Chapter 775 Going to the Imperial Capital for Inspection

Wednesday, December 7.

In Moyu Internet Cafe, Pei Qian read the news on the forum while drinking coffee.

"Strange, it stands to reason that the ioi qualifying competition should start soon, why can't I see any news on the Internet?"

"There are a few gossips, but there is no real hammer, and it can't make any waves at all."

Pei Qian was a little puzzled, because according to the information from Shangyang Games, the ioi qualifying match should start within a week.

Because the start of the GPL preseason is scheduled for this weekend, not all clubs will participate in this preseason, and it will only be played for three weeks.

For the club, the preseason is an opportunity to practice and adjust. For the league, it can adapt to various emergencies in the game in advance. For the audience, they can also watch games during this boring time. See the preview of the GPL league in advance.

After the end of this month, there will be a two-week break, and then around mid-January, the GPL Spring Split will officially start.

At present, ioi is facing a huge threat from GOG. Overseas is better, especially in China. It can be said that every move of ioi's national server depends on GOG's face.

Including the new version changes of ioi, they are also learning from GOG.

In this case, the two important games of ioi: the qualifiers and the world finals must avoid GOG's game time as much as possible.

Both sides are competing at the same time, isn't ioi waiting to be robbed of popularity?

Therefore, the time set by the finger company should be to finish the domestic qualifying match this weekend and decide three teams to play in the world championship; at the end of this month, when the GPL preseason has just ended, the world championship will be held. In this way, the heat of the GPL can be staggered and the effect of avoiding its edge can be avoided.

For this idea, Pei Qian also raised his hands in agreement.

However, what makes Pei Qian feel a little pity is that the ioi domestic qualifiers still collided with the GPL preseason: they all start this weekend.

"It seems that the finger company has tried very hard to avoid GPL events, but there is no way, the time is really not enough."

"From the preparation for the ioi qualifiers to the official start, the time is very tight. It is impossible to go forward. If it is delayed, there will be GPL competitions in the next 20 days, and there is no point in delaying it."

"So it's just a crash, which is kind of embarrassing."

"But crashes belong to crashes. The popularity of the ioi qualifiers is so low, it doesn't make sense, right? The official doesn't seem to be promoting it much?"

"There is no sound at all, isn't this giving the heat to the GPL?"

"These people are too unprofessional to do it. We have to find a way to help them and stir up the heat."

"Well...how can I help?"

Seeing that the popularity of the ioi qualifying competition was so low and no one discussed it at all, Pei Qian couldn't help worrying about them.

If the popularity of ioi's competition cannot rise, how can it pose a threat to GOG?

If the popularity of GOG continues to be as high as it is now, how can it lose money?

Therefore, Pei Qian decided to lend a helping hand to Zhitou Company. At least stir up the popularity of the ioi qualifying competition and raise a little attention, right?

This is nothing more than spending some marketing expenses, and it doesn't cost much.

Both Finger Company and Longyu Group are big companies with good money, so why are they so stingy in this matter? This is quite puzzling to Pei Qian.

But on second thought, maybe the preparation for the qualifying competition was too hasty, so I haven't had time to stir up the heat yet?

Well, this possibility also exists.

Then it should be pulled more.

It's just that Pei Qian didn't think much about how to help.

It is definitely impossible to pay for it out of pocket. As for the three melons and dates in Pei Qian's pocket now, at most, he can buy some sailors online to blow it up, and the effect is minimal.

Besides, the fundamental purpose of doing these things is to lose money and convert more personal property. As a result, the personal property is used before losing money. Isn't this brain flooded?

Therefore, we still have to find a way to get reimbursed by the system.

The problem is that the ioi qualifying competition is not held by Tenda, how can this be reimbursed by the system? It seems a little unreasonable.

Pei Qian stroked his chin, pondered for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

"Yes, didn't I just invest in an ioi club! You can write something about it!"

On Monday, Pei Qian just took a trip to Shanghai, and Lightspeed invested in the FV club, and it has only been two days since then.

It doesn't make sense to spend the company's money to promote the ioi qualifying competition, and the system will not approve it. But if it is to spend money to promote the FV club, and by the way, promote the ioi qualifiers, wouldn't it be enough?

You can spend a lot of money by promoting your club, the system is very tolerant of this!

Although Pei Qian had made up his mind never to interfere with the operation of the FV Club, but giving it some money to advertise, shouldn't this be regarded as interfering with the operation?

