ATPnovel #243 - Don't recognize hard work, only recognize merit (2 in 1 order)
#243 - Don't recognize hard work, only recognize merit (2 in 1 order)
Jianghai City, the headquarters building of Leopard Tooth Live.
Candy Heart sat in front of the computer with a look of dejection. The screen displayed the store exploration video of D Station UP master Gorilla BOY. In the video, the Candy Heart three sisters were wearing cat girl COS costumes, quickly dancing otaku dances.
Candy Heart's eyes wandered across the screen, her heart filled with a deep sense of loss.
Recently, Peach Garden Light-year is in the ascendant, and Su Yufan, signed by Leopard Tooth Live, is about to collapse due to being caught in a love scandal. The image of Leopard Tooth Live is also in jeopardy in this storm of public opinion.
She recalled the past, the days when they were idol trainees in a girl group, striving together to hold a concert at the Bird's Nest, leaving many beautiful memories.
But at this moment, she only felt that that period of time seemed to have gone far away, unable to be touched again.
In her heart, she faintly envied the happiness of the three sisters.
"They seem to have found new friends..."
Thinking of this, Candy Heart felt lonely and helpless in her heart... a trace of jealousy mixed in with the feeling of loss.
Why, in such a cruel commercial competition, are they obviously deeply involved in it, yet they can live so happily and joyfully?
She laughed mockingly, a look of hesitation flashing in her eyes.
Is the path she has chosen really correct?
……
Jianghai City, headquarters of MiLeYou Company.
The Honkai 3 project team is conducting the final sprint for the Heavenly Venerable Cup version.
The PPT on the big screen in the meeting room is densely packed with the upcoming R\u0026D arrangements.
R\u0026D Director Xiao Wei:
"Everyone, the cooperation with Liu's Group is very important. They have invested a lot of money this time to support our Heavenly Venerable Cup. Youyi Company has a pre-research team of 300 people, ready for us to dispatch.
Moreover, Youyi Company has also helped me contact a outsourcing production team of thousands of people, so our first version must be amazing throughout the game industry!
After all, we are a mobile game. After that, we have to package a weekly version every week and submit it to the app store for review.
From today until the end of the Heavenly Venerable Cup, everyone please work hard and work overtime every night."
Upon hearing the word overtime, the project members' faces with dark circles under their eyes became even more haggard.
Producer Tianwu: "Although, overtime is a bit tiring, but everyone think about our anime dreams! Think about everyone's passion!"
After giving a pep talk, he said: "Okay, does anyone have anything else to add?"
"……"
The meeting room was silent.
Tianwu clapped his hands with satisfaction and was about to dismiss the meeting when Wan Jia in the meeting room cautiously raised his hand.
"Um... I have some immature opinions that I hope to share with everyone."
Tianwu frowned, but did not stop him.
Wan Jia stood up and said:
"I think we can add daily life elements of interaction with the Valkyries in the game, so that players can have a deeper understanding of the beautiful girl characters in the card pool.
For example, dating and giving gifts like in GALGAME...
Even, it can evolve into a character emotion system, where the player's choices can affect the Valkyrie's emotional direction and plot development.
To this end, we can design more diverse character attributes, such as personality, interests, etc., to make the Valkyries more individual.
The Captain has a variety of interactive methods, including gestures, expressions, etc., to increase the interaction between players and the beautiful girl characters."
Tianwu rubbed his forehead and raised his hand to interrupt Wan Jia.
"Ahem, that's right, Wan Jia, your designs are a bit too far from reality.
What is the one thing I have always emphasized in my work?
"Playing games" and "making games" are completely different things. As a player, you can open your mind and brainstorm,
But if you are a game planner, then you must consider the workload and whether this thing can be implemented."
Wan Jia was stunned and said blankly: "Eh? But these... are all settings that can be seen in GALGAME."
R\u0026D Director Xiao Wei interjected with a warm smile:
"How about this, Xiao Wan, if you have anything else you want to say, say it all together for everyone to refer to."
Wan Jia hesitated for a moment and continued:
"In addition, we can set up a richer social system to allow players to interact and communicate online, deepening the sense of community.
For example, players in the same fleet can interact and play games together.
In terms of level design, we can design different combat challenges, including single-player mode, team raid, etc.
At the same time, we can set personalized growth systems to shape different character development trajectories based on the player's choices and behaviors."
Other planners in the meeting room began to complain:
The level planner refuted: "We are a anime game, our users are a group of autistic otaku, what are you doing with social interaction? It's thankless."
The copywriter also retorted: "What we want to do is hardcore anime, adding too many GALGAME elements will easily be pandering to otaku."
