Chapter 1280 Tenda Also Has Troublesome Things

Half an hour later, Sun Xi knocked on Zhou Muyan's office door.

"President Zhou, this is the master list of all personnel in the *Traces 2* project team."

Sun Xi hesitated for a moment, then said, "There may be several candidates for some positions on the list, mainly because everyone is very enthusiastic in signing up. I'm not sure who to use, so I wrote them all down for you to decide."

Zhou Muyan reached out to take the plan, not too surprised.

After all, everyone knows that *Traces 2* is a key project of the studio in cooperation with Tenda and Longyu Group, and the chances of success are high, so it is reasonable to apply to come here.

Zhou Muyan quickly scanned the list.

Although he is a member of the studio's management, he does not necessarily know everyone, so this list has notes in addition to the names, clearly stating which project team and position they currently hold.

Basically, with the information of the project team and position, Zhou Muyan has a good idea of the person's ability.

He looked at it from back to front, because the names on the back of the list had been pretty much decided, and there were not many vacant positions.

Those who can be selected for this list are all relatively promising young people from various project teams. Those whose names can be remembered by Zhou Muyan among so many people are definitely not ordinary people.

So this time Zhou Muyan focused on those positions that had not been determined before.

"Liu He... I remember he performed well when he was doing level design before, a very thoughtful young man. Well, it's a good idea for him to come to *Traces 2* to get some experience."

"Zhu Yan did a good job with the art resources when developing *Traces*. It shouldn't be a problem for *Traces 2* either."

"Huh? Isn't Yang Yuhua doing functions in the *Dark Fantasy* project? This project is almost finished and will be launched soon. Doesn't he want his bonus?"

"...Why is Old Han here too? This is ridiculous!"

At the beginning, there was no problem. Zhou Muyan had an impression of most of the new names he saw. They were all promising young people in the studio, and it was very reasonable for them to take the initiative to join the *Traces 2* project team.

But after seeing the candidates for those key positions, Zhou Muyan was shocked.

Because some names that were beyond his expectations appeared in it!

For example, the *Dark Fantasy* project, a mobile game that was established and developed half a year ago. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be officially launched within two months.

For game developers, the official launch of the game is a major event comparable to the New Year, because it means the end of overtime, a period of relaxed work, and generous project bonuses.

Although the quality of this mobile game cannot be said to be the best, Zhou Muyan thinks that there is no big problem with a monthly revenue of more than 10 million after it is launched.

As a result, several people from the *Dark Fantasy* project team volunteered to join *Traces 2*?

Although according to the rules of Tianhuo Studio, those who leave halfway can still get three months' bonus from the old project team, the game will not be launched for another two months.

Wouldn't these people give up all the bonuses except for the bonus for the first month of launch?

*Dark Fantasy* is almost finished, and it doesn't matter if two or three people leave, but these people's choices completely confused Zhou Muyan.

As for Old Han, it was even more outrageous. He is the main designer, earning a large bonus every month, but he is willing to give up the position and bonus of the main designer and go to *Traces 2* to do numerical design?

That's outrageous!

Zhou Muyan suddenly realized that he seemed to have completely underestimated the appeal of *Traces 2*, otherwise why are there more than three times as many names on this list as the quota?

"Is everyone so confident in this game?"

"Especially Old Han, does he think that the bonus he gets from doing numerical planning here is more than what he would get from being the main planner?"

"That's not right either..."

Zhou Muyan looked at the list, then looked at Sun Xi, and asked uncertainly: "Could it be... are these people here to avoid overtime?"

Sun Xi coughed twice and didn't speak.

Obviously, he defaulted.

It's not easy for him to deny it, after all, this matter is too obvious, and Zhou Muyan is not stupid, how could he be fooled.

You can't say that these people are simply for their dreams, right?

Zhou Muyan was angry.

"How can this be?"

"I have repeatedly emphasized that *Traces 2* is a key project of the studio, a game that has been heavily invested in and uses Boss Pei's ideas, and it cannot fail!"

"But these people are good, they all plan to come here to retire!"

"They don't have the spirit of hard work at all. Can this project be any good?"

"Reject them all! None of these people who are obviously here to avoid overtime can be accepted!"

Zhou Muyan has reason to be angry. He agreed that the *Traces 2* project team would not work overtime, mainly to give Min Jingchao face, but he did not really agree with this way of working without overtime.

Like many people's famous saying: money is not important, overtime is not important, the key is to look at the attitude.

Although this sentence is nonsense, it has to be said that many people believe it.

Now that the people on the list are signing up to avoid overtime, Zhou Muyan believes that their work attitude is quite questionable!

Sun Xi quickly said: "President Zhou, don't be angry yet. I think we should ask Jingchao for his opinion on this matter."

"To be honest, it is human nature not to want to work overtime. When Jingchao made this request, he should have considered the problems it would bring."