Of course, there is also a hidden danger in doing so, that is, what to do if the FV club becomes famous, the attention is greatly increased, and there is a hidden danger of profit.

But after Pei Qian thought about it, the possibility of this was too low, very small.

What is the status of the FV club now?

There is some money, but not much. Pei Qian only gave three million. Compared with the investment of those wealthy clubs, this amount of money is not worth mentioning; let alone people, there are only three players left. Not so good.

So what if a club like this is desperately promoting it?

After all, e-sports is all about performance. No matter how much marketing is done without performance, it will only make the audience feel sick and uncomfortable, and will accelerate the loss of popularity.

Besides, the chances of the FV club getting out of the qualifying competition are extremely slim, and now there is a wave of crazy publicity, and the popularity can't be kept at all.

In short, the heat brought about by the money-burning publicity will be concentrated on the ioi qualifying competition, which will not have much impact on the FV club itself, and Pei Qian also justifiably spent a sum of money.

Perfect, very perfect!

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more appropriate he became, and immediately dialed the number of Wu Yue, the owner of the FV Club.

"Hello, President Pei?" The phone rang a few times before it was picked up. Wu Yue's voice was a little sleepy, as if he had just woken up.

Pei Qian looked at his watch, it's almost 11 am, are you still sleeping? Woke up later than me?

Yes, Mr. Pei admires this kind of people.

Pei Qian asked, "Is there enough money for the club?"

Wu Yue on the other end of the phone was obviously taken aback.

Didn't Mr. Pei invest three million just the day before yesterday? Why did you mention the money again today?

Could it be that... Boss Pei knew about my going to buy players, and was worried that I didn't have enough money, so he wanted to give me more money?

Wu Yue couldn't help feeling a burst of warmth and was deeply moved, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Boss Pei, the money is still enough, you don't have to worry about it."

Pei Qian was very dissatisfied with this answer.

When is there enough money? This Wu Yue is not honest enough at first sight.

Pei Qian coughed twice: "Enough is definitely not possible. If you think the money is enough, it must be that the work somewhere is not done properly!"

"In this way, I will give you another three million."

"However, the three million is earmarked for marketing purposes. Use this money to promote online, and use various channels to promote the FV club and the upcoming ioi qualifiers."

Wu Yue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Boss Pei, three million marketing expenses is too much! I'm afraid the effect won't be very good, it's a bit wasteful..."

"Otherwise, take half a million or one million for marketing, and use the other money for other places..."

Hearing the word "waste", Pei Qian's eyes lit up.

It's better to waste it!

It's really a waste to use it elsewhere.

Pei Qian immediately said: "No, all three million must be used for marketing and promotion expenses, and all must be spent before this weekend, and no penny can be kept!"

"Don't ask why, just the flowers."

Although Pei Qian said that he would not interfere with the daily operations of the FV Club, this kind of hard-feeding money is not considered interference with operations, and Wu Yue has absolutely no reason to refuse.

Wu Yue on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and then reluctantly said: "Okay, Boss Pei, since you have already made up your mind, then I will use all the three million for marketing."

Pei Qian nodded: "Well, don't worry, spend hard. By the way, you must remember to promote the ioi qualifying competition."

Pei Qian was afraid that Wu Yue would forget, if only the FV club was publicized but not the ioi qualifiers, it would be a bit of an upside-down.

After all, Pei Qian's fundamental purpose is to let more people know about the ioi qualifiers and create heat for ioi.

Wu Yue: "Alright Mr. Pei, I understand!"

...

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yue turned over from the bed and sat up.

Last night, he brought a few team members back from Jingzhou late at night, and settled the team members. After almost a whole night of tossing, he just fell asleep at 6 o'clock in the morning.

Unexpectedly, after sleeping until noon, he was woken up by Mr. Pei's phone call, and another three million fell from the sky.

Wu Yue lost all sleepiness in an instant, got up and washed his face, immediately called Manager Lu, and explained in detail about getting another three million marketing expenses.

Manager Lu also just woke up, just as confused as Wu Yue.

"Boss Pei gave another three million? And he also specifically stated that this is a marketing fee? It can only be spent on marketing?" Manager Lu also felt that this was a bit outrageous.

Why is Mr. Pei so nice to the FV club?

It doesn't make sense to rule out the option that Mr. Pei is actually Mr. Wu's long-lost biological father.

Wu Yue said: "Based on Mr. Pei's tone and the recent events, I made a rough inference. Listen to see if there is such a possibility."

