Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

The most viewed video was neither a dance video nor a swimsuit video, but a stand-up comedy routine by Lin Li.

This stand-up comedy routine was performed on the last day of the Summer Spark event. Lin Li spoke on the main stage as the event was about to end, promoting the Spark platform.

This kind of thing is actually quite common in internet companies.

At the beginning or end of certain events, the boss might come out and make grand promises, boast a bit, or organize some kind of emotional appeal by giving away coins to long-term users.

These are all very common.

However, Lin Li's situation this time is somewhat special.

Just when everyone thought he was going to be sentimental, he came up and did a stand-up comedy routine.

The key point is that he spoke very well, almost like a professional.

The theme of the stand-up comedy show.

The slogan is "I want to improve myself".

Chen Ming listened to a segment of this video yesterday and thought it was exceptionally well-written.

Especially many memes.

It's practically made for people in the industry.

So, after watching the video yesterday, I still wasn't satisfied, so today I specifically looked for a commentary video.

That's right, because Lin Li's "talk show" reached number one in viewership.

Surprisingly, someone did an analysis.

Surprisingly, the number of views is not low either.

It's quite a sight.

Although Chen Ming's reason for watching this was purely to pass the long time in the meeting.

"Ahem! Is everyone here? Leaders of all departments, art departments, programmers, and groups, please check everyone's attendance."

Before Chen Ming even started playing, the sound of a microphone could already be heard from afar.

Chen Ming reluctantly put away his phone.

because

The first few minutes of this meeting are the most ridiculous, when everyone has to shout slogans together.

"I swear! This week's tasks will be completed this week, without delay or carelessness, and I will be worthy of my salary, the company, and the project!"

After shouting the slogans.

The formal meeting finally began.

Chen Ming also took out his Bluetooth earphones.

As for the content of the meeting?

It's fine if you don't listen.

When Chen Ming first joined the project team last year, he was quite serious, but a year later, he realized that he had been tricked.

The Jade Dynasty World project team is not a normal project team at all.

The world of Jade Dynasty, which was first conceived in 15, is now in its third year.

Logically speaking, in a normal project development cycle, after three years, a project should have reached the point where it needs to be completed and ready for testing, or even public beta testing.

At the very least, there should be an internal test version.

But in fact.

The current world of Jade Dynasty is one without.

In Chen Ming's view, the current development team of Jade Dynasty World is a disorganized mess, with the top leaders indulging in all sorts of formalism.

They're either in meetings or on inspection tours in places like Sanya and Yunnan.

Middle-level leaders love nothing more than bragging to their subordinates about how great things were when they were making Jade Dynasty, but they don't see what they actually do.

People at the bottom, like Chen Ming, spend their days working on materials that developers don't even know if they'll ever use.

Why do we say that we're developing things that we don't know if we'll ever use?

Because his mentor once told him a truth about the Jade Dynasty world project after they had drinks during a team-building event.

"Don't take it so seriously. Nobody here is serious. The most serious people are just pretending to work seriously."

At first, Chen Ming didn't quite understand this sentence.

But soon, just as he proudly implemented a feature, he was informed that further development of that feature was cancelled.

He understood.

Looking at the bright red banner hanging on the stage, it read, "Launch this year, live up to expectations, 2018! Strive! Strive! Strive!"

Chen Ming really wanted to laugh.

Launching this year?

I don't know if it will be available before 2020.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming put on his headphones.

Chapter 482 Lin Li's Stand-up Comedy Show

As soon as I put on my headphones.

This analysis video first showed a clip from Lin Li's stand-up comedy show.

"Hello everyone! I'm Lin Li. I'm a little nervous standing here today, not because I'm afraid of standing in front of so many people, but because I'm afraid you'll discover that I'm actually a hidden stand-up comedy master, haha!"

"When you talk about being ambitious, you might think that sounds like something bosses always say, right?"

"We must innovate, we must break through, and we must become the industry leader!"

"And then what? Then we work overtime until late at night, and the next day we continue to listen to the boss's empty promises."

Compared to those leaders on stage who resembled state-owned enterprise leaders.

