Reborn to create a virtual world

Hearing what Du Sitong said, Lin Shu was taken aback for a moment, and then asked: "What does the game editor... mean?"

Du Sitong replied: "Doesn't our website have several games or mods uploaded every day? If the number increases in the future, it will be difficult for users to find the mods they need? I mean we are Isn’t it necessary to hire a dedicated game editor to classify games, add tags, and make recommendations...just like some online editors of Novels.com.”

Lin Shu immediately understood that what she was talking about was actually game testers and reviewers.

This position also existed on the independent game trading platform many years later, but the form was more complicated.Lin Shu replied: "This can be considered in the future, but it is not needed for the time being. Instead, the classification labels and rankings can be created first... In addition, we can learn the coin system of some video websites and give users the first login every day. Issue tokens so that they can use these tokens to vote for their favorite games. At the same time, all users who have purchased a specific game can rate the game after a period of time. This comprehensive score and token voting can be made separately The leaderboard is convenient for players to use as a reference."

Du Sitong was confused and asked, "Is there any difference between the two lists?"

Lin Shu replied: "Yes, the former allows users to log in to our website every day for their favorite games, and the latter can enhance user stickiness, making their consumption more rational and more secure."

Du Sitong thought for a while, and also understood, nodded, and said, "I understand."

After the remaining few people made work reports one after another, Lin Shu asked Bai Miao: "How is the contact with the painter?"

Bai Miao said: "Most of them are a little interested, but they are hesitant to come here to set up a column, and they are still in a wait-and-see state. There are also those who are willing to come directly to test the water, but not too many. Too many people are more worried about us. The popularity here, worrying about wasting effort."

This was also expected. Lin Shu listened, with a calm expression, and asked again: "What about the painting?"

Bai Miao laughed immediately, and replied neatly: "What's the problem with this!? They must all be willing. They rely on this to make a living. How can there be any reason not to take over the work? But the time arrangement must be communicated in advance, and the intermediary That’s right, it’s mainly about communication.”

Lin Shu hummed, and then said: "The current situation is like this. I have a new development plan to announce. I may need to recruit some more employees, and at the same time, I will also transfer your positions."

Everyone behind the meeting screen was stunned.

Lin Shu did not continue to chat on this topic, but asked Jing He and said, "Brother Jing, please tell me what you think about the current customer service department. Since you brought it up, you should have thought about it. Tell me what you think."

Jing He paused for a while to think, and then said: "I think that in addition to me and Cindy, the customer service needs at least three to five more people. Cindy will be responsible for reviewing games, so she should not be included in the schedule. But to keep the customer service line open 24 hours a day, at least three shifts without intervals - I thought about the schedule of several shifts, and personally think that the most suitable time should be 6-14, 14-22, 22-6 Half of each, one person in the morning and late night shift should be able to handle it, and a few more people in the afternoon to evening shift—that’s the peak period for rest games.”

Lin Shu then said: "Mr. Du, please remember it. This point is worth considering."

Du Sitong hummed suddenly, and then began to type notes.

But Lin Shu said to Jing He again: "But Brother Jing, have you ever thought about what is the main function of our customer service now?"

Jing He was taken aback for a moment.

Ju Mingfeng thought, "Here we come."

Jing He was taken aback for a moment, and then replied, "Do you do troubleshooting and technical assistance?"

After all, future games are stand-alone, and the functions of customer service are somewhat different from those of online games.Lin Shu nodded and said, "That's right. Our customer service is different from the online customer service, because the customer service of netizens may need to solve various bugs, but the stand-alone machine does not need to do this, and we have no way to interfere with the player's computer. The program within is only to provide technical support and troubleshooting when they have problems, so we don’t actually need to open customer service 24 hours a day, because their problems are actually problems that don’t need and cannot be solved immediately.”

Then Lin Shu continued: "It is really not cost-effective for us to add three to five customer service. After-sales service is indeed more important, but too many customer service will make our expenditure in this area too high, and if these expenditures are spent In other places, the price/performance ratio will be even higher. What's more, we now ask customer service questions every day, can we ensure that the customer service staff are at least busy when they go to work? You know, in any company, idle manpower is a waste of resources."

Jing He thought about it for a while, and felt that he hadn't considered it well, so he said, "However, we still need a customer service from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the evening."

Lin Shu then said, "I understand, I'm also thinking about recruiting people."

Then he asked Du Sitong: "Ms. Du wants a website editor, right?"

Du Sitong said: "If possible, I think it would be better."

