Chapter 197 Mr. Gu is no longer responsible for game development!


    February 7, Friday at 6pm.


    ??The heads of various departments of Nitiantian Games gathered together in a conference room on the first floor of one of the villas to prepare for a meeting.


    ? Wei Chengjie was a little confused, why did he have to hold the meeting during off-duty hours?


    If you were in other companies, this kind of thing would be quite normal.


    But considering Nitian’s work intensity, there is no problem at all in having meetings during the day, right?


    Zhou Yang responded this way.


    “Don’t ask, just remember that any meeting held at night is a meeting for investors! Just give me some face-saving praise. As for what was specifically said, you can listen or not.”


    Wei Chengjie was confused.


    ??Although he had been studying the urban ghost stories about the counter-heaven repeatedly before and memorized these rules of conduct by rote memorization, after all, he still did not fully understand its internal logic, and he still had doubts about many details.


    Especially the complex relationship between investors and companies, we have not yet fully understood it.


    ?However, Wei Chengjie is too lazy to think about these issues. Strictly speaking, his position at this time is "executive strategy", which means he is not responsible for the functional design of the game, but only needs to manage the project and ensure that the game is developed as scheduled.


    With Mr. Gu and Zhou Yang here, Wei Chengjie can just do his own work without worrying about the minutiae.


    ??While everyone was chatting away, Lilith arrived.


    As soon as she sat down on the chair next to the big conference table, she spoke in surprise.


    “Today’s meeting is nothing particularly important. The main thing is to adjust the organizational structure of our company.


    “As you can see, with the continuous development of Nitiantian Game, we have more and more funds on our books, and the original small workshop-style structure is naturally not suitable.


    “Mr. Gu has also mentioned to me before that he hopes to appropriately use part of the excess funds for investment, right, Mr. Gu?”


    ??Gu Fan was not sure what kind of medicine Lilith was selling in this gourd, but he still nodded: "Yes."


    ? Gu Fan did briefly mention this to Lilith before, but Lilith showed a lack of interest at that time and obviously didn''t take it to heart.


    Why are old things brought up again at this time?


    Quite strange!


    As a profitable game company, Nitiantian Games has encountered the same problem as many successful game companies before, that is, there is too much cash on the books and they don’t know how to spend it!


    Although in the initial design, 70% of the company''s funds will be used for the development of the next game, this allocation method was okay in the early stage. Now you will find that this 70% of the funds has been significantly higher than the development Funds needed for the next game.


    ?Taking the current situation of the Nitian game as an example, before developing the game "Ascension", Nitian''s development and operating expenses had already reached 53 million.


    ??As for the various costs of the game "Ascension", the miscellaneous calculation is about more than 37 million, which means that there is a balance of about 16 million from the original cost.


    With the popularity and sales of "Ascension", its sales have exceeded 100,000 so far in one week of release!


    Calculated based on the selling price of 138 per copy, this game has brought in more than 8 million yuan in revenue in one week.


    ?According to this data estimate, the sales volume of "Ascension" in the first month is likely to exceed 500,000, and it is not a big problem for the subsequent cumulative sales to reach one million.


    In other words, a cost of 37 million yuan can eventually earn more than 80 million yuan or even more than 100 million yuan in revenue.


    ?In addition, other games are also continuing to contribute revenue.


    Calculated in this way, if Nitiantian’s next game takes three months to develop, then strictly based on 70% calculation, there will be at least more than 56 million R&D funds!


    ?What game can cost so much money?


    ?Of course, there is no cap on spending in the game industry. If you are really willing to make those super large-scale productions, it is not difficult to spend hundreds of millions.


    Reversible Paradise has its own national conditions. Lilith is eager to get a lot of negative emotions in a short period of time, so she does not accept a too long development cycle. The game must be released in three or four months at most.


    Even if we recruit people like crazy in the short term, it is unlikely to significantly improve work efficiency. After all, this is not a simple 1+1=2 problem.


    So, it is basically impossible to spend so much R&D funds.


    ?So what should we do with these R&D funds? You must think of other ways to spend it.


    ?Of course, the signed contract cannot be violated. It is said that 70% is used for game promotion and research and development, then it can only be used for game promotion and research and development.


    But the problem is that "game promotion and development" itself is a very broad concept.


    Purchases count as publicity, so does buying a building to advertise the game count as publicity?


    ?Everything related to game content is considered a research and development cost. So, does the physical disc of the game count as a research and development cost? Do the peripheral products that come with the physical disc count as game development costs?