Lin Li, who was wearing a Hatsune Miku T-shirt on stage, undoubtedly fits the image of a game company boss that many people, including most industry practitioners such as Chen Ming, have.

Just as Chen Ming finished listening to Lin Li's words, a high-ranking member of the Zhuxian World on the stage suddenly shouted a slogan, and his voice suddenly became much louder.

We need innovation! We need breakthroughs, not to stick to the old ways, hence this engine update.

So much so that he had to tighten his earphones even more.

Lin Li delivered a series of jokes on stage, but beneath those jokes lay many truths about game development.

Last night, Chen Ming saw an analysis of what Lin Li was trying to express in his speech, along with many other posts, including an analysis of the video.

It's said that Mr. Lin uses jokes to convey his game development philosophy.

"Many people found this video funny."

"But in my opinion, Mr. Lin used this stand-up comedy show to express a core point of view."

"Innovation in games is a sign of respect for players; repetition in games is detrimental to the market."

"This viewpoint has two layers of meaning."

"The so-called innovation is respect. This means that many companies often become complacent after a certain product becomes a big hit. They stop thinking about innovation and dare not innovate. They just keep copying their own games and their own success."

"This kind of copying is like pre-cooked food. You can fool people once or twice, but if you do it too often, players will start cursing."

Chen Ming listened and nodded.

This analysis is absolutely correct.

Especially in Perfect World.

That's why I feel this way even more.

Perfect World is a typical example of a company that only replicates its own success.

After the success of the first game, Perfect World, the subsequent Jade Dynasty was just a reskin, and then a whole bunch of Jade Dynasty games followed one after another.

It's truly pathetic and lamentable.

However, there's really nothing Chen Ming can do about things that involve industry trends.

Aside from sighing that it's fortunate there are people like Mr. Lin in the industry, all I could do was comment under the video, "Your analysis is really good."

This reinforced his desire to switch jobs.

After watching the entire analysis video, Chen Ming felt more and more that he was wasting his life by staying in Perfect World, especially after watching a 10-minute analysis.

Looking up, I saw the first senior leader on the stage still explaining the second key point.

Chen Ming simply started using an internal QQ group for game industry professionals. This group, called "Spark Job Application Guide," was just as its name suggested.

It's a group of people who, like Chen Ming, wanted to switch jobs but didn't for various reasons, or who wanted to join Xinghuo.

At first, the group was quite normal.

It's about sharing some interview tips from Spark, and information about Spark's job fairs, etc.

Occasionally, one or two people will share their interview experiences and results.

It's somewhat similar to a group for preparing for civil service exams or postgraduate entrance exams.

However, just like most people who can pass the civil service exam or graduate school exam don't join the group, most people in this group are just observing.

Actually, not many people actually go for the interview.

So, over time.

This group is gradually becoming more of an industry information exchange group.

Abbreviated as Bagua Group.

Rumors spread much faster than the outside world.

Just like yesterday.

There are rumors circulating that NetEase might also build its own platform, saying that platform operation and development personnel are in high demand in China, and so on.

As it turns out, NetEase actually posted some platform development job openings on its recruitment website today.

So Chen Ming also likes to brag in this QQ group when he has nothing to do.

I just logged into the QQ group today.

Then another piece of news came.

It was a poster.

"What is this? Cloudburst Production Team? Hiring? Is the project a mature anime-style game?"

"Cloudburst? A new company? Why are they hiring so many people?"

Well known.

When you're looking for a job, it's actually quite nice to come across a newly established company.

Because everyone here is a newcomer.

Interpersonal relationships aren't that complicated, and if things go well, you might even become a veteran.

Therefore, Chen Ming was quite interested in Yunbao after seeing the company.

However, it seemed that no one in the group was discussing this poster, so Chen Ming searched for Cloudburst.

"Is Cloudburst Studio a new game studio jointly invested in by Perfect World, Shanda, The9, and 9You?"

"What the hell?"

"The studio owner and legal representative is Tang Lei? Who is that?"

"Is Yu Zhong the project manager?"

"The latest project underway is a game featuring gun-wielding girls..."

It wasn't until this point that Chen Ming realized what was happening.

Is this a resurrection of the Scatterbolt?