I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 525 Mascot

When Su Chengyi walked downstairs to the studio, he really saw a group of young people waiting in line to check in next to the "Disco Elysium" billboard.

Compared with the abstract style of the original version, this version, which was painted by Miss Chu herself, appears more aesthetic. Although it lacks some crazy temperament, it is more easily accepted.

This is also one of the reasons why this billboard will become a new internet celebrity check-in spot.

Su Chengyi stopped downstairs to watch for a while. The boy in front of him who was queuing up to take pictures noticed him and quickly asked enthusiastically:
“Do you need help taking a photo?”

Maybe they thought he was here alone so they couldn't take photos or check in with this poor guy.

Su Chengyi thought about it, then smiled and nodded.

"Thank you then."

"It's okay, it's okay!"

The boy was wearing a sun hat and his smile exuded the clear temperament of a college student.

Su Chengyi walked to the billboard and made a scissors gesture.

"Click."

"Okay, okay, wow buddy you are so handsome."

The boy handed the phone back to him and couldn't help but sigh.

"You are handsome."

Su Chengyi took the phone and started to brag about business.

"Since you're here to take pictures, have you bought this game?!"

The boy in the sun hat was obviously a social figure, and he started talking to the guy without any hesitation.

Su Chengyi was silent for a moment, not quite sure how to answer this question.

"If you have the means, you must buy it and try it out! It's worth investing in it!
I really, really like this game. I couldn't get over it for a long time after I finished playing it. I'm almost addicted to electronics now! !
This time I saw on the Internet that there was a special check-in place here, so I took the subway for 50 minutes just to come and see it.”

The boy kept recommending "Disco Elysium" to him.

Su Chengyi found it funny and nodded repeatedly.

This may be the advantage of independent buyout games. Most players will give rational and fair reviews, and those who don't agree will get a refund in a timely manner.

It’s different for some big pay-to-win game companies. Apart from the internet trolls, it’s hard to see real fans, let alone those who will come offline to check in and promote their games.

There are no fans, but there are a lot of victims of the game who claim to "blow up the headquarters", "shit at the door", and "self-destruct trucks".

However, when it comes to profitability, the big manufacturers are definitely far ahead.

"It's a pity that the studio is too Buddhist! They don't sell peripherals or anything like that, they just rely on fan draws!! For a non-African like me, forget it.

I really want to buy the same flight jacket as Jin Guanjing, it's so handsome. Hey, buddy, do you work here? Have you met the boss of X1 Studio?

The online rumor says that he is very young and still in school. I don’t know if it is true or not, but I think it is unlikely. After all, anyone who can make such a game must have a certain amount of experience.”

"Maybe so."

Su Chengyi laughed and looked down at his watch.

"Sorry, it's getting late. I have to go to work. See you later."

"Ah! Sorry, sorry. I never stop talking once I start."

The boy in the sun hat scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"Bye-Bye!!"

He took off his hat and waved.

Now Su Chengyi finally understood why he wore a hat, because he had a watermelon-shaped head that looked like Tony's failed experiment.

"Goodbye."

Su Chengyi nodded, turned and walked into the office building.

As soon as he reached the elevator, he met He Wufei, who had come down to pick him up on time, and was talking on the phone with a serious look on his face.

Su Chengyi paused, leaned against the wall, and waited with interest for the door of the sightseeing elevator to open.

He Wufei now looks like a complete businessman. It is hard to imagine that he was still doing rough work like painting walls and moving bricks at a construction site more than a year ago.

"The advertisement of a certain website is scheduled to be placed from 8 pm on Saturday to Sunday. Ah, Mr. Su."

He Wufei had sharp eyes and quickly spotted his boss, then immediately hung up the phone.

"That's it. Contact me later."

He smiled and seemed to want to step forward, but was a little shy and unfamiliar.

Seeing this, Su Cheng took the initiative to walk forward and gave him a hug.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

He Wufei breathed a sigh of relief.

After getting to know Lin Tong and He Wufei, Su Chengyi finally understood what it meant to do e for i.

When there is someone who is more socially anxious and introverted than you, you have no choice but to take the initiative in front of them.

"Thank you for your hard work. During my vacation, everything has to go through your hands. It must be tiring, right?"

Su Chengyi patted him on the shoulder and felt that the annual gym membership he had bought for him was very effective. He was now much healthier than his frail skeleton before.

