Chapter 1036: Promise to approve the project
At noon the next day, after finishing work with his assistants, Meng Huo met with Qin Ya and the others at Ninghai Railway Station.
"Teacher, who are these people?"
Qin Ya looked at the people around Meng Huo curiously.
"They are my assistants now."
Meng Huo introduced them to five assistants, namely Alice's assistant. In the future, at least before Alice returns, they will share all aspects of work with his secretary. With them by their side to help, Meng Huo can also reduce a lot of walking.
In the afternoon, the group returned to Manga Island. Alice's assistants also had their own dormitories on Manga Island, so Meng Huo did not need to make arrangements in person.
"I'll go to the Human Resources Department first, you can settle down first, and then come to my office in the afternoon." Meng Huo finished instructing his assistants, then turned to Qin Ya and the others and said, "You guys go back first, and tidy up the studio and start working in the evening!"
The assistant and Qin Ya and his group left immediately. After they left, Meng Huo came to the Human Resources Department and found the head of the Human Resources Department.
"How are the artists at the island studio during the time I left?" After the greetings, Meng Huo talked about the serious matter.
The head of the Human Resources Department asked someone to bring the information, which contained the situation of each artist. They chose the painters who went out to take a vacation. The remaining painters were all in Tokyo and other animation departments to help, but three of them chose to leave.
"Are there only three people?" Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief. The number was not large. He had long guessed that after he had been away for so long, the animation studios or game companies in the outside world would not give up the opportunity to win over the artists of the island studio. Even if the artists in the island studio were loyal, it would not be surprising that they would have changed jobs under the temptation of the outside world.
However, in fact, there are very few people in three, less than one-twentieth of the entire department. You can find excellent painters from other studios at any time, which has no impact on the island studio.
"Then how long will it take to recall them?"
The first thing Meng Huo did when he came back was to restart the island studio.
"I have notified them." said the head of the Human Resources Department. In fact, when he heard that Meng Huo appeared in Yanjing, he immediately ordered his subordinates to notify the painters to finish their vacation and change their jobs. Now the notification has been basically in place, and he has received feedback.
"Most painters will come back to report within the next three days, but some painters may take two more days." The head of the Human Resources Department said. When the painters in the island studio heard that they were going to return to the comic island, they were very active and seemed to be tired of being out there.
Meng Huo was surprised by the efficiency of the Human Resources Department. After talking about personnel arrangements in other departments, Meng Huo left the Human Resources Department.
He thought about whether his next destination would be the editorial department or the voice actor office, but he didn't expect that when he just walked out of the personnel department and was about to take the elevator to leave. As soon as the elevator door opened, an unexpected figure suddenly popped out from inside.
"Teacher He Xi!" He Qian almost bumped into Meng Huo. After seeing his figure, she looked happy: "Fortunately, I caught up. Teacher, come to our game department to see. I have a surprise to you!"
"Game? But I still have to..."
Meng Huo wanted to refuse, but He Qian excitedly pulled him up the elevator, then pressed down to the floor of the game department - she had never been so excited, Meng Huo began to wonder what the surprise was, so she followed her.
As soon as I entered the game department, Meng Huo saw the members standing in several rows on both sides, looking at him with excitement.
"Why are they all so happy?" Meng Huo became more and more curious. He also saw Liu Yi behind the crowd. Because Liu Yun had already told him about Liu Yi's work in the game department in advance, he was not surprised.
"Teacher, hurry up, come to my office!" He Qian urged Meng Huo to walk to her office. Meng Huo had no time to talk to Liu Yi. He could only smile at him, and then He Qian pulled him into her office.
After half a year, He Qian's office felt different, with two computers. One was an office and the other was larger. Judging from the details of the mouse and the case, Meng Huo guessed that this should be used to test the game.
He caught some clues.
"Is there any progress in World of Warcraft?" What can make He Qian and the Game Department so excited may be "World of Warcraft", otherwise Meng Huo did not assign them work content for the second half of the year.
"Yes, we have completed a lot of maps. Teacher, come and play!" He Qian asked Meng Huo to sit in front of the computer, then turned on the computer. After turning on the computer, Meng Huo indeed saw a simple game icon on it - "World of Warcraft".
This icon is different from the icon he was familiar with in his previous life. It is designed more modern and beautiful. Of course, this is not important. The current icon is definitely not a finished product, and it is not clear what it will look like in the future.
Meng Huo entered the game under the guidance of He Qian. The first thing he entered was the character creation interface. The models of various races were established, and the details of shape, face shape, earrings, etc. could be changed - these details were better than World of Warcraft in his previous life, but they did not surprise Meng Huo.
Because a year ago, these exquisite character settings were actually done. Meng Huo even tried all the models' movements at that time. He was surprised enough, so naturally he didn't feel much now.
Meng Huo chose a saint race and a shaman profession, then casually named it and clicked to enter the game. As soon as the game entered, he was stunned: "This... is this novice village ready?"
In the game, the newly appeared Taurus stood on a vast grassland. The grassland looked lifelike. You can see animals walking around. In the small village of Taurus, you can also see Taurus npbsp; "Lying on the trough..." Meng Huo shouted in his heart at that time: "They actually made the Mogao Lei Grassland?"
"Teacher, you're walking around." He Qian smiled proudly.
Meng Huo manipulated the Tauren characters and looked around, Bloodhoe Village, Shiniu Lake, and various NPCs. Although it was a little different from the original game, the completion of the map was close to perfection - but just as Meng Huo was watching the game scenery, he was stabbed to death by a wild boar man.
"..." He Qian was a little embarrassed: "Teacher, you should do some tasks first and learn some skills!"
