Bihu, the favorite question-and-answer community for young people, was not yet fully open for registration in 2012, but the members of the C-station development team must have had a question they really wanted to ask at this moment:
[What is it like to find out that your boss is a high school student?]
Mei Fang made his debut at the first offline foundation meeting at Station C and stunned all his employees on the spot.
If it weren't for his fluent answers to questions about all the business matters of Station C, no one would have believed that this little kid who hadn't even grown all his hair yet would be the boss of Station C.
"Mei, Mei must be a rich second-generation from a wealthy family, right?"
"Don't call me President Mei, that name sounds weird. We are all friends, so we just need to get along and work hard together."
Mei Fang is approachable and doesn't have any bossy airs. If he is the only one who is easy to talk to, the company would actually be in danger. However, Lin Youxi and Mei Yue are willing to let Mei Fang play the villain, so it's okay.
"Should I continue to call you Miss? I can't say that anymore..."
"How dare you look down on our Fang Bao, Fang Bao! As soon as this person sees this, fire him immediately!"
"Fang Bao is not good either... it's too corny."
Mei Fang had previously been using Lin Youxi's account to act as the young lady and chat with everyone, but now he is asked to come up with a new name, but he has no idea yet.
Lin Youxi said, "Since there is no good name, let's call him Stationmaster Afang. This will better suit his feelings."
"Since Mr. Mei is the stationmaster, then between Yuanbao and the eldest lady, which one is the stationmaster's wife? Hahahaha—"
The young people who were joking burst into laughter, and Xia Yuan blushed to calm down everyone's teasing.
"Well, well... We are still in high school! We can't date yet, damaiyo."
"I know, I know! This is the so-called 'tragic battle between me and my childhood sweetheart', right?"
The bond between Mei Fang, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi is very much like the wonderful fate that only appears in light novels. Those who use C Station are all old fans of the two-dimensional world, and they are very happy to connect with the gags.
After happily enjoying a sumptuous meal, everyone gathered at the office building where Station C was located, where Mei Fang reintroduced the company's organizational structure.
First of all, C Station is actually maintained and operated by a combination of two companies. Linxi Technology is the main body of C Station, while Ximilu Games is a game studio independent of C Station, but it uses the traffic of C Station to distribute games. The previously popular "Old Bird Founds First" and the well-known "King's Throne" and "Life Restart Simulator" were all developed and distributed by Ximilu Games.
Everyone originally thought that Mei Fang was a rich second-generation whose family had too much money to spend, so while they were pursuing him, they felt a little bit of contempt for him.
But after learning that such a large C station was entirely supported by Mei Fang's own money spent on making games, and that his family was just an "ordinary family" (at least in terms of the economy), everyone suddenly developed a sense of respect for Mei Fang.
"Other people started learning code in elementary school and were thinking about making games and websites when they were teenagers, but I was just playing in the mud."
"It's over. A programmer with ten years of work experience and under 20 years old has finally appeared."
Programmers make friends through code. As long as you type well, write clear comments, fix bugs quickly, and never drag down your teammates, you are the god of programmers.
Lin Youxi and Mei Fang both meet these characteristics, so they always follow the codes of these two people.
Most of the artists at C Station are responsible for UI planning, which means they draw pictures for the interface of C Station. Only a small number of members, such as cute girls like Coke, are responsible for drawing some Q-version original paintings. After reading the company's strategy and seeing the portfolio of fitness beauty Guo Yun, the artists were deeply shocked and gathered around Guo Yun to ask for advice on painting techniques.
Currently, there are about 50 workstations in the entire office lobby. The left half is basically occupied by existing employees, while the right half is mostly vacant. This is to prepare for the subsequent expansion of Ximilu Studio.
In addition, the office has a total of 5 rooms, a large conference room, a small conference room, a server room, a utility room, and the last room is Mei Fang's personal office. At Mei Fang's request, a very soft large sofa was prepared in the room, so he could lie down in it when he was tired.
However, although Linxi Technology is now on the right track, Ximilu Games is still a studio that tends to be independent in development. If it wants to truly gain influence, how to promote and operate this game is also a key factor.
This is also a challenge for the members of Linxi Technology. In Mei Fang’s previous development strategy, the independent game module of C Station was specifically keen on sharing niche independent games. In addition to the well-known legendary work "To the Moon", they also subsequently represented many domestic and foreign game products, but they were just named and given a recommended position.
To do a good job of publicity and promotion for the release of its first-party game "Cloud Journey" will be the first step for Mei Fang to build a new C Station empire.
Now Station C has the dual functional identities of the old-era Station B and TAPTAP. Of course, when the independent game sector becomes large enough in the future, Mei Fang will consider purifying it and making it an independent game platform brand, that is, a new TAPTAP.
The new TAPTAP will no longer focus solely on the domestic mobile game market. Mei Fang hopes that he can try to grab a piece of meat from Steam, which has not yet expanded its territory to influence the entire industry.
At least in the field of independent game products, this section of C Station is not inferior to STEAM at all. Even if Mei Fang does not make a lot of money from independent games, he can still maintain its reputation.
The first day's all-staff meeting left a deep impression on everyone in attendance.
Especially the childhood sweethearts relationship between Xia Yuan, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi, which is more precious than gold.
The three of them worked hard together for a goal and recruited more partners. The feeling of staying together until now was also something they had once fantasized about, had, and even lost.
Who doesn’t have a childhood sweetheart
It's just that we lost them in the process of growing up.
The summer vacation is over, and Mei Fang’s friends are about to leave Jiangcheng and return to Baimei County.
During this period of time, Zhang Ming became more determined to continue to go further with Mei Fang, and with Mei Fang's encouragement, he confessed to Lu Xueqing.
Mei Fang did not ask about the result of the confession, but the night before leaving, Zhang Ming took the initiative to find Mei Fang and said he wanted to treat him to skewers.
The two of them ate barbecue and drank Sprite (high school students were not allowed to drink alcohol) at a barbecue restaurant next to the hotel, and quietly ended this rare gathering.
All the feelings are in Sprite.
In fact, Mei Fang later thought about it. The Zhang Ming he met in his previous life had always been a boy who had no pursuits and was just getting by. He had no interest in girls at all. He also thought that Zhang Ming had always been like this. Now he thinks he was wrong.
How can a boy be born with only games in his mind
Even Mei Fang in his previous life had feelings for Liu Xiaoyu.
Just like that, the summer vacation ended, the new semester began, and the second year of high school, which was full of various changes, officially began.
I will continue to write, and keep writing until I'm done writing.
(End of this chapter)