A godlike five-kill streak!
As the final trial run of version 1.0 came to an end, prolonged applause resounded throughout the Zhixing Games office area.
The game was completed as scheduled.
This was something everyone should cheer for. There were no leaders around, so everyone was relaxed and applauded and cheered freely.
Thanks to the cloud editor launched by the official GDR game platform, a groundbreaking tool in the gaming industry, game development efficiency has been improved, and everyone is truly dedicated to it.
The main issue is that they are only allowed to work six hours a day. Overtime is a level they are not qualified to touch at the moment, otherwise they would have to devote themselves entirely to it.
The efficiency of office workers has really improved, which is actually a bit surprising to them – they just barely finished before the annual selection competition officially began, or even finished more than a day ahead of schedule.
Yu Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was constantly on edge throughout the project's development. It must be said, the lead planner was under immense pressure.
On one hand, they worry about the game flopping; on the other hand, they worry about whether the game can be completed on schedule; and on the other hand, they also have to ensure the quality of the game.
He also has full control over the project's budget.
Speaking of this budget... Yu Yue felt a little nauseous.
At his previous company, Yu Yue would cut corners and save money wherever possible, otherwise he would be scolded by his superiors for not knowing how to control the budget.
A good lead planner is one who can't control the budget; this is an old saying in the industry.
Business owners definitely want the best value for money.
After joining Zhixing Games, the art style becomes a completely different level.
Because Mr. Jiang initially said he wanted to create a small but beautiful project, Yu Yue always tried to find the lowest possible cost when applying for the budget.
They were afraid of exceeding the budget and leaving President Jiang with a bad impression that they couldn't control the budget.
Who knew that, with Jiang's full support, the total expenditure exceeded 2 million yuan – this was definitely Jiang's misjudgment of the so-called "small but beautiful".
Yu Yue silently shifted his gaze.
More than 2 million RMB—that's the size of a mid-sized game in any Chinese game company.
Overall, it's great to have a generous boss.
With game development now complete, what's next?
As the chief planner, Yu Yue thought further ahead, embodying the spirit of "being the first to worry about the world's troubles and the last to enjoy its pleasures."
According to the typical project workflow of a game company, once the initial version 1.1.0 is completed, the next step is to develop version 1.2.0 or even 1.2.1.
Because the work of the game company's development team is at least 1 to 2 versions ahead of the game version that players play.
The same principle applies even to games that don't update frequently—once a game is completed, it naturally needs to quickly move on to the next development phase; how could the boss possibly pay you a salary for nothing?
The new version consists of only two parts.
The two approaches are repair and improvement.
On the one hand, we will fix the bugs and unreasonable aspects of the game; on the other hand, we will develop new gameplay and new content to improve and expand the game itself.
This is standard practice.
However, for the complete game from Zhixing Games, it seems unnecessary.
First of all, everyone tried their best to be meticulous in their work to avoid causing trouble for colleagues in the next stage.
The game has been tested hundreds of times already. Any bugs that can be found at this stage would have been fixed centuries ago. As for the remaining bugs, they might only be discovered by talented netizens by chance.
Secondly, it involves improving and adding new content.
If you want to develop something new, you should at least refer to player feedback. If you just bury yourself in your work and end up doing nothing, you're just wasting money.
And right now, they have no players.
Yu Yue did not receive any instructions from General Manager Jiang regarding his next task, and game promotion and marketing were not something he, as the lead planner, should be concerned with.
It is estimated that this masterpiece will not be revealed until the official selection of the annual outstanding works.
He was still thinking about what to do for everyone this afternoon.
We can't just give up as soon as the project is finished, can we?
I have failed President Jiang!
After the brief celebration ended...
"Brother Yu, what's the name of our game?" Finally, someone asked the question that had been on everyone's mind.
That's a good question.
Logically, the game's name should be decided at the beginning of the project, and this task should be left to the lead planner or an experienced copywriter.