Lin Shu nodded and said, "Okay!" Then he said to Jing He, "Brother Jing, otherwise, we will recruit some people next, and we will discuss the specific number later. But if all the people we recruit for this part are communicated Fresh graduates are also welcome as technicians above the level of ability. We first let them serve as customer service technical consultants and game editors, that is, they have a phone to answer the phone, and if they don’t have a phone, they review the uploaded game and communicate with the uploader. , and deal with other technical issues and maintenance work of the website. At the same time, we have established a voice classroom function, openly answering various questions from registered users from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] every day, and conducting some simple game production process explanations and self-inspection process explanation courses .Is that all right?"

In fact, Jing He was already very surprised, because Lin Shu's arrangement was so comprehensive that it not only solved the problems he raised, but also perfected the defects in his own suggestions.

Moreover, he thought about it carefully, and found that Lin Shu's arrangement simply killed many birds with one stone, efficient and useful.At the same time, the work of reviewing uploaded games and answering users can quickly help newcomers to verify some problems, know some problems in uploading modules and the difficulties encountered by players themselves, so as to better understand users' problems and situations, and at night The course can greatly reduce the workload of customer service, because some people may get answers from other people's questions while queuing up to ask questions. In a sense, it can greatly reduce some repetitive work.

Jing He was convinced immediately.

Lin Shu said again: "Brother Jing, you and Brother Zheng will arrange the recruitment together, and the two of you will cooperate."

Jing He and Zheng Fang Chengdu responded successively.

Then Lin Shu said: "Then it is the next development plan of the website. We have already talked about the promotion of various game platforms and forums. Next, Teacher Du, I hope you can contact some well-known original novel websites in China, and then contact Officials talk about a deal."

"!?" Du Sitong was surprised and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Talk about the copyright of stand-alone games." Lin Shu said, "Contact a few well-known domestic novel websites, and then find a group of popular novels with distinctive characters and plots, and ask about the price of the stand-alone adaptation rights. Teacher Du, you According to the situation, decide whether to talk about the authorization of the character design or the full-text authorization, but the quotation of each individual design should not exceed [-], and the full-text authorization should not exceed [-]. If the price of a work is too high, change it. If there is a particularly outstanding And if the popularity is high, and the copyright fee is too high, I will take a step back and ask if I can authorize the adaptation of fandom modules-that is, we will make plot games for them, free of charge, not for commercial use, and we will sign for them to promote, but We do not pay copyright fees, and at the same time we do not charge ourselves, allowing users to download and play for free."

Du Sitong was astonished and asked, "What good does this do for us?"

Lin Shu replied with a smile: "Using the popularity of the work to attract some users, we only make plot lines in free licensed games, and do not add additional gameplay modules, such as business development and combat strategy. The original work All plot and character mods are free of charge, that is to say, they can be disassembled and loaded into other games, and other paid functional mods can also be loaded... In this way, there will definitely be players who play free games They will buy some functional mods they are interested in to enhance the gameplay, and some existing players will choose to download free mods to enhance the richness of the original mods. It is an alternative way of advertising.”

After Du Sitong listened, it took a few seconds to digest before he understood Lin Shu's meaning.

She asked, "Will 2 yuan be too little if the full book is authorized? The other party who authorizes for free may not be willing to authorize."

Lin Shu replied: "Not a lot. Because the IP (intellectual copyright) adapted from stand-alone games is completely worthless, and it is a complete buyer's market."

Du Sitong said, "Why? The price of IP has been rising for the past two years, and the market for online articles is very hot."

"That's also divided into the types of adaptation rights, Teacher Du." Lin Shu said, "Online games are not counted. In your impression, which works have been adapted into stand-alone works? Which of them are film and television IPs with high prices What about online literary works?"

Du Sitong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he thought for a while based on his memory, but he couldn't remember much.In the end, she only remembered one or two games adapted from male novels... Then she realized that none of the two works she remembered had been adapted for film and television.

Lin Shu also said: "Because of the out-of-order copyright market in the past ten years, stand-alone games have been the most affected. There is still a place for genuine copies of movies and novels, but the emerging industry of stand-alone games has almost no No protection whatsoever. Except for the role-playing category which has a wide audience, the domestic strategy category, development category, management category, action category... have almost disappeared. Now the domestic player base, the action category depends on Europe and the United States. Feeding, business development depends on feeding from Japan and South Korea, and strategies rely on both. Of course, after the copyright is seized in the future, the stand-alone market will undoubtedly recover, but it will take time. Before the market recovers, everyone Some emotional novels have no chance of being adapted into a stand-alone machine. For now, we are already the best choice-you said, between having and nothing, between nothing and less, is completely Is it better to have none, or is it better to have less income but at least income from copyright or popularity?"

Du Sitong thought for a while and said, "Lin Shu, I believe what you said. But I don't think everyone thinks so. There are always people who value actual benefits more."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "That's why you, Mr. Du, are needed to persuade the other party. This process of analyzing interests, reaching cooperation, and creating a win-win situation depends on you, Mr. Du."

