Giving Party B too much freedom
Xingyue Art Outsourcing Design Company.
Yu Niannian was drawing the final design draft for the project. She didn't look well, and her dark circles were particularly pronounced.
The client for this project is no ordinary person.
First, the requirements were completely unclear, and the references they found were all messed up. Even after the final draft was completed, they still had to make changes. It was like they didn't have any spare money when it came to outsourcing, and they wanted to squeeze every last drop out of us.
They were incredibly picky about making changes, constantly revising one suggestion after another.
It was also my dear team leader who knew that the client for this project was no good, so he deliberately dumped this dirty and tiring work on me.
She is young and inexperienced.
He's a perfect scapegoat who specializes in this.
To be honest, Yu Niannian didn't really like this company, but since she wasn't in this field before, she had to accumulate some industry experience in order to find a better job.
The design draft wasn't even finished when the team leader dropped off another new order.
"I think this is a good opportunity for you to practice, so I'll put you in charge of it." That's exactly what the team leader said.
Yu took a look at the company every year.
It's no wonder that such an order would fall into the hands of an unknown startup.
Although she felt somewhat disdainful and dissatisfied, it was her first time dealing with a client, so Yu Niannian was a little flustered and showed the utmost respect to her benefactor.
[Xingyue Art: Hello, could you please send me your art requirements form?]
This so-called game company is none other than Zhixing Games.
After the design was finalized, the process of creating the game using the cloud editor quickly began.
The art department naturally needs to keep up as well.
Since Zhixing Games does not currently have a dedicated art team, it still outsources its art work to most small and medium-sized game companies.
After submitting the first draft of the design, Yu Yue waited anxiously for a whole day, and finally received feedback from General Manager Jiang the next morning.
The design was not significantly altered; only different colors were used for different sections.
Red indicates areas for further optimization, yellow indicates details that need to be changed or deleted, and green indicates generous praise.
The document is densely packed with three colors.
They are all low in saturation and not glaring.
Although Jiang Chuan initially appeared to be a hands-off manager, letting his employees do whatever they wanted, the feedback on these design drafts clearly showed that he was consistently overseeing how the game was designed.
Yu Yue was very excited, but his feelings were complicated.
This is the first time I've received such comprehensive feedback from President Jiang.
Let go when it's time to let go, and scrutinize carefully when it's time to scrutinize carefully. She is both a loving mother who lets go and a loving father who strictly scrutinizes.
It's really hard to find a leader like that, especially one who gets things done.
Indeed, a truly good leader is androgynous.
Yu Yue's thoughts drifted to some random, unrelated things.
After the design was optimized and revised, game development was about to begin. With the enthusiasm of having almost two weeks of free work, all the employees were full of energy.
So the game development progress was quickly pushed forward.
The person on the other end of the chat box is Yu Yue. Because Zhixing Games currently does not have an art team, it has to outsource art, just like most game companies.
This is an art outsourcing company that my team found with reasonable prices and good quality; there are several others of the same type.
Considering the importance of the style of the first project, Yu Yue will personally oversee this one.
Speaking of the issue of Party A and Party B.
Although the client may seem powerful, it is actually very difficult for a client with little money to find a service provider with a suitable price and style in the vast sea of business.
Although on President Jiang's side...
President Jiang is truly generous in this regard, but Yu Yue still maintains the saying, "A scholar will die for one who understands him," meaning that things can be done with the best cost-effectiveness.
There's no need to spend money.
Yu Yue used to be the kind of person that was disliked by contractors when he was the client, because he was picky and made repeated revisions.
Actually, he wasn't a bad person. It's just that if you do something quickly, your boss might think that your potential hasn't been fully utilized, or that you haven't put your heart into it, or that the budget you've allocated hasn't been fully utilized.
Of course, Yu Yue wouldn't portray himself as some kind of saintly white lotus; he certainly had some negative emotions conveyed through his actions.
There are many intricacies involved in the interactions between Party A and Party B, which I won't go into detail here.
Based on his experience dealing with contractors multiple times, Yu Yue quickly realized that the person on the other end was probably a newcomer.
He's been through it all, so we can all be understanding of each other.
Moreover, he is now surrounded by a halo of Buddha's light, and has no bad moods at all, so he is naturally much more approachable.
Yu Yue reassured Yu Niannian that she didn't need to be too nervous. Then, without any further wrangling, he directly sent over the art requirements form.
But... even such a simple art requirements form left Yu Niannian completely bewildered.
The art style requirements are completely different from those of other game companies on the market...
