Chapter 681: Qiu Hong is the Best Candidate (Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )
After having such an idea, Pei Qian also carefully considered its feasibility.
There are three lessons that must be learned.
The first is the lesson of working with Nguyen Quang Kian.
The cooperation with Ruan Guangjian now seems to be quite a failure, since "Ghost General", Ruan Guangjian has been escorting the quality of the original art of Tengda games.
Part of the success of many games is due to the high quality of the original art, which attracts players at first sight, and the graphics that perfectly match the content of the game have become a key part of the game's artistry.
Pei Qian looked back at his cooperation with Ruan Guangjian and felt that it was mainly due to his European emperor attributes.
It stands to reason that I was looking for a small painter who was not well-known at that time, and the probability of meeting a hidden bull should be very small, right?
It turned out to be a coincidence!
Who do you say this is reasoning?
So Pei Qian felt that he had to cast a wide net.
If you only invest in one or two small companies this time, you will probably have to repeat the mistakes of the past, so you must invest widely.
The more samples, the more accurate the probability, and the impact of luck can be minimized.
The second is the lesson of the acquisition of Yuyang Games.
Pei Qian recalled that when he first acquired Yuyang Games, in fact, everything was good, and the bad things were bad things that he couldn't hold back, and he wanted to make Yuyang Games lose more, so that they changed the game's krypton payment model.
As a result, "Bloody War Song" changed its conscience and established a good reputation, and after the remake + end game changed to a mobile game, it suddenly became popular.
Therefore, this time, Pei Qian felt that he absolutely could not change the original operation mode of these companies, and he couldn't even look at it.
Because sometimes it is often because of Mr. Pei's observation that things will change.
Although the "observer effect" exists in a wide range of aspects of life, Pei Qian found that it was particularly prominent in himself and had to find a way to avoid it.
Finally, there is the lesson of Dream Venture Capital investment.
So far, Dream Venture Capital has invested in IOI, shared phone booths, Xueba Come Soon, Automatic Bar Lifting Machine, etc., all of which have been successful.
The reasons for the success of these projects are different, but Pei Qian thinks about it for a while and feels that a very important reason is "attention".
Because he wants to lose money too much, Pei Qian often chooses the kind that is particularly outrageous when choosing projects, such as shared phone booths and automatic bar lifting machines.
But this kind of project, precisely because it is so outrageous, is easy to generate topicality and gain a lot of attention.
What's more, all the industries that are related to Tengda are not lacking in attention.
Coupled with a little bit of Pei Qian's European emperor attributes, once there is attention, there will always be people to buy it.
Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should choose some decent and not outrageous projects to minimize the possibility of making a big profit.
Even if a decent project earns, it is a small profit, and in the case of casting a wide net, other failed projects can offset the profit, so as not to make too much money.
Therefore, based on so many failed experiences, Pei Qian has found a new way:
Be sure to cast a wide net, the more companies you invest in, the less the impact of luck, and the greater the chance of losing money under the premise that the domestic stand-alone game has a high probability of failure.
You must not interfere with the way these companies operate, or even know what exactly they are doing, so as to minimize your "observer effect".
It is best to choose a project that is decent, improvised, and has no characteristics. In this way, there will be no chemical reaction with Tengda's fame, and it will make a lot of money inexplicably.
Pei Qian thought about it repeatedly for a long time and felt that the guidelines this time were very reliable.
After summing up so many lessons from failure, you can always lose money and succeed this time, right?
So the next question, who is responsible for this time?
I looked around and saw that there was not a single person available.
In the two departments of Tengda Games and Yuyang Games, there are many people who understand games, but Pei Qian feels uneasy.
Because they're all poisoned too deeply!
The common characteristic of Tengda employees is that they will misinterpret Mr. Pei's intentions and find the most likely way to make a profit, and their understanding of the game is completely consistent with the successful experience of Tengda Games.
Even if a person is randomly pulled out from other departments to take charge of this matter, Pei Qian feels that it may lead to failure.
After all, Pei Qian has been doing this kind of thing "let employees cross industries", and he has never won a victory.
It seems that every employee across industries has achieved success.
Let Ma Yang go?
No, IOI has learned from the past, and it is no longer possible to trust the old horse in this field.
Let Lu Mingliang go?
What's more, Lu Mingliang himself is the main planner and has a good understanding of the game industry. Besides, he did a good job in headwind logistics, what if he was transferred away, and someone else would take care of headwind logistics, and make headwind logistics profitable?
Isn't that a waste of people and money?
After thinking about it, Pei Qian felt that he had to find someone who had nothing to do with Tengda Group to do this.
It's best to know a little bit about single-player games, but not too much.
People who don't understand it at all, he will definitely have to find a professional to be a consultant when he receives this task, which is a big hidden danger; And people who know too well, one vote is accurate, this is not good.
Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of a good candidate.
Qiu Hong!
When he was in class before, Pei Qian had a general understanding of Qiu Hong's current state, and he had just failed to make a krypton gold mobile game by himself, so he came to Beijing to give a lecture and relax.
It's not easy for a successful producer to find an investment, let alone a producer who has just failed.
Moreover, Qiu Hong has already started his own business, and in the absence of financial pressure in the short term, most of them will not bow his head and go to ordinary companies to find jobs.
In other words, Qiu Hong has probably not found anything to do recently.
Although Qiu Hong also has successful experience, but the successful experience is limited to krypton gold online games, he did make stand-alone games at the beginning, but at that time he had just entered the industry, and the stand-alone game failed.
