Chapter 11: Self-taught Xiao Lu

At eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Ba woke up with a splitting headache. He picked up the mobile phone that he had been using as a pillow all night, turned on the screen, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately...

Fortunately, this Pineapple phone has a metal body and is not so easily crushed by him. If it were a plastic or ceramic body, it would be hard to say.

He and Yang Dong chatted for a long time last night, ranging from industry gossip to astronomy and geography. The two of them finished the seven bottles of soda in the refrigerator and stayed up until one o'clock in the morning before returning to the room one after another.

"When did you wake up?"

When he got up to go to the bathroom, Chen Ba saw Yang Dong fiddling with the router in front of the computer in the living room. He greeted him and asked, "Where's Zhang Xiaojuan? Why can't I see her?"

"I went downstairs to pick up the package. I heard that the digital tablet has arrived."

"oh!"

Chen Ba quickly washed up, walked out of the bathroom and came behind Yang Dong, looking at the computer monitor in front of him: "Did the new person we talked about yesterday contact you today?"

"Not yet. I'll call and ask."

Yang Dong put down the router in his hand, picked up his mobile phone and pressed a few buttons. Soon, a young man's anxious voice came from the receiver, and the sound of beeping horns was heard all around.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road. I'll be there soon. Sorry, sorry..."

The young man kept apologizing to Yang Dong. He seemed very worried that being late on his first day at work would leave a bad impression on his colleagues and boss, so his tone sounded very nervous.

"It's okay, don't worry."

"You know the address, right? If you can't find Building 4, you can ask the security guard directly. We'll be waiting for you..."

Compared to the young man's anxiety, Chen Ba and Yang Dong seemed very calm. After all, they have been in Jiangchuan for so many years, and they all know the degree of traffic congestion during the morning rush hour in the city.

15 minutes later, Lu Jing, sweating profusely, arrived at the Tianba Game Studio.

Lu Jing is the young man who was stuck in traffic on the phone, and he is also the game planner that Chen Ba is looking for for the studio.

Don't be fooled by Xiao Lu's young age, but he is quite capable. He can do everything from programming, art, and scriptwriting. He also taught himself new media operations. He is definitely an all-round substitute player!

certainly!

Xiao Lu is not without shortcomings.

His biggest shortcoming is that his diploma is not strong enough. In this day and age, it is very difficult to find a job with only a junior college degree.

If Chen Ba had not been in a hurry to hire people, paid great attention to every applicant, and was willing to listen to them talk about their strengths and work experience, I am afraid Xiao Lu would not have had the opportunity to join Tianba Games.

"Fuck, self-taught?"

After Chen Ba introduced Xiao Lu, both Yang Dong and Zhang Xiaojuan were stunned.

How could there still be such people these days? With poor academic performance, they could teach themselves to the same level as "professional" college students just by their passion? "If you have the perseverance, why didn't you spend some time studying hard?" Yang Dong was heartbroken.

Xiao Lu's experience is simply outrageous.

He is so versatile with just a junior college graduation. If he can get into a good university, he will at least become a big shot in the future, right?

“I was too playful when I was studying.”

Talking about himself, Xiao Lu was a little shy: "At that time, I spent all my time surfing the Internet and was obsessed with various games. It happened that there was an uncle next door who was a game client programmer, so I pestered him to become my apprentice and asked him to teach me how to make games..."

No wonder people always say that interest is the best teacher! Due to his extreme love for games, although Xiao Lu had no foundation at the beginning, he made rapid progress under the generous teaching of the uncle next door.

Later, after leaving school and entering society, whether he was working as a waiter or in an electronics factory, he never abandoned this skill, nor did he break off contact with his "mentor".

He never gave up his dream of playing games until he saw the recruitment information posted by Chen Ba not long ago, and then he resolutely quit his job and chose to pursue his dream.

"I also have to thank Brother Chen for giving me this opportunity. Thank you so much!" Xiao Lu said with gratitude.

"Why thank me? Gold will shine sooner or later. If you have the ability, then you don't have to feel inferior because of your academic qualifications."

Chen Ba waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to thank him in this regard.

He was recruiting an employee, and it happened that Xiao Lu's ability was enough for the job, and there were almost no problems except for his lack of experience, so he hired him.

It's that simple! After clapping his hands to draw everyone's attention to himself, Chen Ba said, "Xiao Lu is here, and our studio is almost complete, so let me talk about business!"

"This is the production plan for the second game. Take a copy and read it. Say whatever you want to say. Don't worry about me..."

After distributing a stack of printed paper documents to the three people, Chen Ba sat on the newly purchased ergonomic chair, looking forward to everyone's enthusiastic speeches.

Along with the rustling sound of flipping through documents, Yang Dong, Xiao Lu and others soon saw some basic information about the studio's new work.

Living under someone else 's roof simulator! The naming is still in the usual "Chen Ba" style, simple and crude, and it also continues the tradition of the previous work [Han Chuang Ku Shu Simulator] very well, so that people can tell at a glance that this is the work of the same studio.

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

The difference is that this new game will have richer details than the previous one, and the art style has also been greatly upgraded.

The reason why the Study Simulator is in pixel style is mainly due to the limitations of Chen Ba's artistic skills and financial reserves, so it can only be made in that way.

But this time it's different.

Chen Ba, who has money in his pocket, not only gave the characters exquisite 2D portraits, but also planned to hire a professional outsourcing team to be responsible for scene design and character design.

“This must cost a lot of money, right?”

Xiao Lu was the first to speak: "Does our studio... uh, have so much money?"

"Don't worry! We don't lack that."

Since Xiao Lu is new here, he is not quite sure how much money Chen Ba has earned from the "Study Hard Simulator", so it is normal for him to have such concerns.

In order to dispel his doubts, Chen Ba didn't mind telling him the sales data of the previous work.

He made a "cross" gesture and said with a smile: "The sales of the hard-working simulator have exceeded 100,000 copies. Although we don't have many copies, it should be more than enough for outsourcing."

"so much?!"

Xiao Lu's eyes widened, shock written all over his face.

Don't be fooled by those best-selling 3A blockbusters that sell millions or tens of millions of copies and are priced very high, so you look down on the 100,000 copies sold of this 18 yuan game.

You know, [Study Hard Simulator] is an independent game, and it was completed entirely by Chen Ba alone.

For an independent game made by a single person, sales of 100,000 are already considered a great success.

No way? No one really thinks that independent games can easily sell hundreds of thousands or even millions of copies, crushing all the game companies, right?

Innocent!

Games produced by gaming companies are usually accompanied by large-scale publicity and promotion. How can an independent game producer have the confidence to challenge gaming companies?

It’s not that there aren’t cases of independent games becoming dark horses, but they are extremely rare, so rare that it’s difficult for the entire industry to produce one in a year.

(End of this chapter)