Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

April 25, Wednesday morning.

According to the address given by Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou came to the office of Chi Xing's studio.

After Lin Wan left Zangyang Games, Ye Zhizhou took over as the new head of Zangyang Games, and the employees of Zangyang Games had already had a meal with Lin Wan.

Although a little bit reluctant, as the saying goes, there is no permanent banquet in the world, and the internal work transfer of Tenda Group has always been very frequent. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin also know that they will have to take over sooner or later, so they are not too sad.

What's more, the office of Chixing's studio is also in Jingzhou, not far from Wangyang Game, so you can often stop by, and there will be many opportunities to see in the future.

Ye Zhizhou came here today to finalize the new game of Chixing Studio with Lin Wan.

Mr. Pei has determined that the first game of Chixing Studio is a VR game, but the details of this game have not yet been finalized.

Ye Zhizhou is here to help make decisions.

As far as Ye Zhizhou knows, in addition to him and Lin Wan, a product manager responsible for the development of VR glasses in the mobile phone department of Shenhua, and a new chief planner recruited by Chixing Studio.

To finalize the name and details of the game, to get Chixing Studio on the right track as soon as possible, and sometimes to enter the development process as soon as possible is the best way to run the team together.

Ye Zhizhou came to Chi Xing's studio and subconsciously looked at the working environment.

Well, it really is in the same line as Tenda Games and Wangyang Games.

Although Chixing Studio has just been established not long ago, there are already employees working at the workstations. I have to say that the efficiency of this recruitment is still quite high.

Ye Zhizhou came to the meeting room and sat down in the empty seat.

Lin Wan was carefully looking through a thick pile of resumes, selecting the qualified ones and putting them aside, preparing for an interview.

Seeing that everyone was here, Lin Wan tidied up the resume a bit and poked at the conference table: "It's all here, let's hurry up and start. There are still a few interviews in the afternoon."

Ye Zhizhou found that Lin Wan seemed to be more and more disciplined. When he first came to Wangyang to play games, he often hesitated and couldn't make up his mind. Now he is more and more like a qualified leader.

"Are you very efficient here? In just three days, new employees have already been hired?" Ye Zhizhou said after taking a sip of tea.

Lin Wan smiled: "Well, as long as you put out the Shenhua Group and Tenda Group's brands, and then hang up the successful games of Wangyang Games, the recruitment mailbox will immediately explode."

"Many people who want to enter the game department of Tenda can't enter, and have to take an exam. The benefits here are similar to Tenda, and they are well-known. Many gamers want to come."

"But... I was under great pressure with Tenda's light. In case the game is not done well, I am really at a loss to President Pei."

"Let’s introduce everyone. This is Ye Zhizhou, the current head of Wangyang Games, this is Lao Song, the product manager of Shenhua Group’s mobile phone business, and this is Cai Jiadong, the chief designer of Chixing Studio..."

Lin Wan gave a quick introduction to everyone present.

Lao Song is the product manager who is responsible for borrowing the resources of Shenhua Group to make the new VR glasses. Cai Jiadong is the chief designer just hired. His resume is unknown, but the two seem to be in their 30s and 40s. rich experience.

Cai Jiadong shook hands with Ye Zhizhou: "Good meeting, good meeting! I have played all the games developed by Zangyang Studio. I didn't expect the chief designer to be so young, which really makes me ashamed."

Ye Zhizhou hurriedly said: "Everywhere, it is the platform of Tenda Group. If it weren't for Mr. Pei, I guess it's still an executive plan."

After the business talked about each other, the two sides quickly entered the topic.

Lin Wan said while distributing the documents: "These are the key points that have been set after the last meeting with President Pei. Let's take a look."

She looked at Ye Zhizhou: "It's still the same as the workflow of the previous game in Wangyang, first analyze the intention of President Pei, and then determine the specific form of the game."

Cai Jiadong took the document with both hands and read it very carefully, his expression extremely religious.

Although he is nominally the chief planner of Chixing Studio, his current chief planner is a virtual title, just responsible for the execution work, and slowly waits until he gets used to the pace of work here before gradually taking over the design work.

Cai Jiadong's resume as a designer is very good. He has many years of experience as a chief designer in a large domestic game company and has also brought out successful projects.

He came to the studio late for two reasons, one is because the treatment here is better than his original company, and the other is because of Tenda Games.

Every game producer actually has a dream deep in his heart.

Playing krypton gold games can indeed make money, but it is just a job, not very happy.The designer is truly proud to be able to make a 3A game of his own, with a double harvest of sales and word of mouth.

The game "Mission and Choice" revived the passion of many designers like Cai Jiadong who had been silent for many years, so he accepted the job without hesitation.

Although Cai Jiadong has rich experience in game design, the development process of the 3A masterpiece and the Krypton game is still very different and cannot be generalized.

What's more, he has long heard that Tenda Games and Wangyang Games have a very unique game design method that belongs to Mr. Pei, so he took this opportunity to learn it.

He looked at the document and found that there were a few hard and fast rules, including the investment in games and VR glasses, the type of game, and the general style.

Cai Jiadong glanced twice and immediately showed a shocked expression on his face.

20 million for glasses and 20 million for games?

Casual game, and it's a cartoon style... invest so much money?

Cai Jiadong is very confused. Although there are only a few regulations in this document, these regulations are obviously contradictory and unworkable in his experience.

Casual games, cartoons and venture capital investment of 20 million is outrageous enough, even for a single game to spend another 20 million to develop a VR glasses?

If it is in other game companies, this proposal will definitely be rejected immediately, but here... it seems to be something that has become commonplace?

Cai Jiadong, who had just arrived, didn't dare to ask more, so he could only listen in silence.

Lin Wan first looked at Lao Song, the product manager: "If 20 million is spent on the development of VR glasses, to what extent?"

Lao Song replied truthfully: "It is enough to just develop the glasses body, and even a bit wasteful. I suggest that there is no need to invest so much. After all, the domestic market is not big, and you can't count on big sales if you make it."

"It's better to make a basic model, speculate the concept, just sell it and recover the cost."

Lin Wan immediately shook his head: "That won't work. R&D funding can only be more than less, so you can say how much you can achieve."

Old Song thought for a while: "Then you can only make a fuss on the handle."

"But the handle... seems to be difficult to make tricks."

"VR handles are nothing more than those things, joysticks, buttons and the like."

"Currently there are two kinds of handles, one is relatively simple, one-handed, no joystick, only a simple touchpad, one or two buttons and a trigger button; the other is more complicated, two hands, with two shakers There are four buttons at the thumb position and the trigger button at the index finger."

"The first type is too simple, and it doesn't cost much for pure research and development. Since we have sufficient funds, we must do the second type."

"But the second function has been perfected. Each finger already has a button, and it is more ergonomic. We don't need to force a new and unconventional design. At most, it is a remodeling."

"So I feel that the redesign... is not meaningful."

Lin Wan thought for a while: "Then we can add more functions?"

Old Song shook his head: "There is nothing to add. The thumbs of both hands need to press the joystick and the four buttons on the front, and the index finger needs to press the trigger button. How can I add functions when it is full?"

There was a brief silence at the scene. Obviously, there was no good way for everyone to spend the money.