The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 12 The heroes of the world are within my grasp
The boss was furious, so his subordinates naturally wanted to explain.

This subordinate has been working in the workplace for a long time and has already mastered the ability to pass the buck.

Although I don't know the real reason, isn't it easy to find a few plausible excuses?
One of the reasons that seems to be reliable is:

There are also differences between painters.

"Dream Builder must have found a great artist. Maybe the decision to change the game style is to match the style of this artist."

There is another trickier reason:

Model gap.

"Although we have been preparing for a longer time, the artists have been unable to grasp the key points. It was only after inviting models to demonstrate on site last month that they began to have some clues."

“But only a few project team staff watched the presentation, and the modeling level was not very high.”

"Maybe DreamHub invited more expensive and professional models."

Fei Zhiyuan, the boss of Konjac Game, couldn't tell whether the reason given by his subordinates was correct.

But it is not important.

Anyway, for such situations, leaders have a common standard response process:

Get angry and scold them first to let them know that you are not easy to fool.

Providing support again shows that I still trust you.

Finally, I would like to warn you again that you need to see the results. If you do well, you will be rewarded, and if you do not, you will be severely punished.

This strategy can deal with more than 90% of the problems.

"I will approve another project fund for you."

"Go find a better painter."

"Go invite a higher-level model."

"I'll give you money and power, but you also have to give me results! If you don't, your position will be given to someone else!"

The men left with solemn promises.

Fei Zhiyuan sat in the boss chair and looked at the two pictures, still feeling a little uneasy.

I pulled up the revenue comparison chart of Konjac Game and Dream Building Game last month, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the gap of more than 20 times.

……

The next day, Konjac Games updated its recruitment information quite efficiently.

Many headhunting companies have also received commissions from Konjac Games and have turned their attention to the chief art director of a well-known game company in the industry.

Especially the "new original painting creator of Dream Building Game Company", the commission amount of this person is directly three times that of others.

Driven by money, these headhunting companies, which already had extensive connections, soon got Ding Nian's information.

One after another, text messages and friend requests were sent to Ding Nian.

……

……

"Buzz-buzz-"

Xu Meng looked at Ding Nian's phone vibrating again and couldn't help but ask, "Is there something urgent? Why are so many people contacting you suddenly?"

"If there's something urgent, go deal with it first. There's no rush here."

"No, maybe my phone number was leaked somewhere, and I received a lot of harassing calls."

Ding Nian hung up the phone unhappily and turned it off to get some peace and quiet.

She was accompanying Xu Meng for an interview.

The reason why Xu Meng wanted to interview in person was because the interviewee was named Tang Ya, and her stage name was [Yaya is not wearing anything today].

As you can probably guess from his stage name, he is a relatively well-known doujinshi artist who returned to China.

That’s right, Xu Meng said in the announcement before that “book artists are warmly welcomed to come ashore”, and now there are really book artists coming ashore.

Although his fame is not as household name as everyone knows, he has been in the industry for six years after graduating from college, so he can be considered a veteran in the industry. At the same time, the quality of his paintings is extremely high and has been widely praised by readers.

To show his sincerity, Xu Meng naturally had to attend in person.

The interview process is actually very simple.

When Xu Meng expressed her desire to see her work, the painter named [Yaya is not wearing anything today] not only handed over a thick printed portfolio, but also handed over a mobile phone with a pink comic APP on it. In Xu Meng's mind, she had already passed the interview.

All that was left was to go through the process and listen to the exchanges between her and Ding Nian.

The two of them, one a serious artist and the other a book artist, unexpectedly got along well when they talked. Xu Meng sat there until her butt was numb before they finally finished talking. Xu Meng didn't do anything disgusting like going back to wait for notification. She just stood up and shook hands with them: "Welcome to join Dream Building. Let's work together to create a better game!"

"Sure!" Tang Ya was very happy to feel that her boss and colleagues were easy to get along with.

So the Dream Building Art Department added another great member.

