game trailblazer

Chapter 97 Recruiting newcomers

I was lucky today, I didn’t encounter traffic jams all the way, and I arrived at the Working People’s Cultural Palace smoothly.After parking the car outside the east gate, everyone took the materials and walked inside together. After passing through a vermilion gate with brass door nails, Zhang Lexing and his party came to the working people's Cultural Palace.The Working People's Cultural Palace used to be the Ancestral Temple. It is said that it was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It was the ancestral temple for the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship their ancestors.

Walking along the road in the Cultural Palace, there are towering ancient trees and lush pines and cypresses on both sides. In the distance, there are several resplendent palaces surrounded by red walls.Going all the way, turn right, pass through Liulimen, cross the white marble bridge, and then pass through Dajimen. Zhang Lexing and his party arrived at today's recruitment site - the square in front of Xiangdian.

There is a supporting hall on the east and west sides of the square in front of the hall, all of which are typical official buildings of the Ming Dynasty.To the north is the Hall of Enjoyment, also known as the Front Hall, with a yellow glazed tile roof and a double eaves roof, with a gilded plaque hanging under the eaves.It is located on the triple white marble Xumizuo platform, surrounded by stone guardrails.

Zhang Lexing and others came early, and there were not many people at the scene. A few people who might be from the talent exchange service center were setting up tables and chairs there.According to the number plate that I received when I signed up, I searched for the location assigned to the creative workshop, and walked around the site for several times. Zhang Lexing and other talents finally found the number marked with chalk on an open space. It seems that the staff’s actions are not so active. Hurry up, the tables and chairs have not had time to be placed.Look at the number of tables and chairs that have been placed and the area of ​​the open space. There is still a big gap. It is estimated that it will take two to three 10 minutes to talk less when it is the turn of the creative workshop. It seems that if you don’t want to stand here silly Start to have enough food and clothing.

The two girls were left to look at things, and the others worked together to move two tables and eight chairs and arrange them on the place allocated by the creative workshop.At this time, some companies came to recruit one after another. Seeing the movement here, many people couldn't bear it anymore and started to move by themselves.

After being busy for a while, Zhang Lexing and others set up their booths, then erected a shelf, and posted on it the positions they are recruiting for this time (programmer, artist, music producer, game planner, game marketing specialist... …) and leaflets with specific requirements for each position.Of course, Zhang Lexing didn't dare to look up and ask for a few years of experience. At this time, it would be nice to have experience in playing games.

The booths on both sides of the creative workshop have also been set up at this time. On the left is the booth of Rising Sun Software, and on the right is the booth of a financial software company.Rising Sun Software didn't have many people here today, there were only two people in total, and Zhang Lexing didn't know any of them. It seemed that they didn't pay much attention to the recruitment this time, maybe because they didn't send people.Three people from the financial software company came to the scene. Among them was a fat man in his 30s who was familiar with him. He got acquainted with the people from the creative workshop within 10 minutes after sitting down. Zhang Lexing also knew about it. His name is Xu Wei, and he is the deputy manager of personnel of this financial software company.

"What kind of company are you?" Xu Wei asked curiously.

"Game." Zhang Lexing said.

"Game? Game console?" Xu Wei didn't seem to understand.

"It's a computer game." Zhang Lexing added a few words.

"Oh, computers, that's high technology!" Xu Wei seemed to be sighing.

"It's not bad." Zhang Lexing found that many people now think that computers are very mysterious. As long as the word "computer" is attached to anything, the value will be doubled immediately. Unexpectedly, the same is true for games.

"I heard that a very large event will be held here in two weeks." Xu Wei said rather mysteriously.

"What activity?" Zhang Lexing asked casually.

"It is said that to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, a China-Japan Friendship Song Concert will be held here. I heard that many singers will come." Xu Wei said in a low voice.

"It's just a song party, what's the relationship?" Zhang Lexing said.

"My uncle's sister-in-law belongs to the organizing committee and can get tickets. Are you interested?" Xu Wei said proudly.

"Not interested." Zhang Lexing has seen too many performances of this nature for a long time, and he is not interested in giving away tickets for free.

Meeting such a reckless master like Zhang Lexing, Xu Wei had no choice but to lose his temper, and his face became gloomy involuntarily...

When the time came to nine o'clock in the morning, the number of applicants on the spot began to gradually increase, and the creative workshop finally welcomed the first applicant who submitted his resume.Zhan Jun flipped through the other party's resume, Zhang Lexing got up and stood behind him, intending to take a look together.