"Boss Pei asked me if I had enough money in the first sentence. It must be because he knew about our buying players."

"Since this is the case, the money given by President Pei must be in the hope that we will spend it elsewhere."

"Our team's current hard power is already very good in the ioi e-sports circle. What kind of results we can get depends on the team's running-in state, but it is absolutely no problem to wrestle with those strong teams. of."

"Since we already have a certain level of strength, what our club lacks the most is obviously popularity and popularity!"

"And Mr. Pei specially gave a marketing fund, which is actually reminding us that it is almost time to stir up the popularity, and now is a suitable time."

Manager Lu was stunned for a moment: "But Mr. Wu, the ioi qualifiers have not yet been played, and we are not sure that we will qualify. Now that the heat is hot, if the heat is heated up and the game is not won, wouldn't it be a waste of money? other clubs?"

Wu Yue shook his head: "There is such a risk, but this risk must be taken."

"What's the use of publicity if we're sure we've qualified? The game is almost over, and the heat is gone!"

"It is necessary to publicize and warm up in advance before the start of the game, so as to attract netizens' attention to the game and our club. Only in this way can we gain more enthusiasm after our players have achieved results."

"As for the possibility of making wedding dresses for others... I can only say that this kind of risk must be taken."

"Boss Pei should be very aware of this, so he repeatedly told us that all the money must be spent within a week. Isn't this reminding us that we must stir up the enthusiasm before the start of the game?"

Manager Lu suddenly said: "That's right."

"Then I'm ready to start building momentum for the FV club and the ioi qualifiers!"

...

After finishing calling Wu Yue, Pei Qian temporarily put aside the matter of e-sports and stopped worrying about it.

Although he spent 3 million to promote ioi, Pei Qian didn't have too much expectation for the ioi qualifying competition. It is of course best to generate heat and help ioi counterattack, but it doesn't matter if it can't generate heat.

The worst and worst case scenario is that the ioi qualifying competition is still not popular, but at least for Pei Qian, three million was spent.

Pei Qian began to think about things in the imperial capital again.

At present, there are two projects in Imperial City that Pei Qian is more concerned about. The first is the independent game incubation base that Qiu Hong is in charge of, and the second is Meng Chang's cold noodle girl.

The indie game incubation base has been officially in operation for half a month now, and Pei Qian has never been there once, so he has no eyes for the situation there.

For some reason, I felt a little uncertain.

What if there are some blockbusters in these indie games? What if the income of two or three games completely covers the losses of other games and the expenses of the incubation base, and even generates profits?

Pei Qian is very aware of his own character, the possibility of this is not impossible, and it is very large.

So, there is some inexplicable concern.

But Pei Qian couldn't go to see it in person, because the Qiertu Project and this incubation base have nothing to do with Tengda at present. If Pei Qian went by himself, wouldn't he take the initiative to expose it?

Once the "Qiantu Project" is linked to Tenda Group, all kinds of capable, ideal, and aspiring independent game producers will join in, then the possibility of losing money from this plan will be greatly reduced.

Another project is Cold Noodle Girl.

Pei Qian has also invested a lot of money in this project, and it is impossible to say that he is not worried at all.

Like this kind of project, if you lose it, it's okay. If you make a profit, you will make a lot of money and blood. Pei Qian didn't go to see it on the spot, and he also felt a little uneasy.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Pei Qian decided to send someone to look for him.

Go to the imperial capital, first look at the game incubation base of the poor road project, then look at the store of the cold noodle girl, collect some information, and report to yourself when you come back.

It may not be useful, but at least it can make yourself feel more at ease.

But here comes the question, who to send?

The most important thing for this person is to seek truth from facts, not to mix too much subjectivity in the judgment, and it is best not to be the person in charge of various departments.

It's okay to delay the work of the department, but if the two projects are linked after reading it, that's not good.

So after Pei Qian thought about it, he quickly decided on the best candidate.

Let Xiao Tang go!

Tang Yishu has no other job so far except to take care of the students' meetings and feed the cats, and she doesn't worry about any linkage effect when she goes to the imperial capital.

Moreover, Tang Yishu's presence within the Tenda Group is very meager. Even if she shows up at the independent game incubation base, no one will guess the relationship between the incubation base and Tenda.

In addition, Tang Yishu is observing as a third party. She does not have relevant professional knowledge. She should be able to put aside some subjective factors as much as possible and see the real situation of independent game incubation bases and cold-faced girls.

