Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 549 Boss, Mr. Ma has good intentions
Chen Ran stayed in Shanghai to attend winter training, and the programmers of "Golden Slam" company also started to get busy after receiving the order from their boss.

"QQ Stealing Vegetables", "Plants vs. Zombies", and "QQ Blue Moon".

They need to produce these three games this winter.

Although the workload seems heavy, it is actually much easier than developing large-scale PC games.

Just look at the programmers in Chen Ran’s company, all of whom have thick black hair, and you will know that they are the happiest group of programmers in Internet companies.

As for whether Bu Tu can become stronger, that is not something Chen Ran should consider.

Zhu Bo graduated from the Computer Science Department of a key local university in Shanghai, and then applied for a job in Chen Ran's company.

In fact, he had received offers from several other companies before, such as The9 and Shanda, both of which are also located in Shanghai.

But he still chose Chen Ran's "Golden Slam" company without hesitation, although he thought the name was a bit ridiculous.

Zhu Bo's usual hobby is playing games, and he doesn't really pay attention to tennis matches.

But the reason why he chose Chen Ran's company was because his girlfriend was a tennis enthusiast in college and often mentioned the current goat of tennis—Chen Ran—in front of him.

My girlfriend even often says that she hopes her future children, whether boy or girl, can become professional tennis players and fulfill her unfulfilled dream.

So Zhu Bo chose the "Golden Slam" company.

Because of Chen Ran and Zheng Jie, as well as the rapid economic development of China in recent years, tennis has become the number one sport for Chinese women.

In fact, in the time and space when Chen Ran has not yet become a professional tennis player, by the time of 2023, China already has seven female players who have long maintained a ranking in the top 100 of the WTA and can consistently participate in the four Grand Slam tournaments.

This number ranks second among countries in the world.

Not to mention that there are a large number of Chinese female players in the Challenge Tournament and Hope Tournament.

The emergence of Chen Ran and the influence of Zheng Jie brought this trend forward by more than ten years, attracting countless Chinese girls to join in.

"Actually, if it's a daughter, it's not impossible to give it a try, but if it's a son, will he ever succeed?"

While Zhu Bo was programming, he thought to himself, "So far, no male player has made a breakthrough except Chen Ran. This is too difficult."

My girlfriend once said that it would take a lot of initial investment for children to learn tennis in the future, but if you are an employee of Chen Ran’s company and can have a good relationship with him, the chances of success may be reduced a lot.

Thinking of this, Zhu Bo's typing speed on the keyboard increased a lot.

"Uh……"

He suddenly remembered something and looked down through the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

Since Zhu Bo was positioned next to the window, he had a very good field of vision.

"Boss, practicing again!" he muttered silently.

During this period, Chen Ran came to the company to clock in every day, even earlier than those employees.

Then, he carried his tennis bag and went to the tennis court downstairs in the company to practice.

"I've never seen anything like this in my life. Other people's bosses either stay in the company all day and never go out, or they're nowhere to be seen every day. But our boss is different. He trains downstairs in the company every day." Zhu Bo touched his forehead and couldn't help thinking.

The only thing he didn't understand was that his boss had such a high reputation and was so well-known, why would he be willing to be a little brother to Penguin?
After all, Zhu Bo is a bit of an angry young man. He thinks Penguin only knows how to plagiarize. He looks down on the other party, but he has to use their products.

If he were Chen Ran, he would definitely work alone and not be anyone's younger brother.

However, when Zhu Bo thought about his future children, who might very likely have to learn from Chen Ran, he felt that he had to maintain a good relationship with his boss. Not only did he have to work hard, but he also couldn't change jobs.

……

At this moment, Chen Ran even built a glass roof for this purpose and installed an air conditioner inside.

From then on, no matter spring, summer, winter, wind or rain, it would not affect his training. He even paid to buy the basketball court next door and converted it into a clay court.

In this way, the company now has tennis courts downstairs, both hard court and red clay.

He won’t have to go to Sanya for winter training in the future, let alone go to Europe, unless one day he has a European lover.

As for the grass? Grass is not important. There is only one month every year, so you can just fly directly to Europe.

Although it is December, the sun is shining brightly in Shanghai this year and the weather is relatively warm.

After Chen Ran finished his training, his cousin Zhu Xiaoli hurriedly found Chen Ran, followed by the company's technical director.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I need to discuss something with you at work," said Zhu Xiaoli.

"Okay, let's go upstairs and talk." Chen Ran nodded.

The group walked into the conference room.

"It's like this. Mr. Ma from Penguin bought the game adaptation rights for "Zhu Xian", but they are a bit short of manpower over there, so they asked us if we want to do it?" Zhu Xiaoli asked.

“……”Chen Ran was a little shocked.

what's the situation?
Previously, Perfect World had expressed its desire to purchase the copyright of the game "Zhu Xian", which is exactly the same as in the previous life.

Chen Ran did not refuse, and arranged a three-party meeting between Xiao Ding, the author of "Zhu Xian", Qidian.com, and Perfect Moment.

After all, according to the agreement, the contract can only take effect with the consent of all three parties.

This is not a physical book, but an online article, so the platform is very important. Chen Ran doesn't want to be a good boy, so it's impossible for him to give up this right.

However, Qidian is currently the major shareholder, and Penguin is a comrade-in-arms deliberately introduced by Chen Ran and is the second largest shareholder.

In this time and space, Qidian skipped the step of being acquired by Shanda, and with the support of two top streamers, Chen Ran and QQ, the user growth rate was much higher than the same period in the previous life, and the development momentum was directly rapid.

"Zhu Xian" should be the first novel on Qidian.com to be adapted into a game, which is of great significance.

But at the critical moment, the Penguin took action.

They regard Perfect World as their competitor, so how could they allow their representative online masterpiece to be taken away by the other party?

Therefore, Penguin matched Perfect Moment's offer without hesitation and obtained the priority rights for the game adaptation of "Zhu Xian".

But what made Chen Ran speechless was that although Pony Ma's game was acquired, the scale of Penguin was far less than that of the future, and the staff could not be adjusted.

So, this guy came to consult me ​​and asked if I should develop the game first.

"Why is Mr. Ma so deceiving?"

Chen Ran was speechless. How could he have any experience in developing large-scale PC games?

Besides, he had never planned it before.

Chen Ran wanted to decline, but both his cousin and the technical director advised him earnestly, "Boss, Mr. Ma is so kind, there's no need to refuse. Otherwise, Mr. Ma will be disappointed."

“……”Chen Ran was speechless.

Other Internet companies are trying every means to develop terminal games to increase their own survival capabilities, but Chen Ran is different. He is so hesitant to take advantage of the fat meat that is delivered to his door.

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(End of this chapter)