Game Development Giant

Clenching his fists hard, Rob Pardo decided to have a big meal to celebrate that he was able to get the carnival ticket.

At this time, one of his roommates also walked into the room. He saw Rob Pardo in the living room with a letter in his hand and a silly smile on his face. He was curious, so he took the initiative to take a look. , and then he couldn't move his eyes away - because he saw that in his roommate's hand, he was holding a ticket for the Mars Entertainment Carnival!

How could you be willing to buy such expensive tickets!

Almost immediately, Rob Pardo's roommate exclaimed, because the price of the tickets was definitely not cheap. Judging from the financial resources Rob Pardo showed on a daily basis, he was Absolutely reluctant to buy such an expensive ticket!

At this time, Rob Pardo also saw that his roommate was back, and he also saw the carnival ticket in his hand. Knowing that there was no point in hiding it anymore, he simply said: Modi, didn’t I write a letter to Mars Entertainment before? I guessed RTS, and I guessed correctly, so I received this invitation letter, and they invited me to participate in the carnival!”

When he spoke, there was an indescribable sense of pride in Rob Pardo's tone.

In his own opinion, this is a great thing and something worth showing off.

congratulations!

The young man who was called Modi by Rob Pardo first swallowed his saliva and then said a word of congratulations, but his words of congratulations were not heard in the ears of Rob Pardo. But there was no congratulation at all, instead there was a strong sourness.

However, many years of experience have made Rob Pardo indifferent to emotions and anger for a long time. He is not angry, and there is no need to be angry with someone who usually doesn't think highly of him. He just carefully re-prints the invitation letter and tickets in his hand. He put it back into the envelope, and then a half-smile appeared on his face: I want to celebrate tonight. I'll treat you to a meal!

Modi looked at the smile on Rob Pardo's face, and he felt disgust deep in his heart. To be honest, he usually didn't think highly of this roommate. In any aspect, he was much better than him. The most important thing is that his grades are not excellent and his family situation is not very good, but he always cheats and cheats. I don’t study very hard.

Every day he was thinking about unreliable things. For example, he also knew about the letter he wrote before. At that time, he felt that there was no use in writing this thing. It must be a scam created by the game company. Even if Even if someone guesses correctly, it's impossible for anyone to win the prize.

Even with the most malicious thoughts, Mars Entertainment may not even be interested in reading the hundreds of thousands or millions of letters sent to their company. The most likely possibility is to throw them all directly into the garbage dump.

Moreover, Rob Pardo usually likes to play games. Originally, the two of them lived in the same dormitory, so it was easy for them to influence each other. As a result, he often played games in the living room, and it was difficult for him to study hard in the room. For example, in this exam, he only scored 95 points. Compared with the previous time, it was two points less.

But the thing that surprised me the most was the person I usually looked down upon the least, Robert Pardo. He actually got an invitation letter and a ticket based on that letter. How come all the good things in the world happened to him?

Modi usually doesn't play games himself, and even hates his classmates who play games, just like Rob Pardo. He even resented Rob Pardo for the fact that his score was two points behind. He plays more games, but because many of his classmates are fans of Mars Entertainment, they often talk about it in the classroom.

Even if he was no longer interested, he still understood some things through what he saw and heard.

For example, it is already October and November is approaching. The students in his classroom are talking about the Mars Entertainment Carnival most often. In fact, he doesn’t even know why this Laoshizi carnival is so famous. Not only in his classroom, but also in other places in the school, even in the restaurant, there are people who often talk about this thing.

Originally he was dismissive of these things. No matter how fun or excellent the games his classmates said were, in his eyes they were useless things that could only corrode people's souls. At that time, It would be better to re-read The Theory of Moral Sentiments or The Social Contract.

But when he heard that a ticket for the Mars Entertainment Carnival has now been sold for 2,500 US dollars, and, according to those people, last year, the first Mars Entertainment Carnival was held in November. In the days leading up to the opening of the carnival, a carnival ticket was sold for more than 5,000 US dollars.

