Game Development Giant

Sun Renchao is the founder of Clement Playing Card Company. He came to the United States in the past four or six years. He started from a small workshop and it took decades to reach the current situation. Now he wants to sell his life's hard work to Jack Ste, naturally felt extremely reluctant to part with him.

In the past two days, Jester took Jester around the entire company, its affiliated factories and other places. He saw that the saplings planted when the company was founded have now grown into towering trees. Now he has to give up his foundation. Although it was a decision he had made long ago, it is still difficult for Sun Renchao to say it.

Therefore, the contract was delayed until the last moment when the symposium with the mainland was to be held.

Jester, who had been a little annoyed accompanying the other party these past two days, also warned the other party with some dissatisfaction that he should either sign the contract as soon as possible or break up.

So, although he couldn't bear it, Sun Renchao still agreed to sign the contract.

Xiaojie, I am also your elder. Tell me, why do you want to buy this card factory? Sun Renchao stroked the trunk of a tree that he planted in the factory area. After a long silence, he spoke. He asked Jester a question.

Jester hesitated for a moment, and then said: It's also printed playing cards. I can't say the specifics, but it's not playing cards anymore. It's a card game I just conceived.

Hearing Jester's reply, a smile appeared on Sun Renchao's old face. He nodded and said in a grateful tone: It's okay if you don't tear this down. I've accomplished only a few things in my life. If it weren’t for that evil son of mine, I would never have sold my life’s hard work under any circumstances.”

Jester didn't answer, and Sun Renchao just said to himself, After finishing these chores this time, I decided to return to the mainland and settle down...

In fact, Jester didn't tell the whole story. He planned to continue making cards, which was good, but he didn't say he wouldn't dismantle the card-making factory.

In the end, Jester reached an agreement with Sun Renchao in the name of Fengxing Game Publishing Company and completed the acquisition. He acquired all the shares of Clement Solitaire Company for a total price of US$4 million.

The company's employees are quite sensitive to changing bosses. After all, Sun Renchao has grown this company bit by bit.

Moreover, the employees of the company are also very excited now. After all, work has been suspended for half a month, and several best-selling poker brands in the factory have been sold before. Most people are not optimistic about the new boss and think that he is not good enough. It was just the previous boss who found someone to take the blame.

So there are signs that many employees are planning to leave the company en masse.

This situation is something Jester doesn’t want to see. The biggest reason he is willing to buy Clemente Card Company is that they have sales channels covering the entire Western United States, China, and even the Eastern United States, but playing card companies To be precise, the sales channel of FMCG is in the hands of salesmen. If a large number of salesmen leave, even if this channel cannot be cut off, the vitality will be greatly damaged.

Fortunately, the majority of Clement Company's employees are Chinese, and the main sales channels are all created by these Chinese employees who followed Sun Renchao. The Chinese are also nostalgic. After some white and black employees have proposed After the resignation request, these people just watched the official website to see what the new boss would do.

In fact, printing playing cards is a very untechnical industry, and the number of sales depends entirely on the skills of the salespersons. Therefore, these people also feel that if the new boss intends to continue making playing cards, they will definitely be reused.

Moreover, to be honest, it is really difficult for Chinese people to find jobs in the United States today. Most of them still go to Chinese companies to work through the Chinese Federation, and it is also difficult to find a job that is commensurate with the current situation.

Jester didn't want to see these skilled salesmen leave, especially those who had made outstanding achievements in the past, so he immediately announced that Clement Company would continue to be in the card business. But it is no longer the previous kind of playing cards, but a new, original card game that has never appeared on the market.

As for what type of card game it is, Jester did not say clearly why he hesitated to keep the design secret.

Because the design work on the card has not yet started, it cannot start immediately. However, Jester also promised that within a month, work will definitely start normally, and during the month of suspension, wages will still be paid.

In fact, what Jester said is nonsense. Most of the printing workers are white and black. These people do not have as many concerns as the Chinese. When Clement Company stopped production, a large number of them resigned, but because At that time, Sun Renchao really didn't have the ability to settle the wages of these people, so he gave up.

