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Chapter 358, page 0345: [Xu Fengyin's New Mission]

Chen Guiliang returned to his office and retrieved the information on Youke's employees.

He wants to find suitable talent to serve as producers, lead planners, and other similar roles on the new project. If that doesn't work, he'll poach talent from other companies.

I sat in front of the computer for a long time and suddenly saw a familiar name and photo.

Chen Guiliang called Ren Wei, the HR director of Youke, over: "What's the deal with this Chen Mo?"

Ren Wei said, "He joined the company this year. With the surge in the number of players of 'Future Era,' we recruited a batch of customer service staff in February. In his second month as a customer service representative, Chen Mo wrote a 28-page feedback report and was subsequently transferred to the 'Future Era' event planning team. In the past two or three months, he has participated in and made suggestions for all of 'Future Era's' most successful events."

Chen Guiliang stared at the name on the computer screen for a long time, completely baffled as to why this genius would join his company. And to make matters worse, start as a junior customer service representative!

Before his rebirth, Chen Guiliang started out making web games.

In the realm of web games, Chen Guiliang was at most a minor Taoist temple steward, while Chen Mo was equivalent to Zhang Sanfeng, the Wudang master, at a certain period.

"Call Chen Mo over here," Chen Guiliang said.

"Okay." Ren Wei immediately went to do it.

Before long, a young man with unusual bone structure, slightly long hair, and somewhat abstract features knocked on the door and came in.

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

"Please take a seat."

Chen Guiliang said, "You're very capable. When you joined the company in February, your base salary was only 1350 yuan. In just a few months, your salary has increased to 4500 yuan. When do you plan to resign?"

"Huh?" Chen Mo looked surprised.

Chen Guiliang said, "To tell the truth."

Chen Mo thought about it carefully: "I might quit after another year or two. I want to switch to a few more departments and learn more."

No company can keep this kind of person; he'll start his own business sooner or later.

Chen Mo's resume is very bizarre.

This person has a low level of education, having dropped out of university. It is unclear whether he dropped out on his own or was expelled by the school due to failing too many courses.

Unable to make a living after leaving school, he went to work as an internet cafe manager. Through platforms such as Taobao stores, QQ groups, and internet cafes, he earned millions in a year and a half by reselling game cards and helping people recharge SP service fees.

Then, somehow they acquired secondhand servers and started offering some gray-market data center services. They only lasted two years.

Then he opened a beauty salon with his girlfriend. But that only lasted two years.

Then I tried to make browser games, messed around with them for a year and a half, and realized that the game features I wanted were simply impossible to make with the current technology.

He initially earned several million, but now he has lost almost all of it.

If Chen Guiliang hadn't appeared, Chen Mo would have joined a company that makes web games and mobile games (Qiku).

After learning what he wanted, he switched to another web game company and turned an ordinary web game into one with a monthly revenue of 4000 million yuan.

Then, he resigned and founded Molin Games, which quickly rose to become the number one web game company.

Before his rebirth, Chen Guiliang had heard of this person very much and had even talked to an employee who had switched jobs from Molin.

The employee said that Chen Mo had a very good temper and was very patient with junior employees, often teaching them how to do things step by step. Even when employees confronted him directly, Chen Mo didn't get angry.

However, Chen Mo had two lackeys who bullied others by taking advantage of his power and were busy fighting amongst themselves all day long. Many long-time employees were forced to leave because of this.

"You graduated from a university in the south, so why did you come to the capital?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Now that things were out in the open, Chen Mo didn't hide anything: "I think Youke is amazing, able to grow from a small company to a large one so quickly. I can learn more working at Youke than at those top-tier companies. I will definitely be changing jobs in the future, and if you don't like it, Mr. Chen, I can resign now."

Chen Guiliang then asked, "How did you manage to write a 28-page feedback report after only one month as a game customer service representative?"

Chen Mo said, "Every day at work, I summarize and analyze the issues raised by players. After get off work, I also play 'Future Era' myself. By combining player feedback with my own gaming experience, I can find solutions or ways to improve the game."

Chen Guiliang asked, "Your information shows that you previously failed in your own game development business?"

Chen Mo nodded: "After a year and a half, the startup failed. I had too many ideas, and the current web game technology couldn't meet them. If I insisted on making it, I would have to abandon those ideas. But the game made that way would definitely be a mediocre work destined to fail."

"Have you ever played Dota?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Chen Mo said, "I've played it, but I'm not an expert."

Chen Guiliang said, "For the next period of time, you will continue to stay in the 'Future Era' event planning team. Then, use your off-get off work time to seriously play 'Dota'. It would be best to also go to the Dota-related communities and get to know a few members of the localization team. A month later, I need a game analysis report on 'Dota' from you, as well as detailed information on the members of the 'Dota' localization team."

Chen Mo did not immediately agree, but instead asked, "Mr. Chen, do you want to make a Dota-like game?"

Chen Guiliang neither admitted nor denied it, and said with a smile, "Are you willing to take this job? If you can deliver a satisfactory result within a month, I will make you the person in charge of the new project. If you cannot satisfy me, I will find someone else."

