Chapter 214: Primordial Carnival

Winter goes and spring comes.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year has passed.

After several months of settling down, the popularity of Honghuang’s new games and the annual exclusives of the three major consoles has gradually declined.

During this period.

Many excellent works have emerged on the market, which have brought many emerging manufacturers into the limelight and made many game categories popular.

The entire industry presents a prosperous scene with a hundred flowers blooming.

"Well, in the new year, our studio is gradually getting back on track. Next, I will announce an important decision."

At the opening meeting of the year, Chen Lin was in high spirits and presided over the studio meeting directly in the office area.

Hundreds of employees from the three major teams gathered together, and everyone's face was filled with excitement and enthusiasm.

Chen Lin looked around at everyone and said, "First of all, congratulations to Lao Song for becoming the chief operating director of our studio. He is responsible for the operation of the studio and the management of the Dawn team and the online game team. Everyone applaud!"

Snap, snap, snap——

After warm applause, Lao Song walked to the front of the stage and waved to the audience with a rosy face.

Although he has been doing operational work in the studio in the past two years, he is still very happy to be officially appointed.

Thinking back to when I first met Chen Lin.

They were just a small studio with only a dozen people, and Chen Lin was just a college graduate.

But now, thanks to their efforts, they have come step by step to where they are now and have become a well-known studio in the industry, which makes them feel filled with emotion.

Because he hadn't even thought about it at the time.

They can develop to this point.

He also became the second-in-command of such a large studio, and his status in the industry was much higher than when he was the boss.

The big shots that he once had to look up to now all begged politely to see him. It was really sad to think about it, and he was extremely grateful for Chen Lin's attention.

After a touching speech.

He also returned to his seat amid applause.

"Next, it's Lao Li's turn."

Chen Lin turned his head and looked towards the Dawn Team.

"In the past two years, the game production capabilities of the Dawn team have been proven by all, and they have produced so many hits for the studio, so I am now appointing Lao Li as the studio's production director, in charge of game production matters and the management of the Dawn team."

Snap, snap, snap——

There was another round of intense applause.

Old Li walked onto the stage while stroking his bald head, his face flushed with excitement.

"Well, I'm not very good at speaking. Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your cultivation! Thank you all for your cooperation in the past two years!"

"Although I am a little strict in quality control and scold people a little harshly, it is also for the game to sell well. I hope you don't mind sharing the bonus with everyone. I also hope to make better and more awesome games with you in the future!"

After these words were spoken, the entire office area cheered again.

Although Lao Li is a bit straightforward, he treats people sincerely and is a technical expert. Few of his brothers and sisters in the team do not respect him.

This kind of person who truly masters the technology to serve as production director is exactly what they would like to see most.

"Well, now you've been promoted from manager to director, shouldn't you show some appreciation?" Chen Lin said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out.

The crowd below immediately started to make a fuss.

All kinds of sauna and health care services are available.

Old Li was also very straightforward. He waved his hand and said, "Let's not waste any more time. I'm going to treat all the employees to dinner tonight. We'll eat the best food! Then we'll go karaoke!"

"oh!!!"

The deafening cheers almost shattered the ceiling of the building and made both the upper and lower companies change their expressions, thinking that an earthquake was coming.

Wait until Lao Li finishes speaking.

Chen Lin continued to announce the appointment.

"Now that our studio is on the right track, each production team needs someone to take care of the work. It can't just rely on me and the two directors."

"So next we will set up six department managers: chief planner, chief programmer, chief artist, marketing, channel, and product. The two directors will be responsible for selecting them and I will personally review them."

"Remember, I only look at ability and character. The position is there. If you want to take it, then show your ability. I have finished what I want to say. Let's adjourn the meeting."

After Chen Lin finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the office.

The employees below were very excited.

As the studio grows, more and more positions will become available.

They don't seek to become a manager, even being a team leader is good enough.

The boss has an attitude of recruiting people based on merit.

This undoubtedly gave them a strong reassurance and made them feel the great future of the studio.

Immediately, several senior employees with strong technical skills came to Song and Li.

"Boss, do you think I have a chance to be a manager?"

"Brother Li, I want to sign up too! My programming skills should be unmatched by anyone except you, right? And I have been in charge of the programming team for so long, so I have management experience!"

"Choose me, choose me. I know the promotion channels best!"

The employees chattered and almost formed a circle in front of the two men.

Seeing how excited they were, Old Song slapped his forehead.

"Other companies select managers in secret. How can they just shout it out like you do? Besides, being a manager is not that easy."

I guess only Honghuang Studio can be so open and transparent, right?

Fortunately, the boss himself has a technical background, otherwise how could technical personnel like them have such opportunities?

After a lecture, he also asked his subordinates to start sorting out the resume of each employee and carefully screen talents who can contribute to the studio.

After completing these, several more rounds of assessment will be required.

So there is no need to rush.

…

noon.

Song and Li finished their lunch.

We came to the balcony of Chen Lin’s office and talked about things while drinking tea.

"I just received news that the Big Three will release commemorative edition controllers one after another within a month after the New Year, and their annual exclusive masterpieces will also be released at the same time."