This time, when these people saw that they had a scapegoat to take over, they immediately continued to demand resignation. Jester didn't care much about the resignation of these front-line workers. He would accept all those who wanted to resign, whether they were white, black or Chinese. Approval, full compensation of wages and unemployment benefits, in his mind, he did not even plan to keep the printing factory open for a long time.

In his future vision, Clement America will only be responsible for the design and sales of cards, and will move low-tech manufacturing to places with lower labor costs, such as the mainland, which is currently undergoing reform.

Labor costs in the United States are now too high. A person's monthly salary in mainland China can hire a workshop worker.

And the quality of production will not be worse than that in the United States.

With such a comparison of labor costs, who is willing to engage in manufacturing in the United States?

Qin Duanyu is the only painter left in Clement Card Company, and the others have resigned previously.

He is not Chinese, but an overseas Chinese.

During the ten years of catastrophe, he lived in a cowshed and walked through the streets wearing an iron hat. He was once a student of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. When he was young, he learned figure meticulous painting from a famous teacher. He also studied oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation, he could have stayed in After the disaster, I returned to school and applied for a place to study abroad.

After coming to the United States, he studied for two years at New York University's Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was familiar with the characteristics of Eastern and Western paintings and was extremely good at figure painting. After seeing the prosperity of the United States, he did not want to return to the backward continent, so He would rather be a gangster painting illustrations for tourists in some squares, earning a few dollars to barely survive, and living a life worse than a pig or a dog. But even so, he is not willing to return to the country to be the popular person in the country that the school has promised him. Distinguished Professorship.

Originally, his life might have been wasted like this, until he was deported to the country as illegally detained by the Immigration Agency when he could no longer survive, but things turned out differently.

Two years ago, Sun Renchao accidentally met Qin Duanyu who was painting for others. In his early years, he also came from a scholarly family and saw Qin Duanyu's extraordinary attainments in painting. It happened that his own company was short of a painter. After understanding After learning about Qin Duanyu's experience, he helped him solve his identity problem and gave him a job.

Therefore, Qin Duanyu was extremely grateful to Sun Renchao. Even when the Clement Card Company was in the most critical situation, he had no idea of ​​leaving.

In the past few years, the playing cards he drew illustrations have sold well, and he has gained a bit of reputation in the industry. Therefore, before Clement planned to sell this time, several similar manufacturers came to him, hoping that he could come over, but Qin Duanyu didn't It was a flat refusal.

Jester didn't believe his eyes when he saw Qin Duanyu. He knew from Sun Renchao that this talented painter was only thirty-seven years old, but looking at his already white temples, he was deeply sunken. If he didn't know his exact age, Jester would have thought that the other person was already in his fifties.

I like your character illustrations very much.

Jester held a stack of drawing paper in his hand. On it were portraits of people. They were all celebrities from the American Civil War. Each person had their own characteristics and different styles. There was no similarity at all. This is a Civil War-themed poker game launched by Clement Company before, and it became a hit instantly after its launch.

Qin Duanyu just smiled and said nothing, but there was still a look of pride in his eyes. This was indeed a work that he was proud of. After all, this work of his once made money for Clement Company. A lot of money and was once one of the company's flagship products.

Jester didn't take it seriously either. He took out a piece of manuscript paper that he had written a long time ago. It was full of names of people from ancient Europe. He handed the piece of manuscript paper to Qin Duanyu. Jester smiled and said : Look at these people, do you know them all?

Qin Duanyu took the manuscript paper with some curiosity and read the content on it. After a while, his eyebrows furrowed and he read from the first name to the last name on the manuscript paper. Then he took a deep breath and put the manuscript paper back on the table.

Then he shook his head and said: I can only say that I know most of them. I was very interested in European history when I was at New York University. I once studied the history of Charlemagne and got a degree. These seem to be the There are some famous people from that time who only exist in legends and stories. However, there are very few historical materials of that period in Europe, and even fewer of them have their names. I have never heard of them. I think they may be fabrications. That’s it.”

