Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 539 Annual Meeting
A few minutes later, Xiao Yi loosened his tie and returned to his CEO office.

He slumped into the large leather seat, closed his eyes, and rubbed his throbbing temples.

Although he ultimately forced through the cooperation plan with Valve in the meeting room, and established "Wanmei Steam Studio" to promote the business.

But Xiao Yi was also well aware that behind the establishment of this project, there were countless people waiting to see him make a fool of himself, waiting for his new official career to end so that everything would return to normal.

The giant ship, named "Wanmei," was already covered in rust, and he could barely keep it moving forward.

"Or, why don't we just use our partnership with Steam to go find StarCraft?"

The immense pressure even caused Xiao Yi himself to waver.

Just as his thoughts were in turmoil, a sudden, uncontrollable commotion erupted outside his office.

This commotion wasn't the usual noise of work; it was a cacophony of exclamations and discussions, rising higher and higher, like boiling water bubbling and gurgling.

Xiao Yi, who was already in a bad mood, frowned even more deeply now.

He pressed the intercom, his voice tinged with impatience.

"Xiaolin, what's going on outside? Is it a tea party?"

The assistant on the other end of the phone, named Xiaolin, was clearly at a loss. Then, the discussion outside subsided a bit, and the secretary explained that the commotion was because Xingchen's annual meeting schedule for this year had been finalized.

"No, it's just Starry Sky's annual party, why are you all so excited?"

After hearing the explanation, Xiao Yi was even more confused.

Xiaolin didn't know how to answer this question, so she just rambled on and on.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi had good logical thinking skills and roughly understood what had happened.

In short, Starry Games held something called the Starry Annual Meeting this year. It is said that they booked an entire beach, and all the core members of the Starry Alliance, including those from China and Japan, were invited.

It covers several thousand people, and the budget alone is tens of millions.

Even Xiao Yi was astonished after hearing this, let alone the employees outside.

Tens of millions to host an annual meeting?
Although Starry Sky has made a lot of profit this year, there are many companies around the world that make a lot of profit, but how many bosses are willing to spend money on their employees?

“The most…the most outrageous thing is,” Xiaolin’s tone was filled with the shock of someone who had never seen anything like it, “the boss of Xingchen also reimbursed all employees who attended the annual meeting for their round-trip airfare home. It’s like everyone goes to Qiongzhou for the annual meeting, gets a vacation right away, and can even go home early to avoid the peak season…this…”

Out of consideration for their boss's reputation, Xiaolin didn't voice the second half of his sentence, which everyone was discussing as to what kind of amazing boss he was talking about.

"How do you know so clearly?"

“Hey, several of my colleagues’ friends are at Xingchen. They just received their company-booked plane tickets and posted them online.”

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A few days later, a luxury bus was driving smoothly on the highway. Song Yueying leaned against the window, resting her chin on her hand, gazing absently at the scenery rushing past outside.

This year's Starry Night Games annual meeting was as extravagant as ever, thanks to Chu Chen's generous spending.

Due to the large number of people, Xingchen even chartered several planes, and buses were needed to pick them up and drop them off at the airport.

If outsiders are so excited just from hearing about it, one can only imagine how excited Starry Sky's own employees are.

Inside the bus, the atmosphere was no longer the restrained work environment of the office; it was more like a group of college students about to go on a trip, chattering and bustling about. "Sister Ying, what are you looking at? You seem so engrossed."

Sitting next to Song Yueying was a young girl with a ponytail named He Xiaofei. She joined the company last year and was considered a newcomer at the time, but now she has become a "senior" in the company.

Song Yueying snapped out of her daze, smiled, and shook her head.

"nothing."

She glanced back slightly, and saw a long line of identical buses ahead and behind their vehicle, like a long dragon, heading towards the resort.

From a fledgling team that had to carefully budget even for server costs, to now having over a thousand employees and becoming an emerging force in the domestic game industry, it all seems like only a little over two years have passed.

The rate of expansion was undeniably rapid.

Some time ago, Starry Night Games ranked second among the dark horse companies in China's internet industry as reported by the media.
Why is it second?
The number one spot belongs to TikTok, a terrifying company with over 300 million monthly active users worldwide in February 2018. However, even if it only ranks second, StarCraft's influence is still quite exaggerated.

Seeing that Song Yueying seemed to be in a good mood, He Xiaofei became bolder, a mischievous smile on her face, "Are you thinking about the boss?"

Song Yueying's cheeks flushed slightly at the blunt teasing, and she glared at her reproachfully.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense."

He Xiaofei wasn't afraid at all.

As Song Yueying's little follower, He Xiaofei has also made great progress over the past year.

She not only made progress in art, but also learned a lot in management. Of course, maintaining a good relationship with Song Yueying, both professionally and personally, was very important to her.

To some extent, you could say she's scheming, but in this world, every relationship needs a catalyst to develop.

Because He Xiaofei often spent time with Song Yueying, she noticed early on that although Song Yueying said she didn't want others to tease her about her relationship with Chu Chen.

But in reality, the more this woman said no, the more she actually wanted it.

Don't let He Xiaofei's recent graduation fool you; young people are quick-witted. After discovering this little trick to get along well with Song Yueying...

When she has nothing to do, she will say things like she thinks the two of them are the best match.

Moreover, this young lady is quite skilled at praising people.

For example, right now, after the conversation started, He Xiaofei's eyes darted around Song Yueying's face, as if trying to find something interesting.

Song Yueying was dressed casually today, wearing a beige knitted cardigan over a simple white T-shirt, and light blue jeans that accentuated her long, straight legs.

The girl didn't wear much makeup, just a thin layer of lipstick to make her complexion look better.

Sunlight streamed through the car window, softening the sharp edge she usually possessed as a project manager. Her already delicate face appeared even more radiant and gentle in the light, with a few strands of hair falling beside her cheeks, adding a touch of languid and carefree beauty.

"I just think that if the boss were in the car right now, he would definitely be unable to take his eyes off you because you're so beautiful, Ying-jie. How about I take a picture of you and send it to the boss?"

No one else would dare to say such a thing.

(End of this chapter)