This is indeed a daunting task.

But Du Sitong bit his pen and thought for a while, and felt that he was not completely unable to complete it, so he said: "I'll go back and think about how to talk to the other party."

Afterwards, several people discussed some details of future work in detail, and the meeting was considered to be over.

Lin Shu arranged the next thing to do, and felt a little more relaxed.After completing a part of the new engine module planning, I went to the game "Nine Heavens".

As a result, he received an email as soon as he entered the game.

"Are you there?"

Lin Shu glanced and found that it was Yijian Lingyun.He was a little surprised why the other party suddenly kept him private, but he still responded: "Yes."

Yijian Lingyun gave him an instant messaging software ID and asked him to add himself.

After Lin Shu added it, Yijian Lingyun quickly sent him a video request.Lin Shu was taken aback for a moment, then immediately refused, and then typed: "What is this for?"

Yijian Lingyun then said: "Start the video, I have something to do."

Lin Shu then said, "I don't have a camera here, so just speak up if you have something to say."

But Yijian Lingyun said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have a camera, as long as you can see it - what I promised, I will definitely do it."

Lin Shu didn't understand what he was talking about.

But after hesitating for a while, he turned off the camera and accepted the video invitation.

In this case, Lin Shu could see the situation on Yijian Lingyun's side, but Yijian Lingyun could not see the situation on Lin Shu's side.

Through the video, Lin Shu saw the appearance of Yijian Lingyun.It was a young man about eighteen or nineteen years old, his facial features were sharp and angular, but his face was pale.He looked at the screen, and his eyes stared straight at the center of the screen. At first contact, Lin Shu almost mistakenly thought that he was looking at him.

There was a cardboard box in front of the young man. The young man's face was so serious that Lin Shu had the illusion that his face was actually blue.

But soon Lin Shu discovered that it was not an illusion.

The young man frowned and opened the paper box.The moment Lin Shu saw the items in the carton, Lin Shu felt that the young man was crazy, and then typed: "Are you sick?"

But Yijian Lingyun said: "I have said what I promised, and I will definitely do it."

Lin Shu's expression was tense, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally remembered what Yijian Lingyun was talking about.

Before the last match of the PK in the proving ground, Yijian Lingyun boasted that he would definitely win against Lin Shu, and if he couldn't win, he would broadcast Chixiang live.Lin Shu remembered that at the end of the game, there were onlookers booing at Yijian Lingyun, asking him to keep his promise.

But that was nothing more than jokes and nonsense, at least Lin Shu thought so, and he thought that most of those who made a fuss couldn't be serious, they were just teasing Yijian Lingyun on purpose.

The only thing he didn't expect was that Yijian Lingyun himself took such a sentence seriously.

Lin Shu then typed: "Are you sick? This kind of words are regarded as a promise, and you still want to do it? What's the point of this kind of 'promise' if it is not fulfilled? And I never asked for such a stupid promise. Can you please not be mentally ill?"

He was not in a hurry when typing, but his attitude was really unceremonious.Lin Shu didn't care that his attitude would irritate the other party, because he didn't care how the other party would react.

Yijian Lingyun did not expect Lin Shu to speak so impolitely.He was silent for a while, and then said: "Maybe it doesn't matter to you, but to me, what I said and promised is serious, and I will definitely realize it."

Lin Shu listened, but paused for a moment before asking him: "If you said it, you will definitely do it?"

Yijian Lingyun said: "A promise is worth a lot."

— as stupid as hell.

Thinking this way, Lin Shu said: "Let's say, if you are asked to do something by someone...well, for example, a female friend. Let me think about it, for example, go to whitewash a scumbag who cheated her feelings You promised, but later found out that your friend’s statement is actually a subjective idea. The other party has a girlfriend and has never hidden it. Your friend is the one who tried to steal the love. In this case, you will Do you want to continue taking turns for the other party?"

Yijian Lingyun looked at it, but was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

After a while, he replied, "These two things are different."

Lin Shu asked, "What's the difference?"

Yijian Lingyun thought for a while before saying: "Since it's a misunderstanding, of course we shouldn't continue."

Lin Shu said, "But you promised your friend."

Yijian Lingyun said: "This kind of promise is wrong. If it is wrong, why should I stick to it to the end!?"

Lin Shu said: "If you can't win, it's right to live broadcast and eat Xiangxiang?" Then he continued, "Can you take that box away first?"

Yijian Lingyun: "..."

With an embarrassed expression, he took the box to a place where he couldn't see it.

Lin Shu then continued typing: "You want to eat, but I don't want to watch it yet."

Yijian Lingyun read the rumors, and immediately said with a distorted expression: "Who wants to eat it!? It's just to keep the promise."

