My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 160 Bamboo

After receiving Zhou Kuang's instructions, Feng Qi immediately contacted the human resources department and asked them to contact Hong Nianlong and come to the office of Megvii Games for an interview as soon as possible.

Hong Nianlong came back this time to visit his relatives and apply for a job at Kuangshi Games.

In other words, he had not yet resigned from the production company of "Warrior" at this time.

After receiving the news from Kuangshi Games, he also agreed to come over the next morning.

In order to attend this interview, Zhou Kuang canceled his meeting the next morning. He was originally planning to discuss some sponsorship matters.

After the hit of Netherworld Mountains and Seas, many domestic companies that had nothing to do with games contacted Megvii Games, hoping to obtain authorization for Netherworld Mountains and Seas.

For example, there were nearly ten coffee shop chain companies that wanted to release collaborative products. Zhou Kuang finally chose a company that offered a higher bid and had more experience in this type of collaboration.

After the joint event started, the offline store traffic of this coffee shop surged, and there was even a long queue in front of the coffee shop, blocking the road.

Finally, Uncle Hat came and restored order.

And almost all of these are players who came for the collaboration event.

They paid for the linked products and then left directly. Not many people chose to sit in the store and drink coffee.

There are countless online orders, which has even shocked the food delivery platforms.

The goods in the warehouse, which were originally intended to be used up in a month, were sold out in less than two days.

Even the linked products were put on second-hand goods websites by middlemen, with the prices increasing five or six times.

The other boss's face almost broke with laughter. He quickly contacted the factory and logistics company that produced the peripheral products and placed an expedited order to produce ten times the number of peripheral products. The first batch of goods must be delivered the next day!

He even lamented on his WeChat Moments: "The surrounding areas across the country sold out instantly, almost crashing the system. The purchasing power of men has really overturned our team's understanding."

It also comes with a photo of the peripheral products and a laughing and crying emoticon.

I don't know who spread this statement, but it instantly caused an uproar.

Many female customers who often buy coffee in the coffee shop couldn't stand it anymore and announced that they would boycott the coffee shop.

The boss was so scared that he quickly came out to explain that he was just expressing his admiration for the purchasing power of men in this event, not that women had poor purchasing power.

As a result, the female customers accused him again: Why do you think that all players of "Youming Shanhai" are male players?
What? Statistics show that over 90% of players in Netherworld are male?

So what? If we weren't there, would you be able to write or draw it?
Fan fiction and fan art still depend on us.

Although we buy fewer games and play fewer games, we have also contributed to the sales of the games!

Just talking about male purchasing power is discrimination!

The boss was helpless. No matter how he explained, he could only be scolded.

So he chose to shut his mouth and deal with the matter coldly.

Some female players also stood up and expressed their opinions, thinking that what the boss said was correct.

Who would speak completely cautiously in their circle of friends?

What's more, it's such an exciting thing.

There is no need to condemn someone for speaking out of turn.

Besides, it is also a fact that most of the people who buy the peripheral products of "Netherworld Mountains and Seas" are men.

Unfortunately, such people are ultimately a minority.

For Zhou Kuang, certain debates in the public opinion field did not arise today, nor were they entirely directed at him, so he had long been accustomed to them.

His principle in selecting partners is that they must have sufficient experience in collaboration. He cannot sacrifice the company's reputation just to make more money.

Many companies that are willing to do anything to make money save money in the production of collaborative peripheral products, resulting in players who go for the peripheral products getting "evil gods" in their hands.

Apart from the fact that these evil gods don't look like the ones in the game and their rough craftsmanship, they have almost no flaws.

After being greatly disappointed, players not only hate these shoddy collaboration companies, but also blame Megvii Games.

Are you blind or out of your mind to choose this kind of company to cooperate with?
Therefore, when choosing a partner company, you must not lose sight of the main goal.

Naturally, Zhou Kuang did not give up on business cooperation in other industries.

For example, the well-known domestic fast food restaurant McDonald's cooperated with "The Netherworld" and released a joint version of the meal.

As a result, the other party completely underestimated the popularity of the game. On the morning of the day the event started, the limited edition peripherals included in the linkage package were sold out.

