Chapter 7 Awakening from a Dream (2)
Developing a game engine is not a great achievement that a small and medium-sized game company can achieve. Even large companies can develop independently, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
I remember that a certain S company launched a project to develop the top game engine Twilight Engine, and even the theater-quality demo was made, but it was unfinished later, so the final remake of the King Heart 3 and Ultimate Dream 7 required the Void Engine, which consumed amazing manpower and material resources, and it was not worth the effort.
With the technical strength of Chengjue Studio, even a master like Chu Qiancheng, who is tens of millions, would be whimsical to do this.
"I know what you are thinking. Before yesterday, I thought my idea was going crazy. However, artificial intelligence technology has surpassed human imagination. Ali's AI Ban can design 1.1 billion posters for Double Eleven. ESRGAN 2.0 can improve the image quality of old games to the next generation. Gugou's cinema painter can turn your graffiti into an original game painting. Now, under the appropriate guidance, the brand new artificial intelligence can initially implement the automatic writing of the game engine."
When Chu Qiancheng said this, he felt a long-lost heat all over his body, which was the excitement of seeing the dawn ahead of the horizon.
The employees' dead eyes finally started to burn, and bright light gathered together like a beautiful star.
Chu Qiancheng glanced at them one by one with a firm and confident look. He hoped to inject his confidence into their hearts. No matter what their thoughts were, he hoped to guide them in the direction he imagined.
"Let's take a look at the heroine of our "Dry Bone Town"." Chu Qiancheng flexibly tapped the notebook placed beside him, and the display screen behind him became brighter.
On the screen, a robot with both arms broken and blue sparks flashing on his chest and face leaned his head crookedly against a little girl's shoulder.
The little girl sat tightly next to the robot, sitting on the high hill, wrapping her coat on the robot's shoulders, as if afraid that it would be cold.
The outer cloak trembled in the wind and swayed in the wind.
The blue light of the flashing electric sparks reflected on the little girl's face, in her eyes. Her bright big eyes reflected the lightning, as bright as a galaxy. Her face appeared and disappeared in the flash of light, and her burnt skin diffuses the young halo.
A glimmer appeared on the horizon in the east. A thin orange thread cut the dark world. The gray hills, cracked riverbeds, gray gymnosperms communities, and carpet-like mosses all appeared in this hazy orange light.
The sky became brighter and brighter, and the orange turned purple and then turned into a hazy and soft rose.
The sky seemed to have turned into a rose-colored glass patio, making everything dreamlike.
The little girl and the robot were rosy, and tears flowed out of the little girl's eyes, and each tear was refracted, diffused, reflecting the unpredictable morning light.
"Happy Twilight Festival, IG!" the little girl leaned close to the robot and whispered.
Everyone who sees this video feels dry: film-level picture quality, top-notch physical effects, impeccable lighting effects, perfect vision rendering, and impeccable character styling.
If they hadn't believed in Chu Qiancheng's personal integrity, they even thought that it was made by Chu Qiancheng asking someone to take photos on the spot and then processed later.
Everyone opened their mouths and could no longer close them. They were well versed in the plot lines and were immersed in the fictional stories in their minds, and suddenly jumped to the shock and ecstasy on the big screen.
"Woo..." A choking sound suddenly came from the quiet hall. Everyone turned around in shock, but found that the newly-employed Fu Xin was covering her mouth and sobbing quietly.
Seeing everyone looking at him in shock, Fuxin blushed: "I don't know why, I just want to cry."
Seeing everyone still staring at her blankly, Fuxin pouted: "Don't you... don't you feel sad?"
"They just want to be robots." Chu Qiancheng said with a smile.
The long-lost laughter finally rang out, which was what Cheng Jue Studio should look like. Chu Qiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, he saw Cai Jue.
"Mr. Chu, I'll delay your time." Cai Jue waved.
The work area suddenly became quiet, and all the employees subconsciously avoided Chu Qiancheng's eyes.
Mr. Chu, is it delaying your time?!... Chu Qiancheng's heart suddenly sank. This is not the style of Cai Jue talking to him. Be cautious and polite, just like a stranger.
With this heavy mood, Chu Qiancheng followed Cai Jue into his separate office. As the game director, operation director and producer, Cai Jue always believed that it was fine to keep a little distance from his subordinates.
"Son, what's the matter with dad?" Chu Qiancheng asked casually. This is their name in the university dormitory.
"Sit down and say." Cai Jue seemed to have not heard Chu Qiancheng's joke, but just stretched out his hand.
Chu Qiancheng had no choice but to sit down and straighten his back.
Cai Jue took a sip of tea. Chu Qiancheng saw wolfberry floating in the transparent teacup: Have you reached this age?
