hunt for programmers

past.

At the flick of a finger, after the last red maple leaf struggled and failed to escape the fate of returning to its roots, before Cheng Jialin and the others had time to feel the pleasant autumn breeze, the howling winter wind came down from the north with thousands of biting cold currents. .

Xu was stimulated by Cheng Jialin, who was clamoring for his entrepreneurial spirit from every pore in his body. During Xiao Ran's endless coding time in Cheng Jialin's day and night, after Wen Hao introduced another client to him , no longer needing someone from Song to torture him, he consciously plunged into the cramped black hole of the work station, and began to practice in seclusion. He was on an annual leave, but his red eyes of "being insane, don't get close" hit him outside the stone gates.

Afterwards, on a certain night with thousands of lamps in the middle of the night, when the wind changed and the snow changed, the game that Cheng Jialin and the others had developed in the dark for half a year officially came to an end.

During the closed test period, Cheng Jialin specially took the game he personally participated in to ask Xiao Ran to accept it, so the latter nestled on the sofa at Cheng Jialin's house for almost a whole day without moving his place, in a meditation posture, But the eyes are wide open, and the soul has already left the body, and got into this parkour mobile game, which can be hailed as the first classic parkour game in China.

At night, Cheng Jialin was unmoved by Xiao Ran's pitiful begging "Ai ai", and resolutely pulled the tablet out of his hand, pointing at his tablet in the gesture of an elder criticizing a child. Eye.

Xiao Ran rubbed his sore eyes, pouted his lips, and murmured reluctantly: "Aren't you facing the computer every day... Oh, yes, many programmers wear glasses, why aren't you short-sighted?" Woolen cloth?"

Cheng Jialin sat next to him, fiddling with the tablet computer in his hand, while watching Xiao Ran's progress in playing, he analyzed: "It varies from person to person, and part of the reason for myopia is also related to genetics. I usually focus on my work. The brain is not the eye, so it is not myopic."

"Oh... that sounds very powerful," Xiao Ran asked casually with his back turned to him, leaning on his shoulders, stretching his sore legs, looking at the bright and dim lights of thousands of houses outside the window , "Your game is online, you should be able to rest for a while, right?"

"Well, we have to wait until the game's public beta and see the effect." Cheng Jialin was so focused on the game that he didn't hear the coquettish complaint contained in Xiao Ran's words. Gently touched Xiao Ran's back, and asked him, "What do you think of this game?"

The corners of Xiao Ran's mouth turned up, and he sighed secretly, turned around, sat up straight, took the tablet from his hand, and began to express his opinion seriously: "It's wonderful, although it's similar to the escape and parkour game from abroad. , but compared to that game, it has added a lot of storylines, which is relatively new. In addition, it also has technical content, which requires skilled operation skills and keen insight to discover hidden obstacles, which is quite attractive.”

Seeing Xiao Ran's unabashedly admiring gaze, Cheng Jialin bent his lips almost imperceptibly: "What about the existing problems?"

Xiao Ran nodded: "There are a few points, firstly, the game occasionally crashes, secondly, the quality of the game screen needs to be improved, thirdly, it would be better if a story introduction animation is added before the game starts, and, What are your main profit models for this game? If the popularity of the game is not high in the early stage, advertising should not bring in much profit. If you just buy props, then I think the difficulty of the game needs to be improved, because players with good skills You can pass the level without buying props, if you can add more routes..."

Cheng Jialin stared blankly at Xiao Ran, who was still thinking about what else to pay for, and suddenly his mind went blank. For a moment, he felt his heart throbbing. Realized that something had changed in Xiao Ran's body... However, not long after, the throbbing felt like being stabbed by some sharp weapon, leaving only deep pain.

The handsome young man in front of him no longer had the timidity and confusion when he first entered the workplace, the self-discouragement and caution when entering the industry for the first time, and the childish joy and excitement when he made an order earlier. Situation, from the inside out exudes an enviable maturity and stability - he has grown up.

Before he knew it, he lost all his youthfulness and became more radiant and charming.

The corner of Cheng Jialin's mouth contained a bit of bitterness, feeling very uncomfortable for a moment, he really wanted to say to Xiao Ran, "You don't know how charming you look confident now", but he opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word, Xiao Ran The dazzling and charming light lingering around his body seemed to gather together in an instant, transforming into a powerful lightsaber, hitting his heart with one blow, and stabbing his heart achingly, but he couldn't Pull / come out.