    Lilith''s contract did not stipulate these contents in detail. If you have to pick out the words, in fact, any relevant contents in a broad sense can be forcibly summarized.


    ?This money is just lying around in the company''s account. It is better to spend it to use some residual heat. This was Gu Fan''s suggestion to Lilith, and at this time, Lilith obviously adopted this suggestion.


    But why specifically is it adopted? Gu Fan was still a little confused.


    Lilith clapped her hands: "So, I decided! Make certain adjustments to the company''s current organizational structure.


    “Mr. Gu will take the lead to explore new business areas and expand territory for our Nitian games!


    “Real industry, investment, or game peripherals...as long as they are directly related to our main game business, you can try to get involved!”


    Hearing this, everyone''s eyes couldn''t help but light up.


    Mr. Li, as an investor, you have finally done some personnel work!


    ?However, in the eyes of Zhou Yang, Zhao Haiquan and other old employees, in addition to surprise, there was also deep suspicion.


    They looked at each other and saw the same confusion in each other''s eyes.


    This is completely inconsistent with Mr. Li’s style of conduct! Is this still the idiot producer? Why did you suddenly start doing human affairs?


    There is a problem, there must be a problem!


    ?Sure enough, Lilith changed the topic: "In this case... Mr. Gu will be busy exploring new fields, and naturally he will not be able to take into account the development of the game.


    “Therefore, Nitiantian Games will make regular personnel adjustments.


    “In order to allow Mr. Gu to work with peace of mind, Zhou Yang! Wei Chengjie! The two of you must take over Mr. Gu’s banner and be fully responsible for the development of the game!


    "Especially Zhou Yang, I will hand over the design concept draft of the new game to you later and give you three days to perfect it into a detailed game design draft. This game is also Mr. Gu''s idea, you have to make serious changes, you can''t It’s perfunctory.”


    As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked: "Then what will Mr. Gu do?"


    Lilith explained: "Didn''t I say it before? Mr. Gu will be mainly responsible for the development of new business and the management of the company we invested in, "Hell Frontline".


    “Of course, Mr. Gu is still the president of Nitiantian Games. When the company needs it, he can still come back and take charge of the game department’s business at any time.


    "Of course, under what circumstances is it necessary...I will strictly control it."


    But these words obviously did not convince the employees present, and they immediately became excited.


    “After all, Mr. Gu is no longer in charge of the game department?”


    “That won’t work, that absolutely won’t work!”


    "If the game department loses Mr. Gu, then it has no soul! Mr. Li, think twice!"


    "Without Mr. Gu, the game department will collapse immediately! So what if we develop new business by then? The game business is the lifeblood of our company!"


    Everyone was in a state of excitement and could not accept such an arrangement at all!


    Because everyone knows very well that Mr. Gu has definitely played an irreplaceable role for Nitiantian Games to survive to this day!


    Without Mr. Gu’s restraint, who knows what Mr. Li, the investor, will do.


    ??Although the current financial situation of Nitiantian Games seems to be very good, the game industry itself is a high-risk industry. As long as one game fails, the vitality will be seriously damaged, and the failure of two consecutive games may lead to direct bankruptcy.


    What will happen to everyone’s bonuses then?


    You are not at odds with Mr. Gu, you are at odds with the lives and fortunes of all employees!


    So, this resolution was immediately unanimously opposed by everyone in the company!


    ?Lilith''s eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression became very dangerous.


    Obviously, she became more and more aware that there seemed to be some problems with the company Nitiantian. And these problems will obviously hinder her great cause of collecting negative emotions!


    ?Now these employees only know Mr. Gu but not Mr. Li. Is that okay?


    I didn’t expect that I had given a lot of bonuses to these employees before, but they failed to win over people’s hearts...


    ?Seeing the conflict between the two sides gradually becoming more acute, it was Gu Fan who spoke up.


    “Mr. Li, everyone, please calm down first.


    “I fully support Mr. Li’s decision on this matter!”


    This made everyone stunned.


    Especially Lilith, she raised her eyebrows and asked "huh?" in confusion, which was obviously unexpected.


    Gu Fan looked at Zhou Yang and the other people in charge of the company: "I believe that after this period of working together, you have a full understanding of Nitiantian''s game design concept. Even if I do not interfere in the development of the game, 伱We will definitely be able to complete our assigned tasks properly! ”


    (End of this chapter)