Chapter 171: The three tricks of competitors

"Magic Animation" are very ambitious.

It can be said that the launch of this software means that big companies have set their sights on the "Shen'en Animation" piece of cake and intend to replace it.

But unfortunately...

This market is not as simple as other fields. You won’t get results by just throwing money around mindlessly. And overwhelming publicity and promotion cannot cover up the fact that this software is not even worthy of carrying the shoes of "Shennonglu".

Netizens’ comments are very insightful.

"The NPCs in Shen'en Continent will give everyone the illusion that they are real people, but the characters generated by magic animations are pure idiots!"

"You're so ashamed to try to cheat the Divine Grace Continent?"

"I still remember the first time I saw "The Adventures of Jayne", I was fascinated by that vivid and colorful other world. Tencent's... it's hard to comment!"

"You are just imitating others!"

Tencent bought a lot of publicity and promotional materials to try to build momentum for the software "Magic Animation", but after everyone went to experience it, they all gave it a fair review of "shit".

The AI ​​is too stupid.

After all, the characters generated by this software can never be as smart and agile as the NPCs in "Shennonglu".

The action and dialogue are abstract and weird! Some people have posted their own works.

He imported part of the script and dialogue from the classic disaster film "Titanic" and tried to use AI to run the animation to see what the software was capable of.

As a result, everyone saw that Jack pushed Lucy off the bow of the boat, and then turned around and hooked up with another lady as if nothing had happened.

An even more bizarre scene appeared!

Lucy was clearly pushed off the boat by Jack, but she did not drown. Instead, she learned how to swim and swam back to the boat.

She was very grateful to Jack. If Jack hadn't pushed her, she might not have learned to swim until now. So the two of them stuck together again...

It's really destructive! It's obvious that this is caused by the AI ​​being too stupid and unable to deduce the plot.

“This is not a software problem!”

Tencent seems to have noticed the public opinion storm on the Internet, and officially issued a statement to clarify: "The deduction and generation of AI animations require very high computing power, and the computers of ordinary users cannot meet the requirements at all..."

If your computer is not working, don’t blame the software! It would have been fine if Tencent didn’t say anything, but once it did, everyone was amused.

Frankly speaking, this explanation is reasonable. AI calculation and deduction work like this does require a lot of computing power, and insufficient computing power will easily lead to various problems.

But everyone has not forgotten that when Tencent first started promoting its game, the competing product it used as a benchmark was "Land of Divine Grace".

So the question is?

Why is it that with the same computer configuration, "Shennong Continent" doesn't have so many problems and the plot is played out as it should be, but "Magic Animation" has frequent problems? ...

"Yes! Why is this happening?"

The ridicule and jokes from netizens are actually a point that Tencent’s programmers cannot understand.

They must have studied "Divine Grace Continent" as a competing product, but the more they studied, the more confused they became.

This kind of animation software that relies on code to generate characters and then deduce subsequent plots should be very demanding on configuration and computing power! However, Shen'en Continent, an animation production software disguised as an "RPG game", can run smoothly on old computers from five or six years ago without any lag, and the deduced plots have no obvious abnormal bugs.

Are they cheating ? Tencent has invested a lot of energy in trying to figure out why Shen'en Continent can render and deduce high-quality different world animations with such a small size and low configuration threshold.

certainly!

They also knew that working behind closed doors would most likely not work, so in addition to secret research, they also tried to find out the secrets of Tianba Studio through various indirect approaches.

"You mean... corporate espionage?"

“That’s about right!”

Yang Dong nodded and said, "It's always better to be careful. Our confidential documents and some source code information may be at risk of being leaked."

It is always better to be safe than sorry! It is always a good idea to be prepared when you are not sure what tricks your competitors will use. Although Yang Dong does not think there is a traitor in the studio, it is better to be safe than sorry.

"Besides the internal traitor, what I'm most worried about is actually being poached! Brother Ba, you probably don't know that Xiao Lu and I both received inquiry emails from a headhunting company..."

Poaching?

Chen Ba, who learned about this for the first time, was a little surprised and asked, "You mean, many people in our studio have received invitations from friendly companies, but I am the only one who hasn't?"

"Yes, you are the only exception!"

