Chapter 455: A Man Worth Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (5K)
These past two days, the news in China's business circle has been dominated by Zeng Wenjie.
Many people called to ask him if it was true that he was offering an annual salary of $200,000 to poach a Japanese person, because everyone was really curious about it and couldn't understand how a small Japanese person could be worth $200,000!
You know, the top talents in major game companies may not be worth this price.
How can a little-known Japanese man get such a high salary?!
Zeng Wenjie explained to the public that he had his own ideas and did not say much. For things like this, the more you talk about it, the more likely you are to reveal your true colors.
The reason why the price is so high is that, firstly, Miyazaki is worth the money, and secondly, why should he go abroad to work? It is also quite comfortable in FromSoftware, and its status is increasing year by year.
The reason for quoting this price at once is to avoid being rejected by Hidetaka Miyazaki.
Yan Xueyou was undoubtedly the happiest one. He felt that Zeng Wenjie was a fool. He didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was after making money. He offered such a high salary to a Japanese!
Moreover, this Japanese guy is a little-known person, just a project director in a small game club, and his work experience is pitifully shallow!
"This might be Feng Xiao's operation." Xu Yuhuan frowned and commented.
"Hiss..." Yan Xueyou couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this. "Now that you put it that way, it really does sound like Miss Feng is always so cautious!"
Xu Yuhuan frowned and said, "I just don't know why she asked Zeng Wenjie to poach this Japanese person. Offering such a high salary to a Japanese person will undoubtedly cause a public outcry. She'll probably be accused of something and cursed to death."
Yan Xueyou said: "If that's the case, then it must be that stupid dog Zeng Wenjie who made the decision himself. Miss Feng wouldn't be so stupid."
In fact, Jiucheng Capital has no connection with Zeng Wenjie anymore.
However, the news that they took 10 million to seek investment from Zeng Wenjie somehow got out, but Zeng Wenjie took 86 million and gave them a slap in the face.
What made Yan Xueyou most unbearable was that the fact that he was splashed with water in the face was actually spread out. This made him feel very embarrassed, and he wanted to cut that little bastard Zeng Wenjie into pieces.
Therefore, he has been paying attention to Zeng Wenjie's movements.
After seeing him rush to Penguin headquarters to get shares in Penguin Game Hall, which was equivalent to owning a cash cow, he was so angry that he played Hero Kill for half the night;
Later, it was revealed that Zeng Wenjie visited and inspected the Penguin headquarters, and the next day he reached a strategic cooperation with Penguin and would become a long-term partner. He was so angry that he played Hero Kill all night;
It wasn't until I saw Zeng Wenjie spend 200,000 US dollars to go to Japan to recruit a young member that I laughed - it was really like an old lady hiding in the quilt, which made me laugh.
As a result, public opinion on the Internet was in turmoil. Most people expressed their confusion about what Zeng Wenjie was doing, while a few people scolded him for spending his money on the Japanese, calling him a traitor.
Jacky Yan was just waiting for Zeng Wenjie to become Zhuang Aimin's abandoned pawn, so that he could take the opportunity to take revenge.
Zeng Wenjie ignored the outside public opinion. He asked Yuan Xiuqin to return to Fengzhou to pack her luggage and get her graduation certificate.
Regarding this matter, he specially called Principal Mo and asked him to make things convenient for him.
It is neither easy nor difficult to get a diploma early. You have to complete the credits and meet certain conditions. But since Zeng Wenjie has a relationship with Principal Mo, it makes it much easier.
Principal Mo also hoped that Fengyuan and Zhongzhou University were close to each other and could be considered sister schools, so Zeng Wenjie would be able to take better care of the graduating students of Zhongzhou University in the future.
When Zheng Shouyun met Zeng Wenjie at Penguin these days, his eyes were somewhat fucking resentful...
"Mr. Zeng, I just want to know what you were thinking when you offered a Japanese guy an annual salary of 200,000 US dollars!" Zheng Shouyun finally couldn't help it and started swearing while smoking in the lounge.