However, Yu Yue felt that since the inspiration for the game and the entire basic architecture design were provided by President Jiang, the name should naturally be decided by President Jiang as well.
So this game has been delayed until now and still doesn't have an official name.
Even the demo that was sent to the GDR official team was a very simple one with the name "Initial Version - Trial Run," which didn't make anyone want to play it at all.
"We really don't have that..." Yu Yue was about to say when his computer beeped, the message arriving just in time.
[Jiang Chuan: Well done, let's call the game "The Way of the Corporate Slave".]
Yu Yue quickly scanned the message, turned around and waved his hand: "It's settled, let's call it 'The Way of the Corporate Slave.' Corporate slave as in corporate slave, and the way as in road."
The name sounds quite meaningful.
Everyone, especially the members of the copywriting team, was about to use their professional expertise to conduct an in-depth analysis.
Song Zhiming suddenly appeared in the office area.
"Assistant Song?"
Like President Jiang, Song Zhiming rarely appears in public.
It is a rare administrative NPC that only refreshes when welfare benefits are distributed.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I just heard from President Jiang that our first game is finished. Congratulations! Let's have lunch together later."
The office area was filled with a joyful atmosphere, with everyone exchanging pleasantries.
When it comes to meals, Zhixing Games' company dinners aren't as stingy as some other companies. Tang Yue remembers Bohu; it looked grand, but their department dinners were actually quite frugal.
Which upscale restaurant will they choose this time?
First blood.
"General Manager Jiang has not yet given us the work arrangements for the next stage, so everyone should take a good rest and recharge during this time, especially this afternoon."
"After you've rested, pack your things."
"Why are you packing your things?" Tang Yue asked curiously.
"The annual New Outstanding Works competition is in City C, right? President Jiang wants you all to go and visit, and exchange ideas and learn from each other, so it can be considered a business trip."
"After all, we're just getting started in this industry."
"The company will reimburse all business trip expenses. Well, whether you go or not is up to you. It's not mandatory."
Double kill!
"For business trips, we will provide a travel allowance of 150 yuan per day, which can be used to accumulate time off. For those who are not on business trips, you can choose to stay at home and recharge instead of rushing to the company."
Triple kill!!
What does "adding flowers to brocade" mean?
Isn't that it?!
It was nominally a business trip, but judging from Song Zhiming's explanation, it was clearly a paid vacation at public expense, and he could even accumulate time off in lieu of leave.
Who wouldn't be tempted by that?
Moreover, that was the venue for the annual New and Outstanding Works selection competition, where many industry leaders were present.
If I were to get some pointers, I could easily ascend to immortality in a game later—just thinking about it is thrilling.
The office area erupted in cheers.
Zhuang Xu's eyes lit up as well. He had an old friend who worked at a game company in City C. Before joining Zhixing Games, this friend was someone he greatly admired and wanted to become.
It's been many years since we last met, so I'm going to visit you again to reconnect and ask you some questions.
Seeing everyone's silly grins, Song Zhiming could understand. In all her years in the industry, this was the first time she had ever seen someone give a paid, company-funded trip.
Moreover, she hasn't mentioned the budget for this business trip yet.
Excluding President Jiang, who did not want to participate, there are already 18 people in total at Zhixing Games.
With 18 people and a budget of nearly 150,000, that's just over 8,000 per person. They were transported there and back in business class, and their food, accommodation, and transportation were all arranged to be mid-to-high-end.
Quadra kill!!!
Keep in mind that this is only a two-day trip.
Before he could finish sharing the good news, Song Zhiming continued with a smile.
"After your business trip, there's no need for everyone to rush back to work. President Jiang's idea is that everyone has worked hard during this period, so let's have a couple more days off and resume work next Monday."
Today is Monday. We'll be on a paid trip for the next two days, and then we'll have a weekend off on Thursday and Friday. That's practically half a mini-holiday.