"I'll take this task," Chen Mo readily agreed. Chen Mo then took his leave.

Chen Guiliang continued reviewing employee files and quickly selected two more. One was a Tsinghua University graduate who had been with the company for a year and a half, and the other was a Beihang University graduate who had been with the company for two years. Both showed great potential and were worth focusing on developing.

He summoned the other two and assigned them the same task.

Let's see who does better in a month.

Whoever is the best will be in charge of the new project, and the other two will take on other roles in the project team.

Having finalized the selection, Chen Guiliang opened ACFun and browsed around.

Sigh, AcFun isn't very fun right now. Most of the videos are just reposts from Xiao Ri Ri. You can hardly find any parody videos, and the article section hasn't been opened yet.

I kind of miss Bilibili.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Guiliang called Xu Fengyin over again.

"Boss, I'm still in contact with the top talents you asked me to recommend." Xu Fengyin thought Chen Guiliang was urging her.

Chen Guiliang said, "No rush. Why have you been slacking off at work lately? You have no motivation at all."

Xu Fengyin said, "I've been drawing 'Three Kingdoms Kill' for a while now, and I'm getting a little tired of it. It used to be a creative project, but now it's become a monthly task."

The game "Three Kingdoms Kill" now releases a new general every month and updates special generals irregularly. Even the Thunder Pack generals are not yet finished.

Thanks to the surge in the number of internet users and the widespread adoption of electronic payments, the peak number of concurrent online users for "Three Kingdoms Kill" exceeded one million in April this year, and the player payment rate has been increasing!

Chen Guiliang opened a document, copied and pasted the character design of "Yasuo", and sent it to Xu Fengyin's office software email, saying: "Draw this game character."

Xu Fengyin exclaimed in delight, "You want me to design a new game? Why not just transfer me there? Leave 'Three Kingdoms Kill' to someone else."

"Draw Yasuo first, and I'll see how it looks," Chen Guiliang said.

Xu Fengyin ran back to her workstation to check her email, and a little while later ran back to the office to knock on the door: "There's only one game character. I want to know the whole game's world view, and more game information, before we determine the overall style."

Chen Guiliang pushed off the ground with both feet, plowing the chair to make room: "Come and see for yourself. These things cannot be shared for the time being."

Xu Fengyin dragged a chair over and sat down next to Chen Guiliang, carefully reading the game's various settings and story.

With nothing to do, Chen Guiliang sat on the side watching beautiful women to pass the time.

This girl has a really pretty profile, very much like something out of a Japanese shoujo manga. She's just occasionally a goofball and ruins that image, and she's also a bit lewd in private, showing signs of developing in the direction of H-manga.

"Boss, the world background of this game is so complicated!"

Xu Fengyin frowned and turned her head, only to find Chen Guiliang staring at her. She immediately blushed and glared at Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang remained unfazed: "It is indeed very complicated. I know what it should look like, but I don't know how to describe it, and I don't understand the terminology."

Xu Fengyin subconsciously brushed her hair behind her ear, as if it would make her look prettier, and then stared at the computer screen and said, "With such a complex world view, the original art style cannot be singular; it must be a highly integrated and highly commercialized style."

“Go on,” Chen Guiliang said.

Xu Fengyin said, "It should be based on American cartoon fantasy style, like the style of Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft. High saturation, faction color blocks, exaggeration, enhanced features, and light and shadow texture."

Chen Guiliang didn't understand these things, and simply said, "The characters in these two games aren't pretty."

Xu Fengyin said, "Beauty and ugliness are another matter. What I'm talking about now is the basic art style. It's about making the characters more beautiful based on the American cartoon fantasy style."

"Are the Eastern forces depicted like this too?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xu Fengyin nodded and said, "That's right. But different elements should be added for different factions. Characters with a Chinese background can be drawn with an ethereal quality. Characters with an American background can be drawn with a more wild quality. No matter what elements are added, the basic style is still American cartoon fantasy. Of course, the overall style can be a bit more realistic."

"Hmm... there are also sci-fi elements in it, cyberpunk and steampunk should be added too. Your game background is a hodgepodge, so the art style has to be a hodgepodge too."

"I also need to use digital painting techniques to show the coldness of metal, the softness of fabric, the shimmering light of magic, the luster of skin... Wow, I'm getting more and more excited as I talk about it! It's much more interesting than painting 'Three Kingdoms Kill'!"

Chen Guiliang said, "Then you draw Yasuo and Lee Sin first. I'll see what they look like."

"No problem, boss, just wait and see." Xu Fengyin said confidently.

Chen Guiliang, trying to make conversation, asked, "Has your neighbor not come looking for you again?"

Xu Fengyin said speechlessly, "That was ages ago! He got married last winter to a white-collar woman he met through a blind date. I even gave her a wedding gift, and I don't know when I'll get it back. Goodbye!"

Xu Fengyin waved and walked out, but turned back at the door: "The Summer of Little Monsters is very good. Boss, you are very talented!"

After saying that, he opened the door and left.

Chen Guiliang looked at the chair that hadn't been moved back to its original position and had no choice but to do it himself, muttering, "They have no respect for the boss at all."

(End of this chapter)