May 29th, Sunday …
Once again, it was time for the monthly lesson on failure.
In fact, relatively speaking, Pei Qian looked forward to Qiu Hong's lesson more than He An's lesson.
After all, the latter had to be turned around and operated in the opposite direction before it could be used. No one knew if the reverse operation would work; on the other hand, the former could directly follow the failure experience.
However, Pei Qian did not feel that he had gained much from the previous lesson. Instead, he was regarded as a confidant by Qiu Hong.
That was a pain in the ass.
Qiu Hong talked for a long time about failures caused by project management problems. Everything he said was very correct, but Pei Qian could not use it at all!
He could only look forward to some really useful failure experiences today.
Qiu Hong arrived at the cafe on time and shook hands with 'Ma Yang' warmly.
"Boss Ma! How is it? Has the company's project management improved this month? "
Pei Qian: "…"
Improved?
I'm going to be gone if I improve any more!
Pei Qian coughed lightly. "I benefited a lot from the previous lesson, but time is limited. Let's hurry and get to the main topic."
Qiu Hong nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. Hurry and get to the main topic."
Both of them sat down, and the waiter served coffee.
Qiu Hong took a sip of coffee and said, "Boss Ma, what I want to talk about today is also a very key failure factor. There are definitely many teams that fail because of this factor in all game startups!"
Pei Qian immediately perked up when he heard that.
Such a universal failure experience?
I have to listen carefully then!
Qiu Hong deliberately kept him in suspense and paused before saying, "This failure factor is … the boss or other external forces' random interference!"
Pei Qian: "?"
Qiu Hong did not notice 'Ma Yang's' blank expression. He had completely fallen into the state of pouring out his heart and lungs. "This one is also full of tears.
"Most people in the game industry have a relatively simple dream before they enter the industry, which is to make something fun for players. What if they make a game with paywalls for the rich? As long as they are happy, our efforts will not be in vain.
"However, this society is not that simple. Games are not something that can be made by one person. To work, one has to face all kinds of office politics. One has to stand in line and have a good relationship with others. Otherwise, one would not be able to make a project no matter how good it is without resources.
"You have to listen to the functional planning when you're doing the executive planning, right? When it comes to function planning, you have to listen to the chief planner, right? When you finally become the chief planner, you will still have to listen to the producer, right? Now that you've become a producer, you still have to listen to the investors, right? "
"If you really become an investor, you still have to listen to the market and money, because you can't bear to let your money go to waste!"
"Look, you do have ideas, but you can't guarantee that the people who command you have the same ideas as you!"
"This thing, it's the interference of external forces. Think about it, it's a good idea, and you go to the producer to change it, the boss to change it, and finally, the investor to change it again, and when it's about to be sold, the distributor to ask you to change it again … After changing it so many times, you won't even recognize what it is. "
Pei Qian listened quietly, looking lost.
That sounded like a wonderful prospect.
I really want someone to give me some pointers and ruin the project …
However, there was no one above Boss Pei telling him what to do. It was all up to him.
Boss Pei even often told his subordinates what to do.
However, the problem was that the game did not fail even though he had been giving instructions for so long, right?
Instead, the more he gave instructions, the more successful it became. What kind of logic was this?!
Could it be that the way I gave instructions was wrong?
Pei Qian coughed lightly. "Well, I have a question. Boss Qiu, you said that 'the boss's instigation caused the project to fail'. Can you tell me how exactly he did it? "
Qiu Hong looked surprised. "Boss Ma, do you still need to explain this? You can think of it just by thinking about it! "
"For example, you know what games are popular now, but the boss insists on doing the opposite; you know what players' tastes are, but the boss insists on going against them; there is no design plan on the market at all, but the boss slaps his head and insists on you to come up with one …"
Pei Qian fell silent again.
Doesn't it sound like that's what I've been doing all along?
My idea of incurring losses doesn't seem to be a problem, right?
Why were the results completely different from each other?
No, this is useless. I've already tried everything. I have to stop Qiu Hong quickly and stop talking.
Pei Qian felt that he could not waste any more precious time on this topic. He quickly said, "Yes, I understand completely. This is indeed very easy to fail! However, this experience is not very useful to me. Can we change it? "
Qiu Hong was stunned. "Not very useful? Boss Ma, you mean that you won't encounter such a problem, right? "
"Yes, indeed, Boss Ma, your immediate superior is Boss Pei, and Boss Pei himself is a top game designer. There is no possibility that you will fail because of your superior's instructions."
"It's alright, Boss Ma. I've already considered this, so this is just an appetizer. I've prepared other content later."
Pei Qian was very happy.
That's great, I almost thought that this lesson was for nothing again!