"The boss of Whale Kun came to talk to me in person..." Cai Jue looked down at the teacup.
"Tsk~~~, what am I going to do?" Chu Qiancheng smiled, "I'm here to join the shares again? I can't stop him."
"No, this time he wants to acquire us." Cai Jue said in a deep voice.
"Just, we are not listed companies, why did he acquire a merger and acquisition? It's crazy?"
"He is willing to exchange 5% of Jingkun's shares for the equity of our two. All employees who are currently working, as long as they are willing to stay in their original positions after the company merges, each person will be rewarded with an additional 3 million yuan, and they will compensate cash according to the employee equity they occupy."
"This is nearly 5 million per person!" Chu Qiancheng quickly calculated that it would cost 400 million yuan to buy employees of Chengjue Studio, not to mention 5% of the shares of this giant company. According to the stock price, this is an astronomical figure.
"The boss of Jingkun has sent people to contact all our employees. At the beginning, he bid for an annual salary of 3 million to poach them, but no one is shaken. But now..." Cai Jue shook his head.
Chengjue Studio is an employee shareholding incentive system, with all employees holding 40%, while Chu Qiancheng and Cai Jue each account for 30%.
"What do you say?" Chu Qiancheng looked at Cai Jue.
"Associated by Jingkun, you can still make games. My idea is to accept mergers and acquisitions." Cai Jue said frankly.
"My idea is absolutely impossible." Chu Qiancheng decided.
"The boss of Jingkun said that he should retain studio independence and not interfere with our decision-making." Cai Jue said anxiously.
"The nature of the work is different, and the values are different." Chu Qiancheng raised his hand and shook it.
"What's the difference? I don't think there is any difference."
"We make games, games-money-games. We make money to make better games. But groups like Whale Kun make games, money-games-more money. They make games just to make money, for the proliferation of capital. They don't care about what a good game is, and their promises are worthless."
Chu Qiancheng rubbed his forehead with his hands. The missing sleep last night began to hurt his head.
"Mr. Chu, can you not be so pedantic? If you had taken advantage of the popularity of "Soul Guardian" to launch the mobile game sequel, we would have gone to heaven. Now, after working on "Dry Bone Town" for so long, the funds are almost burned out, and the game has no shadow. Flies do not bite seamless eggs. Whale Kun saw that we were short of funds and dared to do such a big move." Cai Jue was full of resentment.
"Son, are you questioning your father. Do you think you want to sell equity?" Chu Qiancheng glared.
"It's not just me, all the employees want to sell!" Cai Jue slumped on the chair, spreading his hands, "5 million, Mr. Chu. Money is the most realistic. These employees are all your heart. Think about it for them, how much pressure you need to bear if you refuse. The family, relatives, girlfriends, boyfriends... People's hearts are dispersed, you want 81 people to challenge the 3A masterpiece, is it possible?"
Chu Qiancheng thought of the abnormality of the employees he continued to discover this morning. It turned out that they had taken such a thrilling roller coaster these days.
"If you think the money is low, I can continue to talk to the boss of Whale Kun." Cai Jue said while rubbing his face.
Chu Qiancheng suddenly stood up, opened the door of Cai Jue's office, and prepared to go out resolutely. But he saw the employees who quickly scattered outside the door. They were all eavesdropping outside the door just now.
"5 million, Mr. Chu!" Cai Jue's voice sounded behind his back, "If you refuse, of course I will be in the same mind as you, but I will ask you if you dare to drink the water that the new executive planner Fuxin pours you in the future!"
The girl who would sob softly when watching a short video appeared in Chu Qiancheng's mind.
Of course he didn't believe that such a sentimental girl would turn into a glass of heartbreak for him. However, the corrosion of such money temptation on human nature alone is enough to make people feel sad.
He gently closed the door and sat back on his seat.
Cai Jue and him looked at each other silently.
"Jingkun did not tell the employees what they offered, you said." Chu Qiancheng suddenly sighed.
"..." Cai Jue's face showed a tangled expression, but he finally did not deny it.
Chu Qiancheng looked at him with a calm face. If Cai Jue wants to sell his shares, there is no need to come forward in person.
"I've been really tired in the past few years." Cai Jue lowered his head, "I'm in charge of operations, you're in charge of production, but you make money by your ability, and I make money by your ability. Every day I'm so busy that my scalp is numb, but I always forget what I'm busy with."
Chu Qiancheng glanced at his backward hairline and pursed his lips.
"Our studio is short of people all year round. I will do a few things by myself, and my wife and children don't recognize me anymore. I want to make more money and give myself a vacation." Cai Jue mustered up the courage to look up.
Chapter completed!