The person who came to apply for the job was Wu Shaoyong. Judging from his resume, he should be a student who graduated this year and majored in international trade.

"Your major doesn't seem to match our requirements?" Zhan Jun said after reading his resume.

"I just wanted to try it." Wu Shaoyong didn't seem very confident.

"Then do you know anything about games?" Zhan Jun asked again.

"Games, I know a little bit. When I was young, I played horseback riding and fighting, rolling over hoops and so on. They should be considered games." Wu Shaoyong said carefully.

"Well, that's right. Have you ever played video games?" Zhan Jun said with some embarrassment.

"Electronic...games...?" Wu Shaoyong repeated blankly, as if he had never touched it before.

"Have you ever used a computer?" Zhan Jun didn't give up, and changed the subject again.

"Is a computer something that you have to wear a white coat to use?" Wu Shaoyong seemed to know something this time.

But this answer obviously made Zhan Jun even more disappointed, so he had to say in standard language: "Okay, we will keep your information first, and we will notify you if there is any further news. Well, the phone number on your information can find you, right?" ?”

"You can find me, thank you!" Wu Shaoyong didn't seem to understand the situation, and he really thought he had hope.

In the following time, a lot of lucky applicants came. Not many of them had played games, and even fewer knew about computer games. Except for Zhang Lexing, who had a crush on a girl who graduated from the Chinese Department and had a good writing skills, there was no one else. One can look up to.There are, however, some interesting characters.

There was a guy who studied electrical automation, who claimed to be Wang Yuewen, and expressed his intention to apply for the position of game planner when he came up, which surprised Zhang Lexing. Unfortunately, his next conversation soon made Zhang Lexing not happy at all. I was shocked.

"I have loved games since I was a child, and I have been studying board games since I was three years old," Wang Yuewen said.

Zhang Lexing was surprised by this statement. He didn’t expect someone who started to play games at such a young age, but Zhang Lexing soon felt something was wrong: "Tabletop games? As far as I know, there should be no such type of games in China. What do you think?" How exactly do you play your board game?"

"Oh, it's just throwing dice, and then you can take a few steps according to the number thrown, and it also supports multiplayer games at the same time!" Wang Yuewen explained.

"Lost dice? Isn't that what you play? Have you ever played other games? Computer games or electronic games?"

"I recently played a game on the computer, looking for hidden enemies from a map composed of 256 areas. It is very complicated and requires a lot of calculations." Wang Yuewen said.

What he said made Zhang Lexing feel familiar yet unfamiliar, so he asked, "Are you talking about minesweeping?"

"That's right, I never thought you'd played before, haha." Wang Yuewen scratched his head and smiled.

Zhang Lexing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he coughed, and then asked, "Do you have any experiences worth introducing?"

"Well, I've previously worked on the internals of mechanical timepieces, analyzed the coupling between their internal parts, and dealt with underpowered situations. I've also worked on programmable digital processors, testing their adders and multipliers The working condition of the device, and the power supply part has been replaced." Wang Yuewen said seriously.

These words gave Zhang Lexing a feeling of deja vu: "The mechanical timer you mentioned is an alarm clock? Does the so-called analysis of the coupling relationship between its internal components refer to the meshing of the gears? The lack of power should be dealt with Clockwork?"

Wang Yuewen looked surprised. It seems that Zhang Lexing guessed it right. Reading more books is really useful.In this way, Zhang Lexing understands another thing he said: "Programmable digital processors should be calculators, and then you have used calculators to calculate addition and multiplication, and you have changed batteries, right?"

Seeing Wang Yuewen's expression, Zhang Lexing guessed right again this time.Now Zhang Lexing knows what this man is good at, which is to explain a simple thing in a complicated and profound way. People who have this habit of doing planning, Zhang Lexing is very worried that he will come up with something. , so I can only let him Out.

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When the recruitment was about to end at noon, a young man came to the booth of the creative workshop. According to his resume, his name was Zhu Jingyu. He was a student who just graduated this year and wanted to apply for the position of a programmer.

This time it was Zhang Lexing's turn to come for an interview: "I noticed that your resume mentioned that you have already worked in a computer research institute, so why do you still want to come to us?"

"I am indeed in a computer research institute now, but that is not a job at all. I have been there for more than two months. My daily work is cleaning, reading newspapers and drinking tea. I don't know if it is because of lack of qualifications or other reasons. , The institute has never arranged for me to do serious things. I feel that I am wasting my life there. I don’t want to continue like this. I thought of trying my luck. To be honest, you are the No. 12 resume I submitted. .” Zhu Jingyu said.

