freenovelworld #280 - Recruiting the weird producers of new VR games (2 in 1 order required)
#280 - Recruiting the weird producers of new VR games (2 in 1 order required)
Lu Yu, seeing the slight hesitation in everyone's eyes, smiled and stood up, saying:
"Actually, I think everyone doesn't need to immediately associate silicone with those cups that are a specialty of Fiji.
These external devices are just to realize the interactive form of the game.
Let me give you an example, have you guys played with those kissing simulation toys that were very popular a few months ago? It's a similar principle, and many content creators have even done reviews on them, but I haven't seen anyone reject them."
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other. Although they still had some doubts, since President Lu had said so, what else could they say?
Yao Jun then stood up and said hesitantly:
"Actually… President Lu, the function of these external devices is secondary; players can simply choose not to use them. What I'm more worried about now is the core function of the glasses, which is the gaming experience.
How should I put it? This design proposal feels a bit too exaggerated.
What emotional perception light source, three-dimensional sound projection, realistic physical feedback…
Given the current development stage of the VR industry worldwide, even those high-tech companies in Silicon Valley wouldn't dare to say that their first-generation VR devices can achieve so many functions.
I feel like we're spreading ourselves a bit too thin…"
Lu Yu listened to Yao Jun's analysis and gave him an approving look.
Yao Jun's analysis coincided with his own thoughts when he was doing projects in his previous life.
When starting a project, you must make good use of Occam's razor: entities should not be multiplied without necessity.
Therefore, Mao Wuyong's idea was destined to be full of naivety and unreliability.
But that's exactly the effect he wanted!
He wouldn't have started this project if it were reliable!
"It doesn't matter, I think Teacher Mao Wuyong's idea is worth a try. Let them start working on it first."
In order to not expose his true intentions and to persuade his employees, Lu Yu racked his brains and squeezed out a new inspirational saying:
"There's an old saying that when you're just thinking without doing, everything is a problem, but once you start doing, everything is a solution. That's how life is, don't worry about anything, just do it!"
The word "life" once again sent a jolt through everyone's minds in the conference room!
Here it comes, here it comes!
President Lu's long-lost inspirational saying has arrived!
While everyone was taking out their notebooks to write down this sentence, they also felt a little more relaxed.
Since President Lu has said so, then there definitely won't be any problems!
Lu Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief at this moment.
Good, in his expectation, the VR device made by Mao Wuyong would definitely be an even more miserable failure than all the products he had made before, and because this time it had Lu Yu's strong support, Wushayong Technology's fall would be even greater than before!
The feeling of guilt and self-blame would completely make Wushayong Technology give up competing in the technology industry and become a member of the lying-flat-and-doing-nothing group.
Then, as long as I use some tricks and find a way to spread this lying-flat atmosphere throughout the company, then as long as we guard our territory, we can continuously start the cycle of earning points.
Lu Yu looked at everyone in the conference room, thinking happily in his heart, our company is already so big, why are we still competing so hard?
Isn't it better to lie flat with me?
You should be secretly happy to join a company like Peach Garden.
……
After a while, the news that Peach Garden was launching a new VR game device project began to spread within the technology circle.
In fact, because of Peach Garden's influence in the gaming field, this news began to break out of the circle and gradually spread to the public opinion fields of gaming and other fields.
After all, Wushayong Technology was also quite famous within the technology investor circle before.
It's just that this kind of fame was in a less-than-glorious form.
Those investors, after hearing that the strange startup company they had blacklisted actually had a sucker willing to take over, they all inquired and naturally learned about Peach Garden's investment.
Soon, the highly influential "Technology Weekly" magazine wrote the news headline on its website homepage:
"Peach Garden, a new dark horse in the gaming field, is deploying the research and development of VR gaming equipment."
……
Jianghai City, Longteng Group Jianghai Branch Building.
Branch General Manager Pei Shengnan was resting on his boss's chair.
He loosened the tie around his collar and took a sip of tea.
In the morning, he attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Jianghai City Longteng VR Industrial Base.
This time, the resources Longteng Group invested in the VR industry were among the best in the world.
As the future heir of the Pei family, he naturally became the vanguard of grabbing territory in this industry.
After resting for a while, he cheered up again and opened his laptop.
As a result, he saw the news feed homepage, hanging the news that Peach Garden was about to enter the VR field.
"What kind of company is Peach Garden?"
Pei Shengnan frowned. He hadn't paid much attention to Peach Garden before.
The secretary standing aside quietly leaned over and reminded:
"President Pei, Peach Garden was quite well-known in the game and live broadcast fields before, and… the founder of this company, Lu Yu, is the one who had a conflict with the daughter of Huang Shiyi, Mr. Huang, not long ago.
Now, there are many rumors in the circle that his girlfriend is Liu Mengyuan, the daughter of the Liu family."
"Oh…"
Pei Shengnan suddenly realized, "So he's the one who bullied the old Huang family's child? Such a reckless and overconfident way of doing things, no wonder he did that kind of thing."