Old Song poured Chen Lin a cup of tea and said .

"As expected ." Chen Lin nodded silently, "What about our new game? How is it going?"

"We have reached the final testing stage. This test is entrusted to us, Poxiao." said Lao Li on the side.

"That's perfect. We can catch up with their release date."

Chen Lin narrowed his eyes. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Are we really going to go online together with Juying?" Lao Song took a deep breath. "I heard that Juqing changed its strategy because of the failure of the last live broadcast and adopted many of the gameplay methods of our game."

To use the same thing is, to put it bluntly, plagiarism.

Everyone would be jealous of the popularity of "Red Dead Redemption" when it was first released, and would definitely try to find ways to imitate their gameplay.

What's more, so much time has passed.

Even if the quality is not up to par, the gameplay can still be copied.

But they miscalculated one thing, that is, their game does not rely solely on open world gameplay.

The essence of "Red Dead Redemption" will only be slowly revealed after the second chapter!

"Don't worry about them. Just go online as planned. They've messed with us so many times. It's our turn to mess with them now."

Chen Lin picked up the teacup and drank it all.

There was also a hint of anticipation in Song and Li's eyes.

This will be a tough battle for them to establish their reputation!

…

The other side.

On all major game website platforms.

Just after the New Year, players began discussing the trends of this year's new games.

The most discussed among them are naturally the upcoming exclusive masterpieces of the Big Three and the new game from prestige games.

"Do you think Hong Huang will intercept Juying's promotion this time?"

"Of course. Previously, Juying poached a lot of people from Honghuang. The relationship between the two families is not very good now."

"Then there's no need to hedge the release, right? Although I'm looking forward to Honghuang's new game, after all, Juying has an entire platform to promote it, so I'm not sure I can beat it."

"Moreover, JuQing has also made major changes to the game in the past few months. According to internal testers, it has become more fun and is as open as the big cousin."

Topics like these are common in almost every gaming circle.

After the beginning of the year, the two giants have obviously put a lot of effort into publicity and promotion. Some people have already revealed the content of the internal test before the game is released.

Plus, there hasn’t been any new announcement from Honghuang recently.

There is actually a tendency of being overwhelmed.

Just at this moment.

Another sensational news emerged.

Giant released an announcement, announcing the date of its annual meeting in Asia, which is scheduled for the 15th of the month.

At that time, commemorative controllers, annual exclusives, and more than twenty new games will be launched simultaneously, which will immediately cause the entire gaming community to explode.

The exclusive masterpiece of the year, plus twenty new games.

This time, Juying has made a big move.

I'm afraid these games were negotiated over the past year in preparation for competing with the other two companies for the player market.

In comparison.

The only new game in Honghuang seems much inferior.

This is the huge gap between game manufacturers and game platforms.

"They don't really think that one game can shake our position?"

"Our target has always been just the other two."

Inside the Jumbo Hard Division, Carter looked at the comments under the announcement and crossed his arms.

He admitted that Honghuang's new game did pose a threat to them.

But no matter how big the threat is, it is still just a game after all.

There is still no way to shake the foundation of their platform.

Now, in addition to the annual exclusive masterpieces, they have also attracted more than 20 excellent games to join.

Can the sales of your one game possibly exceed the sales of my twenty games combined?

"Go, notify Juqing and quickly prepare the venue."

After picking up the phone and speaking to his assistant, Carter turned off his computer, got up and left the office.

…

And not long after he left.

As expected by the players, Suoni and Rentiandi also released announcements one after another, announcing the time of their annual meetings, which were surprisingly concentrated within a week together with Juying!

but.

What shocked netizens even more was that.

The official account of Honghuang, which had been silent for more than a month, also made some moves at this time.

A new message was sent suddenly without any warning.

[Honghuang Studio: I am honored to tell you that we will hold Honghuang's first annual carnival meeting at 14:00 on the 15th of this month to summarize past and future game plans, and bring many game-related content consultations, as well as the release date of the full version of "Red Dead Redemption". 】

On purpose!

It must be intentional!

After experiencing several head-on confrontations, Honghuang Studio simply stopped pretending and focused directly on the day of the Juying Annual Meeting.

What shocked them even more was.

Honghuang is also going to hold an annual meeting!

You should know that this kind of thing is generally only opened by large companies, because it not only requires huge financial resources, but also requires a large amount of game content support.

Otherwise who will come to see your carnival?

Do you think you are bragging?

For a moment.

The entire gaming community was in an uproar.

"They actually held a carnival against the Big Three. How brave!"

"Is Honghuang planning to create its own gaming brand?"

"Carnivals are not popular. Look at those big factories. They can't continue after a few years."

"Indeed, this thing needs to be supported by content. Those big companies can't come up with a few new things in a year, so what can they rely on?"

"Are you doubting the influence of your eldest cousin?"

"Oh, that's right, cousin! We're going to announce the release date. Does that mean it's done?"

"What? My cousin is done?"

As they were talking, the players suddenly became excited and finally noticed the key information in this announcement.