Chapter 70 Someone wants to poach you!


    July 5, Friday.


    ? Zhao Haiquan looked at the time, it was already 4:55.


    As a standard 9-to-5 company, the off-duty time of Nitiantian Games is generally on time, which is worthy of praise.


    ??Although the basic salary is lower than outside, the work is leisurely, and you can also get some experience in successful projects. As a springboard for job hopping, it is still very good.


    ??It was going to be time to get off work in five minutes, and Zhao Haiquan couldn''t help but feel a little anxious.


    Mainly because he invited friends to have dinner together tonight.


    The traffic in the imperial capital was already congested, and today was Friday again. He and his friends were on the North Fifth Ring Road and the other on the East Fifth Ring Road. Even if they could get together at a halfway point, it would take at least an hour.


    If you leave a little later and hit the morning rush hour, you will be in trouble.


    However, at this moment, Gu Fan stood up and said, "Everyone, please wait a moment. I will take five minutes of your time to talk about two things."


    Zhao Haiquan had just stood halfway and sat back silently.


    Wan Duzi, leaders often have a different concept of time than ordinary people. It is said to be five minutes, but even half an hour is within the range of five minutes!


    I wanted to say before that Nitiantian Games is different from other companies. Sure enough, success always makes people feel elated. Why did Mr. Gu get into this bad habit?


    ?But Zhao Haiquan had no choice but to sit silently and listen.


    ??Gu Fan said very succinctly: "The first thing is that the design plan of the new game is already undergoing final modifications. According to the normal development process, development can begin next Monday.


    "Compared with "The Legend of Wolong", this game is larger in size and richer in content, and everyone''s work will be more arduous.


    “So I hope that everyone can work overtime as appropriate starting from next week based on your actual situation. The goal is to ensure that the game can be released as scheduled.


    “The second thing is that we have decided to reissue a bonus to everyone, which should arrive today. As for the specific payment standards of this money, the finance department will send you a message with detailed instructions after the salary arrives.


    “If you still have questions about the amount, you can contact the finance department during working hours to inquire about the situation, but you are strictly prohibited from asking me during non-working hours!


    “Okay, just these two things, everyone can get off work.”


    ?Gu Fan looked at the time, it was exactly four minutes.


    Then he packed up his things very gracefully and walked out of the company.


    ? Zhao Haiquan was a little confused. Hey, could I have made a mistake?


    It means five minutes, it really means five minutes!


    ??However, although the time is short, the amount of information is still very large.


    ?Of course, the main amount of information is still one thing: painting a cake!


    It goes without saying that the first one is to encourage everyone to work overtime. Isn’t the subtext of this clear? And if there is no mention of overtime pay, then there must be no overtime pay.


    As for the second item, it sounds like good news, but when combined with the first item, it’s hard to say.


    In general, after the success of the last game, even if the next game project is to be approved, it will be at least three months later. How can anyone start a new project in less than a week?


    So in order to boost morale, it is still necessary to give some symbolic bonuses as an incentive.


    But if Zhao Haiquan dared to bet 50 cents, the bonus would definitely not be much.


    Because Mr. Gu has said that if you have any questions about the bonus, you can ask the finance department privately.


    Why do you have questions about bonuses? Why are financial questions asked privately but not publicly?


    Do you think the bonus is too much? What a joke!


    Sigh, but what can we do? The hard-working workers have no right to bargain.


    Zhao Haiquan still had to catch the subway, so he quickly packed up his things and headed to the hotel he had made an appointment with his friends.


    …


    At 7:30 pm, Zhao Haiquan finally met up with his friends.


    ?The Imperial Capital was really scary during the evening rush hour. Zhao Haiquan went out of his way to take the subway and ended up spending a full hour on the road.


    ?As for his friend Zhang Qifeng, he left home at 5:30 and only arrived at 7:30 due to traffic jam.


    Zhao Haiquan complained: "Don''t worry about driving your shabby car. If you took the subway, we would have already finished eating!"


    ?Zhang Qifeng shook his head: "That won''t work. I''m very European and I''ve got the number. If I don''t drive, wouldn''t I be at a loss?"


    ? Zhang Qifeng’s current company is a game media called “Shaowan Game Network”, or “Shaowan Game” for short. From the name, this seems to be an Internet addiction treatment agency, but in fact it is not.


