Chapter 349 - It was Perfectly Fine Before He Came Over (1/2)

December 7th, Tuesday…

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd….

The examinations ended yesterday. Now, it was time for the papers to be intensely marked.

Pei Qian had expected there to be a lot of papers to mark, and so he had allocated a week for marking alone.

The interviews would be held on the following Monday. After that, the list of successful applicants could quickly be generated. From there, they would decide who could join Tengda as interns and get the opportunity to take the Tengda Spirit compatibility test.

Pei Qian was very happy with the time allocation for the entire process.

On one hand, the written examinations, interviews, and selection had lengthened the entire recruitment process by nearly two weeks. This worked to persuade many people not to try and apply for a job at Tengda.

On the other hand, having to take two Mondays off in such a short period made most working adults feel helpless. As a result, many experienced, potential applicants had been dissuaded from applying as well.

All in all, he had come up with many ways and means to dissuade as many people from applying as possible!

For now, the HR department and administrative department were handling the marking of papers. Given Tengda’s current size, Pei Qian guessed that guarding against bribery and fraud was unnecessary.

In the future-as the recruitment drives get bigger in scale, they would mark the papers according to the standards of other large-scale examinations. They could purchase professional facilities and recruit professional markers. Then, Pei Qian would probably be able to spend a huge sum of money.

Just as he was considering this, someone knocked on his door.

Pei Qian looked up to see Ye Zhizhou.

Be Quiet had been completed earlier than GOG. Now, the first version of their demo was already out.

The current version could not be considered done. At the most, it contained the game’s basic functions such as the movement of characters against the backdrop, the use of props, and the like.

Art resources were still far from done, and only one setting had been completed. There was also still a lot of room for improving the props, characters, and special effects.

Still, the initial demo offered some idea of how the game would look like.

Ye Zhizhou sucked in a long breath at the door of Boss Pei’s office, trying to calm himself down.

In the past, Boss Pei had always gone over to Shang Yang Games to check on the game’s research and development progress. However, this time, Ye Zhizhou had been summoned to ‘face the god’ alone at Tengda Games. Of course, he felt slightly nervous.

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“Calm down, calm down. The demo isn’t meant to be a perfect version. It’s normal for there to be bugs in the demo. Boss Pei wouldn’t blame me. “As long as it can show the game’s basic functions, it’ll be good enough.

“That’s unless… there are so many bugs that he can’t even play the demo. “That isn’t likely, though. The testing team already ran the game once through. The serious bugs have already been fixed.

“There are still some minor bugs in the demo, but I probably won’t be so unlucky. All of them wouldn’t appear, right?”

Ye Zhizhou comforted himself before knocking the door and entering the office.

“Boss Pei, this is the game’s program. Please install it.”

Ye Zhizhou handed a portable hard drive to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and then installed the game’s demo onto his own computer. Then, he handed the controller to Ye Zhizhou.

Actually, Pei Qian still had no idea what kind of game this was.

That was because he had only given several general instructions to Shang Yang Games earlier. After that, he had left them to create the game on their own.

Thus, Pei Qian felt quite hopeful about the game’s demo. He had no idea what his instructions, which pointed to a dead-end, had led the team at Shang Yang Games to come up with.

Yet…

Could Pei Qian see the demo for what it truly was under the influence of Tang Yishu’s halo effect?

Pei Qian highly doubted that.

There was a blank screen, and then the game started. Pei Qian was quite surprised. It worked! No error popped up and the game didn’t crash!

The demo seemed quite good.

Ye Zhizhou had no inkling of his impending doom. He moved the joystick on the controller, operating the game and explaining it at the same time.

“We’ve completed the basics for the demo such as the movement of the characters, the use of surrounding props, and the like. Our main purpose was to show you the horror atmosphere and the overall style and see if they are to your liking.

“This is the first character we made. It’s a male adult with a standard body type. His health meter, strength meter, and sanity meter are displayed on the screen.

“We expect to come up with more different characters later on, so that players can customize their appearance…”

Ye Zhizhou observed Boss Pei’s expressions as he explained.

Boss Pei looked engrossed in the screen as if he was expecting something to happen. At the same time, it was mixed with the hopeful look was a hint of… surprise.

Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel proud of himself.

It looks like Boss Pei thinks highly of our project; he can’t possibly feign this hopeful expression!

Furthermore, the hint of surprise in his expression showed that the game was more complete than he had expected.

The situation was looking good!

Ye Zhizhou began explaining with more excitement.

However, only two thoughts filled Pei Qian’s mind at that moment.

When will the bug appear? I can’t wait. The bug hasn’t appeared yet? I guess the bunch of people at Shang Yang Games has put in a lot of effort into this demo.

Pei Qian did not feel much about the game itself. He could only say that it was alright. He could not see signs of the game becoming popular from a mere demo.

The game’s foundational contents and details, its art resources, and its style were all pretty well done. After all, the game was being produced by a game editor. As long as they were willing to pour in enough money, its art resources could not turn out that badly.

However, the horror atmosphere was far from good.

Of course, it was probably because the monsters and other gamers had not been added. There was also no sign of danger. No matter how dark and scary they made the game look, there was a limit to how frightening it could be.

Still, no matter what, this demo had not left a lasting impression in Pei Qian’s mind for now.