The headhunters who came to poach talents were not stupid. They would never poach Brother Ba. After all, Brother Ba changing companies is not called job hopping, it is called acquisition!

Therefore, Chen Ba was completely unaware of this matter and no one came to him.

“Ouch!”

Chen Ba said in amazement: "I didn't expect that our humble little workshop could be so highly valued."

There's nothing surprising about that.

Tianba Studio has risen so suddenly, and many of its games have considerable influence, so it will definitely be targeted by major companies.

The first choice is to copy!

Only when a game cannot be copied or replicated will the second plan be launched, which is poaching.

Having poached the core members of the other team and the main creators of the game, are you still worried that you won’t be able to make the same game?

If digging is not enough, then the only option is to negotiate for equity investment or acquisition. Many potential game studios and teams basically fail at this step.

There is no way, I am short of money! Making a buyout game, especially a stand-alone game, is actually very expensive, and the investment is difficult to recover. The payback period is long and the future is uncertain. Accepting external investment is one of the ways to ensure survival.

Tianba Studio is quite special.

Chen Ba receives several letters of intent for investment and acquisition every month, but this is the first time he has experienced the poaching of core employees.

"Okay, if you want to go, just go!"

"I'm not that kind of mean boss. If they really feel unhappy staying in Tianba Studio and hope to have a future in a big company, then let them go."

Chen Ba said helplessly, "Brother Dong, the same goes for you. If you have the opportunity to get a higher salary, just leave if you want. I won't hold you back..."

Parting ways in peace is also a good story.

Tianba Studio is limited by the size of the team, and its welfare benefits are indeed not as good as those of large companies. The only benefit may be that the "bonus dividend" is higher!

If a big company really offers a sky-high price that is hard to refuse, he actually doesn't mind letting Dong Ge, Xiao Lu and others leave.

People go to high places, and water flows to low places.

Why do you have to use moral coercion to keep others when they have better prospects? After working together for a while, when it comes time to break up, Chen Ba will not be shy.

"Don't worry, I won't leave."

"Do you think I'm stupid? They paid a lot of money to recruit me, just to ask me to help them develop a game similar to "Shennong Continent"..."

Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "I don't have that ability. This kind of money won't last long. I won't be able to make a name for myself in a big company. I might as well follow you!"

Yang Dong saw it more clearly.

When people spend a lot of money to recruit talents, they are not looking for lazy people. If the recruited people fail to produce results, they will probably be marginalized or even banished to the cold palace in no time.

If he really has that ability and can get along well wherever he goes, it doesn't matter.

But is Yang Dong that capable? Don't be ridiculous! He blushed when he said this. Just a few years ago, he was still having a headache finding a job!

"What do Xiao Lu and the others think?"

"Xiao Lu is like me, he knows his own weight. But Zhong Shengwei seems to be hesitating whether to go to a big factory..."

Zhong Shengwei's situation is rather special.

He has been dating his girlfriend for a long time, but they have never married. The reason is that her family is better off and her standards are higher, so she looks down on him.

Changing jobs can bring higher salary and benefits, and working in a big company is more respectable than working in Tianba Studio, and it will be more face-saving to talk about it.

So he is still hesitating.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"In fact, I would say that he just didn't understand one thing, which is that salary is not the same as the money received."

Yang Dong said speechlessly: "Although the basic salary of our studio is not high and cannot compare with the salary offered by big companies, the bonus is high!"

This requires a concept.

There is a huge difference in the welfare benefits enjoyed by the operation and development teams of popular games and those of unpopular games.

Take Tencent as an example.

Tianmei Studio, which created King of Glory, received dividends and bonuses in just one year that were higher than other people’s salaries for four or five years, and it was easy for it to earn over a million in year-end bonuses.

Being able to join a studio like this is definitely much better than joining a studio that produces an unpopular game.

The basic salary of Tianba Studio is indeed not high, and it is definitely dwarfed by that of large companies, but the additional income such as bonuses and dividends can be comparable to the King of Glory team.

"Zhong Shengwei must understand what you said. But he should be thinking that the bonus and dividends are not stable enough. This year the game's performance is much better, but what if the performance is worse next year?"

Chen Ba guessed some things.