Wang Xingzhi was somewhat gloating. Now that Penguin and Game Science were deepening their cooperation, he felt he would have a good chance of getting involved if the relationship between Zheng Shouyun and Zeng Wenjie broke down.
Zeng Wenjie took the cigarette from Wang Xingzhi, his expression calm, and said, "Wait until Mr. Miyazaki... well, Mr. Miyazaki rushes over from Japan. You'll know after you get to know him."
Zheng Shouyun shook his head and said gloomily, "Offering a Japanese guy an annual salary of $200,000, and the problem is that he's not even well-known in the gaming industry! You're such a complete idiot!"
Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "For now, just treat me as an enemy. When the person comes, you get to know him and work with him, then you'll know how well spent these $200,000 are!"
Hidetaka Miyazaki is the pioneer of the Souls series of games. Which of the games, such as "Demon's Souls", "Dark Souls", "Bloodborne", "Sekiro", "Elden Circle", etc., has not received rave reviews and become a classic?
Zeng Wenjie now has Feng Ji in his hands, and if he recruits Miyazaki Hidetaka, these two generals may collide to create more intense sparks.
Zheng Shouyun thought of Feng Ji, who was suddenly recruited by Zeng Wenjie, and after a moment, he shut up.
Feng Ji is really a talent. Although his major is not suitable, he has very superb skills in the field of gaming, which even Zheng Shouyun admires.
Perhaps, this Hidetaka Miyazaki is also a person like Feng Ji, but his name is not well-known.
but……
Zheng Shouyun was still a little unhappy because that guy was a Japanese after all.
However, he also had to admit that the games made in Japan were indeed very good, and the currently popular PS2 came from Japan.
After staying at the Penguin headquarters until the afternoon, Zeng Wenjie asked Wang Xingzhi to accompany him to the airport.
Wang Xingzhi, the director of the administrative department, has recently been tasked with receiving Zeng Wenjie. Zeng Wenjie's stay in Shenzhen is also to finalize the remaining details of the cooperation with Penguin.
After a series of meetings, discussions and negotiations over the past few days, we are finally seeing some progress.
After arriving at the airport, Zeng Wenjie personally went to hold up a sign with Miyazaki Hidetaka's name written in Japanese.
Not long after, a typical Japanese office worker, dressed in formal attire and black-framed glasses, looking like an old man, walked out of the corridor.
He saw the sign, walked over quickly, and asked in English, "Excuse me, are you from Game Science?"
Zeng Wenjie nodded and said, "I am Zeng Wenjie, the founder of Game Science, and it is I who invited you! Mr. Miyazaki, please follow me."
Miyazaki Hidetaka was stunned. The founder of Game Science was so young, probably still in college? How could he be so rich? He spent $200,000 to come to Japan to poach me!
"Mr. Miyazaki, please leave the luggage to me." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.
"Oh, okay, okay, thank you!" Miyazaki Hidetaka responded a little confusedly.
His first reaction was regret.
He regretted coming to China because the founder was too young and he found it hard to believe.
Zeng Wenjie said, "I currently have a deep cooperation with Penguin, so I will stay in Shenzhen for the time being. The company's headquarters is in Fengzhou, Chongshan Province. After we have reached an agreement, I will take you to Fengzhou."
Miyazaki Hidetaka nodded, and Wang Xingzhi beside him laughed and said, "Mr. Miyazaki, Mr. Zeng spent a lot of money to recruit you, which made him a bit of a freak in the industry recently."
After hearing this, Miyazaki Hidetaka's mouth twitched. He was actually very confused as to why Zeng Wenjie would spend a huge price to poach him.
However, if Zeng Wenjie gave him less money, he would not even consider making such a trip to China.
Because he didn't really want to leave his hometown to work.
But Zeng Wenjie gave him too much, and he found it difficult to refuse for a while. In the words of Gu Long: It finally came.
Zeng Wenjie looked at the somewhat confused Hidetaka Miyazaki and couldn't help but feel very happy!
It is so cool to recruit top industry leaders who have not yet grown up. It is as cool as Liu Bang getting Zhang Liang and Xiao He!