The secretary whispered: "President Pei, do we need to use some means to beat Peach Garden now?"
"Not for the time being."
Pei Shengnan took a sip of tea and waved his hand.
Now, his goal is to seize territory from the Liu Group.
Peach Garden's current size is too small, so small that it's just a small shrimp in President Pei's eyes.
What's the difference with ants?
He, Pei Shengnan, is a titan in the industry, and he doesn't need to put himself in a public opinion vortex during the critical period of competition just to bully an unknown junior.
Since this kid named Lu is hitting the muzzle himself and getting involved in the commercial war between giants, then even if he, Pei Shengnan, does nothing, Peach Garden's only ending is to be completely crushed!
……
Shenzhen City, Liu Group Headquarters Building.
At this time, Liu Lan was also sitting on her boss's chair resting.
The delicate makeup on her face could not hide the slightly emerging dark circles.
There was no way, the group had just entered the VR field recently, and was overwhelmed by the various countermeasures of the Longteng Group.
She was already exhausted just to deal with the other party's attacks.
In the twenty years of running the Liu Group, this was the first time she had faced such strong pressure.
She sighed softly.
It seems that the grudges with the Pei family will continue for a long time.
Liu Lan lit a cigarette and casually picked up a courier box next to her and opened it.
This was sent to her by Liu Mengyuan not long ago.
Opening it, it was a bunch of Dongshan Province's specialty gifts and nourishing nutritional products, and a family photo was attached.
The content of the photo was Liu Mengyuan and Lu Yu's family, happily spending the New Year together.
Seeing the smile on her daughter's face, Liu Lan fell into a long period of contemplation.
……
As Peach Garden's entry into the VR field continued to ferment in the media and public opinion circles, various media people also expressed their opinions, expressing their disapproval of Peach Garden.
The technology self-media "Technology Veteran" with 10 million fans published a blog post:
"I think, Peach Garden's entry into VR, if it's not a marketing ploy, it's simply an egg hitting a stone.
I think, having seen the commercial war between Liu Group and Longteng Group, I'm afraid no one will easily enter the game again and stir up this muddy water.
Even big factories like Tenghui are very sensible and have not joined this VR hardware battle. Other small factories have long accepted the investment of industry giants and joined the team. How many divisions does your Peach Garden have?"
Soon, a large number of technology self-media published news releases, making obvious and sarcastic remarks:
"Peach Garden's entry into VR, is it hype or overestimation of its abilities?"
"Technology self-media experts: Peach Garden VR may become a bubble"
"As a high-threshold technology field, what courage does Peach Garden have to get involved?"
"With Longteng Group and Liu Group about to dominate the VR market, isn't Peach Garden asking for trouble?"
"Is the game company playing cross-border a rising star or an attempt to stop a chariot with one's arms?"
……
These days, the employees of Peach Garden inevitably worry when they see the online public opinion.
But Lu Yu seemed quite relaxed, and continued to provide various resource support for Wushayong Technology.
The employees looked at each other, it seems that President Lu is already confident of victory, we are probably worrying unnecessarily… right?
During this period, Lu Yu specifically called Mao Wuyong to inquire about the progress of the project and explained the employee benefits and other issues.
Mao Wuyong was overwhelmed and quickly said:
"We haven't made any achievements yet, we are really ashamed to ask for benefits,
Moreover, I always feel that if the brain hole is too big, it will have the opposite effect.
For example, not being able to grasp the focus of the product, etc.
So President Lu, should we cut off some unnecessary brain holes and focus on adapting to the game performance? I started to hesitate…"
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Lu Yu was alarmed when he heard this.
Good fellow, could it be that after hitting the south wall so many times, this group of people is finally going to turn back and realize the true meaning of making products?
That's not okay, he absolutely doesn't allow it!
So, he deliberately put on a straight face and said:
"Teacher Mao, you make me disappointed when you say that. Think about what valuable qualities I valued in you when I invested in you."
Mao Wuyong hung up the phone, a little confused.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Mengyuan's phone call came.
As the company's vice president, and also shouldering the task of earning proficiency points from 300 employees, Liu Mengyuan naturally couldn't ignore the business line.
After exchanging greetings, Mao Wuyong curiously told Liu Mengyuan about the previous phone call with Lu Yu and asked her: "What does President Lu mean?"
Liu Mengyuan smiled and said:
"Let me put it this way, Lu always has a nickname in Peach Garden, called "Old Thousand-Layer Cake"
"Actually, to be honest, we old employees are also very confused about how Peach Garden has come to this day.
But every time, the results prove that Lu is completely right.
So, you don't have to worry at all, just continue to focus on doing your own thing.
Think about your advantages, think about why Lu always acquired you in the first place.
The answer will naturally emerge."
After hanging up Liu Mengyuan's phone, Mao Wuyong relayed Liu's words to everyone.
Everyone instantly stopped being confused.