It seems that this young man is quite honest, Zhang Lexing then asked: "Have you played games before?"

"I've played it. The earliest I played was the little genius game console, "Contra", "Tank City", "Mushroom Picking" and so on. Later, after I went to college, I got in touch with the computer and played some computer games, such as " "Digging for Gold", "Cubes"." Zhu Jingyu replied.

"Which programming language are you best at?" Zhang Lexing asked.

"Assembly and C language, I use these two more, and I am more proficient. The program written in assembly runs faster, and the portability and reusability of C language are stronger. Choose which one to use or a mix of programming."

Zhang Lexing felt that what he said was true, and he looked more reliable, so he asked a function calculation question on the spot to see how his coding skills were.

Zhu Jingyu thought for a while, picked up a pen and quickly wrote this code on paper.Zhang Lexing took a look and found that the writing was not bad, and he also noticed the optimization of the code, and did not push all the calculation problems to the CPU (central processing unit). He is very used to it, so Zhang Lexing is very satisfied with him.In the following time, Zhang Lexing chatted with Zhu Jingyu casually, talked about some programming and life issues, and wanted to know more about him.

At the end of the conversation, Zhang Lexing had confirmed that Zhu Jingyu was the person the company needed, so he said, "I think you are very suitable for our company. When will you be able to go to work?"

Zhu Jingyu couldn't believe it: "Really, you are the first place willing to accept me. Of course I want to come here immediately, but the original unit still needs to go through some procedures, and it may take some time."

"It's okay, we can wait for you for a while. Do you think two weeks is enough?" Zhang Lexing said.

"It should be possible. I'll do it this afternoon, and I'll report as soon as it's done." Zhu Jingyu looked very happy.

Zhang Lexing was also very happy, he had been busy all morning, and finally he did not come in vain, it was quite rewarding.

At noon, I was afraid that someone would come at this time, and everyone did not leave. Zhang Lexing was too embarrassed to enjoy the delicious food alone, but Chu Jing had a way. I don’t know where to order the boxed lunch. Not only did it look good, but it also tasted better. It was quite good, even the picky Zhang Lexing finished his portion.After eating their lunch boxes, they found a big plastic bag to pack the lunch boxes and other miscellaneous things, and sent Zhou Jianbo to take them out and throw them away, while the others performed their duties and started a new round of waiting.

Contrary to expectations, after the meal, there were almost no other people waiting except for some stall keepers. Until 02:30 in the afternoon, the number of people who came to the scene gradually increased. Fortunately, the sun was not out today, otherwise With the sun above their heads and their feet on the ground, I'm afraid they didn't recruit a few people, and everyone fainted from the heat first.

The luck in the afternoon was much better than in the morning. There were many more people who came to the booth of the creative workshop, and unexpectedly found a lot of good programmers. Everyone took turns to fight, and eight of them were negotiated.At the Kuaishou booth, I met a man named Yang Chenjie, who is a professional artist. Now he is staying in a planning and design institute to draw drawings. The step-by-step life every day makes him feel extremely boring. I am here today to try my luck and see if I can meet him. It's a suitable unit. I didn't expect to transfer it for a long time, and there are positions related to art majors at the booth of Creative Workshop, so I had to try it out.After reading Yang Chenjie's resume and appreciating the works he brought, Zhang Lexing felt that this person's art skills are quite good, and he also has experience in drawing blueprints. For art, if you finally come across one, you can't waste it.

Cheng Lin next to Zhang Lexing was introducing the work of a game artist to Yang Chenjie, and cleverly interspersed the fun and challenges of work, which made Yang Chenjie's heart flutter.

"Yang Chenjie, it's right for you to come to us. We are a company that develops computer games, and art personnel are also important members of our company. After joining the company, there will be very complete and systematic training. During this period, you will be able to understand What is an artist of a game company, what is the daily work of an artist, how to draw on the computer and the use of various tools and software, etc. After officially becoming an artist of our company, you will face very challenging tasks Work, such as designing the characters or scenes in the game, not only requires good graphic design skills, but also full of imagination and good screen coordination skills, etc. Are you willing to accept this challenge?" Zhang Lexing looked at Yang Chenjie and said .

Yang Chenjie hesitated for a moment, maybe he was thinking about whether the opportunity in front of him was worth giving up his job, and then he nodded solemnly and said: "I am willing to join the creative workshop and meet this challenge."

With Yang Chenjie's consent, the on-site recruitment work of Creative Workshop has also come to an end today, and everyone can call it a day.

(End of this chapter)