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt it was appropriate, so he called Tang Yishu.

"Hello? Senior." Tang Yishu on the other end of the phone lowered her voice, "I'm in the study room, I'll go outside later."

After a while, Tang Yishu's voice returned to normal tone: "Senior, I came out, what's the matter?"

Pei Qian said straight to the point: "I want you to go to the imperial capital in the next two days and do something for me. Our company also has some business in the imperial capital. You can go and have a look, investigate, and report to me when you come back." Just report it."

Tang Yishu's tone was full of astonishment and surprise: "Ah? Senior, senior, I'm not very good, I'm a little afraid to go far..."

Pei Qian had expected it a long time ago: "It's okay, this time I will let Xiao Sun, the company's best car driver, drive to pick me up, and I will find another driver to accompany me. Before departure, I will check the car carefully from the beginning to the end to ensure that everything is absolutely safe along the way."

"When Qiu Hong is there to receive you, you don't have to worry about anything, just inspect it for me, and then report the problems you see truthfully."

Pei Qian is very clear that Tang Yishu's luck is relatively evil, but her bad luck basically appears in some small things, such as accidentally tripping when going out, hidden bugs in the program, and so on.

Tang Yishu has never encountered such a serious danger that would threaten her life and health. She is not a native of Jingzhou, and she has come all the way to study and has never heard of accidents such as train derailments, so there is no need to worry too much about this. .

Let Xiao Sun drive to pick him up, as long as he acts carefully, there will be no problem.

Tang Yishu was still a little reluctant: "But senior, it's almost exam week, I have to review..."

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "It's okay, there are only two days. With your grades, the impact of not reviewing for two days is minimal, and it won't delay your national scholarship."

Every time this is mentioned, Pei Qian is particularly envious of these super academics.

Why does Tang Yishu always get high marks in the exams every time, and she has to work hard to pass when she gets here?

This world is so unfair!

Tang Yishu hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "Then I'll go for a trip, but I don't understand anything, and maybe I can't see any problems..."

Pei Qian smiled: "It's okay, you can only see some details if you look at it without knowing anything. You don't need to study deliberately, and you don't need to care what others say, just observe based on the first impression, and then Just tell me what you observe."

"By the way, at the incubation base, pay attention to whether there is any overtime work. Overtime work is absolutely not allowed."

"If there is no overtime, just look at their work status. If the work status is very good, force them to play games, and they must play ten hours a week!"

Pei Qian has also learned to be smart now. He found that just limiting the working hours can no longer control these people. Many departments have short working hours, but the work efficiency is very high, and the progress has not fallen behind at all!

Therefore, in addition to working hours, you must also pay attention to the working status of these independent game producers in the incubation base. If the status exceeds the limit, you have to take some measures.

Tang Yishu: "Okay, senior."

...

...

Thursday, December 8.

Longyu Group Headquarters, Zhao Xuming, the person in charge of the ioi operation and cooperation department, Chretien, the person in charge of the ioi national service, and related staff are in a meeting.

Chretien introduced the work trends at the headquarters of Zhitou to everyone.

"Currently, the headquarters is fully preparing for the ioi world finals. This time the finals will be held in Los Angeles. The venue is still being prepared. It should be completed by the end of this month."

"Qualifying rounds around the world should start soon to determine the places to participate in the world championship. The competition time of the world championship is tentatively scheduled for the 24th of this month, Saturday, which is the official start on Christmas Eve, January 15th Finish."

"Basically, this competition does not overlap with the GPL competition. This is also my suggestion to the headquarters."

"Although from any aspect, the popularity of our global finals will not be lower than that of the GPL league, but considering the special situation of the national server, we really don't need to go head-to-head. Staggering the time can ensure the maximum popularity of the finals. "

"In addition, the in-depth innovation of the ioi gameplay is still in progress. The next goal of the headquarters is to further absorb the advantages of the gameplay in GOG. I tried my best to ask for the modified version to be used in the finals. Global players, especially Chinese players, show our determination."

"Mr. Zhao, how is the situation at Longyu Group?"

Zhao Xuming took over the conversation: "Everything is going well with Longyu Group, and the progress is perfect!"

"Because of the low-price area and game changes some time ago, domestic players have indeed accumulated a lot of grievances, but our procrastination tactics have already achieved initial results."