Modi was shocked. You know, how much does a top singer's concert ticket cost?

So, this time, when he saw the person he wanted to look down on, he just wrote a letter that in his opinion had no meaning at all, and got a ticket worth five thousand dollars? This was an extraordinary blow to his soul.

He had wanted to show off.

Because he just passed the preliminary interview with an investment bank today. You know, although it has not been long since Black Monday, the vitality of the U.S. economy is still very strong, and it has begun to gradually recover. Therefore, those investment banks have begun to Recruit people.

No matter what era, positions in investment banks are always the most desirable jobs for the best students from top American universities. Just like in the 1960s and 1970s, when the United States and the Soviet Union were at the height of the Cold War, they had little regard for technological research and development. The investment was the biggest, so the best students at that time wanted to become scientists as well as engineers.

Without him, scientists and engineers were the most profitable at that time. Now, with the transformation of the United States from an industrial country to a financial country, investment banks are the most profitable.

Being able to find a position in an investment bank before graduating from college is indeed something worth showing off. After all, this is not before Black Monday. Today's investment banks are very poor in terms of invitations and quality of staff. very high.

Of course, Modi did not get the job. He just passed the initial interview, and then there was the second interview and the final re-examination. In other words, his so-called ability to work in an investment bank was still a matter of course. A ridiculous thing.

But this does not prevent Modi from wanting to show off.

It's a pity that when he saw the invitation letter in Rob Pardo's hand, his idea of ​​showing off disappeared instantly. Yes, he just passed an interview for this job. After all, Whether you can get it or not, it's still like the moon in a well. What's there to show off?

take me Out to eat?

Hearing Rob Pardo invite him to dinner, Modi's expression changed instantly. In his opinion, this was his roommate showing off to him - showing off the invitation he had just received. A very strange creature, he felt that when he showed off, it was understandable and humane.

But when others show off to him, he considers it an unforgivable humiliation.

However, Modi just held back. He had a stern look on his face, shook his head, and deliberately said in a nonchalant tone: I don't have time. I just passed the preliminary interview with National Wells Bank today, and I still have to prepare for the next step. I have a second interview to attend, and I don’t want to waste my time on irrelevant things and end up not getting the internship I’ve always dreamed of!”

At the end of the sentence, Modi's face showed a look of pride. After all, not everyone can get the second-hand opportunity at National Wells Bank.

After saying this, Modi waved his hand casually, walked directly to his room, and then closed the door forcefully. The sound of the door slamming on the door frame was very loud, which can also be seen from this point. , the mood of the person who closed the door was not very pleasant.

Seeing this scene, Rob Pardo snorted disdainfully. In fact, he had always disliked his roommate. He thought about the several protests made by the dormitory management and wanted to change to another dormitory. , but they all gave up because there were no dormitories available.

In fact, there are many people in the class who hate Modi like me.

It's not for any other reason, but because of the condescending demeanor and tone that Modi himself shows from time to time. Isn't that just because of his good grades? Does having good grades make you superior to others? Thinking of this, Rob Pardo snorted again. He just didn't like learning mathematics. Calculation formulas and programming were what he was most interested in. If his parents hadn't forced him to study mathematics when he was in college, I will definitely learn programming myself.

He has also found the right direction for his future career, which is the video game industry, and Jester is his idol and life mentor who guides him forward.

Moreover, he has also thought about it. When he comes back from participating in the carnival, he will prepare for the internship in his final year of college. His dream is to enter Mars Entertainment and become an intern. If he can do it during the internship, There's nothing like being a part of Jester's development team.

Of course, the best thing is to successfully stay at Mars Entertainment after completing the internship.

Of course, Rob Pardo knows that Mars Entertainment has become a holy place for young people like himself. The competition is fierce and may not be as easy as that of the four major banks such as China Wells Bank. He doesn’t know that, according to the Whether or not I can join in with my own abilities. (To be continued...)