Chapter 15
10 oclock the next morning, in a comrcial building in the Capital City.
Matters concerning the lease were settled, and Chen Xu was sitting down for a chat with Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue.
So how much is the rent here? Is it expensive? Yang Xin asked while her eyes darted around the office.
Not bad, but its a three month contract so we might not be here for long. The real kicker was the tech and the office equipnt, those cost a pretty penny.
5 yuan per square ter daily. There were 2 rooms with a total of 160 square ters, so it added up to 24,000 yuan per month.
There were also property fees of 20 yuan per square ter monthly.
Of course, if you were willing to move to a smaller town or city, the costs might only reach a tenth of those numbers.
But that would also stifle the future growth of his company. After all, talented people tend to favor large cities.
No problem. My company happens to be shutting down anyway. We have all kinds of developnt prototypes and machines just sitting there wasting away.
When the ti cos, we can just grab whatever we need, Ill send you a list. Yang Xin waved her small hand magnanimously.
But I have to ask, are we the only two main developers in this company? She added with so slight worry.
Currently, there were a total of four employees in the company, including himself.
Yang Xin would be working with him directly, while the other two were forr employees of her company who decided to tag along.
One would be in charge of finance and administration, and the other would handle operations.
After a short interview and a few minor tests, Chen Xu agreed to hire them.
Right now? Yes. Itll just be the two of us. Which reminds , our core team still has room for an artist. Chen Xu turned to look at Ruan Ningxue, who was struggling with a rapidly lting ice cream.
While he could produce art if needed, having soone on the team with an above average level of artistic talent would play a pivotal role in his plans.
And his target is Ruan Ningxue.
He looked at her thoughtfully, idly counting the number of drops of ice cream that had escaped her grasp and fallen onto the sofa. Soone would have to clean that up later.
As for having only three people in the core team? Chen Xu wasnt worried.
After all, the industry and technology in this world is different. A small, agile and talented team would suffice.
The number crunching, level design, and core concepts can be handled by Chen Xu himself.
Non-technical minutia could be outsourced, as they would eat up too much ti.
Sure, it would cost more money than the ti invested, but Chen Xu valued ti over money.
All that remained was to see if they could sohow trick Ruan Ningxue into joining the party.
In fact, Chen Xu had his sights on her ever since he witnessed her in action during the developnt of
Mirror.
Thats right Ningxue, why not join us! Yang Xin excitedly hovered around her friend. But paused with a sudden thought, By the way, whats the na of this company?
Nebula Gas, Chen Xu replied helplessly, he would have to step in.
Senior sister, Chen Xu leaned forward in his seat and fixed her eyes with an earnest gaze. In my opinion, there isnt much difference between comics and gas. Both can be used to tell compelling stories to readers and players alike.
And my ambitions arent small, sister. I do not intend to remain as just Nebula Gas, but instead, Nebula Entertainnt. Where we will be able to expand into other forms of dia around our IP.
We can have a comic division, releasing comics to accompany our gas. When the ti cos, and if you still remain interested, you can be in charge of this content.
What Chen Xu is saying is not unrealistic. Having a ga expand on the story of a comic, or having a comic adapted into a ga, these are logical steps.
Unlike his previous world, where comic book gas were essentially produced as money-making machines, this parallel world had undergone a different process.
In this world where the design concepts of most gas lagged behind those of his previous life, comic book gas reigned at the top.
Chen Xu held back a grin as he saw his words hit ho. Ruan Ningxues eyes lit up and her face revealed an excited smile. She gave a big nod and said, Then I will call you Mr Chen, my lovely junior!
Those are just titles, senior sister, you may call
whatever you like. he said as he shook her hand.
Next to them, Yang Xin had her cheeks puffed in a mighty pout.
Oi, why did you agree so easily? I offered you pretty much the sa thing, too!
She was happy that Ningxue had joined the team, but she was also a bit annoyed that after spending so much effort trying to persuade Ruan Ningxue to join her company, how could she watch such a simple negotiation? Wait, there wasnt even much negotiating going on!
Sister Xin, your promises were way over the top. I wouldnt have joined you even if you had made a successful ga. Yang Xin was left speechless.
Chen Xu here at least has Mirror as a guarantee, and he has shown us a very clear direction of where he plans to take the company. And besides, your company sohow got smaller with every ga you release.
Perhaps sensing that Yang Xin might burst into tears at any mont, Chen Xu decided to interrupt.
Alright, in celebration of my senior sisters joining, lets get down to business and talk about our next project. he said as he looked at both people.
Hearing his words, both Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue settled down with serious and expectant looks, even though they had just joined the company and had not even received any office equipnt.
After all, they were here to get results, not let the days pass them by.
For our next step, we will be developing a new type of ga. A ta-ga, if you will.
The two ladies were confused and expressed their doubts.
ta-ga ta-ga? Yang Xin chewed on the word, finding it unfamiliar.
Were we not going to keep making 18R gas? We have a foothold in this genre, why not build up the fanbase? Ruan Ningxue spoke her mind.
No, that was never going to happen. The 18R ga was made to generate our capital. Chen Xu shook his head.
He had no plans on founding a pornographic company in a parallel world.
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But Mr Chen, what is a taga?
Yang Xin had spent a considerable amount of ti in the gas industry, including the process of acquiring the official ga designer title and releasing her 3 gas.
But she had never heard of this so-called ta-ga.
No need to ntion Ruan Ningxue, who was even more clueless.
Its a new term well be using for this ga, specifically because its going to be very unconventional.
Lets describe it as having the in-ga content breaking out of the confines of the ga, and interacting with the player directly.
Have you read Don Quixote? In the novel, the author breaks the fourth wall from ti to ti, being cheeky and giving the reader clues about the plot, Chen Xu explained.
Breaking the fourth wall? Yang Xin was digesting the possibilities, and Ruan Ningxue had so realizations.
Correct, well be trying that, but in video ga form.
Regarding the concept of ta-gas, Chen Xu paid attention and found that while a very small number of ga designers in this world had dipped their toes and experinted, there were no successful or prolific examples.
Not just gas, but novels, comics, and other forms of dia have just barely scratched the surface, the genre hadnt even coined.
And therein lies his opportunity.
The na of the ga will be Undertale, I will provide more details as the work begins.
In addition, we cant leave our current fans with nothing to look forward to. So we will also be developing a DLC pack for Mirror. This way we can squeeze out a bit more sales while the ga is still trending.
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