It has been a month since Xie Mingzhe last submitted a card. The official review department has been very idle recently. Most of the player's original card intelligent database can be directly processed. Occasionally, a few cards are submitted to the manual channel. The skill design is also very simple, and one or two data engineers can decide whether to pass or not after a quick calculation.
The employees in the data department finally had a month of working from 9 to 5 and getting off work on time.
However, everyone was still worried, because Xie Mingzhe had given up the individual competition. Why did he give up? The answer is obvious. He must have spent more time making cards.
As a result, after all the group matches of the individual competition were completed, Xie Mingzhe was still silent.
Is he hitting a bottleneck in his card game? Or is he trying to gather some big moves?
That day happened to be Friday.
After lunch, everyone sat in the office and chatted. Lao Zhang said, "The 16-to-8 individual tournament is about to start, and Chen Xiao is the only one left in Nirvana."
Sister Liu couldn't help but frown: "Don't mention Nirvana, I finally got a month of peace and quiet, and I feel dizzy when I think of Xie Mingzhe."
Old Zhang shrugged helplessly: "It's a headache, but there's nothing we can do. What's supposed to happen will happen sooner rather than later. He gave up his personal competition to make a card, and I don't know what he's going to do."
Zou Xiaoning put away the laptop on the table and said with a smile: "The card-making devil has not made any moves this week. Maybe we can have a happy weekend again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar system mechanical voice: "Emergency notice, 50 cards have been submitted to the manual review channel, please complete the review as soon as possible."
Everyone: “???”
Did I hear that correctly? The number mentioned by the system mechanical voice just now seems to be... 50?
Zou Xiaoning's face turned pale, and he jumped up from his seat, rushed to the big screen at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, and asked in a trembling voice: "How many? Say it again!!"
The system mechanical voice said emotionlessly: "50."
Data analysts: “………………”
Xie Mingzhe, you want to go to heaven, right? 50?
The big devil Xie Mingzhe has not made any move for such a long time, and as expected, he has released another ultimate move!
Everyone's face immediately changed to a frustrated expression, some beat their chests and stamped their feet, some gnashed their teeth. If Xie Mingzhe was there at this time, maybe everyone would rush up and beat him into a pig's head.
Sister Liu glanced at Zou Xiaoning with resentment: "Xiaoning, every time you say that you don't have to work overtime and can take a rest, Xie Mingzhe will submit a card. Your crow mouth is comparable to Nie Shen."
Zou Xiaoning had a bitter face. She used to be a die-hard fan of Fat Uncle, but now she is almost turning against him.
Director Zhou Jiayao took a deep breath and tried to speak in a calm tone, "We will definitely not review the 50 cards today, but you will all stay to work overtime on Saturday. Think about the high overtime pay the company will give you. Are you more motivated?"
Everyone: “…”
Our weekend ahhh, Xie Mingzhe, this bastard!
Zou Xiaoning has been searching for "hair growth strategies", "what to do if you are young and always losing hair", "what shampoo is not easy to cause hair loss"... Now she finds that searching these is useless. Instead of looking for a good shampoo, she might as well ask Xie Mingzhe - can you not submit so many cards at once? Let's make a deal and give us a way out?
Listening to the sighs of her colleagues, Zhou Jiayao felt very guilty. She realized that she had made a big mistake.
In the past, Xie Mingzhe always submitted cards in the middle of the night, 3 to 5 cards at a time. This was probably related to his habit - he would get up in the morning to make cards, and submit them in the evening after confirming that they were completed. Zhou Jiayao felt that he was submitting cards in the middle of the night and causing everyone to work overtime, so when she sent him a review message, she reminded him: Please try to submit cards during working hours.
Xie Mingzhe cooperated very well and said, "Okay, I will collect more and submit it later."
From then on, he no longer submitted cards in the middle of the night. Instead, he waited for a while and then submitted them in batches.
