Chapter 1 He Desheng's Plan

He Desheng and the other high-scoring gurus at Yuemeng Ventures began compiling their modification suggestions for IOI.

This process was actually quite painful.

Because these high-scoring gurus already understood and were very familiar with the game "Shenqi". The high difficulty of the game was precisely the key to widening the gap between them and ordinary players.

Now, asking them to offer modification suggestions for these difficulty mechanisms was undoubtedly asking them to negate their own gaming experiences and weaken their advantages in certain areas. It was a difficult choice.

But then they thought again.

If they didn't offer modification suggestions now, President Ma's gaming experience would definitely not improve.

In that case, even with nine people protecting him, President Ma would probably get bored quickly.

And if President Ma got bored… wouldn't that mean everyone's job was at risk?

Therefore, they had to make sure President Ma was comfortable playing!

The game's modification plan had to be made!

He Desheng was trying out the test version of IOI while racking his brains for modification schemes.

As a shareholder of Finger Company and the domestic agent for IOI, it was no problem to get the test version of the game.

It's just that everyone didn't play it often, and when they were nine-protecting-one, they mostly played "Shenqi".

The reason was simple: in the eyes of everyone, including He Desheng and Ma Yang, the current IOI could only be regarded as a low-profile version of "Shenqi."

The differences in map size and game mechanics were not very significant. The main differences were in the graphics and hero skill design.

IOI's only advantage was that it was an independent game and an online game, making it very convenient to add friends and form teams.

But since IOI was currently only in the testing phase, this only advantage didn't exist either.

In other aspects, such as the various details of the game and the richness of the heroes, IOI was currently in a state of being completely crushed by "Shenqi."

This was normal, after all, "Shenqi" had been continuously updated for several years, while IOI's development time was too short. These contents needed to be repeatedly polished.

However, for He Desheng and others, this also meant that IOI had more potential for reshaping.

While everyone discussed, He Desheng recorded.

"The nine-protect-one strategy probably won't work for long."

"We have to try new challenges and try fighting against some unfamiliar players."

"Only in this way can we continue to maintain President Ma's freshness for this game."

"But in terms of the current game mechanics… I'm afraid President Ma will be treated as a weak link and be crazily targeted. His gaming experience will definitely not be good."

"In that case, we have to consider, when President Ma faces real enemies, how should we use the game mechanics to ensure President Ma's gaming experience as much as possible?"

"I think the current map is too big. When President Ma is in danger, we can't get there in time. The map has to be made smaller so that we can support President Ma at any time."

"President Ma's last-hitting and denying fundamentals are basically non-existent. Considering that President Ma is busy with work, it's not realistic to practice this. Why don't we just get rid of denying? As for last-hitting, even if you can't get the last hit, you can still get some hard-earned money."

"In order to prevent President Ma from being killed too often and having a bad gaming experience, shouldn't we have a bounty mechanism? After dying multiple times, the bounty for your head will be worthless. There will be extra bounty for ending a large killstreak, and there should be appropriate compensation mechanisms for those who are too far behind in levels?"

"While allowing President Ma to get by, we also have to ensure that experts and noobs can widen the gap. Otherwise, no matter how good our skills are, we won't be able to carry President Ma to win, wouldn't that make us seem useless?"

"Yes, I think so too. Although this game is simple for President Ma, high-difficulty skills must be retained for us."

"IOI's fixed lane assignments are pretty good, we can keep that. In addition, can we ask for a few mid-lane or jungling heroes with high difficulty of operation to make it easier for us to carry?"

"I think we can enrich the map resources, it's best to add several large jungle monsters that can increase buffs for the whole team. This way, even if President Ma collapses, we can control the map and provide buffs for the whole team by taking these large jungle monsters, which can greatly increase our chances of winning."

"Also, regarding the control mode, shouldn't we provide some simpler control modes for some players with clumsy hands? President Ma still hasn't memorized the hotkeys, and often clicks on skills with the mouse…"

"We should also have some heroes that can get by."

Everyone started brainstorming, and soon, He Desheng recorded one suggestion after another.