……

That afternoon, Xu Meng had another interview.

Or it can’t be called an interview, because it was someone else invited by DreamBuilding.

Previously, Xu Meng's plan to invite some writers of harem novels did not go smoothly.

Successful writers are their own bosses. They write and drive every day, look at pornographic pictures in the group, and tease their readers. They live a very comfortable life and are not willing to be someone else's grandson.

Those who are less successful often lack the ability and are not qualified for the job.

It is quite difficult to find an author who is capable enough and willing to join a class.

I am luckier: I was invited to visit Zhumeng today, and after the visit, I had a chat with Xu Meng while drinking coffee in the company's entertainment area. This person is not a small fry, but a writer who has written several popular works.

However, he felt that he was getting older and his health was getting worse. He could not keep up with the increasingly intense writing intensity in the online writing circle, and his performance was declining as a result.

So, following my wife's suggestion, I wanted to find a class with a normal work and rest schedule, which could be considered as early retirement, so I accepted the invitation.

After Xu Meng sat down, before he said anything else, he couldn't help but ask, "Can I ask why your pen name is Wheel Turner?"

He has been confused for a long time.

"Um..." The old man, who was nearly 40 years old, adjusted his glasses awkwardly, "Well..."

"Do you know Lao Ai?"

"Lao Ai?" Xu Meng blinked, and after searching for information about this character in her brain, she suddenly realized, "Oh~~~ That's what it means!"

Lao Ai was the Marquis of Changxin of the Qin State in the late Warring States Period. In his early years, he entered the palace disguised as a eunuch. He had an affair with the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji and had two sons with her. He was once very powerful, but eventually he launched a failed rebellion and was executed by King Ying Zheng of Qin, who tore him to pieces.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with his name.

What is relevant is that Lao Ai has an extremely famous specialty——

"It moves with the wheel of tung tree at its yin junction."

Translated, it means that Lao Ai could use his lower body as an axle, put it on the paulownia wood wheel, and make it rotate and move.

This is also the reason why he was recruited into the palace by Queen Dowager Zhao.

This guy chose the pen name "Wheel-Turning Man", which means he also knows the art of wheel-turning.

Xu Meng was amazed for a moment.

As expected of a harem novel writer, he is really talented!

——And he is educated, unlike those uneducated pretty boys who only say "mine is very big, please bear with it."

I just don't know if he is willing to perform.

Xu Meng really wants to see it...

"Awesome." Xu Meng gave him a thumbs up, "Brother Zhuanlun..."

“No, no, no!” Brother Zhuanlun was very anxious, “Please don’t call me like that, just call me Zheng Yi, I beg you!”

He added: "I was young and ignorant at that time, and later the fans got used to calling me that and it was hard to change... I just made the best of it these years... It would be too embarrassing to call me that in real life..."

"Haha, okay, let's talk about the "Frost and Snow Project" next?"

"Okay." Zheng Yi nodded. He really had a lot of complaints to complain about.

Before coming, he tried out "Project Frost" and went through the character settings and plot.

From his point of view, the plot and characters of this game have a lot of flaws. If it were written into an online article, readers would definitely criticize it so much that even their mothers wouldn't recognize it.

At this moment, when I chat with Xu Meng, I feel very confident and he speaks very logically.

Xu Meng nodded frequently as he listened - the two of them had highly consistent views on many things, so the more they talked, the more they got along, and the more in-depth their conversation became.

Many character changes and plot modifications were quickly finalized during this conversation.

By the time the two finished chatting, it was already time to get off work, and their stomachs were full of coffee, drinks and snacks.

Finally, the two shook hands tightly, announcing that Zheng Yi officially joined Dream Building.

The last department of DreamZhu that was leaderless and inefficient, the copywriting department, has finally been strengthened.

After recruiting two great generals in one day, Xu Meng felt that all the geniuses and heroes were within his grasp.

The situation is great!
(End of this chapter)