When Xu Qiao arrived at the Dianxing Studio, Gao Ming was in a meeting with his colleagues and told him that he could come directly to the meeting room.
After swiping the access card, Xu Qiao found the meeting room and knocked on the door.
The programmer near the door came over to open it and was stunned when he saw the young man outside.
She reacted, took two steps back, and panickedly took out the mask from her pocket and put it on.
After making sure that his face was covered tightly, he forced a smile at Xu Qiao and raised his hand to signal him to come in.
When Xu Qiao walked in, he saw the young girls sitting around the conference table, also in a panic. Some wore hats, some wore masks, and those without masks pulled up the collars of their sweaters to cover half of their faces tightly.
Xu Qiao: “…”
Why do they all seem to be hiding from the virus
Gao Ming was speechless. He coughed and called Xu Qiao to sit next to him.
After he sat down, she whispered in his ear, "Girls have thin skin. After staying up all night, her skin is not in good condition. Please understand."
Xu Qiao then noticed that the male employees who did not cover their faces all had dark and greasy faces after staying up all night. They noticed Xu Qiao's gaze and smiled shyly.
The game was about to be launched, and everyone stayed in the studio, working all night long, and the mood was tense.
At this time, the messages in Dianxing’s internal group chat were being refreshed rapidly.
Gao Ming was constantly besieged.
"Gao Ming, why didn't the boss tell us in advance that Qiao Qiao was coming over?!"
"I haven't washed my hair, showered or washed my face for three days. I don't want to live like this in front of Qiao Qiao!!!"
"It's too much, too much, it's such a sudden attack, my heart is suffocating"
"Which sister can lend me a hat? Woohoo, greasy-headed tears, kind sister, I'll treat you to milk tea for a month, a little or coco, you can choose."
"I'm sorry sister, I love you, but milk tea can't buy me off at this time."
Gao Ming looked at the messages in the group and fell into deep thought. It seemed that next time Xu Qiao came, he would have to notify her one day in advance to give the girls time to wash their hair and faces.
The gaming industry, which has a lot of overtime, may need to include masks, hats, and hair spray on their shopping lists.
The meeting had been going on for two hours and everyone was a little tired, but when Xu Qiao came, they suddenly became more excited.
Gao Ming understood that everyone's emotions could not be calmed down for a while. After all, Xu Qiao had just returned from Vienna with such a big award. The shining person on the TV screen was now standing in front of him. How could he not be excited
"Xu Qiao, please give some benefits to encourage everyone." Gao Ming bumped his arm.
Xu Qiao looked at the eager expressions of the crowd, smiled, and thought about what to do.
Seeing that smile from close up, Xizi immediately held her heart in her hands, looking shocked.
Wow, how come Qiao Qiao is so beautiful.
Xu Qiao asked: "After the game is successfully launched, can we hold a special concert in the studio to celebrate?"
“!!!!!!”
"Yes! That's great!"
That was the musician who stood on the stage of Vienna Concert Hall and amazed the world. Now! He wants to give a special concert to these gamers who work overtime and stay up late!
I wonder who else in the country has this treatment
It's great. So great that I'm afraid I'll let Qiao Qiao down.
The launch must go smoothly, it must go smoothly!
Gao Ming saw that everyone was getting emotional, so he clapped his hands. After everyone looked over, he said, "Then let's continue the meeting and try to make sure everything goes well tonight."
The subsequent meeting went smoothly, and after everything was coordinated and planned, everyone returned to their workstations to make final preparations for the game launch.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the game was officially launched.
After the pre-download, at eight o'clock, the server was turned on and players flocked in instantly.
Gao Ming and Xu Qiao monitored the data and saw that the number of players entering the game increased by tens of thousands per second. This number only slowly slowed down after several minutes.
It's even more popular than expected.
The number of players pouring in far exceeded the number of pre-registrations, and the server felt the pressure in an instant.
Fortunately, we had made preparations in advance, and the programmers urgently doubled the number of servers, continuously repaired and optimized them, and maintained system stability.
The first-day data of the game to a certain extent illustrates the potential and future of the game. Whether it can make a name for itself in the industry is very important today.
While monitoring game data, everyone is also monitoring reviews and feedback on various gaming platforms, forums, and social networking sites. No one dares to take it lightly.
In the studio, orderly sounds continued to be heard.
"The number of people online has exceeded three million and is still rising."
"I crawled the keywords and found that 80% of the player feedback was positive."
"We still need to add more servers, but luckily we have a backup plan."
…
From 8pm to 6am the next day, everything went smoothly. The peak number of players was at 11pm, with 5 million people online at the same time, which was a pretty amazing number, after all, Dianxing was not a well-known company.
This is due to the reputation accumulated among players in the previous closed beta tests.
The programmer who was handing over the shift came to take over the shift, and the employees who had been working all night had to keep an eye on the work. No one went home, so they just slept on the floor or on the table.
Gao Ming looked at the large group of people sleeping on the floor and the table, and his eyes became slightly moist.
The game they had been working on for so long finally presented a satisfactory answer.
Gao Ming's heart was beating fast when he glanced at Xu Qiao, who was lying on the table in the corner with his head resting on his folded arms to catch up on his sleep.
The success of this answer sheet is inseparable from Xu Qiao.
What he is most grateful for now is that Xu Qiao submitted several concept drawings to the studio's email address, and he is grateful that he discovered him.
At six o'clock, it was still pitch black outside. Gao Ming took out his mobile phone, recorded a short video of the scene of everyone sleeping, and posted it on the official Weibo account.
Star Point Game: The End of the World is online, thank you for your hard work! The boss will give you a chicken drumstick!
[I slept all over the place...]