Qiu Hong continued. "Then, the next very key failure factor is not being able to discover the talent you want! Boss Ma, you should be able to use this, right? "
Pei Qian agreed deeply. "Yes, I'm really very distressed about this!"
Qiu Hong smiled slightly and continued. "A boss definitely can't take on all the work. He would be as tired as a dog if he did that, and he wouldn't be able to do it well. At that time, you need to find people in charge of your various businesses.
"This is still different from project management. Project management is how to make use of talent, but now we're talking about how to discover talent! Relatively speaking, it's more high-end to discover talent.
"Many failed projects failed because the leader's judgment of people was not good. He was deceived by some boastful liars and entrusted with important tasks, but in the end, he had no actual ability at all."
Pei Qian nodded vigorously. "So, where are these liars?"
Qiu Hong did not know how to answer for a moment. "Er … hidden in the vast sea of people."
Pei Qian asked, "In theory, there should be a lot of liars, right?"
Qiu Hong thought for a moment. "Who knows? No one has done a data survey in this area. However, I think it should be okay. Most people would encounter one or two liars when they start a business, right? "
Pei Qian was silent.
Does that mean that I'm unlucky?
Still not. This still did not seem to be useful. After all, he really did not have any talent in identifying liars. Zhang Wang was the best example.
Pei Qian coughed lightly. "Er, Boss Qiu, this doesn't seem to be of much help to me …"
Qiu Hong was stunned. "Er … it's alright, Boss Ma, I'll change to another one.
"I don't have much success experience, but I have plenty of failure experience!"
Pei Qian: "…"
What was with this inexplicable feeling of empathy?
Qiu Hong thought for a moment. "Then, I'll talk about the concept of 'deviation from common sense'!"
Pei Qian nodded, feeling that this theory seemed very high-end and should be helpful to him!
Qiu Hong explained. "In the game company, we often hear such words: 'The boss is an idiot, he doesn't know anything, I quit', or 'The newly hired planner is too stupid, I've already fired him'.
"Such conversations happen in many game companies, and even the tone is very similar. In that case, why do people in the game industry always feel that the other party knows nothing?
"An experienced chief planner and a producer who can pull in investors should both be insiders. They both say that the other party 'knows nothing', so who is the one who doesn't know?
"This is the 'deviation from common sense'. In other words, everyone's common sense is different. You and I are thinking about the same thing, but what I think is common sense and what you think is common sense. That's why we both feel that the other party does not understand at all.
"For example, the matter of 'pirated games' is a proven successful experience for capital or bosses. Why not do it? To most people in the industry, what future is there for something that others have done badly?
"Of course, this is just a very simple example. In actual work, this' deviation from common sense 'would be more serious. What's more, it would affect all aspects of the company's operations in the process of producing the game. In the end, the development of the project would completely deviate from the original expectations.
Pei Qian blinked blankly.
Isn't this what I'm going through?!
Confidant!
Pei Qian held Qiu Hong's hand. "Yes, yes, yes, yes, that's how I feel! I'm very distressed about this!
"So, how should we solve this' deviation from common sense '?"
Qiu Hong smiled. "Well, it's easy to say but difficult to do. It's to establish good communication with each other.
"The root of the 'deviation from common sense' is that we cannot understand each other. As long as we can communicate well, let the other party understand our true thoughts, and form a joint force in the same direction in thinking, then we can solve the problem of 'deviation from common sense' to a certain extent."
Pei Qian: "…"
His enthusiasm was extinguished once again.
Why is it another solution that I can't do at all!
Communicate well and let the other party understand my true thoughts? I want to do that too, but the system doesn't allow it!
I can't let others know that I'm deliberately losing money!
What's worse is that my employees seem to have formed some kind of joint force, but it happens to be in the opposite direction from me …
Pei Qian was instantly discouraged. He had learned three failure experiences today, and it could be said that he had gained a lot.
However … he still could not use any of them!
Qiu Hong looked at his watch. It was almost time for today's class. He heaved a sigh of relief.
Phew, Boss Ma's requirements are really high.
If I had not prepared well before coming and had a lot of failure experience, I might not have been able to continue today's class.
What's with this sour feeling …?
Fortunately, the class was successfully completed!
Boss Ma must have been very inspired seeing how he lowered his head and pondered, right?
Pei Qian looked up. "Boss Qiu, I have one last question. What if, and I mean what if, these three problems are no longer problems? "
Qiu Hong was taken aback and then smiled. "Of course, congratulations, Boss Ma. You can make money lying down!
"Do what you want to do, don't be blindly commanded by anyone; the selected are all talents, and each of them can take charge; there is no deviation from common sense in the employees, and they think in one direction and work hard in one direction …
"If you don't succeed, who will?"
Pei Qian: "…"
These words were too heart-wrenching.
He was obviously here to learn the experience of failure, but he was even more desperate after learning it!
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