Chapter 418: Am I a producer?


    The next morning.


    Gu Fan, Zhou Yang, Wei Chengjie, and Su Tong came to the small conference room. Although it looked like a small meeting, in fact, it would directly determine the direction of the Nitiantian game in the future, which can be said to be very important.


    Gu Fan first distributed some materials to the three people.


    "This is the company''s current game sales and profitability that I just got from the finance department. You can take a brief look at it first. Don''t get too hung up on the specific numbers. Just have an idea.


    "In short, the biggest problem our company has now is how to spend the money."


    Of course, this material was prepared by Xiao Mingyu in advance. In fact, every once in a while, the financial department will issue such a report. However, in the past half year, Nitiantian has been working hard to develop various games because of insufficient funds. There are problems, so no one pays special attention to these contents.


    I just feel like I’m getting more and more bonuses.


    And last night, after Mr. Li made some strategizing arrangements, he decided on the general direction of the game for the long term in the future, so everyone should calm down and pay attention to the parts that were too lazy to pay attention to before.


    Yes, for these core members of the company, they all prefer to focus on the development plan of new games and have little interest in the company''s specific financial situation.


    So many numbers give me a headache just looking at them.


    But when they saw the specific numbers, everyone''s faces showed quite complex expressions.


    When did our company become so rich?


    As early as when "Ascension" was being developed, the accumulated development and operating expenses on Nitiantian''s books were already more than 50 million. This half a billion was already too much to spend. The full development of "Ascension" cost more than 37 million. As a result, the sales volume exceeded one million not long after its release. Not only did the cost be recovered very early, but the subsequent sales volume remained strong.


    After that, games such as "Road Rage Simulator", "Hell Racing", "Shadow World", "Endless Fantasy Legend", and "Dreamland" have also been steadily making money.


    Of course, make a lot of money? That''s not the case.


    This is because Nitiantian''s games are relatively restrained in their charging models. For example, "Shadow World" is an mmorpg game that has been very successful in both versions. As long as you release the appearance and buy skins, you can significantly increase your revenue, and "Heartbeat Dreamland" If all characters are obtained by drawing cards, many players can get a lot of money.


    But Nitian did not do this, and basically set charging standards based on the baseline of not losing money.


    Of course, there are benefits to doing this. Although it is not a cash cow, the sales volume of each Nitiantian game is very stable. In the long run, the sales volume is rarely less than 3 million.


    This is quite an impressive achievement for a stand-alone game manufacturer.


    So far, even Nitiantian has done some big things, such as directly purchasing the finished game "Clash of Demons" as a successor, or launching the first-generation Erios figure locally at a total loss, but in general, the funds on the books are Still rising steadily and sharply.


    So far, the accumulated R&D and operating funds on Nitiantian''s account have reached nearly 500 million.


    Moreover, because Nitiantian’s game development cycle is very short, and a new game is often launched within three or four months, those old games also have great stamina. As time goes by, more and more games are making money at the same time, and the company There will inevitably be more and more money on the books.


    For Lilith, her idea is simple: spend all the money as quickly as possible to speed up the production of the game as much as possible!


    Because the faster and more games are produced, the more likely there will be lucky people who will make a lot of negative emotions.


    It is precisely for this reason that last night Lilith strategized, scolded Fang Qiu, and made Nitian''s next grand plan.


    It can also be regarded as the "Reverse Heaven 3.0" form.


    If Nitiantian, which initially had only a few employees such as Gu Fan, Zhou Yang, and Su Tong, was in the 1.0 form, and Nitiantian, which continued to expand after moving to the villa and even opened two projects at the same time, was in the 2.0 form, then in order to go further at this time, Hua To lose more funds and strive for more negative emotions, Nitian must enter the 3.0 form.


    Zhou Yang put down the information: "This amount of money is indeed enough to support our continued expansion, and we can even buy many outsourcing companies."


    For outsourcing companies, as long as they have money, they can make any arrangement.


    It is completely feasible to even completely "support" the outsourcing company and turn it into a long-term partner or even a subsidiary of Nitian.


    Originally, everyone was worried that this would be too expensive, but since Mr. Li and Mr. Gu both agreed, let''s just burn it. It would be burning the company''s money anyway.


    Maybe we can explore a new business form.


    Gu Fan continued: "According to what Mr. Li said last night, in order to transform Nitiantian into the 3.0 form better and faster, we will make the following arrangements.


    "First of all, I will continue to be responsible for the physical business of Nitiantian. This time, I will launch a new physical product for the new game.


    “As for the specific product, I haven’t decided yet, but it has nothing to do with you.


    "Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie, you two need to select a group of people from the company, mainly key employees, including programmers, planners and artists, and then go to Magic City and Yangcheng respectively to establish Nitian''s "Modu Studio" and "Modu Studio" Yangcheng Studio".