[Hahahaha oh my god I believe this is definitely not a staged photo, the programmer on the left has such greasy hair that he can cook]
[The end of the world is awesome! I played all night long]
[The magnifying glass girl is coming over. The guy in the corner is so handsome! I want to know all his information in three minutes!]
The accompanying picture was a screenshot from Gao Ming’s short video, and it was Xu Qiao who was sleeping on the table in the corner.
The video was not clear, and the face was blocked by the surrounding computers and files, so only a small and vague outline could be seen.
What kind of special ability is this? You can tell whether someone is handsome or not just by looking at an outline that is so blurry that even your mother can’t recognize it
Gao Ming was shocked.
He put down his phone with mixed feelings, and saw Xu Qiao woke up, frowning and rubbing his arm that was numb from the pillow.
Gao Ming walked over and whispered, "Come to my office and take a nap. There's a reclining chair inside."
Xu Qiao yawned, nodded, walked around the snoring programmers, and went to the office with Gao Ming.
When we got to the office, I drank a few sips of water to moisten my throat, and my sleepiness disappeared. We started chatting.
Gao Ming smiled and asked, "How do you feel when you see the frame you built yourself turned into such a perfect finished product?"
Xu Qiao replied: "You have a good eye. The modeling and development technology you found are very advanced."
"That's still not as good as you." Gao Ming shook his head. "At the beginning, I didn't think I could do the end of the world so well. It was all because of the idea you gave me. You deserve half the credit."
"Okay, stop praising each other for business." Xu Qiao's eyes curved, "Whether it's good or not still depends on market feedback. Let's wait and see the players' evaluation later."
Judging from the current data performance, Doomsday is absolutely beyond imagination. How long it can go in the future depends on the word of mouth of players.
In fact, Xu Qiao and Gao Ming are not very worried about this. They are confident in the quality of the end of the world, and the current data explosion is just its starting point.
In the future, there will be only greater accumulation and development.
The two chatted for a while, and Gao Ming suddenly thought of something and asked, "Xu Qiao, do you and Guan Chaosheng... know each other?"
He originally wanted to ask if they were friends, but before he could say it, he felt that it was not appropriate, so he changed his words.
Gao Ming had not forgotten Xu Qiao's abnormal reaction during the first closed beta test of the game, and was determined to find out the identity behind the closed beta player No. 379. And when he found out, that person was indeed Guan Chaosheng.
Xu Qiao glanced at him strangely, not understanding why he suddenly mentioned Guan Chaosheng when they were talking so nicely.
Gao Ming paused, as if hesitating about how to tell him.
He took a steady look at Xu Qiao's handsome features, tapped the table unconsciously, and finally walked around the desk, opened the drawer, took out a stack of documents and handed them over: "This is for you."
"What?"
"Let me pass it on to you."
Xu Qiao took it and looked at it, only to see a huge personal equity donation agreement written on the title page.
When I opened it, I saw a strong signature on a column: Guan Chaosheng.
Xu Qiao's eyes wavered and his gaze moved to the left. In front of the signature were three large printed words: "Donor".
Further down is the recipient: Xu Qiao.
The gift is 8% of the equity of Dianxing Games.
Without finishing reading the equity grant agreement, Xu Qiao closed the document, looked directly at Gao Ming and asked, "What do you mean? How come he has shares in Dianxing?"
Gao Ming explained: "After the last closed beta test, server maintenance and upgrades, as well as subsequent production, all require a lot of money. After such a long period of development, we really can't make ends meet, so we thought about selling part of our equity to obtain financing."
"Mr. Guan is very generous and his conditions are not harsh. Our discussion went smoothly. After accepting his investment, the 8% equity will belong to him." Gao Ming hesitated and said cautiously, "He proposed to give this part to you."
Xu Qiao lowered his eyelashes. The equity grant document he was holding became hot to the touch. He put it on the table, pressed his index and middle fingers on the document, and pushed it away.
Gao Ming could sense his resistance from his movements and expressions, and felt a little strange.
No matter what the reason is, as long as Xu Qiao accepts this document, the shares will truly belong to him.
Gao Ming had no intention of speculating on the relationship between Guan Chaosheng and Xu Qiao, but this 8% was indeed not a small amount. He felt that Guan Chaosheng certainly had no ill will towards Xu Qiao.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help but speak for him: "Boss Guan is different from the rumors. He looks difficult to get along with, but he's actually not that bad."
Xu Qiao glanced at him, his smile not reaching his eyes: "Really?"
Gao Ming nodded: "The most important thing is that he gave us a lot of constructive suggestions, and the whole team praised him as an unsung gaming talent."
The buried gaming talent... Xu Qiao asked: "For example?"
"For example, in the NPC settings and main plot arrangements, he pointed out some of the unclear points that we had originally made."
Gao Ming became more and more excited as he spoke: "As expected, he must have played our game seriously during the closed beta test and was impressed, so he invested in us. Look how much he knows about apocalyptic games."
It is a pleasant surprise to have such investors.
"Besides, Xu Qiao, if you get to know him more, you will know that you two are so compatible. I mean, your thoughts are so compatible. It's almost like—"
He pondered and finally found a metaphor that he thought was very appropriate: "It's as if the two of you have lived in this apocalypse together."
Gao Ming's casual remarks actually revealed the truth.
Xu Qiao looked up at him, his eyes were clear. Gao Ming wanted to continue talking, but when he met that look, he stopped talking.
"Of course he knows a lot about this game." Xu Qiao's voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself.
Because this is the world he has experienced. It is not like what Gao Ming said, that he has played the closed beta test carefully so he understands it, nor is it because he has outstanding gaming talent that he can keenly offer constructive suggestions.
He just lived in that world realistically.
Xu Qiao picked up the gift agreement and asked, "Do you know where he lives?"
Gao Ming looked at him and sighed after a while: "Hospital."