High bonuses, high dividends and high year-end bonuses sound good, but they are too unstable. The difference between good and bad performance in different years can be hundreds of thousands.

What a stable salary!

It is actually paid to you. If they say it is an annual salary of one million, then it is a real one million. It is impossible for you to get a penny less because of the difference in project returns.

And one more thing...

There is more room for promotion in large companies. It is still promising to get a position such as project leader, team leader, etc. After all, there are many positions.

It’s different if you stay in Tianba Studio.

There are only so many people in the studio. You want to be the project leader? Have you asked Brother Ba for his opinion?

“Maybe!”

Yang Dong shook his head: "Forget it, let's not talk about this annoying topic, let's talk about the game "Don't Leave After School"."

"What happened to this game?"

Chen Ba, who was making tea, couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't they just update the cross-server PK?"

"Yes! Cross-server PK..."

"When this mode was released, the Chinese server suffered a lot! Although there are more people, it is still not comparable to the unified environment of the fourth district."

Yang Dong sighed and said, "Everyone is united and fighting against foreign enemies. But these districts in the national server, not only are they not united, but they are also fighting among themselves even when the enemy is at their doorstep."

“Haha, it’s an old tradition.”

Chen Ba thought of the ancient dynasties recorded in history books and laughed out loud, "To expel the barbarians, one must first stabilize the country; to govern the country, one must first govern the family. Guess where this saying came from?"

It doesn’t matter!

It's just a game anyway, and you won't lose anything if you lose. At worst, you can learn from Durant. If you can't beat them, just join them and directly join the team of the rich man in District 4.

The main goal is to never go against the wind!

"Come to think of it, there are no super-rich players in the national server looking to buy the authority marbles. Can they unify the entire region by spending money?" Chen Ba asked curiously.

This shouldn't be the case! There shouldn't be a shortage of super-rich people in the national server, so why is there no one seeking to buy the authority marbles and stand up to take the lead? "Actually, there are..."

Yang Dong explained: "In the third district with the most players, there is a player who posted in the community, willing to spend money to buy the authority marbles."

But you can't buy this thing whenever you want. On the one hand, the price is hard to negotiate. Many people would still hesitate to spend so much money on a one-time purchase game.

On the other hand, there are only one or two of these in a district, or at most three. If you want to buy it, there is nothing you can do if they don't sell it to you! Anyway, the Empress didn't sell it.

[Cherry Pie Sauce] It is not known whether this player is short of money, but it is very likely that he is not.

As of now.

The empress has served as the principal of Tianba Three Primary School for 20 days, becoming the longest-lived ruler in the history of the three districts.

I can only say that the black stockings photo is too awesome! Relying on the assistance of licking dogs and little fans, [Cherry Biscuit Sauce] is not far from unifying the three districts. After all, there are fewer and fewer players who oppose her, and there are not many forces that insist on rebelling.

“It’s magical!”

When Chen Ba learned about the situation in District 3, he couldn't help but complain: "So many ambitious people in District 3, are they really all tempted by a photo of black stockings?"

You guys are going to rebel! A real man was born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under others for a long time? A photo of black stockings quelled the rebellion, do you have to be so clownish?

"Don't be so mean!"

"Of course a photo of herself wearing black stockings cannot quell a rebellion, but what if she posts a photo of herself wearing black stockings every day, and each photo is different?" Yang Dong asked.

"Really? Then I will become Cherry Pancake Sauce's slave!"

Chen Ba laughed out loud.

No wonder the civil unrest in District 3 was quelled so quickly. All the ambitious people lost the support of the people. So [Cherry Biscuit Sauce] is so awesome? No need to say anything! Just because she posts photos every day, and they are different, benefiting all the players in the server, her throne is secure and no one can help her.

Careerists? Why support these careerists? Besides making big promises, what benefits can they offer? Can you send us photos of yourself wearing black stockings?

Tsk! The players in zone 3 are very sensible and know who is the good ruler for them. The empress who posts photos of herself wearing black stockings is a good emperor and they support her unconditionally.

This position is very stable! Chen Ba has no doubt that if things continue like this, the hundreds of thousands of players in District 3 will all become loyal fans of Cherry Biscuit Sauce.

A true internet celebrity...

(End of this chapter)