Chapter 1 Interview: You can arrange it as you wish, NPC...
Although it was already evening, the cicadas were still chirping in the trees beside the road, and with the breeze blowing, it was indeed a good time for a walk.
But at this moment, Ye Xuan was walking in a hurry, as if he did not belong to the same time and space as those passers-by who were planning how to spend their weekend.
What kind of company is this? They actually hold interviews on Friday night after get off work. Don’t they have two days off a week?
Ye Xuan complained silently in his heart while rushing to the address written on the email.
Don't ask him why he doesn't choose any means of transportation. The answer is because he is poor.
If he wasn't extremely poor, he wouldn't have chosen to interview for such a gaming company.
Besides, he hadn't paid the rent for this month yet, and the offer of food and lodging provided by the job advertisement was a great relief for his immediate needs. In order to survive in this city where the per capita cost of living was not low, Ye Xing had no choice but to try his luck.
By the way, is this job ad real? A fresh graduate like him, whose major has nothing to do with games, dared to give it a try, which shows how low the requirements are.
Being unemployed after graduation is exactly what Ye Xing said. If he wants to stay in this city, he must find a job.
He sent out resume after resume, but only this game company asked him to come for an interview. So even though his major was not suitable, he still went.
I don't know if I can pass it...
In late summer and early autumn, the setting sun still left some warmth, and a thin layer of sweat covered Ye Xuan's forehead as he hurried on his way.
"We're finally here." He looked up at the office building and stood in front of the door on the first floor.
It was clearly time to get off work, but the lights on the ninth floor were still on.
People in this city are not used to working overtime on Friday nights, and it took a lot of time along the way.
At 7:30, ordinary people have already started to enjoy the sumptuous or daily dinner on the last working day of the week, and Ye Xuan's interview is about to begin.
It looked strange that only the ninth floor had lights on in the entire building.
It’s over, this is a company that loves to work overtime.
Ye Xuan recalled the current situation of other game companies in the same city that he had inquired about before, and he estimated that they would have to work overtime.
Ye Xuan walked slowly into the door, turned on the screen of his mobile phone and checked the time.
Great, there are about ten minutes left before the interview starts.
With the help of the light outside the building, he walked to the elevator, pressed the button, and waited quietly for the elevator door to open.
He admitted that the situation was a little strange at the moment.
Various similar social news emerged in Ye Xuan's mind, and he did not hope to find any matching ones.
"Ding——" The floor light on the top of the elevator door lit up, and the car door opened in response. There was no one inside, and Ye Xing saw himself in the mirror opposite.
He took a deep breath, stepped into the elevator, and pressed the button with the number "9".
The elevator door closed, and his face was reflected on the smooth metal door panel.
Don't be nervous, don't be nervous.
He whispered to himself, trying to comfort himself a little as he was attending a job interview for the first time.
"Ding——" the door opened. The light in the corridor was very "cold", different from the warm light in the elevator.
Ye Xuan became even more nervous.
He walked towards the voice, but unexpectedly, someone was already waiting for him there.
"Are you here for an interview?" the man asked him.
"Yes." Ye Xing answered cautiously. He noticed that there was no one else here except the two of them.
Is he the only interviewee?
Ye Xuan had never participated in any interview like today, but he felt that there should be more than one person attending the interview.
The man opened the door of the office behind him: "Come in, I'm your interviewer."
Ye Xuan followed the other person into the door.
Unfortunately, there was only one chair in the office. The interviewer sat down and pulled out a piece of printed paper from the not-so-tidy desk.
Ye Xuan stood stiffly opposite the interviewer, separated from him by an office desk.
"Your name is--" the interviewer looked at the name column on the paper, "also...Mars?"
It seems that the other party did not do any homework on the interviewer.
"It's 'Ye Xuan'," Ye Xuan thought for a moment, and then added, "It's the homophone of 'Xing'."
"Oh, that's fine." The interviewer nodded nonchalantly.
Ye Xuan has been teased about his name many times since he was a child, and he has long been used to it.
"What position do you want to apply for?" the interviewer asked again.
Ye Xuan was stunned. He had never thought about this problem before coming here. He thought these were all arranged by the company.
Five seconds later, he recovered from his dazed state and quickly reviewed in his mind the job positions available in the gaming company.
Unfortunately, he doesn't know much about games, let alone game companies.
Forget it, I’m just trying my luck in the beginning, so I’ll just pick one at random.
He smiled and said, "You decide. NPCs are fine too."
Ye Xuan originally wanted to tell a joke to lighten the mood, but he didn't expect the interviewer to agree immediately: "Alright, great, it's settled then. You report to the company tomorrow and sign the formal employment contract."
Wait, wait, did he hear it right?
