You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 368 Threat
Qin Shaoyan's eyes slowly swept across the conference room. He was very satisfied with everyone's serious and awed expressions.

While Liu Kun felt relieved, he also felt heavier in his heart.

President Qin's words were a warning to the planner, helping him to hold up the situation and taking on the biggest responsibility.

Telling him in front of so many people that I would give him the Imperial Sword is to tell my subordinates that it is my, Qin Shaoyan's will whoever is punished, and they should just do their job obediently and not cause trouble.

Liu Kun himself is not a rookie in the workplace, and he has also witnessed the dangers in the workplace.

Generally, the boss hides behind the scenes and sends someone to play the villain, while the boss himself comes out to play the good guy.

In this way, the subordinates will focus all their resentment on the villain, while the boss will be perfectly invisible.

Not only did I get the job done, I also gained a good reputation.

Even if things get out of hand and the bad guy messes things up, the boss can calmly step in to clean up the situation, fire the bad guy and appease public anger.

If the boss doesn't give the order, how can the bad guys have the power to mess up the company?

Now Qin Shaoyan made the matter clear so that Liu Kun had no worries.

It’s not easy to find such a good boss.

"Punishment is only a means, not an end." Qin Shaoyan's tone softened, "Our goal is to work together to make this game better and make it a hit online game."

"The company advocates mutual achievement. The company provides opportunities and platforms for everyone, and everyone gives back to the company by making excellent products."

"Excellent products can not only bring sufficient profits to the company, but also bring generous rewards to every employee."

Qin Shaoyan looked at the people present again and found that most of them were very indifferent and seemed to lack some emotion.

"Don't think that bonuses are benefits only for a few people and have nothing to do with everyone." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "According to the company's system, every employee who works hard is eligible for a bonus."

"In our company, we don't have producers and directors eating meat while everyone else drinks soup. What we advocate is that everyone can eat meat, at least with a big bone."

"According to the agreement between the company and the operator, the company can obtain 20% of the total game revenue."

"The production team's bonus share is 20% of the company's profits, and this 20% does not include the project's R&D costs."

Everyone sitting below was stunned and looked at Qin Shaoyan in disbelief.

The share of the profits between the company and the production team does not even include the project development costs. This is really generous of President Qin.

From this point of view, Mr. Qin still has some conscience.

Some companies are extremely harsh on the production crew. Not only are they very stingy with the bonus distribution, but the company bosses can also come up with all kinds of tricks to disgust you in order to get less money.

For example, when giving bonuses to the production team, the project development costs must be deducted first. This alone is extremely speechless.

The biggest cost of game production is time cost. Rent, water, electricity, and office equipment are minor expenses, and labor costs are the major expense.

The so-called deduction of R&D costs essentially means that the boss deducts the wages paid to employees first, and the remaining amount is considered a bonus.

This means that employees work for their bosses for free, and the only benefit they receive is bonuses.

As for how the bonuses are distributed, there are countless disgusting things involved.

Now Qin Shaoyan stated very bluntly that the company would not do such a thing, so everyone can rest assured.

Everyone present suddenly became excited and began to look forward to it.

No matter how the bonus is divided, at least the pie is a little bigger than they imagined.

A bigger pie means they will get a bigger share of the bonus.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

"As the producer of the entire project, it stands to reason that the producer should take a large share." Qin Shaoyan said slowly, "But I'm the boss, and it would be a bit embarrassing to compete with my brothers for food, so this 20% bonus share will be distributed to all members of the production team, and I will not be counted in."

Everyone present was slightly moved at this moment, and their smiles could no longer be suppressed.

The producers don’t share any money!

This was the best news they had ever heard.

As the soul of the entire game, the producer is responsible for leading the research and development of the entire project, shouldering the greatest responsibility, and also getting the largest share when the money is divided.

It is common for the producer to take half of the prize money, and the rest is shared by everyone else.

If the producer takes half first, then the core members like Mr. Hong and Mr. Fan, as well as Liu Kun, the planning director, will be left with only a very small portion after they have divided their share.

If such a small portion is shared among the entire project team, they won’t be able to drink any soup, let alone the northwest wind.

So some project teams don’t even give any money to artists.