He was too aware of the difficult process of growing up like this, but during that most difficult time, he was not able to accompany him, leaving him alone to bear and endure the hardship and loneliness.

"By the way," Xiao Ran raised the volume, called Cheng Jialin who was blaming himself, and asked him, "Have you decided on the channel for your game operation?"

Cheng Jialin pressed his chest, and said in a low hoarse voice: "My brother is preparing for the channel. We plan to put it on the APPStore to see the effect first. If the benefits are good, we will transplant it to the Android platform. After all, funds are limited now. Follow-up It will be better if we can get venture capital.”

"Well, it's good that your brother understands. I heard that the game operation channel is very deep." Xiao Ran scratched his hair and said apologetically, "Hey, I don't know the specific situation, so I can't give you anything." suggestion."

Cheng Jialin raised his hand to smooth his messy hair, then pressed his head on his shoulder, and said softly, "Don't say that, you've done a good job."

...Okay made him feel bad.

Xiao Ran smiled and went to hug him, but as soon as his arms wrapped around his waist, he froze for a moment. Why did Cheng Jialin lose weight again... He suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and said in a cheerful tone: "Then how do you reward him?" its me?"

Cheng Jialin couldn't help smiling, he really wanted to see what kind of coquettish expression Xiao Ran had when he asked for a reward, but Xiao Ran hugged him even tighter when he pushed him, and he couldn't break free, so he had to pat him His back said: "Then what reward do you want?"

Xiao Ran sniffed and said, "When your game is open beta, let's find time to travel for two days."

Cheng Jialin's hands paused for a moment, then he lowered his eyes, hugged him tightly again, nodded heavily and said, "Okay."

However, it's not up to others, Cheng Jialin still failed to fulfill his promise to Xiao Ran.

As Xiao Ran said, their game is quite attractive, and the results of the first public beta were very good, and the company quickly got a considerable amount of venture capital, from which Lao Yang took the capital raised by Cheng Jialin before. Lixian returned it to him.Afterwards, the company simply held a celebration party, and then began to prepare for the Android platform market in full swing.

This anger continued until after the Spring Festival, during which Cheng Jialin only returned to his hometown on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day for a year, and then returned to work against the clock.Whenever the night is quiet, he always comforts himself in this way: the sooner the project goes live, the more time he can spend with Xiao Ran.

He is actually right to think so, and there is a saying that says that the early bird catches the worm, and the sooner their games are released, the more advantageous they will be.

However, at that time, they all thought that they were hard-working birds, but they didn't know that it was up to them to decide whether it was a bird or a worm.

The travel plan fell through, and Xiao Ran was disappointed, but he was still happy with the results of Cheng Jialin and his company's game.

At the end of the year, Xiao Ran felt a little pity that he lost the opportunity to go to the annual meeting of a big company. At this moment, Wen Hao asked him to have dinner with him, and Xiao Ran thought it would be a good time to discuss the cooperation of the game operation platform with him. Insider/screen, he readily agreed.

After the meeting, after a few polite words, Xiao Ran went straight to the point and asked him: "What issues should we pay attention to when cooperating with game operators? How can we maximize the use of platform resources to promote our own games?"

Hearing this, Wen Hao teased him: "You're a recruiter, what do you do if you know so much detail? You don't understand even if you tell me."

Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, glanced at him and said, "I'm curious, can't I?"

"Okay, okay," Wen Hao smiled and smoothed him, and pointedly gave the core of the answer to his two questions: "It depends on relationships."

Xiao Ran: "..."

Wen Hao said with a smile: "Why, don't you believe it?"

Xiao Ran curled his lips: "It's the same as not saying it."

Wen Hao spread his hands and said helplessly, "This is indeed the most important thing."

"Hey," Xiao Ran said with a sigh, "I know that the status quo of the whole society is like this."

"Don't look disappointed with the national conditions, our country still has many good policies." Wen Haoqu touched Xiao Ran's forehead, paused for a moment, and then said, "Are you interested in joining my company?" ?”

Xiao Ran rubbed his forehead and looked at Wen Hao suspiciously.

Wen Hao showed his gentle and elegant smile, and said to him