They are different from coffee shops in that they have less stock and less inventory, while coffee shops have more stock but less inventory. As long as the factory is strong and continues to supply peripheral products, there will be no problem with the joint activities.

However, McKinley had no reasonable understanding of the popularity of "Netherworld Mountains and Seas", which led to the fact that when the store managers of various chain stores called to adjust the goods, they found that the stocks in the warehouse had already been taken away by others.

The inventory in the warehouse is just a drop in the bucket, and the quantity cannot even meet the restocking needs of several fast food restaurants.

In less than a day, McKinley's inventory was exhausted.

They had no choice but to announce the suspension of the event and resume selling the linkage package after the supply of goods was available.

Players who did not buy the linked products are full of complaints.

You're such a big company, but you don't even know how popular "Netherworld Mountain and Sea" is? Are your business people just there to do nothing?
Zhou Kuang was quite speechless after learning about it. Mckinley fast food restaurant has collaborated with almost all domestic cultural products, so it is no exaggeration to say that they have extremely rich experience in collaboration.

But in the end, this kind of weird thing still happened.

When he signed the cooperation agreement with the coffee shop, Zhou Kuang was a little worried that the other party did not have as much experience in cooperation as McKinley, and whether it would be unstable.

As a result, the coffee shop's joint activities were quite stable, but McKinley's side was pulled.

But now that things have come to this, Zhou Kuang can't say much.

At least no player would blame Megvii Games for the reason of out-of-stock. This is not a problem with their vision in choosing a partner company.

It is a problem of the cooperation company's own capabilities.

The biggest benefit of Zhou Kuang cooperating with these companies to sell linked products is that these collaborations are not one-time deals.

It doesn’t mean that after this month’s sales, they will never collaborate again.

Instead, these companies will hold a wave of joint activities every few months.

Of course, the scale of subsequent collaborations will definitely not be as large as when the game was first released, but it will still generate a considerable amount of revenue.

In this way, in the process of making games, Megvii Games will not only suffer from a simple outflow of funds, but will also be able to continuously obtain income from these collaborations to make up for part of the development costs.

After Zhou Kuang finished his work, he did not drive himself or ask anyone to take him home, but took a taxi and returned home.

He didn't even eat, and fell directly on the bed out of exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep until the alarm clock rang the next morning, waking him up.

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Zhou Kuang took a sip of the coffee prepared for him by his subordinates. The bitter taste rushed to his taste buds, making him frown subconsciously.

But it did cheer him up a bit, and he even felt like his thoughts were clearer.

Zhou Kuang suddenly felt that he really needed an assistant. When he first came here, he did have a secretary.

But later he felt that he would not be needed anyway, and the salary was a bit too wasteful, so he quit the position.

Now it seems that as the company grows larger, it is no longer realistic to do everything by myself.

Feng Qi's voice and another man's voice came from outside the door.

"Mr. Hong, please come in." "Thank you, you go first."

Zhou Kuang's eyes flashed, and he knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived.

He chose not to continue sitting in his seat, but stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the door.

Feng Qi walked in with a smile on his face, followed by a man.

This person is of medium height and slightly overweight, but overall he is still well-proportioned.

He wore a dark green sweater on the upper body, blue jeans on the lower body, and a fisherman's hat on his head. The visual effect looked a little strange.

Few people in China dress like this, but when Zhou Kuang thought about how long Hong Nianlong had been abroad, he didn't find it strange.

While Zhou Kuang was looking at the other person, Hong Nianlong was also speculating about the identities of the people in the room.

However, Zhou Kuang was not interested in playing guessing games with the other party, so he went up to him with a smile.

"Mr. Hong, I'm Zhou Kuang, the boss of Kuangshi Games."

At the same time he held out his hand.

Hong Nianlong was shocked. He didn't expect that the man closest to him was the boss of the other company. He quickly extended his hand to shake hands.

"Hello, Mr....Mr. Zhou!"

He was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue.

Hong Nianlong didn't expect that the other party's boss would come to the door to greet him, and a hint of joy rose in his heart in an instant.

Being valued is always a good thing.

"Mr. Hong, I've heard of you a long time ago. I admire your achievements on the Battlefield Warriors project, but I've never had the chance to meet you."

