The Ten Years of Rebirth

Chapter 151 What the hell!uncle?
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.

Jinghe District.

Xu Yi packed his briefcase, brought his resume and other belongings, changed into a formal suit, and prepared to go out.

"Going out for an interview again?" Bi Wenli, who had just come out of her afternoon nap, glanced at his suit and asked.

"Yeah." Xu Yi put on his shoes and opened the door, nodded, "Come back after dinner."

At present, Xu Yi is working in a certain company, sitting in a small project management post, counting performance and year-end bonuses, etc., the average monthly salary is about [-] to [-].

Counting Bi Wenli's opening of a supermarket, she can earn a lot every month, so the family is actually not short of money.

However, Xu Yi's personal sense of crisis is relatively strong, especially since he is 45 years old this year. In the position of programmer, it can be said that he is super old.

The computer tycoons in the same group as him have either already dominated the domestic market, or at least they are also the top backbone of the Internet giants.

After a large factory has accumulated a certain amount of capital and contacts, once these high-level technical backbones come out to work alone and find a good idea, they can often use their accumulated various resources to soar into the sky.

But Xu Yi's foundation was too weak at the beginning. He said that he was a computer major, but in fact he relied on self-study in college.

In addition, he is more content with stability, most of the work is not to fight or grab, and he enjoys the small life of his wife and children at home, so when he works in several companies, he is basically at the same level.

At the highest level, it is the person in charge of some ordinary projects.

But he didn't really just stay in one company safely.

Generally speaking, every six months to a year, Xu Yi will re-select companies in the market and submit his resume.

I didn't really want to change jobs when I did this, but I just wanted to find out where in the current market, for programmers of his age and ability, the quotation and treatment are probably.

If the fluctuations are not too big, then he will stay in the company safely.

After all, at this age, Xu Yi must be too lazy to move if he can move, and just want to retire in the company with peace of mind.

Anyway, it's still a moderate management post. Although it can't be called a high-level backbone, it can be regarded as more than enough than the bottom.

At his stage, stability is the most important thing.

Unless there is a company that really values ​​his ability and offers a salary that is much higher than the current level, it is basically impossible for him to move his position.

Secondly, coming out for an interview is also a way to gain knowledge and broaden your horizons.

Especially emerging companies that are gaining momentum in the market, as well as start-ups that currently seem to have great potential, are Xu Yi's goals.

Although understanding this thing does not help him much in his daily work, he also wants to speculate in stocks.

Even if some companies are not listed yet, he goes to interviews in advance, goes to other companies to see the mental outlook of employees, understands the internal working status and processes, and then matches all kinds of information that can be found on the market. Researched.

In fact, Xu Yi usually has a lot of income, all of which come from stocks.

Working in the Internet field, most of the companies he likes to invest in are also in this category.

And with the take-off of the domestic Internet economy, he has earned a lot from it.

"Huh? Are you going out too?"

As soon as he walked out of the house, he ran into Xu Jian head-on.

The two brothers greeted each other, and Xu Jian knew that his younger brother was going out for an interview again.

"What company is this time?"

"It's called Qunxing Company, and there is a Tianshu studio under it, which made a mobile game called Fruit Assassin." Xu Yi followed Xu Jian downstairs, and said as he walked, "Now the monthly income is estimated to be eight figures. .”

"Hey." Xu Jian smacked his lips, "Is this crap game quite profitable?"

"That's not true, and it's still a beautiful knife." Xu Yi smiled, "A small domestic company, the game is distributed to the old beauty, and it is currently the best-selling new game, and the old beauty made it himself. Can’t beat mobile games.”

"That's amazing." As soon as he heard that he was winning glory for the country, breaking the game immediately became a good job, Xu Jian praised, "This boss is promising."

"I'm also quite curious about who the owner of this company is." Xu Yi touched his chin and said, "I guess at least he must be from a famous school. He should have worked in the game department of some big companies before, and then came out to work alone recently."

"It's amazing to earn tens of millions a month." Xu Jian shook his head and sighed, "I'm so busy now, I can only make hundreds of thousands a month."

"I heard that the online store you and your sister-in-law are running is very popular?" Xu Yi remembered this, so he asked with a smile, "I remember that kid Xu Xing's idea was to open an online store, right?"

"Tch, a blind cat met a dead mouse." Xu Jian curled his lips, and then said, "Recently, I went to talk to several foundries, trying to help Wanhui get a cheaper ex-factory price for customized models."

"However, big factories don't accept such small orders, and small factories are reluctant to accept them because of capacity problems. If they want to accept them, the price will be raised to the same level as the wholesale market. It's a headache."