Ultimately, these suggestions were to ensure that the game had a certain difficulty ladder, allowing experts to easily carry the whole game one-vs-five, while giving those mediocre players as much room for survival as possible.

Poor fundamentals, bad positioning, and lack of awareness didn't matter.

If you couldn't last-hit well, the game mechanics would pay you a salary, so that your economy would never fall too far behind, so you wouldn't only have a pair of shoes after forty or fifty minutes.

If your positioning was bad, choose some heroes that can become tanky after a little development.

If your awareness was poor, it didn't matter, the map was smaller, so if you saw a fight breaking out, you could just go and support it without thinking, and it would be easier to get help from your teammates.

In short, for President Ma, if this version was implemented, it would be an epic buff!

He Desheng summarized everyone's opinions, organized them into a plan, then translated them into English and sent them to Finger Company.

After all, mingling in the investment industry, his English skills were definitely not bad.

After everything was done, it was almost time to get off work.

Considering the time difference across the ocean, and the fact that the next two days were holidays, it was estimated that this email would not be replied to until Monday at the earliest.

He Desheng stretched and left work on time.

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Saturday.

Moyu Internet Cafe, Mingyun Mountain Villa Branch.

Bao Xu, wearing a baseball cap, came to the door furtively and looked at the situation inside.

Okay, not too many people.

It was 8:30 in the morning. Although Mingyun Mountain Villa was very popular now, and many college students came to play on weekends, Moyu Internet Cafe wouldn't be full until one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

Coming so early, there were still many empty seats.

Bao Xu lowered his baseball cap and entered Moyu Internet Cafe.

After arriving in the internet area, he quickly found Li Yada, who was also wearing a baseball cap, here.

Even after sitting down, Bao Xu looked back behind him, as if afraid of being followed.

"The test version of GOG has been updated, right?" Bao Xu asked in a low voice.

Li Yada nodded: "Yes, I greeted Zhang Yuan, the game has been updated, and all the computers in the internet cafe can play it now."

"Moreover, as long as players play GOG for a certain amount of time and write 500 words of modification suggestions, they can also get some free internet time."

"And you don't have to be so nervous. This place is far away from the company, and the probability of running into President Pei or other people is very low."

Bao Xu nodded: "Yes, I know, but it's better to be careful. What about the others?"

Li Yada looked at her watch: "They should be here soon."

Bao Xu asked again: "What about the company?"

Li Yada said: "I've temporarily let Xiao Liu and the others take over. But… is it really necessary to do this?"

Bao Xu breathed a sigh of relief: "Better safe than sorry, better safe than sorry."

"Okay, then let's experience the game first, and then modify it slowly. Record the modification plan, and you will submit it on Monday."

Li Yada was a little embarrassed: "Brother Bao, most of these modifications are done by you. If I do this, I always feel very embarrassed, as if I'm stealing your credit…"

Bao Xu quickly waved his hand: "That's exactly what I want!"

"If you really want to thank me, you only need to do one thing, that is, accept these frankly, and never mention my work in front of others!"

Li Yada couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Bao is really humble and has more and more of President Pei's demeanor."

Bao Xu shook his head and sighed: "No way, how can I compare with President Pei."

"President Pei is truly humble, as for me, it's completely just a last resort…"

The two began to play the game.

While playing, Bao Xu muttered in a low voice: "Strange, why do I feel that there are fewer bugs when playing GOG here…"

…

"Achoo!"

In the rental house, Pei Qian, who had just woken up, rubbed his nose and muttered in a low voice: "Strange, why has the frequency of sneezing become more frequent recently."

"Is it because winter is coming and the weather is getting colder, or because someone is always talking about me?"

"There is always a dangerous feeling of being stabbed in the back…"

Pei Qian quickly picked up his phone and checked the overtime list that Tang Yishu had sent him for the day.

"A boy who looks a bit fierce… this should be Xiao Liu."

"Huh? Li Yada didn't come today?"

"The difference from last week's overtime list is so big."

"Did everyone discuss it and take turns to work overtime?"

"On the one hand, they can ensure rest, and on the other hand, they can all get overtime pay."