Jester showed a satisfied smile after hearing his answer. He stopped talking too much nonsense and said directly: I want you to draw illustrations of these people. They are familiar to ordinary people. , the drawings must be consistent with their image in the minds of ordinary people. For those fabricated ones that only exist in stories, you can use them as you like, but the design must be unique and cannot be the same.

Seeing Qin Duanyu nod his head and simply said no problem, Jester felt relieved.

From the Civil War-themed poker illustration, he saw that Qin Duanyu indeed had a high talent for designing characters, so he suddenly wanted to give him the job. Originally, He wanted to hand over the task of character illustration to the artists of Mars Entertainment.

However, thinking of the heavy workload of Mars Entertainment in recent times, he casually asked Sun Renchao about the level of the original painters in the company.

Unexpectedly, Sun Renchao said to Jester with a little pride: I also come from a scholarly family, and I also studied painting when I was young. There is a painter named Qin Duanyu from China in my company who is very high-level. From my point of view, he is at least a figure of his own.

Then he sighed and said, In the past, a painter of his level would definitely have been a famous artist.

It was Sun Renchao's praise that aroused Jester's curiosity. He first found the original illustrations drawn by Qin Duanyu, and immediately felt that the other party was a rare talent, so Only then came the previous questioning.

However, Jester was on a tight schedule. He hoped that within a month, the first version of the card game he designed and named World Storm would be officially released, so he asked Qin Duanyu How long does it take to complete the drawing of the character image.

Three months. Qin Duanyu said very quietly. Faced with Jester's question, he still answered as simply as before.

Jester also knew that it would take a long time to complete these dozens of various characters, but he still refused to give up and continued to ask: Can't it be faster? For example, a month?

Haha. Qin Duanyu glanced at Jester in surprise when he heard what he said, then chuckled and simply replied, Sir, do you think painting is like steaming steamed buns? You can steam them one pot at a time. ?”

Seeing the disappointed look on Jester's face, Qin Duanyu also frowned and thought for a moment before saying: If sir can match me with a few suitable assistants, it is not impossible to complete it within a month. …”

What! This time, Jester's face showed a look of extreme surprise. He asked incredulously, Did Mr. Qin say before that he could complete it within three months by one person?

Yes. Qin Duanyu still just nodded.

Within three months, Jester could not believe his ability to complete dozens of male and female character designs with different styles.

He himself has done original painting settings for games, especially characters. An artist is always inevitably influenced by his previous works, especially characters. Therefore, although the characters painted by many artists have different appearances, they are actually different. We can still see many similarities from the details, which in the eyes of many people are placed under the sun and cannot be hidden.

However, Jester thought of the illustration of the characters on the poker card that he had just looked at carefully. Each character had its own characteristics. Even from his level as a half-hearted painter, it seemed that every image was unique. Created individually, no similarities can be seen between each character.

With this ability alone, the painter Qin Duanyu is worthy of Sun Renchao's evaluation of the famous painter of his generation.

Therefore, Jester no longer had any doubts, but asked directly: Mr. Qin, is the assistant you want easy to find?

Easy to find.

Qin Duanyu nodded, but after finishing speaking, he couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

Mr. Li, in fact, there are many painters like me who came to the United States from the mainland to study and don't want to go back after finishing their studies. However, these people are not as lucky as me. I can be satisfied if I can get help from noble people and get a job. To work, most of them, like me a few years ago, have to work illegally in restaurants or go to places with many tourists to paint for people in exchange for some remuneration that can barely survive. There are all top-notch painters in China, and they are all better than me, but I didn’t expect that when I came here, I could only do these unattractive jobs.”

Jester nodded, he had heard of these things even in his previous life.

The United States at this time is both heaven and hell.

But this was not his business. It was the voluntary choice of these people to stay in the United States and live a life of inferiority to pigs and dogs. He simply said: Then just go find Mr. Qin. Their treatment will be the same as that of the previous Clement Company painters. I will be given the treatment, and I only ask that I see the illustrations of this character within a month.”

Qin Duanyu nodded and simply said four words.

no problem.

ps: It took a lot of effort to get into the Writers Zone...