I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!

Chapter 40: Chapter 20: Brother, This is What You’re Made for!_1 Chapter 40: Chapter 20: Brother, This is What You’re Made for!_1 The headquarters of Tiansheng Company is located in Jianglin City, about a half-hour subway ride away.

Just as he arrived beneath the company building, from a distance, he saw a middle-aged man in a well-fitted suit waiting and looking around at the entrance.

Approaching, after confirming his identity, Xu Kun immediately extended a cheerful smile and his hand, giving Ke Jin a light handshake.

“Truly a young and promising individual. I could tell from the phone that Mr. Ke is young, but seeing you in person, you’re even younger and possess quite the distinguished appearance. The future is promising indeed. It’s really a great fortune for our gaming industry.”

Whether it was flattery or sincerity,

at least when it came out of his mouth, it didn’t sound forced but rather smooth and gentle.

It seems that a person who could sit in the general manager’s seat of Tiansheng Company must truly have some skills.

“Come, Mr. Ke, this way, please. I’ll give you a tour of our office environment today.”

Xu Kun led the way upfront, swiped his card to enter the main doors of the company, leading Ke Jin through the opulent hall.

As a game company, their office building integrated many elements of rich gaming contexts.

A life-size game character model stood erect in the hall, serving as a fountain.

The surrounding walls were adorned with various gaming awards and nominations.

All along the way, colorful game plushies embellished the space, the vast area was well-utilized, dazzling to behold.

Within the three-story main building.

The first two floors had a café, an arcade, a billiards room, a gym, and even a small enclosed swimming pool.

Beyond that, there were quite a number of eateries and snack bars with distinctive flavors, and more outrageously, there was even a Michelin one-star-rated restaurant.

After work, employees could directly settle their meals inside the company.

The third floor was the working space where employees had spacious and well-lit stations.

The employees worked with a relaxed and free demeanor.

The central air conditioning’s clean air capability was strong, and there was no smell of any odors, and one could even catch a faint scent of grass and plants.

On the way, Xu Kun didn’t discuss anything related to recruitment with Ke Jin. He simply took him around the place, and when the tour was nearly over, Xu Kun turned his head with a smile and asked.

“How is it? Not bad, right?”

Yeah, not bad.

Thank you, and when I start my own company, I’ll use this same style.

After the tour, Xu Kun invited Ke Jin to the VIP reception room, where the two sat down for an extended conversation.

The VIP reception room of Tiansheng Game Company.

Prior to this, it was only used to entertain high-level executives from the parent company or opened when city leaders visited.

The reason for entertaining Ke Jin here this time was mainly due to his exceptional talents.

An independent game creator had made an explosively popular game.

This wasn’t anything unusual; it happened every year.

If he had created one or two popular games, that wouldn’t be too surprising either.

Similar individuals emerge every few years in the industry.

But how did Ke Jin do it?

One week, three games, two exploded in popularity.

Although the first one wasn’t as explosive, its downloads increased daily due to association.

That wasn’t all.

What was more outrageous was, apart from the first game,

whether it was “Iwanna” or the gameplay of “Goose Duck Kill,”

on Blue Star, these were pioneering categories of games that had never appeared before!

This was impressive.

In any industry, once a pioneer emerges, even if just one idea was his original creation, the achievement would be enough to sustain him for a lifetime.

And here it was twice!

Not to mention, he was still so young!

This was why Xu Kun, even in his capacity as the general manager, greeted Ke Jin with a smile and utmost respect.

Let’s put it this way.

The general manager position could be replaced if desired from above.

But a talent like Ke Jin wasn’t someone you could just stumble upon easily.

After discussing the company’s current performance and future prospects at length with Ke Jin, Xu Kun finally cautiously broached that question.

“…Mr. Ke, we’ve shared our company’s current situation with you, so, would you be interested in joining our company and taking the position of Assistant Game Director?”

This starting point was very high, ranking one person below and above ten thousand!

If it weren’t for concerns about employee acceptance, Xu Kun would rather kick out the current gaming director and let Ke Jin take over!

However, Ke Jin hadn’t listened to a word of the whole process, just watching as Xu Kun’s mouth moved, ‘blah blah blah blah…’

Xu Kun said his part, but Ke Jin had his own thoughts.

I mean, that distracted-looking young man we passed by in the office earlier, on the third row, he’s got promise, doesn’t he?

Should I take the detector and test it on him?

But if I only get one shot per week and it doesn’t work out, that would be a waste, right?

And the chubby guy sneakily eating snacks in the fifth row, he looks like a potential dog planner too.

But his gaze continually sneaks peeks at a sexy and spicy-dressed female employee in the first two rows.

No, a person driven by lust can destroy my great enterprise; I cannot hire such people!

That female employee is really hot, though.

Pondering and unable to decide who could be his capable lieutenants, Ke Jin thought to himself.

Might as well just ask directly; overthinking just gives me a headache.

“Xu Kun.”

“Present!”

“…Manager.” Ke Jin still hadn’t managed to shake off the habit of addressing his peers by their name when speaking to them, a practice he had retained throughout his four years at university.

As a result, Xu Kun reflexively responded as if he had been singled out by a big shot from the parent company demanding him to step forward, subconsciously replying with an “Here!”