"Not bad, everyone is very cooperative."

Pei Qian nodded quite satisfied.

For the time being, he didn't find any projects that were out of control.

Originally, Pei Qian was most worried about IOI, but so much time had passed, and he hadn't heard any news like "IOI testing is popular."

Probably, in this settlement cycle, it should be fine, right?

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December 13, Monday.

The hotel venue has been set up for the interview.

Wu Bin arrived very early, but he didn't expect that the examiners would arrive even earlier than him.

In the interview room, several examiners were chatting happily and cramming on relevant knowledge.

Tengda Games' main planner, Li Yada, Shang Yang Games' head, Ye Zhizhou, Ni Feng Logistics' head, Lu Mingliang, Feihuang Studio's head, Huang Sibo, Moyu Internet Cafe's head, Zhang Yuan, Zhongdian Chinese Website's head, Ma Yiqun…

Basically, everyone had arrived.

The interview process was like this:

When the interviewee was interviewing for the Tengda Games department, Li Yada had to temporarily leave the examination room, and the joint interview would be conducted by people from other departments.

The questions and standard answers had been prepared long ago, and everyone had a copy.

There was a time limit for the interviewees to answer the questions, and they had to stop when the time was up.

Then, all the examiners scored the interviewee's answers based on the standard answers in their hands.

After removing the highest and lowest scores, the average of the remaining scores was taken as the interviewee's interview score.

The interview score was added to the written test score and ranked. People were recruited from the front to the back according to the position, and they entered the internship stage.

If these people could pass the Tengda Spirit Compatibility Test a month later, they could become formal employees of Tengda.

In theory, the interview was not a very complicated job.

You only needed to take two days out of the year to come here.

But the examiners all arrived more than an hour early.

Because they were nervous!

Although no one would necessarily investigate if they gave random scores, many of the heads of the departments came from Tengda and knew each other. They would lose face if they gave random scores.

What if they were not serious about the interview and let someone with no substance into a friend's department? Wouldn't that be letting down both their friend and President Pei?

The person in charge was, in a nutshell, a responsible person.

If they couldn't bear this responsibility, what kind of person in charge would they be?

Therefore, everyone had agreed to arrive early and cram before the exam.

For example, the questions for the game department were set by Li Yada, so Li Yada would give everyone a brief overview of the main points of these questions, and what kind of newcomer she would prefer.

The same was true for other departments.

The scoring sheet was very detailed, including not only some practical content, such as how many knowledge points the candidate answered, but also some more superficial content, such as the candidate's appearance, whether they spoke fluently, whether their verbal expression was clear, and so on.

These all had very quantitative scores, so it was not easy to fill them in randomly.

The heads of the departments were exchanging questions and chatting.

"Brother Huang, how is the studio doing recently? Is the movie filming smoothly?"

"Can you get me an autograph for my mom? She's a fan of Zhang Zuting."

"President Lu, thank you for Ni Feng Logistics' help in delivering the ROF host last time. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

"Yada, the last linkage between the website and the game was very successful. How about another one after a while? I'm already considering planning the event."

"Of course, when the new game comes out, Zhongdian Chinese Website can hold a writing competition with the theme of GOG, what do you think?"

"No problem, writing the competition is just a matter of a word."

"By the way, Lin Wan doesn't seem to be here today? She should have contacted you, right? What plans did you all provide?"

"That's not in a hurry, we haven't even got an engineering machine yet, let's talk about it when the phone is made."

Everyone chatted more and more happily.

When they first heard that they were going to be examiners and have cross-interviews, many people were confused.

For example, Zhang Yuan.

I'm in charge of the internet cafe, so you want me to interview people who are applying for Ni Feng Logistics and Zhongdian Chinese Website, isn't that bullshit?

But now, everyone had figured it out.

They could completely treat this activity as a sharing session for the heads of various departments!

Everyone could chat, learn about the recent developments of other departments, give the interviewees a score together, and then have dinner together after the interview to talk about the linkage between the departments.

Wasn't it perfect?

President Pei's recruitment process was very meaningful!