Lin Wan was a little curious. "What task did Boss Pei give you?"
Wang Xiaobin answered blankly. "Boss Pei asked me to bring half of Shang Yang Games' manpower to create new versions for those old games …
"I don't understand. Isn't it more appropriate to give this task to Ye Zhizhou? I'm a systems designer. Developing functions is not my forte!
"What's more, it's decided by rock-paper-scissors. That's too …"
Lin Wan frowned and thought about it seriously.
"I think Boss Pei's rock-paper-scissors has some deeper meaning."
Wang Xiaobin was stunned. "Huh? There's a deeper meaning to rock-paper-scissors? Isn't this … thinking too much? "
Lin Wan shook her head. "You're good at systems design, and Ye Zhizhou is good at functional design. Boss Pei knows that very well.
"Obviously, he wants you to do something that you're not good at at the moment to further train your abilities."
Wang Xiaobin thought for a while. "However, if Boss Pei wants to train me, can't he just give me the work directly? Why is he playing rock-paper-scissors? "
Lin Wan thought for a moment and said, "I think this should be a way to express his attitude.
"Boss Pei obviously thinks that everyone in Tengda Games, no matter who they are, must be versatile. Even if it's rock-paper-scissors or drawing lots, anyone must be able to take charge.
"What's more, we can see Boss Pei's attitude towards Shang Yang Games from this matter.
"All this while, the outside world's view of Shang Yang Games has been that of a helper. They all think that our position in the company is not as good as Tengda Games.
"However, Boss Pei has given us the task of promoting GOG's international server and updating Tengda Games' downloadable content. That means that in Boss Pei's eyes, we are the same as Tengda Games.
"Therefore, we must not let Boss Pei down!"
Wang Xiaobin nodded. "Yes, I understand!"
Boss Pei obviously took a huge risk to make such a decision!
For ordinary bosses, letting each employee do what they were best at was obviously the most economical and cost-effective way to do it. The risk was the most controllable.
How could there be such a good thing as using the company's projects for employees to grow and practice?
Some bosses asked their employees to take on some part-time jobs in the name of 'learning', but in fact, they were reluctant to spend more money to recruit professionals.
However, Boss Pei was completely different. He kept transferring employees to different projects even though he had already given them high salaries and benefits.
Obviously, this could lead to the failure of the project. However, Boss Pei did not care about this at all. This was to nurture all employees into multifaceted people. It was also a sign of great trust in his employees!
Wang Xiaobin felt that he could not let Boss Pei down. He had to do a good job with this new version and prove himself!
…
…
October 11th, Tuesday.
In the taxi, Lu Zhiyao was fully dressed in sunglasses, a mask, and a cap. He was afraid that he would be recognized by enthusiastic fans and encounter some unnecessary trouble.
As soon as he arrived in Jingzhou, he did not even check into a hotel. Instead, he rushed to Fei Huang Workspace immediately.
Ever since Tomorrow is Beautiful became popular, Lu Zhiyao had completely washed away the notoriety of being a 'box office poison'. He had also received many invitations from film crews, many of which were very expensive.
However, Lu Zhiyao did not pick them up.
If there was no script, Lu Zhiyao would be worried. If there was a script, Lu Zhiyao would feel that it was not enough after reading it.
They did not have the special feeling that Tomorrow is Beautiful had!
There was a script that Lu Zhiyao was more satisfied with, but the character was similar to Tomorrow is Beautiful. It was also a miserable simp.
Obviously, this film crew had also seen Lu Zhiyao's performance in Tomorrow is Beautiful and felt that he was very suitable for this role. That was why they sent an invitation.
Lu Zhiyao did not reject this. After all, as an actor, he had to act like what he acted and be professional.
However, Lu Zhiyao felt that he had already acted once in Tomorrow is Beautiful. What was the point of acting again?
There would be no breakthrough.
When filming Tomorrow is Beautiful, Lu Zhiyao felt that his acting skills had improved by leaps and bounds. What's more, he was highly involved in the creative process. This experience was something that he had never experienced in other film crews.
Therefore, Lu Zhiyao had been hesitating.
It was not easy for him to wash away the notoriety of being a 'box office poison'. Wouldn't all his previous efforts be wasted if he accidentally took on a lousy film?
Lu Zhiyao asked himself honestly. He was not an actor who was very good at picking scripts.
Some scripts that looked good might not be good in the end. For someone like him who was on the rise, he had to be extremely cautious.
Director Zhu Xiaoce's call came at the right time.
Since it was Boss Pei's project, it could not go wrong. He just had to shoot it!
Of course, he had to read the script before shooting. It was not that he did not trust Director Zhu, but it was mainly to understand what kind of story it was in advance so that he could prepare in advance and build up his emotions.
"Director Zhu!"
As soon as he entered, Lu Zhiyao saw Director Zhu Xiaoce, who was working hard at his desk.
Zhu Xiaoce was concentrating on thinking about the script. He was shocked when he heard Lu Zhiyao's voice and hid the document on the desktop at the speed of light.
Lu Zhiyao was stunned. Before he could react, Zhu Xiaoce had already stood up with a smile on his face.
"You're here so soon? I thought it would take at least an hour. "Zhu Xiaoce smiled to cover his embarrassment and asked someone to pour water.