"You, you mean," Ye Xing asked uncertainly, "I will come to your company as a -"
"NPC." The interviewer took out another piece of printed paper from the drawer. "A real person NPC."
Real NPC?! Ye Xuan knew that current holographic games would use "real NPC" as a gimmick to attract players, which could also increase playability to a certain extent. However, the cost of real NPC is much higher than that of ordinary NPC, and currently only a few well-known large companies can afford it.
Of course, I have never played these games before, I just know a little bit about them from listening to the chats of my roommates in the dormitory.
"No, I..." Ye Xuan held it in for a long time before asking weakly, "Is there no probation period?"
"The company is short of staff right now, and you're the only one applying for the position today. Wouldn't it be better for you to start the company right away?" The interviewer told the truth cruelly.
Sorry, he shouldn't have expected the answer to be something like "Because you are so outstanding, we will make an exception and directly hire you as a full-time employee."
"Then, business training?" Ye Xuan asked again.
The interviewer looked very relaxed and said: "No, you can figure it out on your own."
This, isn’t there? ! What kind of game company did he join? !
"Aren't real NPCs supposed to act out characters in games?" Ye Xuan didn't study acting, so he knew he wouldn't be confident without some training first. "How about... this? How do I act?"
The interviewer casually said, "We're not asking you to make a movie, just let it flow."
Free to play? Oh my god, what an irresponsible statement! He just graduated from college, why should he go through all this!
"No fixed lines?" Ye Xing asked in a trembling voice.
"We are not playing an old-fashioned game, are we? We need to be innovative." The interviewer defined the company's approach seriously.
If making things difficult for employees is considered innovation.
Tell me the truth, did you fail to hire someone to write the script?
Ye Xuan said hatefully in his heart.
How could he not feel resentment when the company treated him unfairly even though he hadn't officially joined the company yet?
"You must have played games before, right?" The interviewer thought, how many young people have never played games?
Unfortunately, Ye Xing had been a diligent student for more than 20 years. He had hardly caused any trouble to his teachers, so he did not really know much about games.
"No, I don't play often." When I was busy studying, I never thought that it would be difficult to find a job with my major!
"Tsk, that's a bit of a pity." The interviewer frowned.
Is he planning not to hire me?
Ye Xuan was actually even more excited than when he learned that he would be hired.
He doesn't want to stay in this crappy company even for a second longer.
The interviewer sighed and said, "Then you've missed a lot of interesting games, right?"
Meow meow meow? This is not the plot development he imagined!
Do people in gaming companies always think about games?
"Join us, and we will recommend you games that everyone agrees are worth playing. Are you looking forward to it?"
Absolutely not, okay!
"This is also one of the company's benefits. Even the cost of buying games is reimbursed." The interviewer said proudly.
Haha, thank you so much.
Games did not have much appeal to Ye Xuan. When he applied for the job, he wondered, "Do all employees in a game company have to know how to play games?" He quickly rejected this idea.
After all, the gatekeeper of the e-sports club is not a retired champion.
The interviewer was unaware of Ye Xuan’s strange imagination. The latter might have thought that this “preferential treatment” of his company would attract those “Internet-addicted teenagers”.
"Didn't the company provide food and lodging?" Ye Xuan certainly didn't forget the main condition that attracted him to apply for the job. "Can I move in tonight?"
This month's rent has not been paid yet, and I might be kicked out by the landlord tomorrow. I have to hurry and move to the staff dormitory.
I wonder what the accommodation is like? I don't think it's possible to get a single room, but I don't mind living with other people like I did when I was in school.
"I live here." The interviewer said concisely.
What? Where? This!
Ye Xuan rubbed his ears with the back of his hand: "I, did I hear you right? Live here? Don't be kidding, how can someone live here?"
This is an office building. Is he sleeping in the conference room or the tea room?
"I'll arrange for you to sleep in the immersive gaming cabin," the interviewer said, not jokingly. "What do you think?"
Ye Xuan felt that the mental preparation he had made before coming here was totally inadequate. This was not the "996" work system that everyone in the city was avoiding; this was clearly the "007"!
"How can I rest well after this?" Where is the Labor Bureau? I want to sue this unscrupulous company!
"Our game currently has some relatively complete infrastructure," the interviewer said sincerely, "mainly because the rent is cheap."
Is this small company out of money? Out of money! Can we save money on this? We can save money on this!
"No, do I need to rent a house if I live in the game?" Ye Xuan tried hard to control his emotions and must not scold the interviewer in person during the interview.
I can only complain in my heart and try to remain calm on the surface.
The interviewer said as a matter of course: "No, it costs money to run the game."
Okay, you pay the money and you have the final say.
The first day of formal work has not yet arrived, but Ye Xing has already experienced some fear of being dominated by office workers.
He didn't know at this time that his arrival would be an important part of the success of this game.
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