"Mr. Miyazaki, there is no point in saying more. I also know that you are a person obsessed with games and love game making. So, I brought all the information about a game we are planning recently, and even asked someone to translate it into Japanese." Zeng Wenjie said.
"Really?" Miyazaki Hidetaka was surprised.
Zeng Wenjie took out a document and handed it to him, saying, "This is a new game we've been planning recently, called Hollow Knight. It's a low-budget game, but it should be very interesting."
When it comes to game production, Zeng Wenjie is actually a layman, he just relies on the advantage of cheats.
Miyazaki Hidetaka took the document with both hands and read it carefully. It was a plan for "Hollow Knight" and the content was very detailed.
After reading two pages, Miyazaki's eyes lit up. He said, "Metroidvania-style games are very well designed and have a lot of depth. The story background is also very exciting!"
He read the entire document very carefully and happened to arrive downstairs at the hotel at this time.
"Can you wait a little longer for me to take a look?" Hidetaka Miyazaki couldn't help but ask.
"Go back to the room and take a look at it slowly." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.
Miyazaki Hidetaka smiled awkwardly and said, "Excuse me, this game is really good and exciting, and I couldn't help myself for a moment."
Zeng Wenjie said, "I understand Mr. Miyazaki's obsession with games, but let's just go to the hotel and talk about it. Talk about work, about salary, about games, and so on. Speak freely!"
Miyazaki asked, "Is the game's planner here? Let's have him come along."
"That's me." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.
Miyazaki Hidetaka was stunned and couldn't help but look at Zeng Wenjie deeply.
Zeng Wenjie took out another document and said, "To show my sincerity, I've specially prepared some information about myself. Mr. Miyazaki, please take a look. I really hope that Mr. Miyazaki can come to work in my company and work with me to create more excellent games that will embarrass players."
The words "making it difficult for players" made Miyazaki Hidetaka's eyes glow green.
He hates lawn-mowing games and loves high-difficulty games.
Zeng Wenjie's words were very much to his liking. What he had always imagined was that one day he would be able to design a game that was extremely difficult, with all kinds of hellish traps for players to break through, but was also fun and sold well!
The "Hollow Knight" that Zeng Wenjie brought out at the beginning was exactly what he expected.
After arriving at the hotel room, Zeng Wenjie let Miyazaki take a rest for a while, while he and Wang Xingzhi went to the tea room to drink tea and wait.
Hidetaka Miyazaki carefully read Zeng Wenjie's information in the room and was secretly shocked!
This young man was only nineteen, yet he had already achieved so many remarkable things and was even a billionaire! What astonished him most was that his first foray into the gaming industry, the game "Hero Killer" co-developed with Penguin, had surpassed the peak online sales of one million on its launch day. It was a bit too much.
"Siguoyi!"
Hidetaka Miyazaki couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
He washed his face, tidied up his appearance, and composed himself, then took out the room card, left the room, and headed to the tea room.
Wang Xingzhi said, "Mr. Zeng, I don't think Mr. Miyazaki Hidetaka is anything special! Is $200,000 really worth it? Why don't you reconsider it? If you let it go, you'll be laughed at by this industry for the rest of your life."
Zeng Wenjie waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "Mr. Wang, you're wrong. Miyazaki Hidetaka's talent is unmatched by ordinary game developers. He's a rare genius. Just wait and see how exciting and popular the games we release after our collaboration will be."
Zeng Wenjie thought that at worst, he could just throw out the settings and ideas of the Souls series of games and hand them all over to Hidetaka Miyazaki.
That was created by Hidetaka Miyazaki in the future.
The only difficulty is the technical issue. The current engines and equipment cannot be as sophisticated as those in the future.
"Hahaha, I don't believe it anyway, so I'll just wait and see." Wang Xingzhi said with a smile.
He has also become familiar with Zeng Wenjie recently, and they can make jokes very naturally.
But honestly, he wasn't optimistic about Zeng Wenjie's move at all. Although the young man had his moments of genius, he still believed it was a major failure in Zeng Wenjie's investment career! He even had a slightly dark suspicion that Zeng Wenjie was a pro-Japanese.
If Zeng Wenjie knew what he was thinking, he would at least crack his dog brains out to see how salty they were.
