Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1005: VR Manual Design

April 25th, Wednesday morning.

Ye Zhizhou came to the address given by Lin Wan and arrived at Slow Movement Studio’s office.

Ye Zhizhou took over as the new person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games after Lin Wan left Shang Yang Games. The employees of Shang Yang Games had already had a farewell meal with Lin Wan.

They might be a little reluctant but as the saying went, all good things must come to an end. What’s more, appointment shifts have always been frequent in Tengda Corporation. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin knew that they would have to take over sooner or later, so they were not too sad.

What’s more, Slow Movement Studio was in Jingzhou, not far from Shang Yang Games. They could visit each other often and there would be many more chances to meet in the future.

Ye Zhizhou had come today to discuss the new game with Lin Wan.

Previously, Boss Pei had already confirmed that Slow Movement Studio’s first game would be a VR game. However, the details of the game had not been finalized.

Ye Zhizhou was here to help make decisions.

As far as Ye Zhizhou knew, apart from him and Lin Wan, there was also a product manager in charge of developing VR glasses in Shenhua’s cell phone department and a new chief planner hired by Slow Movement Studio.

Once the name and details of the game were finalized, they had to get Slow Movement Studio to move on the right track as soon as possible. Sometimes, entering the research and development process as soon as possible was the best way to sharpen the team.

Ye Zhizhou came to Slow Movement Studio and subconsciously looked at the work environment.

Yes, it was indeed similar to Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games.

Slow Movement Studio might just be established but there were already employees working on their desks. One had to admit that the efficiency of this recruitment was quite high.

Ye Zhizhou came to the conference room and sat down in an empty seat.

Lin Wan was seriously flipping through a thick stack of resumes. She picked out the ones that fit the criteria and placed them aside, preparing to invite them for an interview.

Lin Wan tidied up her resume and poked at the conference table seeing that everyone was here. “Everyone is here. Let’s start quickly. There are still a few interviews in the afternoon.”

Ye Zhizhou realized that Lin Wan was becoming more and more like a model leader. When she first arrived at Shang Yang Games, she had been hesitant and indecisive. Now, she looked more and more like a qualified leader.

“You’re very efficient. It’s only been three days and you’ve already hired new employees?” Ye Zhizhou sipped his tea as he said.

Lin Wan smiled. “Yes, the recruitment mailbox immediately exploded as soon as we put up the signboards of Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation and uploaded Shang Yang Games’ successful games.”

“Many people want to enter Tengda Games, but they can’t. They have to take exams. The benefits here are similar to Tengda’s. There is also a reputation. Many people are trying their best to get in.”

“However... I am also under a lot of pressure because of this relation to Tengda. If the game is not done well, I would really lose out to Boss Pei.”

“Let me introduce everyone. This is the current person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou. This is the product manager of Shenhua Corporation’s cell phone business, Old Song. This is the chief designer of Chi Xing Workspace, Cai Jiadong...”

Lin Wan quickly introduced everyone.

Old Song was the product manager. He was in charge of borrowing Shenhua Corporation’s resources to make the new VR glasses. Cai Jiadong was the new chief designer. His resume was unknown, but these two looked to be in their thirties or forties. They should have a lot of experience.

Cai Jiadong shook hands with Ye Zhizhou. “Nice to meet you, nice to meet you! I’ve played all the games developed by Shang Yang Games. I didn’t expect the chief designer to be so young. I’m really ashamed.”

Ye Zhizhou quickly said, “No, no. It’s all because of Tengda Corporation’s platform. I would probably still be an executive planner if not for Boss Pei.”

Both sides praised each other for a while before getting down to business.

Lin Wan distributed the documents as she said, “These are the key points that were set after the meeting with Boss Pei. Everyone, take a look.”

She looked at Ye Zhizhou and said, “We’ll do the same thing as we did at Shang Yang Games. We’ll analyze Boss Pei’s intentions first, and then determine the form of the game.”

Cai Jiadong took the document with both hands and read it very seriously, his expression extremely sincere.

He might be the chief planner of Slow Movement Studio in name but it was a false title. He was only in charge of executing the work. He could only gradually take over the design work after he got used to the work routine here.

Cai Jiadong’s resume as a designer was very good. He had many years of experience as a chief designer in a large domestic game company and had also brought out successful projects.

There were two reasons why he came to Slow Movement Studio. First, the treatment here was better than his original company. Second, it was because of Tengda Games.

Every game designer had a dream deep down.

Making games with paywalls could indeed make money, but it was only a job. It would not be very satisfying. On the other hand, being able to create a 3A game that belonged to the designer was something that the designer would be proud of.

Mission and Choice had reignited the passion of many designers like Cai Jiadong who had been silent for many years. Therefore, he accepted the job without any hesitation.

Cai Jiadong might have rich game design experience, there was a huge difference between a 3A masterpiece and a game with paywalls.

What’s more, he had long heard that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had a unique game design that belonged solely to Boss Pei. He could use this opportunity to learn from them.

He looked at the document and realized that there were a few hard rules on it, including the input of the game and VR glasses, the genre of the game, the general style, and so on.

Cai Jiadong looked at it and immediately looked shocked.

20 million yuan for the glasses and 20 million yuan for the game?

Invest so much money... into a casual game with cartoonish style?

Cai Jiadong was very confused. Based on his experience, these rules were obviously contradictory and would not work at all even though there were only a few rules in this document.

It was ridiculous enough to invest 20 million yuan in casual games with cartoonish style. Yet, he had to spend 20 million yuan to develop a VR glass for a single game?

If it were other games companies, this suggestion would definitely be rejected immediately. However, over here... it seemed to be something that they were used to?

Cai Jiadong, who had just arrived, did not dare to ask too much. He could only listen quietly.

Lin Wan looked at the product manager, Old Song, first. “How much can we achieve if we spend 20 million yuan on developing VR glasses?”

Old Song answered truthfully. “It would be enough if we were to develop the prototype of the glasses. It might even be too much. I suggest that we don’t have to invest so much money. After all, the domestic market is not big. We can’t expect it to sell well.”

“I’ll make do with a basic one. Make the concept popular and sell it to recoup the cost.”

Lin Wan immediately shook her head. “That won’t do. The research and development budget can only be more, no less. Tell me how much you can do.”

Old Song thought for a moment. “Then we can only make an issue on the controller.”

“However, controller... seems to be very difficult to be creative.”

“VR’s controller is nothing more than a joystick or a button.”

“At the moment, there are two types of handles. The first type is relatively simple. Single-handed without a joystick. There is only a simple touch board, one or two buttons, and a trigger key. The other type is more complicated. There are two joysticks with two hands. There are four buttons on the thumb, and there is a trigger key on the index finger.”

“The first type is too simple. It would not cost much if it was purely research and development. Since we have sufficient funds, we must do the second type.”

“However, the second type is already very complete. There are already buttons on each finger, which is much more in line with the design of the human body. There’s no need for us to forcibly change the design for the sake of making a new design. At most, we’ll just modify it.”

“That’s why I don’t think there’s much point in redesigning it.”

Lin Wan pondered for a moment. “What if we add more functions?”

Old Song shook his head. “There’s nothing to add. The thumbs of the two hands have to press the joystick and the four buttons on the front. The index finger has to press the trigger. How can we add functions if all the fingers are utilized?”

There was a short silence. Obviously, no one knew how to spend the money.