"The feeling of being alive is like having my head submerged in icy snow water. The only time I'm awake and doing anything each day is a few brief seconds when I can stick my head out of the water to breathe."
"I desperately wanted to make something, just like a drowning person craving for breath, filled with the despair of impending death."
"If you truly crave success and yearn for your dreams, why don't you ask yourselves if your desires have reached that level of awareness? Every single moment, if you're not striving towards your goals, you feel as if you're drowning in agony."
"If not, then it's just something you want, like when you were a kid and you saw a toy model in a shop window—but that's not a dream."
During his senior year, Mingyan said that in the months after finishing his graduation project, he also followed the trend and went out to look for internship or job opportunities.
However, the research institute later learned about this when they took his blood during a routine check-up.
The nurse exclaimed in shock, "You've only been awake for a few years! You study languages every day, learn the history of the League, take undergraduate courses, and still find time to write game design drafts—where do you find so much time?!"
It's very simple.
He openly stated that he had no social life, no sleep, and no entertainment.
He was afraid that he didn't have much time left to live, so afraid that he felt guilty even if he just sat quietly in a daze for a minute.
It was from that time that Mingyan suddenly realized that he could not integrate into other corporate cultures.
He was destined never to become a cog in someone else's machine.
“Some people ask me why I work so hard? A game could easily provide me with a comfortable life,” Ming said. “I tell them it’s because if I’m not working hard, I feel like I’m asleep or dead.”
"Someone asked me again how I should advise this year's students to work hard."
“I would say there is no way around it. All geniuses in the world must first have desires that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Desires drive them to study late into the night, torment them day and night, make them suffer unbearably, make them walk on the edge of a knife and breathe in flames—only when they are engaged in that one great cause can they find a moment of peace and happiness.”
...
The graduation ceremony wasn't over yet, but Mingyan's speech had ended.
He gave some speeches off-script, but he managed the time perfectly and finished right on time.
The topic of this speech is "So-called Genius," and the full video will be uploaded to the school's official website soon.
While the students were all sitting obediently in their seats, Mingyan quickly slipped away from backstage.
However, some students still waited outside for him.
These are students who don't need to attend the ceremony, as well as student council officers who also took the opportunity to sneak out.
Mingyan had no choice but to sign autographs for them one by one.
One of the girls, her eyes still red, said, "Teacher Ming, what you said was so good. I don't know why, but I'm so moved, and it also feels so inspiring..."
Mingyan quickly took out some tissues for her to wipe her tears and gave her a few words of encouragement.
At this moment, one of the student council members was still a little hesitant. He took out a whole stack of papers from his pocket.
Some were sticky notes, some were postcards, and some were small handkerchiefs.
It's obvious that this student is going to help a whole bunch of people get Mingyan's autograph.
Clearly stated: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Thankfully, the other party was very understanding and didn't dare to waste too much of Mingyan's time.
Mingyan signed two copies for him and then had to take his leave.
The student council member blushed and finally managed to stammer out, "Mr. Ming! I... I have to ask you on behalf of all 257 students in my department, when exactly will the new game be released?"
This is terrible!
The ALPHA version isn't even finished yet!
Why does everyone have to bring up the very thing they don't want to talk about?
Mingyan said helplessly, "Next year, I can only guarantee that the closed beta test can start before the Lunar New Year."
The students, upon hearing this, exchanged excited glances, their eyes sparkling.
These players!
They're only thinking about when they can play the new game, have they even considered how the development team feels...?
Mingyan finally managed to find some time to get out of that dark room. Was it easy for him?
If his smart assistant hadn't reminded him that he had already agreed to give a speech at the school, he probably wouldn't have left home today.
This speech was actually also made with Blue Star Studio in mind.
After all, it's graduation season, and this is the first time Blue Star has entered universities for campus recruitment.
With three major projects underway—Minecraft, League of Legends, and Blue Star Apocalypse—manpower is becoming increasingly scarce, and the scale of operations is expanding rapidly.
Besides core development projects, BlueStar has already outsourced as much work as possible, but it still feels like they're working non-stop.
In addition to further recruiting talent in the market, Bluestar is also now qualified to participate in campus recruitment.
Whether it's fame or treatment, Blue Star is basically unique!
Mingyan is someone who is very willing to mentor graduating interns, as he deeply understands how important that 1% inspiration is to game design.
Every project needs energetic young people.