"Today I have to drink with the sales managers of a few foundries. Your sister-in-law is comfortable. She stays in the store and blows on the air conditioner, so she knows how to enjoy herself."

Xu Yi smiled: "Why don't you bring your sister-in-law with you?"

"Women should stay at the base camp with peace of mind." Xu Jian walked out of the corridor and straightened his collar, "Leave the drinking to the men, let's go."

The two brothers each got into their own cars, and after leaving the community side by side, they lowered the windows of the cars and said hello for the last time, then separated left and right at the entrance of the community.

Xu Yi drove the car towards Yaoguang Pioneering Park.

……

Yaoguang Entrepreneurship Park, the seventh floor of the East Park, Tianshu Studio.

After Xu Yi parked his car in the parking lot, he took the elevator to the seventh floor, and saw the brand-new "Tianshu Studio" on the door of the office in front of him.

Next to it is a logo of the Big Dipper, the one representing Tianshu star is dyed gold and becomes more conspicuous.

"Are you also here for an interview?" A young man who also came out of the elevator, tall and strong, with thick hair and dark skin, glanced at the other two who came out together, and asked curiously.

"Yeah." The other young man nodded, looking dull and introverted, and stopped talking after a reply.

Xu Yi looked at the surviving hair of the two young people, and couldn't help touching the top of his sparse head with emotion. He could only admit that time is ruthless, and that time is like a barber.

"They're all here for interviews, right?" Xu Yi said with a chuckle, "I don't think there are any other companies interviewing on this floor."

"Uncle, is he here for an interview at such an old age?" The burly boy greeted with a smile, "Lei Wenyan, just graduated from Min University this year."

"Oh, a talented student." Xu Yi looked envious, "I'm old, and I can't compare with you young people. What's this guy's name?"

With that said, Xu Yi looked at the more introverted boy and asked.

"He Sitong." The boy whispered, "Graduated from Fuda with a master's degree."

The three walked into the door of the studio while chatting.

The secretary at the door, Peng Yuxuan, registered them, and then arranged the resumes of the three in order.

"Well, you are the last three interviewees today, please wait for a while in the empty seat next to you, there are about four interviewers in line ahead."

"OK, thanks."

The three of them were destined, so they simply sat at the same table.

Lei Wenyan, who has a more unrestrained personality, first asked: "What is the uncle's job now?"

"A job at a certain time." Xu Yi chuckled, and after answering casually, he asked curiously, "You can be regarded as graduates from prestigious universities. How did you come to interview with this company that has only been established for a few months?"

"There are more than [-] voters, and this is just one of them." He Sitong said concisely, "The company is small, but it has great potential and high chances of promotion. It is easier to get ahead than a big factory."

"I've already got offers from several game companies." Lei Wenyan scratched his head and complained, "But our domestic game companies are too aggressive, and I really don't like the games of those companies, so I just want to find one Stay with companies that make good games.”

"This Tianshu studio can only be said to be a candidate. If I can pass the interview, I will come in and stay for a while to have a look. After all, a fruit assassin has just been released, which is quite interesting. The interaction with touch-screen phones The method is shown by cutting fruit, and the planning is still very thoughtful.”

"However, if I make a lot of money and the new game starts to suck, then I guess I'll leave after a few months. I hope the boss here won't lie down."

When talking about the situation of the studio, He Sitong seemed to be in high spirits, pushed his round glasses with his middle finger, and said seriously: "I think the boss of this studio should have some ideas."

"Not only in terms of game creativity, but also in the choice of the game market."

"Now the sales of domestic buyout mobile games are not ideal, but the market mechanism in North America is very mature, and players' payment habits have been cultivated for a long time."

"Fruit Assassin chooses to upload in foreign markets instead of domestically. In my opinion, it is a very powerful and decisive decision."

"I don't care about marketing." Lei Wenyan shook his head, not very interested in this aspect, "Anyway, as long as the game is fun and innovative, then I am optimistic about this company."

"I think what He Sitong said is very interesting." Xu Yi added with a smile, "I don't know if you have paid attention to it, but the promotion of Fruit Assassin has set off a wave in North America."

"At the beginning, it was just an advertisement video on more than [-] YouTube channels, and later it rose to a dispute with the planning of Exotic Sword."

"I have been paying attention to the progress in the past two days. As a result, a blogger with more than one million followers on Youtube posted his points and skin of Fruit Assassin, which aroused quite a following."

