Chapter 44 Bao Xu’s Inspiration

Everyone left the meeting room.

Huang Sibao stopped Bao Xu.

"Brother Bao, then please hurry and think about the plan. I need at least 5 days to do the design draft, so it's best to have a general idea by tomorrow so we can communicate as soon as possible."

Huang Sibao was very polite.

Because Huang Sibao didn't know Bao Xu's background, his judgment was based only on the following points.

He looked old, with a receding hairline.

He was a hardcore gamer with overtime privileges, deeply trusted by President Pei.

He was taciturn and always seemed to be thinking.

Considering these points, Huang Sibao felt that Bao Xu was probably a senior.

Bao Xu nodded, "Okay, Brother Huang."

Bao Xu also didn't know Huang Sibao's background, but he knew that he was just a college freshman. Huang Sibao had definitely entered the industry after graduating, a true senior.

Both of them thought that this "brother" was some kind of polite greeting between new colleagues, and didn't take it too seriously.

Who would have thought that it was the other's true feelings?

Huang Sibao returned to his workstation, feeling both happy and uneasy.

He was happy because he found that the boss and colleagues here were so friendly and polite, completely different from the strict and oppressive environment in his previous company.

He was uneasy because he was afraid that his ability was insufficient and he would drag everyone down.

Huang Sibao quickly found the many design documents he had collected and began to review them, cramming at the last minute.

After two days, when Bao Xu had a basic idea, he would need to write the design document.

And Bao Xu had already quickly entered the conceptualization stage.

Memories of various FPS games flooded his mind, providing him with inspiration.

Making the game feel friendly to novices was not difficult. It could be done with some simple adjustments.

For example, increasing the character's collision box, especially the head, could significantly improve the headshot rate for novices.

Or, speeding up the aiming and weapon-switching speed of sniper rifles could allow novices to quickly master quick-scoping through short-term practice.

Bao Xu couldn't be said to be absolutely proficient in FPS games, not reaching the level of a professional player, but he could be considered a master among casual players.

As long as he adjusted it according to his own feel, it wouldn't be difficult to do.

As for the pay-to-win weapons, it was nothing more than increasing the price, which was not a problem.

For Bao Xu, the only difficulty was President Pei's first requirement, which was the storyline!

Bao Xu fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he didn't understand this at all.

Because most of the popular FPS games in China didn't have a storyline at all. "Terrorist Counterattack Project" also didn't have a storyline; it was just shooting and fighting.

Some foreign single-player FPS masterpieces did have storylines, but what was the size of their companies, and what was the size of Tengda?

With 30 people, to create a storyline with the capacity of a foreign single-player FPS masterpiece, this behavior could be said to be overestimating oneself.

Although Bao Xu had just entered the game industry, he was very self-aware.

Bao Xu couldn't help but think in reverse.

The company only had 30 people and couldn't create the storyline capacity of a foreign single-player FPS game masterpiece. This was obvious.

Even he, a layman, knew this. Would the wise President Pei not know?

President Pei definitely knew!

Since he knew, why did he set such a rigid requirement?

This was a test and a hint!

President Pei was testing our abilities and also hinting to us that we couldn't follow the approach of foreign single-player FPS game giants!

So, what should we do?

Bao Xu fell into deep thought.

...

5:00 PM.

Pei Qian happily slipped away.

This feeling of getting off work on time was great!

Of course, as the boss, Pei Qian didn't have to come to work at all.

But in that case, he wouldn't be able to experience the joy of waiting to get off work and the excitement of the moment he did.

Just like the wealthy second generation who owned more than thirty houses but still went out to collect rent every day said: People can't be idle, once they're idle, they're useless.

Pei Qian thought so too. Although the system gave him a golden finger to lose money as he pleased and live a carefree life, he couldn't indulge in pleasure and ruin himself because of it.

Going to class when he felt like it, getting off work on time every day, and letting himself experience the feeling of struggle, would prevent him from becoming idle and useless.

In the previous week, Pei Qian would rush people out of the office every day after work, driving away all the employees who habitually worked overtime, especially people like Huang Sibao.

He wanted to correct these employees' bad habits!

Of course, Bao Xu was an exception. Pei Qian tacitly allowed him to play games at the company, which could also increase the electricity bill.

After a week of effort, Pei Qian felt that most of the employees' bad habits should have been corrected.

After all, who likes to work overtime at the company for no reason?

Everyone had developed the habit of getting off work on time like Pei Qian, which made Pei Qian very gratified.

...

Huang Sibao was originally packing up his things on the desk.

Seeing Pei Qian leave, he immediately sat down again.

He decided to take a risk.

He wanted to stay and work overtime, despite President Pei's warning about deducting wages!

This overtime was completely voluntary.

Because Huang Sibao was very uneasy. He felt that he was not competent enough to be the executive lead planner, so he wanted to stay and brush up a bit, prepare himself fully, and not be the one to drag everyone down!

Most of the other employees still got off work on time.

After all, they didn't have anything to do now. Everyone was looking forward to Bao Xu's concept art for the game.

Huang Sibao was still thinking, what should he say if President Pei suddenly made a surprise return?

But soon he realized that his worries were unnecessary. President Pei wasn't that free and wouldn't come to the company to check and see who was working overtime.

The huge office area quickly had only Huang Sibao and Bao Xu left.

Bao Xu skillfully took a large bag of potato chips from the snack area and poured a cup of coffee from the coffee machine in the water bar.

These were all provided by the company, with unlimited supply.

Bao Xu felt especially good at first, drinking coffee and beverages like water, but after drinking too much, he felt it was just so-so, and now he only took a moderate amount.

Seeing that Huang Sibao hadn't left either, Bao Xu was a little surprised, but he didn't say much. He just returned to his seat and scribbled on a blank sheet of printer paper.

...

Around 8:00 PM.

Bao Xu got up and came to Huang Sibao's side, holding a sheet of paper with a bunch of scribbles on it, covered with various patterns and words.

"Brother Huang, I've thought about it roughly." Bao Xu said.

Huang Sibao quickly nodded: "Brother Bao, please tell me."

Bao Xu pulled a chair from the side and began to explain his general ideas to Huang Sibao.

"President Pei's last two requirements are easy to handle. The key is the first one, which is the story mode."

"I don't think we can definitely make the kind of story scale of foreign FPS masterpieces. Whether it's character models, actions, scene resources, etc., we're far from reaching that level."

Huang Sibao nodded: "Yes, I think so too."