seemed to have said that a large number of people could be a treasure, but it could also be a cage."
"However, this sentence doesn't seem to have any deeper meaning …
"Should we ask Big Sister Li and Brother Bao?"
Min Jingchao shook his head. "I think we shouldn't always throw analysis questions to Brother Bao. In Tengda, reading Boss Pei's intentions is a necessary skill. We have to practice more. "
Hu Xianbin thought for a moment. "That's true. However, Boss Pei really didn't seem to have any deeper meaning this time. I still have no clue. "
Min Jingchao frowned and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, his frown eased a little.
"From the original meaning of this sentence, it means that every designer's thinking is different. It is true that more people can provide different perspectives, ideas, and philosophies, but when so many perspectives, ideas, and philosophies are mixed together, it will become a cage. "
"Other people's perspectives, ideas, and concepts would in turn restrict your thinking. Similarly, your ideas would also restrict other people's thinking.
"If everyone did their own thing, they would drag each other down and reduce efficiency.
"Therefore, creating new heroes for GOG is tiring and technical work. We need to continuously produce ideas. The key is not about the number of people, but whether the chief designer can accurately control the direction of the game.
"No matter how many designers are recruited, only one person can make the final decision, unify the style, and plan for the balance of the game. Otherwise, the game would become a stitched monster."
Hu Xianbin was no stranger to this way of interpretation. He immediately understood. "Yes, that makes sense!
"However, this still doesn't solve the problem.
"Everyone's ability to produce ideas is limited. If there are too few people, there won't be enough inspiration. You can do the overall planning, but we still need people to provide inspiration and design different new heroes. "
Min Jingchao fell into deep thought again. This time, he thought for a longer time.
After a long time, he slowly said, "It seems … not necessarily.
"Everyone has limited inspiration and can produce limited ideas. That's true. However, designers are not the only ones who can provide inspiration and design new heroes.
"Boss Pei expressed a dialectical thinking. He did not deny the power of numbers. His original words were 'it could be a treasure, but it could also be a cage'. We only analyzed the 'cage' side, but we did not delve into the 'treasure' side.
"No matter how many designers we hire, how can they compare to the wisdom of the majority of players?
"Designers are just a small treasure, but players are the big treasure.
"Boss Pei did not allow us to hire designers because it would not solve the problem fundamentally and would be inefficient.
"In other words … we can let players participate in GOG's hero design!
"So what if IOI's heroes are developed quickly? If we can really fully mobilize the enthusiasm of players, then inspiration and ideas will be endless and inexhaustible! "
Hu Xianbin suddenly realized. "That makes sense!
"So that's what Boss Pei meant?
"Indeed, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of players, let players provide ideas and content, and then our designers only need to be responsible for screening, modifying, balancing, and other work to solve this problem perfectly!"
Min Jingchao suddenly stood up. "I'll go work on the activity plan now!"
…
After sending Hu Xianbin away, Pei Qian watched dramas for a while.
He looked at the time. It was already three in the afternoon.
"I haven't seen Old Ma in a long time. Let's go to Dream Realization Ventures."
Pei Qian then remembered that he had always wanted to go to Dream Realization Ventures to ask Old Ma about investment projects, but he had been so busy that he forgot.
The weather was good today. He could go out for a walk and see the recent situation of Old Ma and Dream Realization Ventures.
Pei Qian had previously told Old Ma to inform him as soon as he found a suitable project.
However, there was no movement from Old Ma after so long.
Pei Qian could not help but wonder what Ma Yang had been up to.
He was not worried that Ma Yang would secretly spend money. That was because ever since he invested in Finger Games, Pei Qian had requested that all investments by Dream Realization Ventures had to be approved by him.
Since no one asked for instructions, it meant that Dream Realization Ventures did not spend a single cent.
The problem was, since Ma Yang wasn't spending anything, what was he doing?
[GOG's hero design. The big shots mentioned in this chapter, please begin your performance.]
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