"The directional compensation given to old players temporarily calmed their anger. As for the new version, although there are certain changes in the gameplay, many old players will not be so resistant after adapting for a period of time."

"I believe that as time goes by, they will slowly accept it."

"Of course, the current situation can't be blindly optimistic. There are still some old players whose activity has decreased. But it's not a big problem. As long as the global finals are held and the popularity of ioi is high, these old players will definitely come back. .”

"As for the domestic clubs, they are safe. Our Longyu Group cooperated with three old clubs, came forward to coordinate, and helped them strengthen their teams."

"These three veteran clubs are all well-known domestic clubs. They are the strongest at present. There is no problem in making it out of the qualifying round. It can serve as a backdrop.”

"This can be regarded as a win-win situation for the small club, the big club and our organizer."

"In short, we are ready for the ioi world finals!"

Chretien nodded: "Yes. Of the three clubs you mentioned, is there one called FV Club?"

Zhao Xuming was stunned for a moment: "Ah? No."

"The FV club is a small club with no reputation. Even if they participate in the qualifying competition, they are just accompanying runners. Their strength is far behind."

Chretien couldn't help but frowned slightly, slightly astonished.

Obviously, there has been a certain deviation in the cognition of information between the two sides.

"Then why does this FV club seem to be paying out of its own pocket to promote the qualifying competition? I thought it was an order from your Longyu Group." Chretien said.

Zhao Xuming was at a loss: "When did it happen? Why don't I know?"

Chretien was a little unhappy: "Since yesterday, Mr. Zhao's latest news doesn't seem to be very well-informed."

Zhao Xuming hurriedly explained: "I've been busy these two days, so I haven't paid much attention to these things."

He turned to look at the subordinate next to him: "Do you know about this?"

The subordinate nodded: "I know. In fact, these propagandas only appeared yesterday afternoon and evening. I have already sorted out the relevant content. I originally wanted to report to you after today's meeting."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the subordinate hurriedly took the blame on himself.

Zhao Xuming said coldly, "Bring it right away!"

The subordinate hurriedly got up and left. After a while, he came back with a sorted document and handed it to Zhao Xuming.

Zhao Xuming reached out to take it, and quickly browsed through it.

Judging from the situation in the report, FV Club has promoted in many places, including some live broadcast platforms, video sites, forums, etc. In addition to buying popular searches and advertisements, there seems to be more or less water under these topics signs of military activity.

It has indeed greatly increased the popularity, but all these marketing activities are limited to the domestic qualifiers of the FV club and ioi.

Moreover, because the FV club itself is not well-known, it must rely on the ioi world finals for marketing, so the FV club is not the most important part of these publicity.

It's no wonder that Chretien thought that these marketing activities were commissioned by Longyu Group to FV Club.

Zhao Xuming was completely at a loss. What's going on?

The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry?

Longyu Group did not intentionally promote ioi's domestic qualifying competition, mainly because there was no need to waste money on it.

There are only a few teams participating in the domestic qualifying competition. Except for SUG and other three established clubs, the other participating teams are accompanying runners, which have been determined since the team selection.

Moreover, the domestic attention of this qualifying competition will not be very high, and the number of people watching the competition will not be large. Longyu Group has no plan to spend more money on the venue, but just found a studio to make do with it, thinking about going The cutscene is over.

In this case, why spend so much money on marketing?

At that time, the heat will be heated up, and the audience will come in to have a look, and this is the stage? This is the level of competition? It is far from the GPL!

Spending money does not necessarily have a good effect.

So it's not that Zhao Xuming forgot to publicize, but he deliberately didn't want to publicize with much fanfare. Just go through the motions and send the three veteran teams to the World Championships, and wait until the World Championships to promote and create heat.

Money must be spent wisely.

Unexpectedly, the FV club paid for the promotion out of their own pockets!

Zhao Xuming felt very puzzled, thinking that this qualifying competition has nothing to do with them?

It’s fine if clubs like SUG spend money on publicity. After all, they can get real popularity and traffic, but FV club is just a running company. Isn’t it a waste of money to promote it?

Seeing Zhao Xuming's bewildered face, Chretien became a little unhappy.

He tapped on the table lightly and said, "Mr. Zhao, the matter of the FV club has not had a good impact."

"Our own publicity is not strong enough. Many players get information from the FV club, but there is no news from the official side. It seems that we are very unprofessional!"

"I originally thought that the promotion of the FV club was ordered by you, and I felt that you were a bit unprofessional in handling this matter. But I didn't expect that you didn't know about it at all? This is even more unprofessional!"

