Losing Money to Be a Tycoon c1-883

by Inebriation-seeking Blue Shirt, 青衫取醉

  Boss Qiu did not say much about this inspection. He did not even ask them to prepare in advance.

  Xi Hao subconsciously wanted to prepare, but on further thought, what could he prepare for?

  Everyone’s working conditions were not bad. They were positive and full of emotions. The development of each project was going smoothly. Even if some projects were not progressing on schedule, it was because they had better ideas to modify the development plan.

  In short, Xi Hao felt that the incubation base was working perfectly. There was nothing to hide.

  The only problem was that he did not work overtime, which made him seem less hardworking. However, Boss Qiu never advocated overtime. Since Boss Qiu did not advocate it, the leaders who came to inspect should not advocate it as well, right?

  Therefore, Xi Hao did not arrange for everyone to make any sudden preparations. He was relieved when he walked around and saw that the independent game designers and employees of the administrative department were working hard.

  The inspections this time were probably just for show. The leaders of the inspections would walk around, ask a few questions, and give some irrelevant suggestions and suggestions. That would be all.

  …

  At 2: 30 PM, Qiu Hong led Tang Yishu to the independent incubation base of the ‘Destitution Plan’.

  The two drivers followed Tang Yishu carefully like bodyguards, always on guard against any possible dangers.

  Wu Zhicheng saw Qiu Hong and Tang Yishu from afar. However, he did not realize that this young lady was the ‘leader’ who had come to inspect.

  She was too young. Wu Zhicheng highly doubted that she was even twenty years old.

  What’s more, she looked timid and obedient; more like a schoolgirl walking with her head lowered. She did not look like a leader at all.

  However, she looked like someone of high status judging from Qiu Hong’s attitude towards her and the two bodyguards behind her, who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

  “Could it be the beloved daughter of Boss Qiu’s rich backer?”

  Many scenes from novels appeared in Wu Zhicheng’s mind.

  While he was a little surprised, Wu Zhicheng felt much more relieved after seeing Tang Yishu’s true face.

  Initially, he was naturally a little resistant to things like ‘inspection by the leaders’. He was afraid that he would meet those unreasonable, brainless leaders who would ask some brainless questions and make some brainless suggestions in order to make their presence known.

  In the end, it was just a timid little girl who looked very easy to talk to. Wu Zhicheng felt much better, feeling that this “inspection” was probably just a formality.

  What could a young lady like her know about game design? She must be just taking a quick look. Boss Qiu would be able to get over it with a few words.

  When Xi Hao saw Qiu Hong and Tang Yishu, he rushed forward. “Boss Qiu!”

  Qiu Hong introduced, “This is Little Tang, the representative of the donor of the ‘Destitution Plan’ project. This is the person-in-charge of the daily operations of the incubation base, Xi Hao.”

  Qiu Hong felt that Tang Yishu had to be a person-in-charge in Tengda if she could be the ‘special envoy’ to inspect the work, right? Logically speaking, she should have a position when addressing her.

  However, he could not tell what Tang Yishu’s position in Tengda was because Boss Pei did not mention it.

  Thus, he could only vaguely introduce them.

  Xi Hao quickly extended his hand. “Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.”

  Tang Yishu was afraid that her luck would stain someone else again, but she felt that it would be impolite not to shake his hand. Thus, she reluctantly extended her hand and shook it. “My name is Tang Yishu. Please call me Little Tang.”

  Xi Hao was quite happy to see that the ‘leader’ who came to inspect did not put on any airs. He quickly said, “Alright, let me introduce the daily work of the incubation base. Please follow me.”

  Xi Hao led Tang Yishu and Qiu Hong around the incubation base and briefly introduced them.

  “This is our resting area, lunch, daily meetings, reception, and so on are conducted here.”

  “This is the administrative area. Our administrative department is mainly in charge of planning the game development plan and various supporting services. Apart from being in charge of the daily operations of the incubation base, we also have a lot of work to do.”

  “Our lunch is delivered by a Fish-Catching Take-Out nearby. The coffee and drinks were provided for free.”

  “As for the development of the games, they are going smoothly at the moment. The fastest game might be released next month. The slower ones might have to wait another three to five months. The capacity of each game is different, and the development time would be different.”

  Xi Hao briefly explained all aspects of the incubation base. During this process, Tang Yishu listened intently and nodded frequently but did not raise any questions.

  Initially, Xi Hao had intended to give a simple introduction, he was sure that Tang Yishu would definitely ask him questions, which he would answer in detail.

  Unexpectedly, Tang Yishu only listened and nodded after this round. She had no intention of asking any questions.

  That was a little awkward because it would only take about ten minutes for the entire incubation base to be introduced. The other party had traveled all the way from Jingzhou to the capital. They could not possibly leave in ten minutes, right?

  However, the entire incubation base had been introduced and Tang Yishu did not ask any questions. Xi Hao felt that it was a little strange for him to take the initiative to introduce it in detail from the beginning again.