The previous Ten Kings of Hell and Eight Immortals series of decks had already made the data scientists very anxious, but this time they were so desperate that they collected 50 cards and submitted them all at once - 50 cards! Damn, some second-rate clubs don't even have 50 cards in total!
Zhou Jiayao really wanted to open Xie Mingzhe's head and see what was inside.
Seeing that it was already 2:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Jiayao quickly calmed down and said, "Mr. Zhang, Ms. Liu, please go through the skills of the 50 cards first to see if there are any maps, special effects, or sound effects that need to be reviewed. I can then decide whether to keep the other departments."
It is better to work overtime together than to work overtime alone. How can the data department be the only one to suffer the "good thing" of earning overtime pay on weekends... No, how can they enjoy it alone?
Lao Zhang and Sister Liu are both experienced data analysts who have worked at the Star Card Headquarters for many years. They quickly scanned the 50 cards and soon found the problem. Lao Zhang scratched his head and said, "Director, I found that many of them are old cards that have been reviewed before. The special effects and sound effects have been redone recently. For example, Princess Iron Fan, Guanyin, and Yue Lao have been reviewed before."
Zhou Jiayao nodded: "I remember these photos. What's the specific situation?"
Sister Liu said, "The most important reason why the intelligent database submitted 50 cards to the manual channel at once is this—" She enlarged an application form on the screen and pointed it to everyone, "Xie Mingzhe wants to establish a separate card race."
Everyone: “…………”
Everyone still thinks too simply of Xie Mingzhe.
Did you think he was just making character cards? No, he was going to create a new race!
Zhou Jiayao came over with interest: "Independent race? Immortal race?"
Everyone curiously gathered in front of the big screen to take a closer look.
The immortals described by Xie Mingzhe look similar to humans, but they do not get sick, grow old or die. They have a long lifespan of millions or even tens of millions of years. They can ride on clouds and mist, go to heaven and earth. They have great magical powers and can call the wind and rain, and they protect the people on earth from heaven.
This is a common feature of the immortals. Based on this common feature, he adjusted old cards such as Princess Iron Fan, Yue Lao, and Queen Mother. The cards can float in the air when they appear, and clouds or magic weapons symbolizing the immortals will appear under their feet.
As for the Eight Immortals cards, Thunder God and Lightning Mother, etc. produced later, it is obvious that Xie Mingzhe had already thought of creating an independent immortal clan at that time, so he added immortal clan characteristics such as clouds, holy light, and magic weapons into the card design.
Xie Mingzhe's application for independence was sincere and well-reasoned. Although everyone in the data department hated Xie Mingzhe for making them work overtime, they had to admit that this guy was quite talented.
The office fell into silence.
After a long while, Zhou Jiayao rubbed her swollen temples and said, "Xiaoning, please ask the managers of the Cartography Department, Special Effects Department, Sound Effects Department, and Engineering Department to come to my place for a meeting. There are some old cards in these 50 decks, but there are also quite a few new cards. We'll be busy this weekend."
Zou Xiaoning had no choice but to go and call for help with a bitter face.
A moment later, employees from other departments came to the meeting room with gloomy faces. Before Zhou Jiayao could say anything, everyone asked in unison: "It's Xie Mingzhe again, right? How many cards did he submit this time?"
Zhou Jiayao said: "Fifty."
"Oh, five cards are fine..." Realizing something was wrong, he immediately widened his eyes and said, "Wait! How many more?"
Zhou Jiayao repeated expressionlessly: "Five, ten, pieces."
Everyone: “…………”
There were simultaneous gasps in the office.
After a while, the engineering director grumbled quietly, "Why doesn't Xie Mingzhe go to heaven?"
Zhou Jiayao smiled slightly: "He really went to heaven this time."
Everyone was puzzled. What had Hsieh Ming-che done? Director Chou, who was always calm, actually said something like this. Was he driven crazy by Hsieh Ming-che?
The next moment, Zhou Jiayao enlarged the Immortal Clan's independence application form on the projection screen: "The batch of cards he made will be independent as the 'Immortal Clan'. According to the description in his application, this race is the cards that can go to heaven."