Pei Qian felt that if Qiu Hong was asked to choose Krypton gold online games, it would probably be a good choice, but if he chose a single machine, this would not be necessarily.
As for Qiu Hong, he said that he was determined not to touch a single machine again......
First of all, Qiu Hong actually doesn't reject stand-alone games, it's just that when he first entered the industry, he was hurt by making stand-alone games and using love to generate electricity, so he turned black.
Secondly, Pei Qian didn't plan to talk about dreams or big truths, it was just a very realistic matter of interests.
The reason why Qiu Hong gave up the stand-alone machine and chose online games was not to make more money and let himself live a better life.
Therefore, the key is not a stand-alone machine or an online game, but how much benefit this job can bring to Qiu Hong.
The producers of krypton gold online games are basically very realistic people, and the market tells them that this is the most profitable, so they do it.
In this case, as long as Pei Qian gives more money, he will definitely be able to dig Qiu Hong up.
After thinking about it for a long time, the more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that Qiu Hong was the best person he could find.
So the question is, how to tell him about this......
Until now, Qiu Hong still thinks he is Ma Yang.
Continue to get along with him as Ma Yang? As the person in charge of Dream Venture Capital, give Qiu Hong a task?
It's not impossible, but it's not good to deceive people.
What's more, in the future, Qiu Hong will more or less come into contact with other employees of Tengda, and sooner or later this matter will be revealed, and it is impossible to keep it hidden.
So, there is still a showdown.
The problem is how to make the showdown easier for Qiu Hong to accept.
To be open and honest is certainly unlikely. It's not that Pei Qian doesn't want to tell the truth, the problem is that he risks being warned by the system to tell part of the truth, and Qiu Hong can't believe it.
It's hard to imagine that Qiu Hong is pretending to be forced, so he brushed his sleeves and left on the spot.
Therefore, Pei Qian could only use another white lie to make it round.
told Qiu Hong that he had previously claimed that Ma Yang had asked him for advice on his failure experience, which was actually a friendly exchange and discussion between designers, and by the way, they got to know each other. Now that I know about it, I feel that I can cooperate, so it is logical to throw an olive branch.
After thinking about the rhetoric, Pei Qian dialed Qiu Hong's phone and invited him to come to Jingzhou again in the next two days to have an interview on something very important.
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Wednesday, October 12.
Wang Xiaobin is racking his brains to plan the DLC update plan for these old games of Tengda.
There are too many old games, a total of four months, and it is obviously unrealistic to update all games with a DLC, so you can only pick and choose.
Moreover, the updated content must also consider the cost performance.
There are DLCs developed by some manufacturers that can be regarded as a standalone game, with a large capacity, a high price, and a long development time.
Mr. Pei has given a total of about four months here, and it is unlikely that he will be able to do it to this extent.
Although Mr. Pei is never ambiguous in giving money, money is not omnipotent, and money can't buy time.
Therefore, the difficulty is still very high, and Wang Xiaobin is rarely responsible for such work, so he feels a lot of pressure.
"Lonely Desert Highway, do it a networking mode? Can you drive with other players and turn it into a desert road that is not lonely? ”
"Adding a 'you go, you go' mode to Game Producer? Let the narrator choose his own route, and the player will taunt the narrator in turn? ”
"Another paragraph to the plot of "Sea Fortress"? This doesn't seem necessary, but what about adding an epic weapon? It seems that Mr. Pei will still prefer the former. ”
""Turning Back to the Shore", it seems that many players feel a little bored after clearing the game for many weeks, although there are still new players entering the pit, but the viscosity of old players is basically gone. Why don't you do a challenge mode from scratch and find something for veteran players to do? ”
"Hmmm......"
"The content seems to be a bit simpler, can players buy it?"
Wang Xiaobin has some ideas, but he has little confidence in himself.
Some regular updates, such as adding a few more new generals to "Ghost General" and continuing to release some epic weapons to "Sea Fortress", I don't think there is anything new; But these ideas that I thought of are a little too small, and I'm afraid that the price of this DLC will definitely not be high, maybe it will be a loss of money.
"The former is safe but not interesting, the latter is interesting but a bit risky......"
"If it were Mr. Pei, how would he choose?"
"Mr. Pei will definitely choose the latter."
"Since Mr. Pei has entrusted me with this important task, I can't be afraid of taking the blame, I must find a way to make something new!"
Wang Xiaobin continued to think about the plan.
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Thursday, October 13th.
Zhu Xiaoce came to the hotel where Lu Zhiyao was staying.
Three days have passed since Lu Zhiyao came to Jingzhou before and stuffed him with the game book to "experience the script".
Zhu Xiaoce felt that he should come and take a look.
It's not because of any other reason, it's mainly because the script must be out in these two days, and it can't be delayed any longer.
Zhu Xiaoce had no clue, so he could only find a way to see if there were any good ideas on Lu Zhiyao's side.
Coming to the door of Lu Zhiyao's room, Zhu Xiaoce knocked lightly.
After two minutes, the door opened.
Seeing Lu Zhiyao's appearance, Zhu Xiaoce couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
When he came, the radiant and chic and handsome actor had become unkempt hair, and a short cyan stubble had grown on his chin, and he was sleepy-eyed and unfocused.
Zhu Xiaoce was a little confused: "What's the matter, playing a game, why are you still depressed?" ”
Lu Zhiyao was very helpless: "Director Zhu, your method doesn't work at all!" ”
"I've been playing games for the past few days, and I've tried as hard as you said, but I don't feel it at all."
"I've given up."