  Xi Hao quickly thought of something as he noticed that the situation was a little awkward.

  “Why don’t I ask the producers to show you a few DEMOs with higher completion rates?”

  Xi Hao was impressed with himself.

  There was nothing special about the incubation base, but there were many independent games!

  These independent games had not been officially released yet and had only completed a portion of them, it was not a problem for them to be displayed as DEMO.

  If he showed these DEMOs, it would show that the incubation base’s work was very effective. Boss Qiu would also feel proud.

  Tang Yishu said uncertainty, “There’s no need if it’s very troublesome…”

  Xi Hao quickly said, “No trouble, no trouble! Come, this way please.”

  “Old Yu, pull out the DEMO of your game. Yes, the stable demo that was just completed a while ago.”

  An independent game designer with a beard beside him immediately switched on the game editor and pulled out his game’s demo.

  Xi Hao walked up to take a quick look. There was nothing wrong with the DEMO interface. He looked at Tang Yishu and pointed to the seat. “Please take a seat.”

  This was a stable demo with fewer bugs.

  There would also be different versions of the game during the development process. In order to prevent irreversible bugs from appearing in the game, the new versions would not immediately replace the old versions after they were developed or developed. Instead, many versions would be saved.

  After each version was completed, they would repeatedly modify it to ensure that there were no major malignant bugs before continuing the development of the next version.

  This DEMO was a stable version. It could run smoothly after a few revisions of bugs.

  Of course, Xi Hao was afraid that a bunch of malignant bugs would appear halfway through the game and leave a bad impression on the other party. Thus, he chose a stable version of the game DEMO.

  Tang Yishu sat on the chair and picked up the controller on the table awkwardly.

  She did not play many games normally. What’s more, her reaction was a little slow and her hands were a little weak. That was why her grip on the controller was a little stiff.

 
Xi Hao was a little surprised. Why did the sponsor of the Destitution Plan seem like she did not know how to play games?

  However, he did not say anything. He only briefly introduced the game’s operation method and which skills each key corresponded to.

  Tang Yishu gently pushed the joystick. The little person on the screen took a few steps and jumped on the spot.

  However, before the first monster was defeated a notification popped up on the game window.

  Error!

  Both Xi Hao and Old Yu widened their eyes in disbelief.

  Wasn’t this a stable version of the DEMO?

  There were no more malignant bugs after revising it more than a dozen times, right?

  Xi Hao looked at Old Yu, that gaze meant: What’s going on? Why did you drop the ball at the critical moment?

  Old Yu was also very innocent. He spread his hands, meaning: How the hell would I know!

  This stable demo had not been revised for a long time. Everything was working fine previously.

  The atmosphere was a little awkward when the error came on. Xi Hao quickly said, “Small bugs, small bugs. These are unavoidable problems during the development of the game.”

  “Old Yu, quickly take a screenshot of this bug and edit it as soon as possible. Don’t let it affect the official version.”

  Old Yu nodded. “Aye! No problem.”

  Tang Yishu played with the controller while Old Yu stood at the side and used the mouse to take the screenshot. He quickly created a new form to record the bug to await for further edits.

  Then, he closed the error window and resumed the game.

  Tang Yishu entered the game again. This time, there were no bugs after running for a minute.

  Xi Hao wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, “Look, that was a small bug that appeared out of nowhere. It doesn’t appear every time. Today should be a coincidence. There should be no prob…”

  Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the small person on the screen being beaten to death by a group of small monsters. However, there was no new option to choose from. The game flow was stuck.

  Xi Hao: “Erm…”

  This time, there was no need for him to say anything more. Old Yu quickly took screenshots, recorded down, and restarted the game in one go. The entire process did not take more than a minute.

  Xi Hao was speechless. “Please continue.”

  Half an hour later, Tang Yishu finally managed to get through the short DEMO.

  However, there were at least fifteen lines on the form and a bunch of screenshots of bugs on the table on Old Yu’s side.

  Xi Hao was a little ashamed and did not dare to look Qiu Hong in the eye.

  What a mess!

  He had wanted to show Little Tang the game developed by the incubation base, but it turned out that he had developed bugs!

  The fifteen bugs made Old Yu dizzy. The bugs here were all different in severity. Some were directly reported wrongly and quit the game. Some were wrong renderings and affected the visual effect. Some would only cause the game to be stuck, but they could still continue playing.

  However, no matter whether the bug was serious or not, they had to be repaired.

  Old Yu had originally felt good about himself. He had thought that there would be no problem with this stable DEMO display. However, he had no idea why everything was so bad today, those bugs that only appeared occasionally happened all at once!

  Xi Hao said awkwardly, “This should be an accident. We’re not very lucky. Come and take a look at this game instead. It shouldn’t be a problem.”

  “Little Zhou, open your game.”

  Xi Hao was eager to get back, to prove that not all the games in the incubation base were trash; there were still games that could be played.