"Because of the trust in Longyu Group, we have never asked about the domestic qualifying competition, but the current situation seems to be a bit of a betrayal of our trust, right?"

The corners of Zhao Xuming's mouth twitched slightly, and he was speechless for a while.

This is bad luck!

According to the original plan, the domestic qualifiers will be played casually, as long as the scene is passable, the teams are all pre-determined, and no one is watching, so why such a big fight?

It's not too late to save the money until the World Championships.

As a result, now that the FV club is doing this, it is difficult for the official to ride a tiger. Players saw that ioi's official promotion was not as good as a club? I will definitely feel that Finger Company and Longyu Group are particularly unprofessional.

To use a simple analogy, Longyu Group is like a department leader. He originally brought the whole department to fish together, but others can't see it. At most, he feels that this department is not doing enough.

As a result, suddenly someone in the department worked as hard as chicken blood and worked overtime every day, and the rest of the department was exposed and turned into a bunch of trash waiting to die.

Especially the department heads must be scolded the most.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly said, "Don't worry, it's still too late to fix it!"

"The game will only start on Saturday, and there are still two days left. We will devote some resources to publicize the ioi qualifiers, so that players will feel that the FV club just obtained insider information in advance and promoted it earlier than the official announcement. It makes us feel unprofessional."

"Furthermore, with the FV club's momentum, if we carry out publicity at this time, we should be able to achieve relatively good results."

Chretien nodded, expressing his satisfaction: "It's the best way to remedy it. I believe in your professional ability."

Zhao Xuming was smiling and calm on the surface, but in fact he was cursing inwardly.

Isn't this FV looking for trouble? Harm others and benefit yourself!

Now Longyu Group will spend a large sum of money on this qualifying competition.

Not only the advertising and marketing expenses, but also the venues of the competition must be rushed to make it more fancy, right?

As the attention increases, there must be more players who are picking faults. If the venue is not good enough, the level of the game will definitely be lowered, and it will be embarrassing.

Of course, there are still two days left before the fight starts. The time is too tight, and it is definitely too late to change the venue. We can only purchase some decorations to improve the effect of the venue as much as possible.

Zhao Xuming still couldn't figure out why the FV Club spent money to promote itself when they had nothing to do, but he didn't have time to investigate.

After all, time is tight, and there are still two days before the start of the competition, so Zhao Xuming has to devote all his energy to preparing for the qualifying competition.

...

At the same time, the imperial capital.

Tang Yishu got out of the car and set foot on the land of the imperial capital carefully.

This was her first time here, and although she was frightened along the way, miraculously, nothing happened.

But this didn't make Tang Yishu feel at ease, on the contrary, she felt more dangerous.

It may be because the previous safety measures were too good, and the bad luck did not find an opportunity to take advantage of it, and it all accumulated. I don't know if I find a breakthrough, it will suddenly explode.

Xiao Sun drove the car directly to the parking lot of the hotel. Qiu Hong had already helped book the room and waited in the lobby in advance.

According to the itinerary, eat something at noon and take a rest, go to the independent game incubation base in the afternoon, go to the cold noodle girl the next day, and return to Jingzhou in the afternoon.

Qiu Hong looked at the mechanical watch in his hand, and reckoned that the time should be about the same.

After waiting for two minutes, he looked up and saw Tang Yishu coming to the main entrance of the hotel.

The two drivers were on the left and the right like bodyguards, carefully protecting her safety, but the automatic revolving door at the entrance of the hotel suddenly stopped for some unknown reason, and the three of them froze in place.

Qiu Hong hurriedly stepped forward and opened the side door: "Xiao Tang, right? Come here!"

Tang Yishu and the two drivers had no choice but to take the side door, but as soon as they entered the lobby, the revolving door at the hotel's entrance returned to normal.

Qiu Hong didn't care, thinking it was just an accidental episode, and shook hands with Tang Yishu.

"It's been a hard journey. The three of you must be tired after a long journey. The itinerary is as follows: we will go to the nearby area for a simple meal, and then the three of you will go back to the hotel at noon to rest. At two o'clock in the afternoon, we will meet in the lobby. I'll take everyone to the hatchery base to have a look."

"The time is now...huh?"

Qiu Hong subconsciously raised his wrist to check the current time, but found that the mechanical watch that was still working just now had stopped moving.

