Chapter 38: What a Talented Bunch!

"Okay. Do you want to take a look at their resumes?" Pei Qian handed over a stack of resumes lying on the coffee table to Ma Yang.

"Can I really look at them?" Ma Yang was a bit surprised.

"No problem, feel free to take a look," Pei Qian said.

Pei Qian asked Ma Yang to look at these employee resumes in the hope that he could train someone to share his workload in the future. On the one hand, Ma Yang is the person Pei Qian trusts most. On the other hand, with Ma Yang's help, the company can probably grow even faster!

Ma Yang looked through the profiles of over 20 people from start to finish. He looked puzzled and then went through them all again.

It's normal to be puzzled. Not being puzzled would be abnormal.

These people Pei Qian recruited were pure laymen. Even if their resumes were embellished, how much could they be embellished?

Take Huang Sibo, for example. He had been in the industry for half a year and had been working on executing plans at his previous company. In other words, he was responsible for monitoring progress, adjusting the data table, uploading files, and similar tasks. He never had the chance to personally design anything. He only received design drafts from other senior designers and then executed them in the editor. If he encountered any issues, he couldn't even modify them himself, but had to seek the advice of the original author of the design draft.

Ma Yang went through all the profiles and found that none of the employees had ever served as the lead designer, they were all just assistants. Could he not be puzzled?

"Qian'er, is it difficult to recruit a lead designer? Should we increase the salary or ask a headhunter for help?" Ma Yang looked confused.

He had realized that the people recruited now could barely assist, and he thought that perhaps there was a problem with the recruitment of lead designers. Maybe they couldn't be hired because the salary was too low?

Pei Qian shook his head vigorously. "No, there were lead designers who applied, but I rejected them all."

"Why?" Ma Yang asked.

"No good, they didn't meet our needs at all!" Pei Qian stood up and took a few steps in the reception room, trying to appear particularly imposing.

"Firstly, these lead designers generally have a serious problem with rigid thinking! Their minds are bound by old-fashioned rules, and they cannot embrace new ideas."

"The gaming industry is an industry that requires inspiration to burst forth. If the inspiration of the lead designer is blocked, then how can our game be any good?"

"Secondly, these lead designers ask for a high salary, but their cost performance is too poor!"

"Nowadays, the monthly salary of a lead designer is almost up to 8,000 yuan, which is two or three times that of an ordinary employee. It is a burden on our finances."

"Of course, the main reason is that their cost performance is too low."

"Finally, and most importantly, their passion for gaming has almost been worn away!"

"When young people are passionate and fighting for their dreams, these lead designers, who are all in their thirties, are filled with mundane matters. Many of them can't even achieve full achievement accounts in 'Fantasy World'."

"You tell me, their passion for gaming is seriously lacking, isn't it?"

Ma Yang was a bit confused.

"It seems so. These people do have serious problems."

"But... if they aren't here, who will lead the game project design?" Ma Yang still felt something was wrong.

Pei Qian patted his chest. "Me."

"Uh..." hesitated Ma Yang. "Qian Er, of course I believe in your ability, but you are the boss, and I think you may need a main designer to assist you, otherwise it might be a bit difficult to implement..."

Pei Qian shook his head.

"Find a lead designer to assist me? Won't they just notice the problems in my design right away? No way."

Pei Qian spoke seriously, "We already have someone to assist me, Huang Sibo is a good choice."

"Huang Sibo?"

Ma Yang vaguely felt that he had seen this name before, but he couldn't remember where.

After flipping through the files, he quickly found Huang Sibo's information.

"He's been in the industry for half a year and has been working as an executive planner. Can he handle it?" Ma Yang asked.

Pei Qian replied seriously, "He's actually a hidden talent. Don't just focus on his job title, but look at what he has accomplished."

"His former lead designer used to exploit him, but he was the one who made most of the systems in the game and created them in the cloud editor."

"He also managed to create about 70% of the game's data tables."

"He's not just an executive planner, he's actually the lead designer's assistant!"

"He takes the lead designer's plans and creates them in the editor, often working more than ten hours a day."

"Think about it, normal people work on a fixed schedule, but he sometimes works 16 hours straight."

"His six months of work experience is equivalent to a year for an average person!"

"What's even more valuable is his love for games!"

"This passion is what drives him to constantly improve, innovate, and work hard!"

"You can trust my ideas, and he can be responsible for making them a reality without any problem."

Ma Yang suddenly realized, "Oh, then he really is a talented person! Shouldn't we give him the salary of a lead designer? He's only making 4,000 yuan a month now, isn't that too low?"

Pei Qian almost choked on his breath, "Yes, I was thinking the same thing. But it's not urgent, we can give him a raise once he performs well."

He didn't want to offer a higher salary, mainly because the system didn't allow it.

Ma Yang nodded, "Yes, you're right. You're the boss, and you have to control costs and save money for the company."

Pei Qian almost couldn't hold back and continued to speak.

"Moreover, all the people you've seen here are skilled with their own unique strengths. They are all hidden talents that have been buried by other game companies!"

"There are even many talented people who haven't been able to enter the gaming industry, like Bao Xu."

"He's a true gaming genius."

"In 'Fantasy World,' others only dominate with a single profession, but he can dominate with all the races and professions! He has six accounts with full achievements!"

"He is proficient in all the gameplay systems in the game. As for leading a team to take the first kill in a forty-person raid, that's just a piece of cake for him."

"What's more, he's extensively knowledgeable about games. Even in games like 'Crazy Kart,' he's a top player!"

"So, I've assigned Bao Xu the position of a game experience specialist. He will experience other games and our own game!"

"When we want to create any kind of game, he can provide us with plenty of advice and direction. His analysis of competitor games is even more effortless!"

"Most importantly, I think we can explore his management talents. Think about it, taking down a forty-person team raid boss is a difficult task!"

"He can manage forty people, let alone our current thirty employees."

"Let him be responsible for project progress, and we'll be completely assured!"