Sunday, November 5th.
Jinghai Xiyue Hotel event venue.
As one of the largest five-star luxury hotels in Jinghai, the venue for this event also looked magnificent. The gorgeous crystal chandelier above illuminated the venue brightly, and a variety of exquisite snacks and desserts were already placed on the round table in the venue.
On the big screen directly in front, under countless spotlights, a few big words were displayed:
The second "Building Dreams" game design competition design theme lottery ceremony!
The gentle and generous welcome lady introduced the contestants to the venue and guided them to sit down in their respective seats according to the name tags.
This overwhelming scene dazzled many independent game producers who had never seen the world, and even felt a little at a loss.
Lu Zhixing walked into the venue and found his and Zhao Haoyan's name tags on the relatively front table. As a result, just as he was about to ask Zhao Haoyan to sit down, he saw that he was fascinated by the exquisite gifts beside him.
The organizer has prepared small gifts for each contestant. They are small digital products that cost about two to three hundred dollars. Some are practical, some are fun, and some are silly.
In principle, each contestant could only receive one. Zhao Haoyan looked around and wanted all of them, but couldn't make up his mind.
Lu Zhixing was a little helpless and came to him and reminded him in a low voice: "You can collect these small gifts after the lottery. We are here to do business this time. Please be more careful."
Zhao Haoyan raised his head suddenly and looked around: "Snacks? Where can I get some snacks?"
When he saw the snacks on the table, his eyes lit up. He temporarily forgot about the small gifts, picked them up and took a bite.
"Huh? This snack is really good! Brother Lu, come and try it!"
Lu Zhixing: "..."
If you were an ordinary person, you would probably immediately draw a clear line with this stupid guy like Zhao Haoyan and tell others that you don't know him at all.
But Lu Zhixing is not an ordinary person after all. He has experienced hundreds of battles and experienced many outrageous social and death scenes.
Lu Zhixing sat down next to Zhao Haoyan, and also picked up the snacks and took a bite.
Well, it's really good.
It seems that the organizer is indeed very generous, and all the details have been taken care of.
In today's game design competition, each contestant can bring one additional person to participate. You can bring an assistant or a programmer, mainly to deal with some emergencies.
For example, if an investor suddenly took notice of the event, and the investor asked a professional question, but the contestant couldn't answer it, wouldn't it be a bit embarrassing?
Therefore, other contestants basically brought with them the technical backbone of the project team.
Lu Zhixing doesn't need to take care of anyone. The current status of Studio 404 is one-to-three, and he handles most of the design work single-handedly.
But he still decided to bring someone here, mainly to train him and see the world.
After spending a long time together, Lu Zhixing got to know these three roommates quite well. In fact, all three of them have potential, but they are good at different directions, so the direction of training will naturally be different.
Lu Yixiao is very eloquent, has a good image and temperament, and also has a certain degree of literary talent. When he works part-time as a host, he can speak beautiful dialogues, and his ability to handle some unexpected situations is also very good.
In the development work, you can be responsible for plot planning; if you train it, it is also suitable to be responsible for external business contacts.
Although Liu Bo doesn't have any characteristics at first glance, he is very talented in music and art and is serious and meticulous in his work.
In development work, you can hold a position such as a resource director, which is to propose art and music requirements and supervise production. In addition, he can also develop into internal management positions.
As for Zhao Haoyan, he looks thick and carefree, which makes people think that he is acting in his true self as a fool, but he has a good spatial imagination and is a good candidate for a level designer.
He is also relatively down-to-earth in his work, and his brain won't move at all if he doesn't make changes. It's very appropriate for him to be responsible for the porting and development of the game on different platforms.
As for him being bad at playing games, that's no big deal.
Many game designers are actually handicapped, and sometimes handicapped people can better see some of the detailed problems in game levels and values.
After all, people whose gaming skills are too high may not be able to understand what the world of a novice is like, and the games they create run the risk of going to extremes.
How could this small dormitory 404 be so crouching tiger, hidden dragon?
This actually corresponds to the saying: Thousand-mile horses often exist, but Bole does not always exist.
If the three of them had not met Lu Zhixing and had just gone to school and found a job step by step, or even taken a position that was not suitable for them, then their talents would most likely have been buried.
But once Lu Zhixing provides them with a platform and consciously trains them in a specific direction, they will grow rapidly and quickly gain the ability to stand alone.
Therefore, talent is important, but platform is even more important.
Just like the founding emperor in ancient times, why do capable ministers and famous generals often appear in clusters near his hometown? It’s not that he’s lucky, it’s that he provided a platform for these talents.
So what benefit does this matter have to Lu Zhixing?
The advantage is that he can quickly build a stable and reliable company structure.
Compared with the talents that can be recruited in society, these three roommates have a shortcoming in that they currently lack professional skills, but their advantage is that they have huge potential, know each other thoroughly, and absolutely trust each other and will not betray each other. Prick the road to know the action.
For Lu Zhixing, he lacks neither skills nor abilities. In terms of selecting core personnel for a start-up company, loyalty is far more important than temporary business capabilities.
This is why Lu Zhixing insisted on dividing the money earned by Studio 404 among the three people in proportion, instead of paying them dead wages.
In fact, this ratio is not high. What Lu Zhixing gives them is only a few percent of the profit. However, "share" has a special meaning compared to "fixed salary" and has a stronger motivating effect, which avoids the possibility that everyone will be alienated in the future.
As for today's occasion.
Lu Zhixing didn't think about who to bring here, but Lu Yixiao and Liu Bo happened to have something to do, so he brought Zhao Haoyan.
Soon, other contestants also took their seats.
Most of them are outstanding independent producers and heads of micro companies. Of course, there are also individual small game companies who come to try their luck.
After everyone sat down, they exchanged a few brief greetings. Before any in-depth introductions could be made, the lottery ceremony had officially begun.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the stage.
A middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties held a microphone and gave a brief introduction to the event.
“Dear investors, friends, and game producers, welcome everyone to participate in the second ‘Building Dreams’ Game Design Competition.
"I am Zhang Qi, the senior investment manager of Fuhui Capital. Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone. At the same time, I also wish all contestants to come up with excellent designs, be favored by investors, and realize their dreams as soon as possible!
"Next, please allow me to introduce the investors here..."
Following Zhang Qi's introduction, the investors sitting in the front row stood up one by one and paid tribute to the game makers present.
Lu Zhixing had heard Zhang Qi's name from Professor He Cheng before, and Li Shi should have sent him to "check" Li Rushan.
As for the investors present, they are all relatively well-known figures in the investment circle, and most of them came to support it for the sake of Fuhui Capital.
"Then, let's ask our 'Dream Builder' Mr. Li to come up with the theme for this game design competition!"
Amidst the warm applause from the audience, a fat man in a suit and ties stepped onto the stage, while a beautiful hostess stood aside holding an exquisite lottery box.
This should be Li Rushan, the prodigal grandson of Fuhui Capital.
Lu Zhixing looked up and down and found that Li Rushan was not very tall, about 172cm tall, with a somewhat stocky figure. He felt like he was "forced to do business" in this kind of situation, and he didn't seem to be particularly adaptable.
However, his eyes were clear and bright, and his temperament was fundamentally different from those of the investors who had been in the capital circle for half their lives.
Li Rushan stretched out his chubby hand, swiped in the lottery box, and finally selected a lottery.
He took it out, opened the ball in front of the audience and cameras, took out the label and unfolded it.
The camera clearly displays the text on the label on the big screen.
There was a burst of exclamation in the audience, because there were four big words written on the label:
Horror game!
