Chapter 1 Boss? Reserve veteran!
Dream Game Company, General Manager’s Office.
Xu Meng looked at the clean and tidy office and touched the delicate texture on the solid wood desk, which was a bit incredible.
“Can it be said that... working overtime is really a blessing?”
In the original world, he was an independent game producer. Staying up late and working overtime was as frequent as eating and drinking. In recent days, in order to catch up On the release day of the new work "Irish Ring", I was so cruel that I suddenly died suddenly when my eyes went black.
When you wake up again, you will find yourself in a different world.
The entity is in decline, the economy is in decline, and the trend of struggle and involution is rapidly retreating.
People no longer always plan for the future, but begin to focus more on the present, carpe diem, indulge in the Internet, and enjoy life.
Ever since, the entertainment industry suddenly ushered in a moment of prosperity.
Xu Meng came through time travel, and with his new identity, he was a member of this prosperity.
Still a game producer, but——
He turned directly into a boss!
From a miserable independent game producer to the owner of a game company with a hundred people, it is tantamount to going from a homeless person to a successful person in one step.
This is pie in the sky.
But before he could sort out the chaotic memories in his head, there was a sudden knock on the door.
The knock on the door was accompanied by the assistant's anxious voice:
"Boss, it's not good!"
Xu Meng had to pause his memories and said: "Come in .”
help Miss Li didn't waste a second, and instantly opened the door and walked in, "Boss, no, no, no! We are on the Shimmer hot search!"
- Shimmer is the largest social network in Xia Guo For online products, the hot search traffic is amazing.
"Isn't it a good thing to be on trending searches?" Xu Meng was puzzled.
As an independent game producer, he has released two games: "A Journey of Three" and "Saturation of Dreams".
It was only through the exposure brought by the Internet that it successfully broke through the industry, and it died suddenly without a release.
But the assistant was panicking to death: "It's a hot search saying that our game has died suddenly and the company may be about to go bankrupt!"
"???"
Xu Meng was stunned.
What the hell?
I just became the boss and the company is about to close down?
As if the threads were pulled out of the chaotic thread, the messy memory quickly became orderly——
When I graduated from college, the game and entertainment industry was booming, so I met Fu Er Their roommate Zhang Yang hit it off and founded the Dream Game Company.
Ambitiously renting houses, decorating, recruiting people, and developing games with blood and passion...
After working hard for a year and a half, the company's first game was finally released with full expectations - the two-dimensional shooting game "Frost" Snow Plan".
But after the game was released, what they received was not flowers and applause, but a series of setbacks.
Major players in the industry released major version updates on the same day, and trolls from unknown sources went crazy.
At the same time, the game’s rating was only 5.3, its reputation continued to deteriorate, revenue plummeted, and player retention data worsened day by day.
In the end, good brother Zhang Yang had to tell him in this office:
The game is beyond redemption.
His small villa has been paid to the bank, and two of the three houses have been sold. It is really unbearable.
If you delay any longer, not only will your investment be lost, but you will also owe the bank 10 million.
But my predecessor was really unwilling, so I asked him if he could let me work harder.
The final result is...
Xu Meng sideways opened the drawer on the right side of his desk and took out an agreement:
"Dream Game Company Equity Transfer Agreement"< br>
Zhang Yang unconditionally transferred 70% of his shares to Xu Meng, and also gave him a car key - it was Zhang Yang's own car.
From that day on, this game company with hundreds of employees completely belonged to Xu Meng.
If you want to show off yourself, you will go home empty-handed to your father to admit your mistake.
Before leaving, I didn’t forget to say to Xu Meng: “Don’t hold on, if it doesn’t work, go to Huacheng to find me. Wait for me to pretend to be good for a few years, earn some gold coins from dad, and let’s make a comeback!”
——Zhang Yang was afraid that his efforts would be in vain in the end, and he would be troubled by the huge bank loan, so he was vaccinated in advance.
I have to say that Zhang Yang’s vision is indeed good, and what happened next completely confirmed his prediction:
All the previous efforts were in vain.
Whether it is optimizing the game, fixing bugs, giving more benefits to players, or working hard to draw a picture and look to the future, they have not been able to restore the decline of "Frost Snow Project".