Lu Zhiyao nodded. "Yes, I didn't even go to the hotel. I came here first. I'm looking forward to the new movie. I wanted to come over to talk to Director Zhu and read the script so that I could figure out the role and memorize the lines after returning to the hotel. "
Zhu Xiaoce coughed lightly. "This … Didn't I say that the script is still a little short?"
Lu Zhiyao did not mind. "It's alright. Just read as much as you have."
Zhu Xiaoce was a little embarrassed and quickly thought. "Actually … I can't show you the script yet."
Lu Zhiyao was stunned. "Huh? Why? "
Zhu Xiaoce said, "Because we're going to use a new filming method this time. Give each part of the script separately so you don't have to worry about spoilers. "
Lu Zhiyao was a little surprised. "Really? That sounds quite professional. It seems that some blockbusters in the United States do this. "
"Not bad."
"Then, Director Zhu, can you show me the script for the first act first?"
Zhu Xiaoce was speechless for a moment.
He felt like a primary school student who lied and said that he did not finish his homework. In the end, the teacher kept saying, "It's okay if you didn't finish it. I'll show you how much you wrote first."
In fact, he had not written a single word!
Fortunately, Director Zhu was also someone who had been through a lot. He could completely handle such a small scene.
After Lu Zhiyao took a sip of tea, Zhu Xiaoce said seriously, "It's like this. Before you read the script, I prepared another way for you to figure out the protagonist's psychology.
"Come, bring this with you."
Zhu Xiaoce brought over a high-end game laptop for Lu Zhiyao.
Lu Zhiyao was a little confused. "?"
Zhu Xiaoce explained, "This contains' Starcraft 2 '. Your next task is to stay in the hotel and not go out. Order takeout for three meals a day and keep playing' Starcraft 2 '.
"Just play the battle. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but there's a requirement. You have to work hard to imagine every soldier in this game as a real life.
"Play for three days first and try to figure it out. If you have any enlightenment, write it down for me whether it's reliable or not."
Lu Zhiyao took the game laptop in confusion. "But, the script …"
Zhu Xiaoce looked serious. "You can't read the script yet. If you read the script, the experience will not be accurate, understand? If you trust me, do as I say. "
Lu Zhiyao felt that this was a little strange, but since Director Zhu was so sure, he would give it a try first.
Could it be that the role he was going to play this time was very demanding, and this was the only way to better understand the role?
Lu Zhiyao did not think too much about it. He carried the heavy game laptop and planned to go back to the hotel to rest and then figure out the role according to Director Zhu Xiaoce's requirements.
"Right, Director Zhu, what's the identity of the role I'm going to play? Which direction should I work towards?
"I have to know this to better figure out the character's psychology, right?"
Zhu Xiaoce thought about it and seemed to make sense. "Hmm … you're going to play a space warrior with strong mental quality this time.
"Try not to show any emotional fluctuations, and don't show any unnecessary expressions."
"No matter what happens, your heartbeat should not fluctuate too much."
Lu Zhiyao was stunned.
"Huh?
"Don't have too many expressions?
"Then I can't use my acting skills?"
Zhu Xiaoce patted Lu Zhiyao's shoulder. "This requires your acting skills even more!
"Figure out the role well and think about how you can show superb acting skills without any expression!
"I believe you can do it!"
Lu Zhiyao: "…"
Lu Zhiyao looked at Director Zhu, who was serious, and then looked at the heavy game laptop in his hand. Suddenly, Lu Zhiyao felt like he had been cheated.
…
At the same time, in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's Handong University branch …
Pei Qian was drinking coffee and browsing the web.
The popularity of Struggle had declined, but the sales did not seem to be declining at all.
Pei Qian looked at the various bootlicking of Struggle on the Internet and sighed silently.
He originally wanted to see what players liked about this game so that he could avoid it in future games. However, he found that players seemed to like everything.
It was a waste of time.
This was very stiff.
"Forget it, I'll just follow Teacher He, the Guiding Lamp. I can't count on these players."
Pei Qian was about to close the web page when he suddenly saw a player's comment. His eyes lit up.
"Sigh, I don't know why, but I feel a little sad seeing Struggle so successful.
"There are so many games companies in the country. How many of them make online games and how many of them make standalone games?
"How many companies can only afford to spend a small amount of money on standalone games? How many companies dare to spend, are willing to spend, and can spend a lot of money on standalone games?
"How many companies can really do standalone games well and successfully?"
"After thinking about it, there are very few who have been down-to-earth, correct their mentality, seriously making standalone games, and investing money in it.
"It's a good thing that Struggle is so successful, but we only have this one seedling. There are many companies that make standalone games and independent game designers. The project would fail silently, and no one would even know.
"It's the luck of domestically-produced standalone games to have Tengda, but it's the tragedy of domestically-produced standalone games to only have Tengda."
Pei Qian inexplicably thought of Qiu Hong's words when he saw this comment.
The development environment of domestically-produced standalone games in this world seemed good to Pei Qian, but there were still many problems.
It was an objective fact that large-scale standalone games had a higher probability of failure than online games for domestic manufacturers without accumulation.
Therefore, domestic manufacturers were not willing to make standalone games because it was laborious and unrewarding.
However, it was even more impossible to accumulate in this way, and it fell into an endless cycle.
Tengda had indeed been successful in making standalone games.
However, the probability of failure for other companies making standalone games was very high!
Pei Qian suddenly thought of a good idea.
Since domestic standalone games were so easy to lose money, wouldn't I be able to lose money if I invest in these failed projects and then not interfere with their design and let them fail freely?
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