"If Jingchao doesn't care, it shouldn't be a big problem to let these people join. If their work attitude really goes wrong, it won't be too late to replace them."

"At least from the current situation, the people on the list are indeed elites from our studio. Such a project team is very strong."

"Moreover, it is difficult to identify who is here to avoid overtime and who really wants to achieve something..."

After listening to Sun Xi's words, Zhou Muyan was silent.

That's really the case.

People like Old Han clearly had much higher salaries in their original projects than in *Traces 2*, but they insisted on voluntarily demoting themselves to come over. The intention was too obvious.

But other people sign up, maybe they are also here to avoid overtime?

You can't use a lie detector to test everyone's true thoughts.

And even if you test, you may get a conclusion that is very disappointing to Zhou Muyan.

Be bold, maybe everyone is here to avoid overtime?

Zhou Muyan was very speechless, and handed the list back: "Okay, then you go communicate with Min Jingchao."

"There is definitely no problem with the abilities of the people on this list. They are fully capable of these positions, and even a bit of a waste."

"If Min Jingchao has no objections, then you can coordinate and decide. Just send me a copy of the final list."

Sun Xi nodded: "Okay, President Zhou, I'll go ask Min Jingchao for his opinion."

...

At this time, Min Jingchao was sitting at his workstation, seriously revising his design draft.

Sun Xi's workstation is next to him, which is to facilitate timely communication and exchange between the two.

In terms of job arrangement, Sun Xi's position is Executive Chief Planner, which is to say, he is responsible for promoting work progress and coordinating the work content of various departments.

This configuration is similar to the configuration of Bao Xu and Huang Sibao in *Sea Fortress* at that time, one is responsible for design and the other is responsible for promotion.

"Jingchao, I have something to tell you..."

Sun Xi told the story of selecting people from beginning to end, and then asked: "How do you think these people... should be selected?"

Min Jingchao was a little puzzled: "What's so tangled about this? Just screen them according to their actual abilities, right?"

"Focus on innovation and learning abilities in functional design positions, and focus on accumulation and experience in numerical balance and level design."

Sun Xi reminded: "President Zhou means that he is afraid that some people here are here to avoid overtime, which will affect the working atmosphere of the entire project team."

Min Jingchao felt very incredible: "How can it affect the working atmosphere of the project team?"

"Isn't it human nature not to want to work overtime? Everyone in our Tenda doesn't want to work overtime, and it doesn't affect our working atmosphere."

"And this is a motivation, a screening mechanism. In order not to be kicked out, everyone will definitely work hard."

Sun Xi opened his mouth, a little dumbfounded.

Can it be understood this way?

Indeed, understanding from a different perspective seems to lead to completely different answers?

In Zhou Muyan's view, joining the *Traces 2* project team in order to avoid overtime is obviously a manifestation of wanting to slack off and be lazy, and the work attitude is very problematic;

But in Min Jingchao's view, joining the *Traces 2* project team in order to avoid overtime is clearly a motivation, and the work attitude has improved instead!

Sun Xi vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.

After thinking for a while, he didn't understand, so he decided to listen to Min Jingchao.

After all, Min Jingchao is the one who has the final say on this project, and Zhou Muyan has to listen to his decisions.

"Okay, then I'll use this standard to determine the list."

Sun Xi simply screened it, eliminated some people, and quickly completed this list of personnel.

Looking at it at a glance, this list can be said to be very luxurious, all of whom are very capable people.

Sun Xi suddenly thought of something and asked in a low voice: "Jingchao, let me ask you a question secretly, does Tenda really not work overtime? Not even for one day?"

Min Jingchao thought for a while and shook his head and said: "It is definitely impossible not to work overtime for one day. There are still some emergency tasks that need to be done sometimes."

Sun Xi nodded slightly, that's what he thought.

How can you not work overtime in an emergency? It is impossible for Tenda to change the objective laws of the game industry.

So it's just a question of how much overtime is worked. It's okay, it's still acceptable.

Min Jingchao added: "However, you will get three times the salary, and this situation is very rare, and the overtime quota is limited."

Sun Xi: "..."

Three times the salary is already enough to make him envious, and the overtime quota is still limited?

What a magical rule!

He asked again: "Is this the case for all projects? What about some special departments? For example, Ni Feng Logistics can't not work overtime, right?"

Min Jingchao replied: "Time off in lieu, the overall working hours are about the same."

Although he had expected this, Sun Xi was still shocked and didn't speak for a long time.

He nodded silently: "No wonder Tenda is called paradise. Everyone wants to go. It's perfect for employees!"

Min Jingchao was silent for a moment and then said: "Not really."

"There are also some very annoying things."

Sun Xi: "For example?"

Min Jingchao: "Paid vacation."

Sun Xi: "..."

The second chapter will be later, probably at noon