They ended up meeting again on the rooftop of the Blue Star Building.
Smoking is prohibited in the Blue Star Building; if you want to smoke, you must go to the designated smoking area on the rooftop.
By the time Mingyan learned of this, the situation was already out of control.
"We were here first!"
"No, we were first! Whether it was negotiations, cooperation, or appointments, we were clearly the ones who arrived first!"
"Why are you guys so good at snatching games?! You can't even agree on terms for following up within a week, just how far are you going to leave us behind?!"
The person in charge of Blue Star: "..." Why, why did it turn out like this?
It turns out that large companies can only maintain such a good image when their core interests are not involved.
When it comes to a life-or-death situation, even the most respectable elites will inevitably fight tooth and nail.
After all, their contracts with Blue Star truly represent their entire careers.
—Winning him over means reaching the pinnacle of my life; failing to do so means a major blunder that warrants my resignation. How can I possibly remain calm about this?!
After Blue Star's mediation, both sides appeared to have put aside their disputes and made peace.
However, the propaganda war began that evening.
The Atlas family accused the Ipp family of blurring the lines between public and private interests, resulting in malicious competition.
The Ipp family accused the Atlas family of sowing discord and disrupting market balance through malicious price cuts.
The bottom line of the contracts offered to Blue Star by both sides has also been uncovered, and it turns out to be a 90/10 split! Blue Star gets 90%, and they only get 10%!
Then, both sides started revealing each other's dark past.
The Atlas family exposed the Ipp family for violating company rules and provided the young master of the Xia family with a top-of-the-line car, a garage, a private car line, and an almost indefinite "family visit leave," all so that he could easily go to the Blue Star Studio to visit Chief Engineer Ming!
What is this? This is a marriage alliance between the [unclear]!
Ipp also exposed Atlas for being an extreme sycophant. Their marketing department even had a hard requirement for employees: they must have completed at least one Blue Star game and know it inside and out (the kind that can rave about it), or they must have spent at least 100,000 yuan in League of Legends or The Legend of the Condor Heroes and reached the specified level.
What does 100,000 yuan mean? It's almost the annual income of a low-level employee!
The onlookers were so frightened that they dropped the melons they were holding!
Atlas explained: This industry requires a thorough understanding of major trends – you can't experience the paid store without spending money, and you can't fully appreciate the game content without reaching a certain level. We simply chose one of the most popular games in the Sixth Star Province, which just happens to be a game from Earth.
While the onlookers were still laughing and joking, industry insiders were already green with envy.
This is a major channel that they flock to. Those who are usually arrogant and look down on others will only agree to a 50/50 split if they have to ask for connections.
But now, they almost fought over a brand new game that doesn't even exist yet, offering prices that were so low they were willing to lose money – they've gone to the extreme of trying to win over customers.
Lan Xing is indeed a wicked concubine who brought ruin to the country!
At this moment, Mingyan, who was looking at his phone, said: "..."
Can you guys stop fighting? If you want to fight, go to the dance studio, okay?
No matter how much noise there is, the initial authorization for the new project will never be given out, as it is a powerful tool to protect the Blue Star platform.
In order to appease the two platforms and to convey the message that the cooperation would continue.
A short meeting was held on Blue Star, and the bewildered designers all expressed their opinions:
"How could such a small matter suddenly escalate to this level?"
"How did they end up fighting?"
"How about... we authorize each of them to play a small game?"
"Just kidding, all the groups are already operating at full capacity, where would they find the time to make games!"
"No, no, I mean, what people are bored with are the little games they make? Like that 'Jump Jump' game?"
Just like the legendary artist Varian, who would sometimes doodle chibi-style characters when he was bored.
Several game design masters themselves consider game making a hobby, and have even made a few games when they're bored.
Even Mingyan did one, a very simple "Jump Jump" game, and another "Fly".
You can tell from the name that it was really made casually.
Mingyan: "..." Seriously? Isn't this a bit too perfunctory? Won't the other party be angry?
The next day, Bluestar employees, each carrying a CD marked "Top Secret," went to their respective marketing departments.
When they said, "This is our new little game, and we'd like to give you the exclusive first release. It's very small, but it was made by Chief Designer Ming himself—"
The other person was moved to tears!
"My goodness! How could I possibly deserve such kindness from Chief Master Ming! How has he been doing all these years, overseeing Blue Star? I am truly grateful and deeply indebted to him for coming out of retirement. We will definitely pay him a visit another day and offer him a generous reward to repay this life-saving grace!"
Later, he relayed this passage to Mingyan.
Chief Engineer Ming: "?"
It may not be a life-saving grace, but it certainly saved my career.
Some people on Blue Star, who were also employees and had already achieved a certain status and capital, could understand his excitement.