Meng Huo didn't care. He looked at the Angel Sister in the Taurus' soul state in shock. Even the death state and Angel Sister were done. How far has this game been completed now?
He resurrected and opened the map and looked more surprised. The two large 6 maps of Kalimdo and the Eastern Kingdoms have already appeared, and most areas are still blank. Obviously, it has not been completed yet, but there are also many areas.
Humans, undeads, dwarves... At first glance, the map of the novice villages of all races seems to have come out.
"You have made all the maps of the novice villages?" Meng Huo asked in disbelief. This was too fast!
"It's not just the map. The tasks are also done..." He Qian said proudly: "It's a pity that the tasks you gave us are not very sufficient. Some tasks cannot be connected, otherwise all the maps for novices can be said to have been completed."
Meng Huo did not give them complete tasks. Even in the novice village, the number of tasks in World of Warcraft was more than a thousand. He didn't have time to write them down and hand them over them.
"I'll take a look at the upgrade experience first." Meng Huo started his existing tasks with great enthusiasm, from accepting tasks, doing tasks, to completing tasks, looking at rewards and experience values, upgrading and learning skills - he observed them very carefully.
It turns out that the preparations for the first two years of the game department were not a good idea. The entire game experience gave Meng Huo a great feeling. It is close to the previous life of "World of Warcraft", especially the special effects of skills and the action of characters, which are even better on the new generation of engines.
Meng Huo was a little satisfied with playing. After he played the Taurus Shaman to level 10, the task line was broken, so he replaced it with a necromancer. The map of the undead was just as good - the next humans and night elves were the same.
Because of time, Meng Huo stopped after playing four races. It was already five o'clock in the evening, and he had a preliminary grasp of the game.
The infrastructure of "World of Warcraft" has been completed, and the map has been completed a small part, but the experience of the novice village means that the game can enter a fast opening stage. Moreover, all the contents of the game have exceeded his expectations, and the career settings are good, and life skills have not been put on yet. However, according to He Qian, he has also opened some of them, but they have not been put on.
Meng Huo also knew He Qian’s idea - she and the staff of the game department hoped that World of Warcraft could be officially launched.
"No problem, I agree." Meng Huo agreed without hesitation after the trial. He did not expect that the game department could drive the game to this stage so quickly, but since it was here, he decided to continue it in one go.
The staff of the game department were very happy, and Meng Huo called He Qian and went for dinner together.
"When can the teacher give me the remaining information?" He Qian asked excitedly. The project of "World of Warcraft" is about to be launched. The most important question now is that Meng Huo handed over the remaining game information to them. If he didn't hand it over to them, they would not be able to further open it.
"No hurry. There is too much information about World of Warcraft. I can't give it to you at once." Meng Huo shook his head. The huge amount of information about this game cannot be written overnight. Although he wrote some intermittently in two years, and there is still some inventory left, the remaining information is not something he can do alone.
Meng Huo decided to call several writers responsible for adapting his novels and ask them to help organize the information. He could not copy every detail of the game, but he could ensure that it was consistent with the original work of various key events, key NPCs, the main tasks of each map, the framework of the entire game plot, etc.
"I will hand over the game frame to them and let them organize it." Meng Huo said to He Qian: "You have to form a special team to plan and enrich the side tasks outside the main tasks. This team must cooperate with my writers, and they must understand the game very well and know what kind of tasks are the most attractive to players."
He paused and added: "The team must be composed of senior game experts."
He Qian was shocked. She didn't expect that there would be such a complicated thing to do after the game was launched. But thinking about it, how could He Xi provide them with every detail of the game like a nanny - even if he had this ability, his time would not allow it.
"But Teacher He Xi... our department does not have so many people." He Qian frowned and said, "And the team you mentioned are actually not many people who can set game tasks and plots in our department."
There are artists and programmers in the game department, but He Qian doesn’t have many game talents who can set side plots and tasks for online games. They have long been used to getting information from Meng Huo.
"If you don't have it, go buy it." Meng Huo was not worried at all and said, "While I was establishing a project for World of Warcraft, I will give you 100 million yuan in the early funds of this game. If you like any talent, you can dig it up."
He Qian was stunned for a moment, then she jumped up: "One hundred million!!"
"Old, teacher... you are not teasing me, are you?"
She only felt dry and dry. The game department had never had such a large amount of money to start. The text adventure games in the past were not very expensive games. One hundred million sounded like a fantasy to He Qian.
"I didn't tease you." But Meng Huo didn't joke. Of course, World of Warcraft is worth 100 million. Not to mention 100 million, if you need it, he dares to invest 100 million - but he definitely can't use so much: "In addition to the game's capital, this 100 million is still the cost of moving you."
He added lightly: "You can choose a suitable building from Manga Island as a new office building for the Game Department."
He Qian was stunned again, she was shocked - what does it mean, what does Teacher He Xi mean? Could it be that the game department can also go out of the headquarters? Just like the voice actor firm and DreamWorks, they belong to the subsidiary?
She swallowed her saliva and asked Meng Huo nervously without any misunderstandings.
"No, you're right." Meng Huo nodded: "In a few days, I will announce this matter - starting from the establishment of World of Warcraft, your game department will go out and establish a separate subsidiary. You can now expand your enrollment!"
"World of Warcraft", this game requires a subsidiary to operate, and it has this ability. Meng Huo thought that sooner or later, he would have to let the game department go out, so it would be better to just do it now.
Meng Huo wanted to hand over a large amount of game information to several writer assistants to describe the main line and world of the game. It would not be possible to complete it in just a few months, and this time would allow the game department to relocate and expand its enrollment. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!