"Not tired, I just do some odd jobs, which don't require much brainpower."

He Wufei lowered his head and smiled, then turned around and pressed the elevator button.

"They didn't know you were going back to the studio today, so they came for a surprise inspection."

"Wait a mininute."

Su Chengyi looked at the floors the elevator was ticking and thought about it.

"Ask someone to bring down a set of Disco Elysium souvenirs and peripherals. I want a complete collector's edition."

"it is good."

Although He Wufei didn't understand, he didn't ask why at the first time, but quickly sent a message in the work group.

"To the guy wearing a sun hat at the door."

Su Chengyi pointed outside the glass door. He was still enthusiastically helping others take pictures.

Perhaps every passerby who comes here because of the beautiful billboard will be forced to recommend the game to him, and those who don’t know may think that he is a water army hired by the studio.

Of course, Su Chengyi's attitude towards such "tap water" players is very friendly.

"By the way, tell him that if he has time, he is welcome to visit the X1 studio."

"Roger that, Boss."

The two took the elevator up to the studio floor, and Su Chengyi could hear the employees' laughter from a distance.

"Persimmon baby! Come here, uncle has cat strips!"

"Funny cat teasing~~"

"What a joke! Red dots are the best way to attract cats. What do you mortals know?"

"The holy fire is shining, the holy light is shining, all my disciples, meow meow meow meow!"

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Did I walk into some cat cafe by mistake?

He Wufei pushed open the glass door with some embarrassment.

As soon as Su Chengyi walked in, he saw that these big men were not doing their jobs and were surrounding the little orange cat, showing off their talents.

"What is this for?"

Su Chengyi supported his knees with his hands, lowered his head and asked slowly.

The group of people didn't even raise their heads, and explained at once:
"We are betting on today's afternoon tea. Whoever goes to see the dried persimmon cake later will get the bill for free!"

"That's it."

Su Chengyi nodded seriously.

He Wufei kept reminding them “cough cough cough” for a long time, but no one paid any attention. The persimmon cakes surrounded by the circle rolled over on the spot, and they were growing well. They were getting rounder and rounder after not being seen for a few days.

However, it seemed to have no interest in the people around it who were very excited, and just played with its tail.

Su Chengyi looked at its naive appearance and couldn't help but greet it with a smile:
"Persimmon?"

"Meow meow."

Persimmon's ears moved, as if he had caught the scent of a familiar face in the crowd.

After confirming the target, he jumped up and ran towards the outside of the encirclement.

Curious about the outcome of the bet, everyone's eyes followed its stumbling steps until it pounced on a pair of blue and white AJ1s.

"Fuck!!!"

The crowd who had been having fun just now suddenly scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing back to their workstations.

Su Chengyi bent down and picked up the persimmon cake at his feet. He glanced around and asked with a smile:

"Looks like I'm the one getting free food today?"

Seeing that he didn't seem angry about this passive behavior, the employees breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them boldly responded:
"Morning Boss!!!"

"Our boss can have a few drinks if he wants! It's my treat, my treat!"

"It turns out that Persimmon is so well behaved in front of the boss."

Su Chengyi replied "Good morning", walked to the door of his office, and drove Persimmon Cake into the room.

Before entering the door, he clapped his hands to signal everyone to pay attention.

"Today's afternoon tea is still reimbursed by the company. Thank you for your hard work."

“Thank you Boss!!!”

Everyone answered in unison.

Although he was not there, the office was obviously cleaned every day, and the cactus on the table was growing well.

Su Chengyi opened the curtains on the balcony a little, and under the sunlight, the glass windows of the tall buildings on all sides shone brightly.

He Wufei followed him in, closed the door carefully, and explained:

"People aren't usually like this. The main reason is that Dong Yu was away on a business trip these past two days. Without anyone to suppress them, their attitudes have become a little more relaxed."

"Ah."

Su Chengyi nodded and didn't care.

He knew that although the people in the studio looked lazy, they were actually more hardworking than anyone else. When there was an important task, everyone would voluntarily work overtime until three or four in the morning.

Moreover, most employees have a very strong sense of collective honor and truly regard X1 Studio as a place to fulfill their dreams. Such employees are truly trustworthy subordinates.

Therefore, Su Chengyi has always set the highest standards in terms of employee welfare, and the operating model of X1 Studio is a true two-way effort.

"Where did Brother Yuzi go on a business trip?"