    Its philosophy is: Players’ time is precious, and as a game media, we must carefully select the best for players, so that players can play less junk games and more classic games.


    That’s why it’s called “Shaowan Game Network”.


    Zhang Qifeng’s current position is content director. He is responsible for a wide range of business content, including text interviews, video interviews and the writing of some press releases. In addition, he is also responsible for the maintenance of various social accounts and video website accounts.


    ?Although Zhang Qifeng is not a journalist, his writing skills are pretty good, and he is good at interviewing, writing, and video editing, so he can be considered an all-round talent.


    ?The two of them sat down separately and chatted while eating.


    Zhao Haiquan asked: "Before I came here, you told me that you had good news to tell me. What good news was it? Could it be that you were trying to trick me?"


    ?Zhang Qifeng put down his chopsticks: "What are you talking about, Brother Quan, when have I ever tricked you?


    “Absolutely good news.


    “A game company has asked me about you and wants to poach you!”


    Zhao Haiquan was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Dig me?"


    Zhang Qifeng nodded: "Yes! I''ll dig you up!"


    Zhao Haiquan was quite surprised. He had been unemployed at home for a period of time and had submitted many resumes, but was unsuccessful due to various reasons.


    ??Although Zhao Haiquan''s skills as a background program are very good, aren''t there a lot of programmers with good skills these days?


    ?Against the general trend of economic downturn, jobs have shrunk severely. Otherwise, how could Zhao Haiquan end up in a start-up company like Nitiantian Games?


    ??As a result, not long after this, someone named me to poach me?


    Sounds a bit nonsense.


    ?However, Zhao Haiquan also knew that Zhang Qifeng really had this channel.


    ??As the content director of a game media, he has very close relationships with many game companies in the industry. It would not be surprising if a company really extends an olive branch to Zhao Haiquan because of Zhang Qifeng’s recommendation.


    Zhang Qifeng was obviously very excited: “Do you know how much money the other party is willing to pay to poach you?”


    ??Zhao Haiquan thought for a while and casually mentioned a price point at which he might loosen his attitude: "...Twenty thousand?"


    Before coming to Nitiantian Games, Zhao Haiquan’s monthly salary was about 16,000. As a senior backend programmer, this salary is actually not very high in the Imperial City.


    ?Originally, Zhao Haiquan''s expected salary was around 18,000 or even 20,000. However, due to the bad environment, the salary was reduced to only 12,800 when he came to Nitiantian Games.


    ?At first, Gu Fan took a calculator and pressed "reset to zero" several times in front of Zhao Haiquan, then directly calculated 16,000 times 80%, and finally gave the number 12,800, which made Zhao Haiquan feel cold.


    A 20% salary cut doesn''t sound like much, but when it comes to accurate numbers, it feels like a major artery has been cut.


    The cost of a mobile phone will be lost every month. Who can bear this!


    ??At this time, if a company can really offer 20,000 yuan to poach him, it would be considered very impressive compared to his current salary.


    However, the situation seems to be more optimistic than Zhao Haiquan thought.


    Zhang Qifeng shook his head slightly and said excitedly: "Twenty-five thousand! This salary is almost double your current salary, right? In this environment, not many programmers can get this kind of money. !”


    Zhao Haiquan couldn’t help but widen his eyes. Obviously, this number was completely beyond his imagination.


    “But why are they willing to pay so much money to poach me?” Zhao Haiquan was a little confused.


    ?Zhang Qifeng waved his hand: "Isn''t this simple? Of course it''s because of your company''s game! "The Legend of Destiny Wolong"!


    “You don’t know, this game is also very popular within the game industry. The other content is actually not difficult to make or copy, mainly the fake-AI part!


    “It is said that the official platform is also very satisfied with the game.


    “The main reason is that after fake-AI technology was made into a template, although it became popular for a while, none of the games made using this technology became popular, and the official reputation was really lost.


    "Who would have thought that "The Legend of Wolong" would make this technology popular again!


    “Players like it, and the officials plan to support it. This is a new trend. So other companies also have this idea.


    “Isn’t this what you specialize in at Nitiantian Games? It’s normal for people to want to poach you.”


    (End of this chapter)