My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 11 Set sail
"Of course, I have one condition."

Zhou Kuang raised his index finger and spoke.

Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. This was normal. If it weren't for the conditions, he would have really thought that he was the boss's long-lost illegitimate son.

From the beginning of the interview to after he joined the company, the other party simply gave him whatever he asked for. There were even many things he hadn't even said or thought about, but they took the initiative to raise them.

At first, he just wanted to find a stand-alone project that he liked, and also had some thoughts of wanting to prove himself.

He wanted to prove to Antarctic Interactive Entertainment that the failure of "Journey to the West in Troubled Times" was entirely due to the interference and misdirection of senior management. Their profit-squeezing practices were the real cause of the project's chronic death, not his own lack of ability!
Now, he also had a thought that a gentleman would die for his friend.

Zhou Kuang trusts him so much, so he must also prove his ability and be worthy of his boss's trust!
"My condition is..." Zhou Kuang turned and nodded to the chief planner Ma Tu, "You need to discuss with Ma Tu how to change the story outline and settings."

"Of course, without changing the gameplay."

After Zhou Kuang finished speaking, Yang Ji was still staring at him, waiting for his next words.

However, Zhou Kuang had already finished speaking. He looked at Yang Ji innocently, and the other party was still waiting for his response.

Yang Ji was shocked!

It’s not because this requirement is difficult to achieve, but because this requirement is too simple!

It was so simple that he thought he might have misheard or that there was something wrong with his ears.

Because making the art style fit the game's setting is their job as artists. Only through compromise between art and planning can they achieve a perfect unity of style and ensure that players don't feel out of place when playing.

Even if Zhou Kuang didn't say it, he would still have to discuss it with Ma Tu, the chief planner, when he changed his artistic style.

When Ma Tu heard the conversation between the two, he quickly put on a smile. As smart as he was, he had long seen the position of Yang Ji in Zhou Kuang's heart.

"Brother Kuang, I will definitely cooperate with the art team to modify the game settings!"

At the same time, he turned around and nodded at Yang Ji with a smile.

Although Yang Ji didn't like people who were so slick in front of the boss, at least such people would not hinder him in the project, so he forced a smile and nodded in return.

"Okay! Then I declare that the preliminary preparations for the new project will officially begin now!" Zhou Kuang stood up and put his hands on the table.

"The art team, under the leadership of Yang Ji, adjusted the project's art style."

Yang Ji was excited and could finally start working.

"The planning team is mainly responsible for coordinating with the art team to modify the story and world view settings."

A bright light flashed in Ma Tu's eyes.

"The programmer immediately began evaluating the technical difficulty of using Unreal Engine 4 to create a 3D action-adventure game based on the gameplay and genre, and developed technical implementation and optimization plans as soon as possible."

As the chief planner, Wu Qianhe nodded calmly with the light reflecting above his head.

“We also work with the art team on audio to see what style is more suitable.”

"The operation department should talk to the channel partners and publishers." Zhou Kuang finally looked at the operation director who was slacking off.

The operations director didn't expect that his name would be called during the meeting about stand-alone games, so he quickly said, "Brother Kuang, what do you want to talk about?"

Zhou Kuang thought for a moment and said, "Let's see if any of our previous partners are willing to discuss publishing a single-player game. And ask the distributors if any are willing to invest."

"This, this..."

The operations director looked embarrassed. He knew the result without even asking, but he couldn't tell his passionate boss directly!
"It's okay, just give it a try. It's not your fault if it doesn't work." Zhou Kuang saw his embarrassment and spoke to comfort him.

"Hey, okay."

The operations director finally felt relieved. As long as he wasn't asked to make a promise about something impossible, he wouldn't lose anything by trying.

"The meeting ends here, adjourned!"

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"Oh, I'm so busy!" A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses took out a cigarette and sat on a chair, and the person next to him lit one for him.

He was a little bloated, with a round, greasy face. His eyes were so small that they looked like slits, revealing a cunning look. People who didn't know him well might think that he hadn't opened his eyes.

This person's eyebrows were sparse and messy, and they covered his eyes like weeds.

His hairline is receding, but thanks to his carefully combed short flat head, he can still hide the true appearance of his hair well.

He was wearing a designer suit, but because of his fat body, he could only button it with difficulty. He wore a ring on his left hand and a pure gold watch on his right hand.

"Boss, the operations director of Kuangshi Games is here and wants to meet you in person." The man on the side bowed and spoke humbly.

Zhao Liang glanced at his subordinate, tapped his cigarette ash into the ashtray, and said, "What is he doing here? Didn't we tell him last time that it would be a 70:30 split from now on?"

"He said it wasn't about that..."

"What's that?" He stood up with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

I used to think that Kuangshi Games had great potential. After all, their first game, "Hot Blood Battlefield", performed quite well, so I gave up 2% of the profit as a gesture of goodwill.

However, he did not expect that the result would prove that he had made a complete mistake and he was slapped in the face. After that, Kuangshi’s games could not even achieve such a simple goal as making money, let alone becoming a big hit.

Therefore, when the other party's operations director came last time, Zhao Liang asked his subordinates to tell them that he had restored the default 70:30 profit split.

Naturally, the other party did not dare to have any objections.

"He said he wanted us to invest and check out their new game."

"what?"

Zhao Liang opened his mouth in surprise, and then laughed out loud.

He didn't expect that the other party would dare to ask him for investment.

Putting aside how high his requirements are, as the boss of one of the three largest mobile game distributors in China, why would he take the risk of investing in an ordinary game company like Megvii Games?

Many well-known domestic game companies are willing to start a separate project and invest resources to cooperate with him to deepen channel relationships.

Kuangshi? Four consecutive games have lost money?

laugh.

"Let him in."

However, Zhao Liang's businessman nature prevented him from refusing. Instead, he asked his subordinates to bring people in.

"Yes."

……

After a while.

"Hello, Mr. Zhao!"

The operations director walked in and greeted Zhao Liang quickly when he saw him.

At this moment, Zhao Liang's expression changed instantly, revealing a bright smile. "Hello, hello, thank you for your hard work."

"Oh, I was wondering why you guys haven't been here for a long time. How are you doing lately?"

The operations director gave a half-hearted smile and said, "Not bad. We're working hard to advance the new project."

"Uh-huh."

Zhao Liang was already feeling a little annoyed and decided to get straight to the point.

"You said there's a game you want me to invest in?"

"Yes, please take a look."

The operations director quickly took out a document from his briefcase.

(End of this chapter)