Chapter 182 - Becoming an Honorary Member (1/2)

Qiu Hengyang arrived soon after Chen Mo and sat next to him.

The seats were predetermined by the officials. Other than the front row which was reserved for leaders, the other seats were determined more or less by grade, with higher grade in the front. The relationship between designers are also taken into account when assigning seats.

As Chen Mo and Qiu Hengyang were both A-grade designers and knew each other well, they were sat in the same row.

Qiu Hengyang introduced the other attendees to Chen Mo.

“The ones in front are all leaders in the Game Committee, you’ll have to deal with them sooner or later. You should get to know them early as your game will have to go through them.

“That Mr Zhang is responsible for the official appstore.

“Mr Liu over there is responsible for the Illusion Game Editor.

Chen Mo struggled to remember each of them.

Qiu Hengyang went on to introduce the video game designers behind them.

“Those are the three S-grade videogame designers from Emperor Dynasty Entertainment. You’ve met Qiu Jiang, and the other two are Yan Zhang and Qin Xiao. Three of them are working on their own VR games, and others on that side are Zen Entertainment…

“That’s Ran He, the designer behind Heavy Assault, you’ve seen him yesterday…

Chen Mo tried to remember their names as Qiu Hengyang introduced them. He didn’t really care, but Chen Mo knows that it’d be beneficial to know them. It’d be awkward if they cross paths in the future but he didn’t know their names.

As there weren’t many S-grade videogame designers, Qiu Hengyang introduced a few more prominent A-grade video game designers. By the time he was done, it was almost time to start.

Chen Mo came to a realisation, “There are so many incredible people here. I’ve been shut-in working on my games, but I just realised now many talented people there are after attending this award ceremony.”

Qiu Hengyang nodded, “Yeah, the best videogame designers in China are all gathered here, of course there would be many talented people here.”

As the host stepped onto the stage, the chatter died down, followed by roaring applause.

The leaders have also all arrived. The leaders were heads of different departments within the Game Committee.

Chen Mo also noticed Qiao Hua who contacted him before. He was a man in his forties, skinny, elegant, and seemed quite well maintained, a big contrast from the other middle aged men with huge pot-bellies.

Zhang Zhongxiang, Chairman of the Game Committee, delivered a speech.

The speech lasted for ten minutes and was quite similar to the speeches of other leaders. They focused on last year’s result, pointing out some places that needed work, and their plans for the future.

Soon, the speeches ended, and the award ceremony finally started.

Chen Mo could tell that this award ceremony wasn’t as serious as the likes of science award ceremonies as the atmosphere felt quite lax.

The ceremony started by announcing the honorary Game Committee members of this year.

“I’m proud to announce this year’s honorary Game Committee members: Designer of Protoss Wings, Li Feng, designer of Heavenly Three Kingdoms Zhang Xiaokong, designer of Wulin Legend and Onmyoji Chen Mo, designer of Death Walk Zhu Fanglin, designer of Sword of Dreams… Please make your way onto the stage!”

There were members of staff locating the respective designers to guide them onto the stage.

The Game Committee inducts ten honorary members every year. These members are usually quite young, and must have made a high quality game.