  However, Little Zhou scratched his head and said in embarrassment, “Brother Hao, for some reason, I can’t open this game…”

  Xi Hao felt light-headed. “Wasn’t everything fine this morning? Why can’t it be opened?”

  Little Zhou looked innocent. “I don’t know either! I didn’t change anything!”

  Xi Hao was speechless. “Hurry up and check!”

  At that moment, the entire independent game incubation base was in chaos.

  There were many bugs in independent games in the first place.

  That was because there was usually insufficient manpower for independent games. Testing bugs or revising the bugs were usually not done in a timely fashion.

  However, these independent game designers were already used to it. Some experienced independent game designers would choose more mature and complete proposals to reduce the existence of hidden bugs.

  Moreover, after arriving at the incubation base, producers and employees of the administrative department would often play each other’s games and find bugs for each other. Thus, there were much fewer bugs compared to before.

  These independent game designers had always been in a ‘peaceful time’ state. They felt that there were not many bugs in their game. At the very least, it would not be a problem for them to run smoothly.

  In the end, everyone was slapped in the face today!

  All sorts of strange bugs kept popping up. All the game designers felt like they were stuck in a rainstorm. It was as if all the bad luck in the world concentrated their attacks today!

  Wu Zhicheng was filled with confidence about his ‘Black Ink and Clouds’ and wanted to show it off to this little girl of the inspection team. However, he had secretly played it and discovered a huge bunch of bugs!

  There were many bugs that he had never seen before. It seemed like they had been lurking around since the beginning of the production of Black Ink and Clouds. They had been hidden for several versions before they were suddenly exposed today.

  Wu Zhicheng was doused with cold water and fell silent.

  How could he show this off? Stop embarrassing yourself and quickly change the bugs!

  He did not dare to let down his guard against the hidden bugs anymore. Fortunately, they had been exposed during the development process. If they had remained hidden until the game was released and a vicious bug had erupted, wouldn’t he be cursed to death by the players?

  The game that he had worked so hard to create over the past few months would be ruined by such a bug. That would be too unfair.

  The atmosphere in the incubation base quickly turned from lively to serious, and then from serious to devastation.

  Countless bugs ruthlessly pierced through these producers’ fantasies, making them feel less confident.

  Xi Hao was a little embarrassed as well. He had wanted to showcase the results of the incubation base, but he had failed.

  Little Tang did not look angry and continued to look kind, Xi Hao, however, felt immense pressure.

  It looked like he would have to focus on the game test in the future. At the current level, it was still far from being released online!

  Since there was no more game to play. “Why don’t we go to the resting area and have some coffee?” Xi Hao suggested.

  Tang Yishu nodded. “Alright.”

  Everyone came to the resting area and ordered a cup of coffee each.

  Xi Hao was apologetic. “I’m really sorry about today. I don’t know why, but all the bugs managed to appear today! However, don’t worry, our attitude towards modifying the bugs is definitely not a problem. These bugs will be fixed very soon. In the future, we will also put in 120% effort to test them a few more times to minimize the existence of bugs.”

  “Er… do you have any other questions? I can answer them all.”

  Tang Yishu had wanted to say that there were no other questions, but she suddenly recalled Pei Qian’s instructions before she left. She quickly said, “I want to ask, how’s your work efficiency?”

  “Work efficiency?” Xi Hao answered immediately. “Of course, the work efficiency is very, very high!”

  “Our administrative department helped the producers solve their worries so that they could f
ocus on designing the gameplay. Since it is their interest and the most creative work of every game designer is fully unleashed…”

  Xi Hao finally found a suitable place for himself to express himself and began to talk.

  His words were slightly exaggerated but that was actually not much of a problem. The incubation base had indeed provided an environment for independent game designers to create with peace of mind. It had greatly increased their work efficiency. This was the consensus of all game designers.

  Xi Hao explained his point of view in detail and used various details to prove that the incubation base was very efficient.

  He noticed that Tang Yishu had been listening intently the entire time. She kept nodding, obviously moved by his words.

  Xi Hao could not help but feel a little proud. After all, he was the person-in-charge of the administrative department.

  Shouldn’t he be praised?

  However, after listening to Xi Hao, Tang Yishu said, “It sounds like there are serious problems with your daily workflow.”

  “In the future, force all employees to take ten hours of working time each week to play games. That must be during working hours and cannot take up the rest time after work.”

  “Huh?” Xi Hao uttered in surprise.

  He almost thought that he had heard wrongly.

  Why did high efficiency indicate serious problems with daily workflow?

  The solution was to force them to play games during working hours? They had to play ten hours a week?

  Tang Yishu spoke without much confidence because she was only repeating what Pei Qian said before.

  Pei Qian had mentioned that everyone should be forced to play games as long as the working environment in the incubation base was very efficient. They had to play ten hours a week.

  As for why they had to play games when their work efficiency was high? Tang Yishu naturally did not understand since Pei Qian did not mention it.

  The silent Qiu Hong suddenly looked up. “Little Tang, do you think that Xi Hao’s description of ‘high efficiency’ might not be a good thing?”