As an unreliable boss, Su Chengyi asked curiously.

"Dong Yu volunteered to attend the independent game studio exchange and study session held abroad some time ago as a representative of the Disco Elysium project. Calculating the time, he should be back tomorrow."

He Wufei explained.

"That's it."

Su Chengyi pulled out a chair, sat down, and yawned.

Dong Yu has always been a very reliable person who truly loves games. He never complains about taking business trips of more than ten hours. As long as he can learn something, he is happy to do it.

“Have you arranged the travel allowance?”

"Well, we have always been of the highest standard here."

He Wufei answered as he pulled out a stack of documents from a folder.

"Most of the contracts here were signed by you during the holidays. If you have time, please take a look to see if there are any problems."

"no need."

Su Chengyi turned on the computer and shook his head.

He really hated these messy regulations, and felt dizzy just looking at them.

In order to understand these contract terms, He Wufei spent a lot of effort to study them privately, and in order to avoid pitfalls, he insisted on reading them one by one every time.

Persimmon walked around the office and came back to his feet, scratching the leg of his trousers.

Su Chengyi bent down and held it on his lap.

"I've read the weekly report you sent me. It seems that the recent development of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds project hasn't encountered any major problems. If nothing unexpected happens, it seems that my boast can be fulfilled?"

The "Haikou" he was referring to was the R&D process that he had previously mentioned to Dong Yu and He Wufei.

At that time, Su Chengyi said that he believed the development process of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" would not take more than a year.

Dong Yu can almost be said to be a die-hard fan of Su Chengyi, but he still showed an embarrassed attitude towards this.

Because in the initial conception, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is a very large project, which is completely incomparable to niche masterpieces such as "Disco Elysium".

However, the reason why Su Chengyi said this was because in his previous life he watched the development of this project by Bluehole Studio throughout the entire process, and the whole process took less than a year.

Of course, part of the reason is that there are writers in the studio who served as consultants for H1Z1.

But in a sense, Su Chengyi also played such a role.

That's why he was confident enough to say, "The production process will be completed within one year."

As it turned out, his estimate was correct once again. The current research and development progress fully supported his words, which indirectly made Dong Yu admire him even more.

Su Chengyi thought, well, sometimes I still feel a little embarrassed because my virtues are not worthy of my position.

"Yes."

He Wufei nodded. Unlike Dong Yu, he had absolute trust in Su Chengyi.

After experiencing so many things, he felt that no matter how earth-shattering the things this young master did were, it was just a normal operation for him.

As soon as Su Chengyi opened his work WeChat on the computer, Persimmon began to type on the keyboard, typing a string of confusing characters on the screen and accurately hitting the Enter key.

I originally thought that the work group would send a bunch of questions, but I didn’t expect that everyone seemed to be very understanding.

"Boss, the cat stepped on your keyboard, right? Hahahaha!"

"Persimmon is good~~Good cat~~"

"Good dried persimmons, received dried persimmons!"

"Persimmon Persimmon, I'm Sweet Potato, if you get it, please reply meow meow."

Su Chengyi looked at this very enthusiastic welcome ceremony and raised his eyebrows for a moment.

"It seems like everyone is getting along well with this little guy."

"Yes, dried persimmon is now the mascot of our studio."

He Wufei smiled slightly and continued:

"A modeler has already modeled it, and I'm asking if you can add it to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds as an Easter egg in a future update."

"Well, it's not impossible."

Su Chengyi smiled and took it off the keyboard with one hand.

It seems that it was the right decision to put the dried persimmons in the studio before.

For Internet migrant workers working in the capital, it is rather troublesome to have a pet of their own.

The salary may be enough, but the working hours that may be reversed at any time and the rules of the landlord of the rental house are obstacles to obtaining the divine beast.

When Su Chengyi was alone in the Magic City in his previous life, he also thought about raising a pet to keep him company.

But in the end, due to many factors, he gave up the idea. Partly because he was worried that he could not bear the responsibility of a little life, and partly because of the endless overtime work.

If you think about it carefully, the life span of a kitten or puppy is no more than ten years. If you keep them at home but cannot spare the time to spend with them, then there is no point in keeping pets.

Now that the studio has such a mascot, I can pet the cat for paid time.

Occasionally, when you look down and see it passing by with its tail raised, you will feel like you have seen one of the few vibrant lives in the cold checkered building.

(End of this chapter)