"Yesterday, some starlets even posted screenshots of their Fruit Assassin points on Twitter, as if they were happy to use this method to shorten the distance with their fans."

At this time, He Sitong added: "It's only the [-]th today, and the sales volume has already exceeded [-] million. This is a buyout system, and the net income for a week must be at least [-] million."

Lei Wenyan: "Damn it?!"

He is generally more concerned about the quality, creativity, and playability of the game, but he doesn't care much about the specific sales and income.

Now that He Sitong said this, he suddenly felt a little different.

"More than [-] million a week?" Lei Wenyan was a little speechless, "Not [-] million a month? Nearly a billion a year? Really or not?"

"If you want to sell a billion, you need to have so many users." Xu Yi reminded with a smile, "The buyout system has an upper limit on the number of players, and it is impossible to sell endlessly."

"At present, the first three months should be a period of skyrocketing sales. After the number of players is gradually saturated, unless a sequel like Fruit Assassin 2 is launched, the sales growth will definitely decline slowly."

"Well, of course, judging from the current trend, it shouldn't be a problem to make hundreds of millions a year."

When he said this, even Xu Yi himself felt a little emotional.

It is quite easy to say a few hundred million from the mouth, but it is the dream of most gamers to make a game's income reach this level.

Especially since this is a lightweight mobile game, there is basically no technical threshold, and it does not rely on any outstanding art style. It is purely a gameplay idea.

The ability to reap hundreds of millions of profits during this period, in addition to its own outstanding ideas, is also inseparable from Pineapple’s breakthroughs in the mobile phone field, the popularity of smart touch-screen phones, and the high-quality paid game environment cultivated in North America.

In addition, the mobile game market is waiting to be developed, and most of the mobile game production thinking is still stuck on the idea of ​​end-game web games, at most it is to copy the gameplay and make minor adjustments.

The Fruit Assassin was born under such circumstances, at the most perfect timing, and crushed everything.

Only after combining the above-mentioned factors will it be discovered that the explosion of Fruit Assassin is almost impossible to replicate.

"So in fact, the most important thing for this studio at present is not how much money Fruit Assassin can make in the future, but whether it can seize this opportunity and improve the basic capabilities of its own studio."

Xu Yi concluded, "If the boss of this company is only immersed in the dream of a fruit assassin and doesn't think about making progress, even if he makes a few hundred million more, he will still be in vain in the future."

"Or he can retire now, a few hundred million is enough for him to spend his whole life."

"According to the size of Fruit Assassin, its production cost should be very small, and the ownership is estimated to be in his hands alone."

"Hehe." Lei Wenyan smiled, "Uncle, look at his recruiting posture, it doesn't look like he is going to retire, I'm curious now, is it possible for his next game to be able to copy Fruit Assassin? Miracle?"

"Actually, there is no need for such a high requirement." He Sitong said earnestly, "Fruit Assassin is such a blockbuster that you can't find it. As long as the studio's next game can reach a balance of payments, it will be considered a success in my opinion."

The three of them waited for the interview, and after chatting, they realized that they had a common language.

Xu Yi usually likes to chat with young people, and there are mostly young people in the company. When communicating with Xu Xing at home, they are also very casual.

So the two young people can chat well with this uncle.

And the more they talked, the more they felt that Fruit Assassin's success and difficulty in replicating, although it seems that Tianshu Studio has great potential at present, it is too creative in planning and has no technical accumulation.

As for such things as creativity, if you say you have it, you don’t have it. It’s too mysterious. If a game company relies on this alone, it’s hard to say that it has any special advantages.

However, after chatting like this, the three of them had a new understanding of the company from different perspectives, and they also had new considerations about whether they would choose to join.

"He Sitong, is He Sitong here?"

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the secretary Peng Yuxuan shouted at the door of the office.

"Here." When He Sitong heard his name, he immediately stood up and raised his hand to signal.

"You will be the next one." Peng Yuxuan reminded, "Please be prepared."

"Ok."

Not long after, He Sitong was called into the office for an interview.

After Peng Yuxuan sent He Sitong in, he asked the last two people here: "Which one is Lei Wenyan? The next one is you, please get ready."

"Oh well."

"The rest is Xu Yi, right? You are the last one today."

"Well, thank you."

Seeing that there was no one around, Xu Yi glanced around and found that there seemed to be no one else here except for a little girl in the corner who seemed to be working.

So, taking advantage of He Sitong's interview inside and the secretary next to him had nothing to do, Xu Yi simply went over to say hello, chatted casually, and asked curiously, "How many employees does our company have now?"