Penta kill!!!
—A godlike five-kill streak, no wonder he's President Jiang!
After cheers of "General Jiang is so generous!" and "Wuhu!", everyone promptly began packing up to go out for dinner after get off work.
If we don't hurry up, we'll get a public reprimand if Assistant Song catches us.
The production team of the program "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Migrant Workers".
The staff here are still working normally; they are preparing the content for the fourth episode.
Meng Feifei waited, and she personally contacted Zhuang Xu, the material provider for Zhixing Games.
I'd like to see if there's any good material that can capitalize on the current trend.
The main reason is... after doing these episodes, I always felt that if Zhi Xing Games wasn't the grand finale, something would be missing.
If she feels this way, then the general audience should feel the same way.
Meng Feifei saw Zhuang Xu's reply and felt a little disappointed. A business trip... This kind of material is good, but the original theme they wanted to do for this episode was about clients and service providers.
Meng Feifei fell into thought. Changing the topic at the last minute would increase the workload a bit, but she could get overtime pay and time off in lieu.
With such great material, it goes without saying that Zhixing Games, being an independent and maverick company, will likely dominate all Chinese companies in the business travel category.
It would be a huge loss not to use it while it's still hot.
Following the enthusiastic response to the previous special episode, the update schedule for "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Working People" has been changed from once every week and a half to one episode of the main program followed by one special episode.
Then it was all updated weekly, with various behind-the-scenes materials filling the intervals between updates, and everyone was encouraged to create their own fan works.
Thinking that she still didn't want to work overtime even though there was overtime pay, the assistant next to her couldn't help but say, "Sister Feifei, we've almost finished this episode's main content. In my opinion, there's no need to change it, right?"
"I don't think there's much to say about business trips."
Meng Feifei glanced at her, but wasn't angry: "Don't say such things. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"
“I don’t want to work overtime either, but… you know how popular the last special was. So this episode shouldn’t have featured a topic that’s too likely to cause controversy.”
"The selection of Party A and Party B was simply a matter of finding suitable material when arranging the program schedule."
"The world is not isolated, static, or unchanging. We need to make real-time adjustments based on the changing world in order to create works that best suit the tastes of today's netizens."
“If every episode is this controversial, viewers will quickly get used to it and find it difficult to get any sensory stimulation from it.”
"The tastier something is, the more they want to eat it, and the smaller the quantity they want, because scarcity makes things valuable."
Meng Feifei wasn't heartless; she still had to appease her staff after this sudden change in topic: "Consider this as an advance production of the next episode. When the next episode's schedule comes up, we'll take a proper break."
The assistant couldn't argue with Meng Feifei, who was indeed right and had even made concessions, so she had no choice but to announce the bad news about having to work overtime.
Meng Feifei sat at her desk, twirling her pen in thought for a moment, before leaving this question on her draft paper.
Is business travel a pleasure or torture?
The answer to this question varies from person to person. It's a topic that generates discussion, but it won't cause too much of a commotion or occupy public resources and provoke dissatisfaction among passersby.
She is also looking forward to seeing what amazing performance the Zhixing Game, which she has placed at the end of the event, will bring.
If this episode's main feature is themed around a business trip, then the next episode's main feature will be about clients and service providers. And what should we do with the special feature...?
Meng Feifei glanced at the Baidu Baike entries for several well-known entrepreneurs that had just appeared on her computer screen.
He made a plan in his mind.
The main feature should tell a good story, but the special is meant to stir things up. It can't just be a platform for the working class to voice their opinions; everyone should be equal! Everyone should be equal!
—This is the perfect dynamic balance.
I've discovered that many storylines are running in parallel: the game storyline, the Jiang Zemin workplace reform storyline, the Meng Feifei storyline, and the anti-law alliance storyline.
My head is so itchy, could it be that my brain is about to explode?
Guess what Meng Feifei is going to do! (No prize for guessing)
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