The entire requirements list is meant to be dry, boring, and monotonous, but at the same time, it must also have an artistic aesthetic.
The adjectives possess an abstract beauty, suggesting that the person who created this art requirements sheet likely has some literary talent, making the client want to kill them.
It felt like the person on the other end wasn't making games, but rather creating art.
How is this any different from those outrageous client requests for a variety of colors of black and white?
It's entirely possible to break even.
Typically, after making outrageous requests, the client will provide some references, or even directly ask you to copy the art style of a certain game.
However, the company on the other end doesn't seem to be willing to provide any reference.
That would unnecessarily increase the workload.
Since it's all just plagiarism anyway, it's best to just say it directly.
After thinking it over, Yu Niannian decided to ask one more question.
[Xingyue Art: Does your company have any preferred art style or references that you could provide?]
[Zhi Xing Games: No.]
Yu Niannian: ...She really will thank me.
[Zhixing Games: But it's okay. Just use the keywords we provide and create whatever you like. Don't worry too much about what we think. Think of this as a commissioned essay; we're looking for the most suitable artist, not trying to mold them into what we want them to be.]
Yu Niannian rubbed her eyes and read the passage three or four times before she was sure that the other party was actually saying: We are looking for the most suitable artist, not trying to mold the artist into what we want.
Good heavens, do clients like this really exist in the world?
Isn't this just making empty promises to the service provider?
Yu Niannian was somewhat at a loss, but at the same time she felt a mix of emotions and being moved.
She looked at the outrageous art requirements form again and fell into deep thought.
Before switching to this industry, she actually studied fine arts, which can also be understood as begging.
If you don't have much capital at home, I would strongly advise against studying this major.
Graduating and then being unemployed is no joke.
Unless you want to pursue further studies in fine arts or teach children to draw.
There's a huge shortage of teachers who can teach children to draw these days, because there are fewer and fewer children. Just look at how many kindergartens in certain areas have closed down.
Yu Niannian must have had a passion for this major when she chose it. But since entering this industry, she hasn't heard the word "creation" from anyone for a long time.
After a moment of silence, Yu Niannian finally replied: Okay.
She decided to give it a try.
So... what kind of creative work can be done based on keywords like "boring" and "dull"?
Yu Niannian's pressure-sensitive pen slid unconsciously across the graphics tablet, leaving lines of varying shades on the blank canvas.
In a flash, it felt like I was back in college, when the teacher assigned a broad concept and I would stare blankly at the canvas, lost in thought.
But at that time, she had many thoughts.
And now, she has really thought about it for a long time.
Out of respect for her first client and for such a good client, Yu Niannian wanted to treat them well.
But I don't know if it's because my spiritual energy has been completely depleted, or something else, but now, facing a blank canvas, I can't think of anything at all.
Yu Niannian gritted her teeth and decided to go online to view some of the artists' works that she hadn't seen for a long time.
What she didn't realize was that when she couldn't think of anything while staring at a blank canvas, it perfectly matched the boring, monotonous, and tedious nature required by the Zhixin Game.
At the same time, several artists who shared the same feelings and were working with Zhixing Games were also deep in thought.
Jiang Chuan was unaware of these matters.
He was looking for new mission targets, and the more he looked, the more he felt that the status and situation of the corporate slave remained unchanged in this world and the previous world he lived in.
The reason he felt unfamiliar with it and didn't want to participate before was simply because he had been away from this circle for too long.
Now, when I suddenly come back and see these same or similar things, I still have the same feelings as back then.
Judging by the standards of the Magical Girl Management Bureau, there are vicious targets everywhere that Jiang Chuan would want to take action against.
Time is precious, and Jiang Chuan wants an immediate and effective solution. The best way is to make an example of someone to deter others, so he needs to carefully choose his new target.
"Well? Have you chosen your target yet?" The count watched him collecting information, but after a long time without making any progress, he couldn't help but urge him on.
"Your statement is ambiguous, as if we're some kind of criminals," Jiang Chuan retorted.
The count thought about it and agreed; they were a legitimate and lawful management bureau, so he changed his question.
"So? Have you found the KPIs yet?"
Hmm, it's still not quite normal. Jiang Chuan opened a video app on his phone that he didn't use often.
I just happened to see it; a new blogger's video has surged to the top of the popularity charts, and it's the number one video on the entire site.
There's generally no question of buying popularity or rankings here; the popularity is absolutely earned through genuine efforts by netizens.
Jiang Chuan looked at the title of the video, which read, "After I was eliminated by the bottom-ranking system..."
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