The company's liquidity is about to bottom out, but its expected future income has dropped to the bottom.
Good news: The cost of renting a server is rapidly decreasing.
Bad news: Your players are almost gone. The Dream Game Company is indeed about to go bankrupt.
Even before the bank loan can be repaid, it will be forced to close down because it cannot pay employees' wages.
"What should we do, senior? Do we want to respond?" The assistant lady was so anxious that she didn't even bother to hide the identity of her relationship.
Her name is Chen Mengling. She is actually Xu Meng and Zhang Yang's junior high school girl. She will graduate this year.
Originally, she wanted to officially join the company as soon as she graduated, but now...
It's hard to say whether she graduated first or the company went bankrupt first.
"Don't panic, let me check the situation."
Xu Meng took her phone and looked at the keyword hanging at the end of the hot search list——
# Dream Game is about to go bankrupt#
Click to find out that the publisher is [Game Observer].
According to the information from memory, this media likes to report bad news in the gaming industry. It is especially good at predicting the collapse of gaming companies, and is nicknamed "Mourning Bird".
Everyone in the industry keeps them at arm's length.
But what’s amazing is that this media always has access to a lot of internal intelligence, and has accurately predicted the collapse of many large and small studios many times. It is precisely because of this "whoever you say will die" mouth that they can create a lot of popularity every time they make predictions.
——Behind the barbaric development of the entertainment industry are losers who have fallen one after another.
“Because the market performance of “Frost Snow Project” seriously fell short of expectations, the revenue fell to the bottom and will soon bring down the Dream Game.”
“According to insiders, the company’s employees are generally worried about the future. Feeling pessimistic, some employees have begun to look for new jobs. According to industry insiders, Dream Game is expected to start large-scale layoffs this month to reduce expenses.”
“But according to a former employee of Dream Building Game Company, Dream Building Company still owes a high loan from the bank. Even if it lays off employees and cuts expenses, it will not be able to repay the loan, and in the end it will still be unable to escape the end of bankruptcy.”
“ Insider?" Xu Meng was stunned, "There is an insider in the company!"
The reaction of netizens in the comment area was also quite unfriendly. :
"You deserve it! What the hell did you do! Rubbish optimization, crooked numerical values, poor shooting feel, crazy resources, and the promised connection is not the same. To sum it up in one sentence - super shit!"
“Honestly, this is probably the two-dimensional game where the female characters are the most tightly wrapped I have ever seen.”
"The two-dimensional world is rubbish! There are more male characters than female characters! You are still engaging in CP in the game. Am I here to be a light bulb or a camera?"
"I want to be a light bulb, I Is it worth cheating in the game? ”
“With your art and modeling, let alone the two-dimensional beautiful girl, you can’t look sexy at all.”
“Light up the wax in advance.”
“Light up the wax. , light the wax, light the wax..."
...
Occasionally there is a calmer comment, and the style is also:
"In fact, I can feel the sincerity of the development team, but the ability is insufficient, and the attitude is really useless."
“First of all, I believe that the starting point of Dream Building Game is good. Secondly, you’d better not start.”
……
Xu Meng almost couldn't help laughing.
But the next second he realized: he is now the boss of Dream Building Company, and "Frost Snow Project" is the only product of Dream Building Company!
The players are scolding it so harshly, this game is obviously going to reach the center of the earth.
If there is no way to reverse this situation, the company will really go bankrupt, and he will have to bear tens of millions of loans.
Xu Meng took a breath of cold air.
He never owed so much on his mortgage in his previous life!
This is not a question of whether to be a bad guy or not, but a question of whether to be a trapeze artist or not.
No, we have to find a way to save this game!
The moment he made up his mind, a translucent light curtain suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and lines of writing emerged——
[The swimmer in the sea of information universe.]
< br>
[Game Life (Developer Edition) Binding]
[Binding Successful]
[Initial Mission Release: The Beginning of Everything]
[As an owner As a game developer who has experienced sudden death, you are deeply aware of the importance of the team. 】
[Mission goal: Create a game company]
——
“?”
Xu Meng was stunned for a moment.
“Build a game company? Don’t I already have one?”
“Do I need to build another one?”
(End of this chapter)