When Hidetaka Miyazaki came into the tea room, Zeng Wenjie stood up to greet him and asked him to sit down.
Thirty-two-year-old Hidetaka Miyazaki rarely receives such respectful treatment.
"Mr. Miyazaki, how do you feel?" Zeng Wenjie asked.
"Mr. Zeng, I need to learn more about your company before I can make this decision. After all, you know that this means leaving my hometown to work. If it is not implemented well, I cannot act on my own. This will be a harm to me and my family." Hidetaka Miyazaki said sincerely.
He already had a feeling that he would join this game science.
The main reason is that the salary is too high. As long as the company is not too outrageous, it is not impossible for me to come here and earn money for a year or two.
Zeng Wenjie smiled broadly and said, "Of course. Once Mr. Miyazaki joins us, we'll begin developing Hollow Knight."
Building the platform is easy, and Penguin doesn't even need to provide any technical support. The key is that the games on the platform must be good enough. During this period, we also need to negotiate the copyright of some excellent games and put them on the platform.
Nowadays, the game market in China is flooded with piracy. Without Penguin's support and the provision of so many basic users, it would be extremely difficult to build a platform.
Miyazaki nodded and asked, "What kind of game is 'Hero Killer'?"
Zeng Wenjie said, "It's a very simple board game. Players take on the roles of heroes from Chinese history and compete using basic cards and the heroes' specific skills..."
After the story was told, Hidetaka Miyazaki praised it, saying, "What a brilliant idea! This game will sell well even in Japan."
Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "We will give it a try."
Japan has been most profoundly influenced by Chinese culture. They are particularly obsessed with the Three Kingdoms and even wanted to invest huge sums of money in the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but the requirement was that Zhuge Liang had to use a Japanese actor.
This request was too rude, so the crew reluctantly rejected it. After all, Zhuge Liang is the protagonist of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". How could a foreigner be allowed to play the role?
Wang Xingzhi asked curiously, "Mr. Miyazaki, do you have any experience in game production?"
Miyazaki frowned, pondered for a moment, and shook his head. "I don't have any games planned and produced by myself yet. I'm just the director of the Armored Core series."
Wang Xingzhi was immediately disappointed upon hearing this, and he looked at Zeng Wenjie with great confusion. How could such a high price be worth it for a rookie with no production experience? He even waited for Zeng Wenjie to miscalculate and then started to mock him.
This young man is so unconventional that he succeeds in everything he does. Even if he fails, it is a rare blessing.
Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "That's great! I have some scattered inspirations here. I'll discuss them with Mr. Miyazaki in detail. Maybe Mr. Miyazaki can use these inspirations to create his debut work!"
Miyazaki Hidetaka was startled and asked, "What kind of inspiration?"
"For example, poison pools, curses, treasure chest monsters, etc." Zeng Wenjie said.
"ha?!"
Miyazaki Hidetaka only felt a flash of thunder in his mind, as if something in his genes was activated.
Zheng Shouyun couldn't help but call Wang Xingzhi and asked, "Boss Wang, what do you think of this little Japanese guy?"
Wang Xingzhi said, "He seems like just an ordinary office worker...but Mr. Zeng seems to think highly of him."
Zheng Shouyun groaned and said, "If you don't value it, can you spend two hundred thousand dollars?!"
Wang Xingzhi said, "I can't say much. After all, this is Mr. Zeng's personal business. However, if Mr. Zeng is willing to spend $200,000 to poach me, maybe I'll switch jobs."
Zheng Shouyun hung up the phone cursing and decided to raise the conditions a bit later.
In the next few days, Zeng Wenjie and Penguin finalized the contract, and then took Miyazaki Hidetaka and Zheng Shouyun back to Fengzhou.
Before leaving, I had to pack some roast meats and send them back. These were gifts for Mu Qingyang.
Although Fengzhou also sells these, the taste is not authentic enough.
In the past few days, Miyazaki Hidetaka's underwear has been exposed.
Therefore, everyone is even more puzzled as to why Zeng Wenjie spent so much money to recruit such a Japanese!
(End of this chapter)
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