Everyone: “…………”
Xie Mingzhe, you really want to go to heaven!
Seeing the frustrated looks of people from other departments, Zhou Jiayao felt inexplicably happy and said with a smile, "This is the highest number of cards reviewed in a single session since our Star Card Data Department was established eleven years ago. It's worth commemorating."
The director of the map department said with a bitter face: "Are all 50 cards new? How many of them are related to maps?"
Zhou Jiayao's answer barely comforted everyone: "A large part of this batch of cards are old cards, with new skill effects or some changed skill descriptions. They were submitted to the manual channel because they wanted to become an independent fairy clan. There are only more than 20 new cards. Do you feel a little relieved?"
More than 20 cards won’t make it much easier, right?
Still, compared to 50 new cards, this is more than worth the joy.
Zhou Jiayao quickly distributed the old cards to everyone for review. Among them, the Eight Immortals series and the Thunder God and Lightning Mother series were recently reviewed, and the cards have not been changed. They just need to be determined in the end, so they can be put aside for the time being.
The cards of Princess Iron Fan, Queen Mother, and Yue Lao have modified their card images, added fairy elements such as "cloud mist", slightly adjusted some skills and data, and are also very easy to review.
The old cards were reviewed after get off work hours, which made everyone feel relieved.
Then, Zhou Jiayao enlarged the new card and said, "Let's go in order. First look at Gonggong, the God of Water, and Zhurong, the God of Fire."
The special effects of the two cards are very cool. The staff of the special effects department said: "The skill light effects are too gorgeous, which will affect the players' vision in actual combat. In addition, there are too many colorful skills, which is not conducive to the audience to see the game clearly. Both cards need to be adjusted and the light effects need to be weakened."
After all, Qin Xuan is not a professional special effects artist. Although the overall idea is correct, the details definitely need to be adjusted. Zhou Jiayao is already accustomed to the opinions of the special effects department, and there is no major problem with the data of these two cards, so they were quickly approved.
After successfully reviewing the two new cards, it was already dark. An engineer who didn't quite understand the rules smiled and said, "It doesn't seem as difficult as I imagined."
Ms. Liu from the data department immediately rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't be so crow-mouthed!"
Zhou Jiayao said: "Everyone go have dinner first, and then come back to work overtime after dinner."
After eating and drinking, everyone returned to the office at 7:30 in the evening. Zhou Jiayao continued to adjust the cards in order: "The next group, the Cowherd, the Weaving Girl, and the modified Queen Mother, the three cards are linked."
The three cards were magnified on the screen and everyone looked up.
After a while, a round of complaints rang out in the conference room:
"What the hell! What do you mean by no interruptions during a card date, and that other cards should just stay put and watch?"
"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge, and the whole audience is watching them date. Do you think this is a card TV drama?"
"Xie Mingzhe is really becoming more and more like a director. Why doesn't he go into the entertainment industry instead of wasting his talent by joining the card industry?"
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Soon after, Houyi and Chang'e appeared.
The map department is going crazy——
"I've only seen people drawing maps on the ground. What the hell is this drawing of a moon palace in the sky?"
"In other words, every time Chang'e appears, we have to build a moon palace in the sky for her to live in?"
"Xie Mingzhe is really going crazy, someone please take care of him!"
"It's not enough that he messes up the formation on the ground, but he wants to cause trouble in the sky?"
Seeing the people in the map department so upset, Zhou Jiayao couldn't help but laugh secretly.
As a result, when she saw the Jade Rabbit jumping to add blood, the corners of her lips froze - Damn, the rabbit jumps to add blood, this requires a lot of data verification. How does the jumping method work? Will the blood-adding cooldown CD and the amount of healing per second affect the balance?
There was a burst of sighs in the office. Everyone was busy and exhausted, with fierce looks on their faces.
The engineer who had just said "it's not that difficult" shrank his neck and dropped his head to his chest like a wronged quail.