He was a little dazed. He had worn this watch for several years without any major problems, and it had just been wound up a while ago.

How can I walk smoothly and suddenly stop?

Tang Yishu looked up at the sky in embarrassment, as if nothing had happened.

...

At noon, the independent game incubation base.

Wu Zhicheng was having dinner with several new independent game producers in the rest area.

"Look, I said that the scrambled tomatoes and eggs at Moyu Takeaway are very delicious, right? Is it different from the ones made in restaurants outside? The dishes at Moyu Takeaway are absolutely healthy."

"...Huh? Work plan? Don't worry about that, it's not a deadline that must be completed, it can be adjusted. If you think there is any new content to add, you can always find Xi Hao."

"...Don't be afraid of him. Don't take Xi Hao as your boss or manager. He is just the boss of the service department. He won't interfere with the project. He will only plan the work plan according to your ideas. How the project goes is up to you.”

"Come on, eat more food."

Wu Zhicheng, just like his predecessors, showed meticulous care for these new independent game producers, even though he had just been here for less than a month.

Originally, Wu Zhicheng thought that he would not be used to this kind of group work, but after he came, he realized that it was not the case at all!

After coming here, the development progress of "Ink Cloud and Mist" can be described in four words: rapid progress.

Wu Zhicheng also thought deeply about the difference.

Looking back now, he thought that he was efficient at making games at home, which was completely an illusion.

Because working at home is often distracted by some trivial matters, such as how to deal with the art resources of a certain part of the game, or halfway through a certain level, it is suddenly discovered that the overall framework plan is not clear and must be overthrown and restarted.

This kind of situation is often encountered, because Wu Zhicheng's planning for the whole project is not detailed and comprehensive enough, and these trivial matters will indeed distract energy.

But after coming to this incubation base, other people will help and take care of all these small matters. Wu Zhicheng himself only needs to seriously think about creativity and design, and the efficiency has naturally improved a lot.

Many independent game producers can't make it through because of this problem.

There are specializations in the art industry, even within the planning, the nature of designing gameplay, adjusting values, raising art needs, planning development progress, etc. is completely different in nature, and it is difficult for anyone to be fully proficient.

Once you are not good at a certain part, it will take a lot of energy to make up for this shortcoming.

But now with the help of the incubation base, independent game producers such as Wu Zhicheng only need to be responsible for the creativity and game design, and have professionals to help with other tasks. With such a detailed division of labor, the efficiency is naturally greatly improved Promoted.

Originally, Wu Zhicheng had a little bit of social anxiety, and was a little worried about whether he would encounter those workplace problems, but after getting along with him for this period of time, he realized that his worries were completely unfounded!

As the person in charge of the administrative department, Xi Hao is very clear about the position of his department: this is just a service department.

Therefore, there is no question of who manages whom, and naturally there are no twists and turns in the workplace.

On the contrary, these indie game producers are all selected by Qiu Hong. They have high and low abilities, but their personalities are relatively simple, so they don't have so many intrigues, and they are naturally close.

Wu Zhicheng realized that in fact, there are very few people in this world who are completely autistic and do not want to communicate with others. Many people seem to be autistic and socially phobic on the surface, just because they are in a circle that is not suitable for them. .

Now Wu Zhicheng is in a circle that is very suitable for him, so he is very happy every day, and his personality is much brighter.

Everyone was having lunch talking and laughing when Xi Hao came from outside.

"Mr. Qiu may bring someone over to have a look in the afternoon. It can be regarded as an inspection. Let everyone know in advance." Xi Hao said.

Wu Zhicheng was stunned for a moment: "Is there anything that needs to be prepared in advance?"

Although Wu Zhicheng had very little formal work experience in the company, he had seen things like inspections by leaders. Generally, you have to prepare in advance to make a good impression on the leader.

To be honest, Wu Zhicheng has always been curious about who the boss behind the incubation base is, but he never got a definite answer.

On the surface, Qiu Hong is in charge of everything, but there are rumors that Qiu Hong is not the real boss, and there is someone else behind the whole poor plan.

I wonder if the person who came to inspect this time is the real boss?

Xi Hao shook his head: "There is no need to prepare anything in advance, we just show the most authentic side."

"We strictly follow Mr. Qiu's requirements, and the eight-hour work system. Although the working hours are not very long, everyone is very serious about their work and in full condition. In fact, it is higher than the working condition of 996 in many companies."

"I think it should be enough for everyone to show this serious and responsible working state as usual."