Chapter 11 The self-taught Xiao Lu

Chapter 11 The self-taught Xiao Lu

At eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Ba woke up with a splitting headache. He picked up the mobile phone that he had been sleeping on all night, turned on the screen and breathed a sigh of relief.

so far so good……

Fortunately, this Pineapple phone has a metal body and is not easily crushed. If it had a plastic or ceramic body, it would be hard to say.

He and Yang Dong chatted for a long time last night, ranging from industry anecdotes to astronomy and geography. The two of them finished the 7 bottles of soda in the refrigerator and stayed up until one o'clock in the morning before returning to the house one after another.

"When did you wake up?"

When he got up and went to the bathroom, Chen Ba saw Yang Dong who was playing with the router in front of the computer in the living room. He said hello and asked, "Where's Zhang Xiaojuan? Why didn't you see her?"

"Go down to get the express delivery. I heard that the digital tablet has arrived."

"oh!"

Chen Ba hurriedly washed up, walked out of the bathroom and came behind Yang Dong, looking at the computer monitor that was lit in front of him: "Has the new person we talked about yesterday contacted you today?"

"Not yet, I'll call and ask."

Yang Dong put down the router in his hand, picked up his mobile phone and pressed a few times. Soon the anxious voice of a young man came from the receiver, as well as the sound of horns all around.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road. I'll be here right away. Sorry, sorry..."

The young man kept apologizing to Yang Dong. He seemed to be worried that being late on the first day of work would leave a bad impression on his colleagues and boss, so his tone was very uneasy.

"It's okay, don't worry."

"You know the address, right? If you can't find Building 4, you can just ask the security guard. We'll be waiting for you..."

Compared to the young man who was anxious, Chen Ba and Yang Dong seemed very calm. After all, they had stayed in Jiangchuan for so many years, and they could only say they understood the level of traffic congestion during the morning rush hour in the city.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Jing, sweating profusely, arrived at Tianba Game Studio.

Lu Jing was the young man who was stuck in traffic on the phone, and he was also the game planner Chen Ba was looking for for the studio.

Even though Xiao Lu is young, he is pretty good at everything. He can do everything from programming to art to writing scripts. He also taught himself how to operate new media. He is a perfect all-round substitute!

certainly!

Xiao Lu is not without his shortcomings.

His biggest shortcoming is that his diploma is not strong enough. In today's era, it is difficult to find a job with a technical secondary school degree.

If Chen Ba hadn't been eager to hire people, was very attentive to every applicant, and was willing to listen to them talk about their strengths and work experience, I'm afraid Xiao Lu wouldn't have had the chance to join Tianba Games.

"Damn it, are you self-taught?"

After Chen Ba introduced Xiao Lu, both Yang Dong and Zhang Xiaojuan were stunned.

There are still such people these days? With poor academic performance, how can he learn on his own just because of his passion to be as good as "professional-level" college students like them?

"No, you have such perseverance, why didn't you put some effort into studying in the first place?" Yang Dong was heartbroken.

Xiao Lu's experience was simply outrageous.

He is so versatile just after graduating from a technical secondary school. If he is serious enough to get into a good university, he will at least be a big shot in the future, right?

"I was too playful when I was studying."

Speaking of himself, Xiao Lu is a little shy: "At that time, I only surfed the Internet every day and was obsessed with various games. It happened that there was an uncle next door who was a game client programmer, so I pestered him to become a disciple and insisted on letting him teach me. play games……"

No wonder people always say that interest is the best teacher!

Out of his extreme love for games, although Xiao Lu had no foundation at the beginning, he made rapid progress with the help of the uncle next door.

Later, after he left school and entered society, whether he was a waiter or working in an electronics factory, he never abandoned his craft, nor did he lose contact with his "mentor".

He never gave up on his gaming dream. It was not until he saw the recruitment information posted by Chen Ba not long ago that he resolutely quit his job and chose to pursue his dream.

"I would also like to thank Brother Chen for giving me this opportunity. Thank you very much!" Xiao Lu said with a grateful face.

"Why are you thanking me? Gold will shine sooner or later. If you have the ability, there is no need to feel inferior because of your academic qualifications."

Chen Ba waved his hand, indicating that he did not need to thank him in this regard.

He was recruiting employees, and it happened that Xiao Lu was qualified enough for the job. Apart from his lack of experience, there were almost no problems, so he hired them.

It's that simple!

After clapping his hands to attract everyone's attention to himself, Chen Ba then said: "Xiao Lu is here, and our studio is almost complete, so let me talk about the business!"

"This is about the production plan for the second game. Take a copy and have a look. You can say whatever you want without worrying about me..."

Distributing a stack of printed paper documents to the three of them, Chen Ba sat on the engineering chair he just bought, looking forward to everyone's enthusiastic speeches.

Along with the rustling sound of flipping through documents, Yang Dong, Xiao Lu and others quickly saw some basic information about the studio's new work.

Living in a shelter simulator!

The naming is still in the same "Chen Ba" style as always, simple and crude, and it also well continues the tradition of the previous work [Han Chuang Kudu Simulator], making people know at a glance that this is a work of the same studio.

The difference is that this new game will have richer details than the previous game, and the art style has also been greatly upgraded.

The reason why the Hanchuang Kudu simulator has a pixel style is mainly because it is limited by Chen Ba’s art skills and financial reserves, so it can only be made that way.

But this time it's different.

Chen Ba, who has money in his pocket, not only painted the characters with exquisite 2D paintings, but also planned to hire a professional outsourcing team to be responsible for the scene design and character design.

"Does this cost a lot of money?"

Xiao Lu was the first to speak: "Our studio... uh, do we have so much money?"

"Don't worry! This is not lacking."

Since Xiao Lu is new here, he still doesn’t know how much money Chen Ba earns from [Hanchuang Kudu Simulator], so it’s normal to have this kind of worry.

In order to clear up his doubts, Chen Ba didn't mind telling him the sales data of the previous game.

I saw him making a sign with a sign of "ten", and then said with a smile: "The sales volume of Hanchuang Kudu Simulator has exceeded 100,000 copies. Although I don't have many copies, it should be more than enough for outsourcing."

"so much?!"

Xiao Lu's eyes widened, shock written all over his face.

Don't look at those best-selling 3A games that often sell millions or tens of millions of copies, and the prices are too expensive, so you look down on the 100,000 sales of these 18-dollar games.

You know, [Han Chuang Kudu Simulator] is an independent game, and it was all completed by Chen Ba alone.

For an independent game produced by a single person, selling 100,000 copies is considered a great success.

No way?

No one really thinks that independent games can easily have hundreds of thousands or even millions of sales, crushing all game companies, right?

Innocent!

Games produced by other game companies are usually accompanied by large-scale publicity and promotion. How can an independent game producer have the confidence to go to a Chinese game company?

It’s not that there are no cases of independent game dark horse counterattacks, but they are so rare that it is difficult for the entire industry to have one in a year.