"I don't know about that either." Peng Yuxuan smiled slightly, "I also just came here in the last few days, and weekends are the rest time. Except for employees who voluntarily work overtime, everyone else does not go to work."

"Oh, so." Xu Yi nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Is the person interviewing there our boss?"

"Yes, today's interview is checked by the boss himself."

"The Fruit Assassin game is made by our boss himself, right?"

"I just came here, so I don't know very well."

"Could it be that little girl over there did it?"

"I'm only in charge of the company's administrative affairs, and I don't know anything about the game."

Looking at the secretary with a rather strict tone, Xu Yi chuckled twice, but didn't pay much attention to it. After glancing at the little girl over there, he silently moved over there.

Seeing that Peng Yuxuan didn't come to stop him, Xu Yi moved to Yan Chijiu's side, didn't peek, but coughed first to attract Yan Chijiu's attention.

"Huh?" Yan Chijiu was typing the code at this time, and suddenly found someone beside him, almost startled, "Excuse me... what can I do?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Xu Yi asked casually, "I'm just curious about what you're doing, and you seem to be the only employee around?"

"That's right." Yan Chijiu nodded, "Otherwise, why did you ask uncles for an interview?"

"Then when you made Fruit Assassin, how many people were there in the game team?" Xu Yi asked tentatively.

Yan Chijiu blinked, opened his fingers and counted carefully, and then said: "Six."

"Six." Xu Yi nodded thoughtfully, "Excellent."

The labor cost of six people for two months, considering that it is a small studio, assuming an average salary of about 6000 per person, that is more than [-] salary expenses.

Coupled with the previous publicity and advertising expenses, office land, water and electricity bills, and meal expenses, the cost is estimated to be around three to four hundred thousand.

However, the cost of the publicity part is not easy to estimate. If this part is excluded, the game production cost should only be about [-] yuan.

It's really a classic case of using small things to make big things.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi has a higher opinion of the boss of this studio.

After all, it is a team of only six people. The boss himself is probably the core of the production team. Even the planning of Fruit Assassin may be handled by this mysterious boss.

Knowing this point, Xu Yi became more and more curious about the boss behind this studio.

I don't know which big factory he is from.

The mobile game market is now in the ascendant, and it is time to start. In this regard, it can be said that domestic and foreign countries are almost on the same starting line.

Whoever can take the lead in making new games adapted to the mobile phone environment will quickly gain a share of this emerging market.

Fruit Assassin is clearly one of the best.

Being able to see this kind of opportunity in a short period of time and grasp it tightly, Xu Yi feels that such a person must have a unique vision and insight into the market.

Thinking of this, he became more interested in the next interview session.

"Lei Wenyan, it's your turn." When He Sitong came out of the office, Peng Yuxuan called out to Lei Wenyan.

But Lei Wenyan didn't rush in, but quietly asked He Sitong: "How do you say? How is the interviewer?"

"Well...how should I put it?" He Sitong came out of the office with a complex expression, as if he still had a bit of disbelief and consternation, "If the interviewer is really the owner of the studio, that would be outrageous."

"Ahem." Peng Yuxuan came over and reminded, "Please don't exchange topics related to the interview."

"Anyway, control your facial expressions." He Sitong patted Lei Wenyan on the shoulder and kindly reminded him.

"Is it so exaggerated?" Lei Wenyan muttered, walking towards the office, "Could it be tougher than me? Or a beautiful woman? Or a well-known big cow in the industry?"

Lei Wenyan pushed the door open with curiosity.

Ten minutes later, the office door opened again.

"Xu Yi, it's your turn."

Peng Yuxuan said to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi nodded, and ran into Lei Wenyan who came out head-on.

In the end, he sighed, shook his head and said in disbelief: "Damn it, I feel like I've been living on a dog for more than [-] years during the interview. People are more annoying than people."

"Is that an exaggeration?" Xu Yi laughed a little.

"Really." Lei Wenyan looked serious, looked at the sparse hair on Xu Yi's head, and added, "And I think the impact on you, uncle, should be much greater than the two of us."

"Really?" Xu Yi didn't believe it.

Think he hasn't seen such a big storm in decades?

It's just an interview, even if the boss of Tencent is sitting in it, it wouldn't be so exaggerated, right?
With this in mind, Xu Yi walked to the door of the office and held the doorknob.

The next second, the door was pushed open by him.

Xu Yi met the interviewer inside.

moment.

The faces of both of them changed drastically, and their pupils trembled.

"Xu Xing??!!"

"Fuck! Uncle?"

(End of this chapter)