Lin Shu said: "Then whoever you made an appointment with, let him see it. Anyway, I didn't make this appointment with you." Then he hung up the video.

Yijian Lingyun was stunned for a moment, but he quickly typed and said to Lin Shu: "If I don't count what I say, maybe I will be laughed at by my relatives and friends for the rest of my life."

Lin Shu: "Then live broadcast it to your relatives and friends. Anyone who wants to watch it can watch it."

Yijian Lingyun was not happy.

Most of his relatives and friends are bad friends. He was teased and aggressive, and he was teased with this matter for a whole day. He was upset. How could he put such a big deal in the hands of others.

Lin Shu felt that his second term was not over yet.

He said: "Your friend is joking with you, as for being so serious?"

Yijian Lingyun said: "If I contradict my promise, I will lose face."

...I'd rather broadcast live to eat and save face?Lin Shu raised his forehead, thinking he was wasting his time, why?He continued typing: "Then ask your relatives and friends who wants to watch the live broadcast! Whoever wants to watch it, you can live broadcast it to the other party, so that the other party will know that you are a man who speaks clearly and keeps promises."

There was no response from Yijian Lingyun at the other end.Lin Shu waited for a while without waiting for a reply, so she closed the chat box and continued to upgrade and do tasks.

It was not until after dinner that Lin Shu found out that Yijian Lingyun had sent him a message again, saying, "Are you still there?"

"came back."

Yijian Lingyun quickly sent him another request.

Lin Shu hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the request.

However, Yijian Lingyun saw that what was placed in front of Yijian Lingyun was not a cardboard box, but a large snow-white flat-bottomed porcelain plate, and a chocolate-colored cake was placed on it.

Lin Shu: "..."

He complained: "You really don't give up if you don't live broadcast."

Even so, at least it changed from a lump of Zhen Xiang to a lump of chocolate cake, and it no longer had such a serious visual impact and mental damage as before, so Lin Shu didn't hang up the video call anymore.

But I heard someone next to him chuckle and said: "Gomengomen (Japanese: sorry, sorry), he is a pure idiot, dead-brained, we didn't expect that he would really want to live broadcast Chixiang, to trouble you, Cangshan God .”

At the same time, an arm stretched out from Yijian Lingyun's side to wrap around Yijian Lingyun's neck, and then a young man with a tanned skin squeezed his face into the camera, and showed a big smile on Lin Shu's side .

It turned out that Yijian Lingyun actually asked afterward, and his cautious attitude surprised a group of guys who were laughing and booing, and successfully got a lot of questions about "Did you not take your medicine today?"

Finally, when they found out that Yijian Lingyun really came to Lin Shu and tried to broadcast live to him, a group of friends were stunned.One part said "No, I have to keep a distance from this guy to show my innocence", while the other part thought that Lin Shu was really unlucky, so they decided to come over with Yi Jian Ling Yun to prove that everyone except Yi Jian Ling Yun was in a normal state of mind, and It is not the dangerous group that fled Qingshan Hospital recently.

And dark-skinned young people are the representatives.His game name is October Autumn Wind Washing Frost Knife, and his home address is only a small street away from Yijian Lingyun. The two are junior high school classmates, high school alumni, and they are currently in the same university, so they are very good friends.

He apologized to Lin Shu instead of Yijian Lingyun, and Lin Shu was not hypocritical, and replied: "Don't let people out to scare people. To be honest, I really felt disgusted when I saw that lump. Screen."

October Qiufeng scratched his head, glanced at his friend with a complicated look, and said cheerfully: "It's conceivable. Fortunately, I asked him to throw away his things first when I came."

Lin Shu expressed his appreciation: "Very witty."

"I think so too." After October Qiufeng said this, he said to Lin Shu again, "That's it. Cangshan God, you can come to our guild with your friends whenever you have time. Now let this idiot Get this shit over."

Yijian Lingyun said angrily: "Who is an idiot?"

October Autumn Wind said: "Who should be who should be."

Yijian Lingyun was deflated, and immediately stopped talking.Then he took a spoon, poked off a piece of chocolate shell, and put it in his mouth.

After taking this mouthful, he suddenly said, "Actually, I also feel disgusting. Isn't this why I can't get off the stage?" Then he turned his head and glared at his friend, and complained, "Who is responsible for that?"

Who are the bastards who have been sensationalizing and encouraging him to "do what he says"?

The autumn wind in October looks innocently at the sky.

Yijian Lingyun bitterly bit off a piece of cake, chewed it up and swallowed it, then suddenly remembered something, and said, "Cangshan, thank you."

Lin Shu didn't know what he was thanking for, but guessed it was probably because he prevented the other party from getting sick, so he replied: "You are welcome."

As a result, when he went online the next day, he discovered that Yijian Lingyun had sent him a growth-type spiritual weapon.