"I feel very honored that you are interested in choosing our company when you return to China this time."

Zhou Kuang seemed very sincere.

In fact, he had no idea Hong Nianlong's name. There were many Chinese people working in large European and American companies. If he remembered every Chinese name he saw, no matter how many Chinese names he had, his brain would not be enough.

However, it is true that I have admired him for a long time. Not everyone has the ability to be a combat system architect in a project like "Battlefield Warrior".

Hong Nianlong seemed flattered after hearing this, and felt a little elated.

Am I that awesome?
But it’s true! I’m that awesome!

But he quickly replied modestly, "Boss Zhou, you're really flattering. Your company is amazing."

"'Netherworld Mountains and Seas' is truly a breakthrough for domestic gaming... a breakthrough!"

Hong Nianlong thought for a long time before he remembered the translation of this word. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I haven't been back to China for too long."

"That's absolutely fine."

Zhou Kuang was naturally not surprised. Some people spoke English to show off, but some people spoke English simply because they had been in a foreign language environment for too long and could not adapt to it for a while.

Zhou Kuang felt that this was understandable.

As the two of them talked, they walked into the house. Zhou Kuang personally poured a glass of water for the other person and asked the other person to stand up and thank him again before taking it. Then he sat back in his seat.

At this time, Hong Nianlong was also shaking his head slightly and observing his surroundings.

Zhou Kuang and Feng Qi were sitting on the sofa opposite him, and there was a woman sitting on a single sofa next to him. I don’t know what she did, maybe she was also an interviewer.

This environment doesn't feel like an interview, but more like a casual chat with friends.

Zhou Kuang took a sip of coffee, looked at Hong Nianlong and said, "Mr. Hong, I won't beat around the bush. I'll just tell you what I think."

"Your resume says you want to apply for the position of combat system manager at Nether Mountain and Sea, right?"

"Yes."

Seeing the other party nodded, Zhou Kuang continued.

"However, given your qualifications, I feel this appointment is a gross overkill. I wonder if you would like to be responsible for other responsibilities?"

Hong Nianlong felt a slight movement in his heart after hearing Zhou Kuang's words.

What exactly is the other person saying? What else is going on?
"You mean?"

He probed cautiously.

"The person in charge of the entire project." Zhou Kuang said firmly.

After hearing this, Hong Nianlong's body trembled, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he immediately replied: "If possible..."

As a young genius, he became the combat system architect of "Battlefield" at the age of 26. It is impossible to say that he has no idea of ​​becoming a producer.

But he has not yet become a producer.

This is not a question of ability or willingness, but the same dilemma that many Asian employees encounter in European and American game companies.

The so-called bamboo ceiling.

The bamboo ceiling refers to the invisible barriers to advancement faced by Asian Americans in corporate America.

If you are Asian, you are born with this bamboo ceiling.

It's not completely unbreakable, but only a few people can break it.

In projects like "Battlefield Warriors", the management of European and American companies prefer to choose stable and experienced producers.

Even when promoting young producers, they would not consider Hong Nianlong, who is Asian and a foreigner.

"Of course, I want to give you a brand new project and let you be the producer and be fully responsible for everything. What do you think?"

"The tentative project theme is still the FPS game you're good at."

"I do!!"

Hong Nianlong didn't hesitate at all.

Any hesitation would be a betrayal to himself.

He waited for so many years just to become a real producer and develop games according to his own wishes.

"Okay! If you agree, then we can reach an agreement."

Hong Nianlong's face was flushed, and he was obviously very excited.

"Boss Zhou, since you trust me so much, I will definitely...I will definitely do my best!"

"I learned a lot of cutting-edge FPS game design experience in Battlefield Warriors, which I will definitely be able to use in our game."

In less than half a minute, the words that came out of Hong Nianlong's mouth became "Our Game".

"Okay!" Zhou Kuang slammed the table and stood up. This was exactly what he wanted.

"Welcome to the world's best game!"

"Thank you, Boss Zhou!"

"Call me Brother Kuang." Zhou Kuang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Kuang!"

"Congratulations." Feng Qi on the side also stood up and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)