It’s simple, too much of the cake was cut and there wasn’t enough for the people below.

"We will adopt a transparent attitude in distributing the bonus this time, and follow the principle of fairness and justice." Qin Shaoyan said with a serious expression, "As for the specific details, I will discuss a KPI plan with Teacher Fan, Teacher Hong, and Brother Kun later."

"The bonus is related to the contribution to the game and the quality of work. Those who work better and do more will get more points, those who contribute more to the game will get more points, and those who make significant contributions will get additional rewards."

"We don't distribute money based on job titles. We distribute money based on people's abilities."

"I, Qin Shaoyan, said this. I promise here that not only this project, but all future projects of the company will be divided according to this principle."

"My goal is to make every brother involved in the project make money, big money!"

Everyone in the conference room could no longer hold back and immediately broke into warm applause and cheers, so loud that the sound almost shattered the glass.

Everyone smiled with ecstasy and clapped their hands enthusiastically.

As expected, he is President Qin. He is different from ordinary bosses.

He has great abilities and is very generous with his money.

For a moment, everyone's minds became active.

Now that the boss has spoken, why not work hard in the remaining time?

As long as you can't die, you will die.

There were bursts of applause in the conference room, which puzzled the other ordinary employees who were waiting for news outside.

What is going on in there?

Are they going to beat up the boss?
Otherwise why is everyone so excited?

I heard some people cheering.

After a few minutes, the door of the conference room opened, and everyone's face was filled with joy and irrepressible fighting spirit.

Some even waved to the ordinary employees who were watching, "Good news, great news!"

What good news could be better than the stock market suddenly picking up after being sluggish for several years?

Soon, the spirit of Qin Shaoyan's speech in the conference room reached the ears of every employee, and everyone was almost driven crazy. "Is President Qin really willing to give money?"

"Is the boss making empty promises again?" One employee's first reaction to hearing this was disbelief. "How could the boss be willing to cut his losses? He must be fooling people."

"That's right. Before the project went online, everyone talked better than they sang. After it went online, they started to complain about the company's lack of money and capital turnover." An artist said indignantly, "But when I left, they still owed me a month's salary."

"Bonus is just something we can listen to, we can't enjoy it." A programmer sighed, "Besides, whether the game can be successful is another matter."

It is normal for these employees not to believe it. They are not college students who are inexperienced in the world and will not believe whatever the boss says.

Many of them are veterans who have worked in four or five companies. They have seen all kinds of bosses, but they have never seen one who is generous with money.

An artist wearing a plaid shirt next to him was silent for a long time, and suddenly interrupted and said, "Boss Qin is different from other bosses."

Another artist retorted, "What's the difference? Aren't all bosses the same? They are generous when it comes to making promises, but don't want to give a penny when it comes to handing out money."

"Boss Qin is really different." The man in the plaid shirt said seriously, "Because Boss Qin really gave us bonuses. I was one of the first people to follow Teacher Hong into the company."

"We did get some money from the Plants vs. Zombies project. President Qin gave Mr. Hong a house and a car."

"And for Counter-Strike: Modern Warfare, President Qin paid the down payment for our house and found us a favorable loan. He also paid us ten months' bonuses in one go."

Everyone around was shocked and gasped, "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?" The man in the plaid shirt patted his chest and said, "If you don't believe me, go ask the first batch of people who joined the company. Who doesn't have a house?"

"Fuck! I didn't realize you guys kept it a secret so well that you didn't reveal a single word."

"A house, ten months bonus! Damn, I'm so jealous I want to chop people down."

"That's right, why didn't I catch up with such a good thing?"

The man in the plaid shirt mocked, "You still have the nerve to say that. When Mr. Hong asked you to come, you made excuses and said that your last company treated you well and you had to finish the project. What happened?"

"Don't even mention it. That boss is such a jerk! He ran away without paying me two months' salary."

The man in the plaid shirt patted everyone's shoulders meaningfully, "So, it's not easy to meet a good boss, so work hard! Mr. Qin pays generously, and his design level is world-class. If you hang out with him, it's only a matter of time before you get rich."

At this point, everyone had already believed it for the most part, and their mood began to get excited.