"Teacher Mao, are you saying that Lu always specifically valued our advantage of those failed product experiences, and instead felt like hiring us?"
"Is there such a possibility, I mean, is there really such an investor who is a sucker?"
"Could it be that Lu always discovered an advantage that we didn't even realize before, and then encouraged us?"
"Then why don't we put all those strange technical details that we made before into this product?"
"That's right, anyway, Lu always said, let us do whatever we want, without any taboos, why should we worry so much."
Mao Wuyong gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.
"Okay, then we'll go all out, sew! Everything can be sewn! Xiao Zhao, take out all those products that we failed to start a business with before, let's brainstorm in the conference room and check which ones can be used on the game helmet!"
……
At this time, Lu Yu was thinking that he should start working on the main task of the next cycle, making a VR game.
But now, he felt that the previous interview methods were very unreliable.
The reason is simple, whether it was Mo Xiaoxuan or Wan Xiaotong, they were all recruited through strange interview questions and waiting room observation methods, and as a result, they are now all independent hit game producers.
Is there any new way to select people?
Thinking like this, Lu Yu logged into DiLiDiLi boredly, wanting to randomly flip through some videos to change his mood, and soon found a strange live broadcast clip:
"Hahahaha, what a cute otaku girl, I'm going to fall asleep just watching this clip"
The video screen shows the live broadcast page of the Taoyuan Guangnian website. It should be an early live broadcast clip from the time Taoyuan Guangnian just started broadcasting. It mainly consists of Melissa and randomly connected viewers interacting.
A girl's room appeared in the video.
The room was filled with fragrance mist, and the whole room was pink. The bed was full of anime pillows.
The sheets were a little messy, and the just-removed pleated skirt and stockings were casually thrown on it. The computer desktop was full of various galgame icons, and the bookshelf was full of beautiful girl figures.
The owner of the room was sitting in the gaming chair next to the computer, and it was obvious that she was an otaku.
She wore black-rimmed glasses, her skin lacked blood, and she had dark circles under her eyes. The wide white shirt could not hide her plump figure and slender legs.
The girl introduced herself to Melissa, saying that she was a novelist and was writing novels on Qidian Chinese Website.
Melissa: "How do you get inspiration?"
Otaku girl: "Art comes from life, I like to observe, because observing humans is a very interesting behavior."
Seeing this, Lu Yu instantly complained: "It's as if you're not human."
Otaku Girl: "However, you can't completely rely on real-life inspiration. After all, novels need logic, but reality doesn't need any logic at all.
So, when I was gathering material, I clearly encountered many interesting scenes, but because they were too outrageous, I had to forcibly make them logical, which is really annoying to think about."
After that, the Otaku Girl chatted with Melissa about her writing habits, such as when she's tired, she'll play some lewd little games, or watch some movies with only two actors, and then she's instantly energized!
The comments section was amused:
"Goodness, she's actually an experienced driver."
"Actually, there might be three, four, or even more actors..."
On the wall behind the Otaku Girl, Lu Yu saw many game posters:
《Hoshizora Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star-》, 《The Witch's Feast》, 《Senren Banka》, 《Stella Glow Cafe and the Butterfly of Death》...
He was instantly shocked: "Holy crap! A Yuzu Soft fan!"
Lu Yu observed for a while and found that this Otaku Girl was always slow and unhurried, as if time wasn't so pressing for her.
Her smile always carried a kind of lazy elegance, her tone was soft, her voice was low, and she often accompanied her words with small yawns.
Lu Yu was even a little infected by her laziness and couldn't help but subconsciously want to put down his work and find a comfortable place to doze off.
The comments section was also complaining at this time:
"Damn, looking at this girl's expression, I can't stop yawning."
"It always feels like this girl has an aura that makes the people around her want to sleep in."
Melissa finally asked:
"Besides writing novels and making games, if you had the opportunity to choose a different way of life, what would you want to try doing?"
The Otaku Girl thought for a while and said:
"Delivering takeout, because it's a very physical job and it can completely empty my brain. And you earn money for each order you complete, so you don't have to worry about whether the novel's subscription data will collapse..."
Lu Yu was amused when he saw this:
Goodness, such a lazy and defeatist attitude towards life, not bad, a talent!
Although I don't know if there are any other girls like you on the Peach Garden Light-Year platform.
But, it's better to be lucky than early, you're it!
Lu Yu immediately sent someone to use the website's backend to send a private message to this user, extending a job invitation.
Unexpectedly, after the private message, the other party actually replied and agreed to come for an interview.
...
Three days later, this writer girl appeared in the Peach Garden interview room.
Lu Yu decided to interview her personally.
She was still wearing that JK uniform, with dark circles under her eyes, looking like she hadn't woken up yet, her image was basically no different from the live stream clips, revealing a lazy and decadent aura.
Moreover, before Lu Yu even started talking to this girl, he suddenly had a feeling that he was about to fall asleep, what was going on?