Chapter 42 Happy and Anxious

Everyone left the meeting room one after another.

Huang Sibo stopped Bao Xu as he was leaving.

"Brother Bao, please hurry up and come up with a plan. I need at least five days to make the design draft. It would be better if we can have a rough idea by tomorrow so that we can communicate early," Huang Sibo said politely.

Huang Sibo's judgment of Bao Xu was only based on a few observations: he looked old with a receding hairline, he was an avid gamer with overtime privileges, and he was quiet and contemplative. Based on these, Huang Sibo thought that Bao Xu was most likely a senior.

Bao Xu nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Huang."

Bao Xu didn't know much about Huang Sibo, but he knew that he was a student in his first year, while Huang Sibo had already graduated and entered the industry. In his mind, Huang Sibo was definitely a senior.

Both of them thought that calling each other "brother" was just a form of politeness and flattery among new colleagues, and they didn't take it too seriously.

Who would have thought that it was actually their true feelings for each other?

Back at his workstation, Huang Sibo felt both happy and anxious. He was happy because he found that the boss and colleagues here were so friendly and polite, unlike the strict and oppressive hierarchy at his previous company. He was anxious because he was afraid that his ability was not enough and he would drag the team down.

Huang Sibo quickly reviewed the design documents he had collected earlier to try and catch up. After two days, Bao Xu would have a basic idea, and Huang Sibo would need to write the design document.

Meanwhile, Bao Xu had already started brainstorming.

Memories of various FPS games flooded his mind, providing him with inspiration.

Making the game feel good for beginners was not difficult. By making some simple adjustments, such as increasing the size of the character's hitbox, especially the head, the headshot rate of beginners could be significantly improved. Or by speeding up the sniper rifle's aiming and switching speed, beginners could quickly master quick-scoping through short-term practice.

Bao Xu was not an expert in FPS games, not at the level of a professional player, but he was still a skilled player among casual gamers. As long as he adjusted his feel, this was not difficult to achieve.

As for pay-to-win weapons, it was just a matter of raising the price, which was not a problem either.

For Bao Xu, the only difficulty was the first requirement from Pei Qian, which was the plot!

Bao Xu fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he was very puzzled about this requirement. Because most FPS games popular in China do not have a plot at all. "Anti-Terrorism Plan" also has no plot, and the game is all about shooting.

Some foreign single-player FPS games do have a plot, but what kind of company is that? What kind of company is Tengda?

With only 30 people, it is impossible to create a plot that matches the capacity of a foreign FPS single-player masterpiece. This is an impossible task.

Although Bao Xu was new to the gaming industry, he still had some common sense. He couldn't help but think in reverse.

The company has only 30 people and cannot match the capacity of foreign FPS single-player masterpieces, and this is something even a layman like himself knows. Wouldn't the wise Pei Qian know this too?

Pei Qian must know!

If he knew, why would he still set such a rigid requirement?

This is a test, but also a hint!

Pei Qian is testing our abilities, but he is also hinting that we cannot follow the practices of foreign FPS single-player studios!

So, what should we do...

Pack Xu was lost in thought.

...

5 PM.

Pei Qian left the meeting room happily.

This feeling of leaving work on time was great!

Of course, as the boss, Pei Qian could choose not to come to work at all.

But in that case, he would miss out on the exhilarating feeling of waiting for the end of the workday and the excitement of leaving work.

Just like the saying from a certain rich second generation who owned over 30 houses but still went out to collect rent every day: "People can't afford to be idle. If you idle too much, you'll be worthless."

Pei Qian thought the same way. Even though he had the golden finger of being able to lose money at will without worrying about his livelihood, he couldn't indulge in luxury and waste away.

Every day, attending classes according to his mood, and coming to and leaving work at fixed times, allowed him to experience the feeling of striving, preventing him from becoming idle.

The previous week, Pei Qian would drive people out of the company who habitually worked overtime, especially people like Huang Sibo.

He wanted to correct these employees' bad habits!

Of course, Pack Xu was an exception, and Pei Qian allowed him to play games in the company and even spent a little more on electricity.

After a week of effort, Pei Qian felt that most of the employees' bad habits should have been corrected.

After all, who likes to work overtime in the company without anything to do?

Everyone had developed the habit of leaving work on time, just like Pei Qian, which made him very gratified.

...

Huang Sibo was originally packing up his desk.

After seeing Pei Qian leave, he immediately sat down again.

He decided to take a risk.

He wanted to stay and work overtime regardless of Pei Qian's warning to deduct his salary!

This overtime work was entirely voluntary on his part.

Because Huang Sibo was very nervous, he felt that he was not capable enough to execute the main strategy, so he wanted to stay a little longer to prepare himself, not wanting to become a hindrance!

Most of the other employees left work at their scheduled time.

After all, they didn't have much to do now, and everyone was eagerly awaiting Pack Xu's conceptual design for the game.

Huang Sibo was still thinking about how he would explain if Pei Qian suddenly changed his mind.

But he soon found out that his worry was unnecessary, and Pei Qian wasn't that idle to come to the company to check on who was working overtime.

In the spacious office, only Huang Sibo and Pack Xu remained.

Pack Xu walked over to Huang Sibo, holding a piece of paper covered in intricate drawings and text that looked like a talisman.

"Huang ge, I think I've figured it out," Pack Xu said.

Huang Sibo quickly nodded, "Please tell me, Pack ge."

Pack Xu pulled over a chair next to him and began to explain his rough idea to Huang Sibo.

"Pei Qian's last two requirements are easy to handle. The key is the first one, the story mode."

"I don't think we can make the same amount of story content as foreign FPS games' major releases. Regardless of character models, animations, scene resources, etc., we are far from reaching that level."

Huang Sibo nodded, "Yes, I think so too."