    "Your task is to find more powerful outsourcing companies in these two cities, turn them into part of our game development process, and incorporate them into our development process by spending money, so as to achieve Mr. Li''s improvement of the game. Development speed goals.


    “Of course, since this is the first time we try this cooperation model, the initial efficiency may not be very high, and the development progress of the game “Blood of Lies” may not even be improved.


    "But as time goes by, our cooperation gradually matures, and the development time of subsequent games should be shortened to a certain extent." This matter is of great importance, and Mr. Li also attaches great importance to it, so I leave it to you two. "


    Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie had obviously communicated with Gu Fan in private and were mentally prepared in advance, so they each nodded: "Don''t worry, Mr. Gu, we will definitely get things done."


    But Su Tong, who had never paid much attention, suddenly realized that something was wrong.


    "Huh? Isn''t that right?


    "There are three of you, one has to work on a new physical product, and the other two have to go to the Magic City and Yangcheng respectively. What about "Blood of Lies"? Who will be the producer?"


    All three people fell into silence, and then said in unison: "What do you think?"


    Su Tong pointed to herself in shock: "Could it be me?"


    At this moment, she felt as if she was strolling down the street and was suddenly hit by a billboard falling from the sky. She was a little dizzy.


    Obviously before this, Su Tong never thought that one day he would be the main planner of the game.


    After all, she has been the test team leader since she joined Nitiantian Games. And before that, she didn''t have much gaming experience at all.


    Even after becoming the test team leader, she did play a lot of games, and even created a top speedrunner account on the Internet while playing "Sisyphus" and "Ascension", but after There are still obvious shortcomings in this aspect of the game experience.


    You may be proficient in a single game, but your understanding of game types may not be as good as some **** game enthusiasts.


    What''s more, if you want to be a game producer?


    Gu Fan coughed twice: "It doesn''t matter, this matter is actually not as difficult as you think.


    "First of all, you were appointed by President Li to be the producer of "Blood of Lies". She has repeatedly requested it, and there is no room for negotiation on this point.


    "In order to expand as quickly as possible, Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie are indeed the best candidates to go to Magic City and Yangcheng. And if you want to choose a producer from the remaining employees, it really can only be you.


    “As for how to do it specifically, you don’t have to worry too much about this.


    "Because the entire design plan for "Blood of Lies" was still completed by the design team, Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie will each be responsible for a part.


    “At that time, you only need to supervise the production in strict accordance with the design plan.


    "In addition, "Blood of Lies", as an action game, actually has certain similarities with the "Ascension" we developed before. You know "Ascension" well before, so it shouldn''t be too difficult to adapt to it. question."


    Su Tong was helpless: "Apart from the fact that they are both action games and have a bit of Cthulhu style, they are all the same!"


    She has also seen the concept draft of "Blood of Lies". It is obvious that the two games are very different, whether it is the story background, combat mechanism or special mechanism.


    But it was obvious that Su Tong was going to be chased away by Mr. Li.


    Gu Fan knew very well why Lilith made such a decision.


    Letting Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie start the Demon City and Yangcheng Studio of Defying Heaven was just an excuse. In fact, it was because Lilith no longer trusted them either.


    After all, the games they were responsible for previously had bizarre bugs, which had very serious consequences.


    There is no evidence, but it is suspicious enough!


    Therefore, after eliminating these "three cheap guests", Lilith could only reluctantly pick Su Tong''s head.


    Of course, Lilith doesn''t fully trust Su Tong, but she can''t really recruit someone who has no knowledge of the project to be the producer of this project. After all, the producer still needs to have basic abilities, otherwise it will be delayed. If the development progress is affected and the game is difficult to produce, who will make up for the missing negative emotions?


    Moreover, Su Tong has been conscientious in his work as the leader of the Nitian test team for such a long time, and has not made any mistakes. He even helped Lilith gather the wool from the Hell Front.


    Lilith thought beautifully: As the test team leader, Su Tong''s working mode has always been to strictly follow the design documents, so if she is asked to be the producer of a new game, "Blood of Lies" should also be able to strictly follow the design documents. Is the design document developed?


    In that case, Lilith can already thank God.


    Even if problems arise, a one-sided test is easier to deal with than a plan full of clever ideas, and it is easier to leave flaws.


    Therefore, Su Tonglai was honored to serve as the producer and test team leader of "Blood of Lies".


    "Okay, if there are no other questions, let''s hurry up. Mr. Li doesn''t have much time left for us."


    Gu Fan stood up: "By the way, it''s still the same as before. The promotional video and trial demo of "Blood of Lies" will be released first, and it will be warmed up while it is being developed.


    "This time we not only want to bring players an unforgettable experience like "Ascension", but we also want to make a clear difference from "Ascension" so that players...can''t stop!"


    (End of chapter)