This opportunity to make a fortune is really coming!

But before that you have to work hard and complete the project, otherwise you won’t get any bonus.

……

After the meeting, Qin Shaoyan kept the top three project leaders and the test team leader to assign some additional tasks.

Fan Xiaoqian said confidently, "Don't worry about the server. There will be no problems. I have already gone through multiple rounds of optimization."

"I have had the testing team conduct pressure tests these days, and there is no problem with the bearing capacity."

Qin Shaoyan looked at Lin Xiaohe, and the chubby test team leader immediately said, "We used a script robot to place 4,000 characters on a single server. The server was a little laggy, but it didn't have much of an impact."

"What about the extreme case?" Qin Shaoyan asked, "How many people can a single server hold at most?"

"Five thousand." Lin Xiaohe thought for a moment, "We tried six thousand, but the server was throttled."

Qin Shaoyan continued to ask: "What server did you use to test? A local virtual machine? Or a dedicated server?"

"It's a dedicated server." Fan Xiaoqian said, "A virtual machine can't handle this stress test, so I rented a professional server from someone."

"Is the operation and maintenance of the server reliable?" Qin Shaoyan asked back.

"I personally deployed the server. Someone was watching the whole process. My classmate is responsible for the operation and maintenance." Fan Xiaoqian said seriously, "Confidentiality must be ensured."

"Next time, we don't need to go outside. We can buy a server to test it ourselves. This way it will be safer." Qin Shaoyan advised, "Anyway, I have enough money now, so there is no need to save money on this."

Fan Xiaoqian was shocked. "Boss Qin, you are so rich. Servers are so expensive. You just bought them when you said so."

"Anyway, the campus network operator also needs to buy servers, so I'll bring one to you." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "I'll try out the performance of this batch of servers."

"Okay, that's better." Fan Xiaoqian said with a smile, "If there are any problems, we can adjust them at any time. Having money is awesome."

Qin Shaoyan continued to ask: "Have you tested the cross-server national war?"

"I tested it once and found quite a few bugs," Lin Xiaohe replied, "but overall it's still playable."

"The bugs are all minor issues," Fan Xiaoqian explained. "We are going to test it again this week."

"Cross-server national war is an important gameplay for us, and there must be no problems." Qin Shaoyan let out a long sigh, "This is an important gameplay to induce consumption."

"I understand." Fan Xiaoqian said confidently, "You told me about this from the beginning. I'm watching it personally. There will be no bugs in the server."

"I'm not worried about the server." Qin Shaoyan frowned, "I'm worried about something else."

Qin Shaoyan still believed in Fan Xiaoqian's abilities. After all, there was actual experience in her previous life that proved that Teacher Fan was far beyond ordinary people in terms of both talent and hard work.

Even if there is a problem, he can respond quickly and fix it in a very short time.

"What are you worried about?" Fan Xiaoqian was a little puzzled.

"I'm worried about hacker attacks." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "As a key game next year, our server will be the main target of hackers' attacks."

"This..." Fan Xiaoqian hesitated. He was not an omnipotent god of war. It was impossible for him to take on all the network security work. He said unconfidently, "How about hiring a few network security experts? We can't save money on this."

Hacker attacks on servers are inevitable.

The Internet is now a lawless place, and the images of these hackers are completely different from those in movies, TV shows and novels.

They are not gifted computer geniuses, nor are they hermits living among the crowd.

Most of these locusts roaming in the gray and black industries are ordinary people with mediocre talents. They have mastered some network knowledge and tools, and they work in groups to look for server vulnerabilities and then swarm in.

The next step is to contact the victim and demand extortion money.

From the birth of online games until twenty years later, there is still organized extortion everywhere.

Shanda Legend was often threatened by hackers at that time.

Some of them come just to make a quick buck and leave, while others come here just because they are instructed by others.

The business warfare tactics these days are very straightforward.

Qin Shaoyan has a deep understanding of this. The project he participated in was attacked as soon as it went online.

After this online game goes online, it will inevitably face attacks and threats from hackers.

After all, in addition to the direct confrontation in public, business wars also involve many tricks behind the scenes.

My opponent is not a good man or a good woman.

(End of this chapter)