When he realized what he had done, he scratched his head awkwardly. “Mr. Ke, you were saying?”

“I wanted to ask, well, about our company, do we have those colleagues whose… personal abilities are not very obvious? Especially in planning positions.”

Of course, we have, which company doesn’t have a few slackers?

We had just fired a lousy planner before you came!

But Xu Kun thought Ke Jin was inquiring about the reliability of the company’s colleagues.

Didn’t you hear him emphasize?

Especially in planning positions!

What does that indicate?

Mr. Ke cares a lot about the quality of planning; he wants to work with good planners.

With his thoughts organized, Xu Kun immediately straightened his back and shook his head. “Not at all! Our company’s employees are all very harmonious and friendly! Very reliable! They would never hold others back!”

“That won’t do…” Ke Jin muttered quietly.

“Huh?”

“Oh, I mean, that’s good… haha, quite good.”

“So, Mr. Ke, are you considering joining our company?” Xu Kun quickly asked.

It’s not like he could afford to be patient; his throat was nearly smoking from all the talking, yet why wouldn’t Mr. Ke be tempted?

At that moment, Ke Jin had only heard Xu Kun talk about the company being in full bloom, all core staff, and therefore lost the interest to stay any longer.

Who would come here to pick up trash, hmph!

While Ke Jin’s mind was still contemplating how to find suitable planners, his mouth declared its independence and blurted out. “I’ll consider it for a couple more days—go back and wait for my notice.”

“Of course, of course… huh?” Xu Kun, momentarily stupefied, looked up only to see Ke Jin muttering to himself as he walked away.

In the exquisitely decorated grand reception hall, Xu Kun was left alone in a disarray of emotions.

Wait for notice?

But, I’m a general manager, whose notice am I waiting for?

—-

“Alas, when troubles rain, they pour.”

“Alas, when troubles rain, they pour.”

No sooner had Ke Jin walked out the company’s main entrance than he let out a sigh under his breath.

Suddenly, he heard someone beside him echo the same sentiment, in almost exactly the same tone.

Both were taken aback, then looked at each other.

Through Ke Jin’s eyes, he saw a dejected young man with shaggy hair almost covering his eyes—not in the cool anime style, but more like an overgrown mushroom cut.

The sharp and tidy suit on his body seemed out of place, for he was just too listless.

Listless beyond the reach of any description.

More like what? Like a man wearing a disheveled suit and a torn tie, standing on the rooftop holding half a bottle of erguotou in his left hand, while in his right the phone displays a slew of dense numbers and charts, and just as a green line plummets to the bottom, a text pops up saying ‘Honey, the boss wants me to join him for drinks tonight, so I won’t be coming home. Don’t overthink it, we’re all colleagues, although I’m the only woman, they’re all old men, so I won’t %￥%￥#8…%# sorry, my finger slipped, can’t talk now, that’s it.’

Okay, stop right there. This pretty much describes the defeatist air of the young man before me.

Of course, if it had just been a casual exchange of glances, Ke Jin wouldn’t have planned to get to know him any better.

But at that moment, a sharp system alert popped up in his mind.

“[Five-Star General detected! Five-Star General detected!]”

“[Within a 1-meter radius of you, a highly qualified assistant candidate has been detected!]”

What?

A Five-Star General right beside me?

Upon hearing this, Ke Jin thought, could such good fortune be true?

He quickly concentrated his thoughts to use the search function!

Suddenly, like a radar, the scanning mirror narrowed into a circle, locking onto the young man’s head.

His relevant information then popped up.

“[Gou Chehua]”

“[Gender: Male]”

“[Age: 25.6 years old]”

“[Skilled in: Game planning, with three and a half years of work experience]”

“[Personality: Gloomy, Negative, Always thinking about purple sand]”

“[System’s Sharp Review: Formerly a project planning manager at Tiansheng Game Company, the games he worked on always managed to spark massive controversy over pricing or events, causing dissatisfaction among both gamers and the parent company’s top brass. He has been collectively condemned by gamers on many occasions and just last week was forcibly fired due to a deliberate mistake that led to a 300% plummet in the revenue of the game ‘Shining Star’ he was overseeing, with a severe decline in player willingness to pay!]”

“[Recommendation Rating: ★★★★★]”

Ke Jin quickly skimmed the young man’s resume.

Forgetting the beginning and middle parts, Ke Jin only remembered the last sentence.

‘A deliberate mistake that led to a 300% revenue plunge in XX game, severely dropping players’ willingness to pay.’

Just that sentence alone was enough to make Ke Jin’s eyes light up like the flashlight Ke Yu brought into his room in the first chapter.

Dammit, my brother!

You were born for this job!

Suppressing his excitement, Ke Jin hastily straightened his tie, cleared his throat, and formally addressed Gou Chehua.

“Brother, would you be interested in joining my company as a game planner? Together, we could make our projects grow and prosper!”

Gou Chehua stood there stiff and wooden, slowly turned around, his lifeless eyes gradually lifting their drooping lids to take a close look at Ke Jin.

He didn’t say a word, but his expression answered Ke Jin’s question.

“o.O?”