"……"
Wan Jia felt choked and fell into silence.
One of you says the users are otaku, and the other says not to pander to otaku, isn't this self-contradictory...
He scanned the meeting room, and the indifferent expressions in the eyes of the other team members showed that they didn't take his hard-thought-out plan seriously at all.
And Tianwu directly issued a meeting summary:
"In short, everyone speed up the development according to the division of labor in my list just now, the Heavenly Venerable Cup is coming soon."
Speaking of the Heavenly Venerable Cup, everyone in the entire meeting room was immediately enthusiastic:
"We are determined to win this Heavenly Venerable Cup!"
The people in the meeting room walked out. Tianwu thought for a while and called Wan Jia to stop again:
"Oh, by the way, Wan Jia, go and configure the skill scripts of those monsters, and then go to the art students to align the latest version of the UI."
Wan Jia was stunned. This UI has been changed three times in the past month. Why is it still being changed?
But he wisely shut up and didn't ask any more questions.
……
After coming out of the meeting room, Zhao Peng, the veteran employee responsible for bringing him, this intern, took him out for lunch together.
"Let's go, Xiao Wan, let's go eat spicy hot pot, this meal is on me."
After the two sat down at a spicy hot pot restaurant in the commercial street downstairs, Wan Jia couldn't bear it anymore and said his doubts:
"Brother Peng, I don't quite understand the situation in the meeting room today. I feel that the suggestions I made are all good."
Zhao Peng smiled, unscrewed a can of beer for himself, gulped down several mouthfuls, and smacked his lips twice:
"Xiao Wan, you just graduated this year, so you haven't interned in other companies before, right?"
Wan Jia nodded in confusion.
"Heh... no wonder."
Zhao Peng used chopsticks to pick up two pieces of roasted sausage, feasting on them, his mouth full of oil.
"Your brother Peng tells you one thing, that is, when a newcomer enters the workplace, the first thing you have to learn is not work skills, nor is it desperately working overtime, but to learn to "observe people's expressions and manage upwards."
"Upward... upward management?" Wan Jia was even more confused.
"That's right, let me talk about the matter in the meeting room just now. If I were you, I would never stand up as a leader and make any improvement suggestions.
You see, when the boss is speaking, everyone else keeps silent, why?
Because the plans on the PPT are all the boss's ideas. Are you going to refute the boss's face if you sing a different tune?
If you really have different opinions, you can chat with the boss privately,
As a result, only you, a greenhorn, stood up, are you stupid?"
"But... I just want to make the game more fun," Wan Jia said unconvinced, "Isn't our company's corporate culture "speak your mind"? It's all printed on the wall."
Zhao Peng took another big gulp of beer:
"You really believe it? Let me tell you, whoever believes in those slogans in our company is the one who packs up and leaves."
Zhao Peng looked around, and analyzed in a low voice:
"For example, that sentence "Don't recognize hard work, only recognize merit."
Anyone with a normal brain thinks this sentence is bullshit, do you know why?
There is an old saying that good fighters have no outstanding achievements!
What counts as merit? How to define who has merit?
Some technical operations, operations, customer service support and other departments, their work seems unremarkable at first glance, but they work a lot of overtime and work very hard,
As a result, they have no presence at the company's annual meeting, but these departments, maintaining stability and not having accidents is the greatest contribution.
So why don't they recognize their hard work?
The consequence of only recognizing merit is that everyone wants to be opportunistic, and like a peacock in front of the leader, they change their ways to show themselves,
They will even blindly toss and mess around with things that don't need to be changed in the first place, just to have some merit to write about!
If this continues, the project will be messed up sooner or later..."
Wan Jia was more and more shocked as he listened, thoughtfully, and quickly took two more cans of beer for Zhao Peng, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, why will it be messed up?"
Zhao Peng gulped down several more mouthfuls of beer and continued:
"Because these people were all dug from the outside by MiLeYou at a high price,
All the social recruits are big shots who have achieved something in the game industry, and all the school recruits are the pride of heaven from Ivy League and C9 schools,
Putting such a group of great people together and telling them that our company only recognizes merit,
The final result is that no one is convinced by anyone, and they all think they are the best!
Teamwork is bullshit, processes and pipelines are bullshit, I want merit, I want to show myself in front of the boss..."
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"Aww..."
Wan Jia nodded thoughtfully, no wonder he always heard various strange reasons for quarrels in the office area in the past few months since he joined the company.
Zhao Peng continued in a low voice:
"For example, our boss, who recently took over from his predecessor and became the producer,
There is a saying that a new official takes office with three fires!
Calling us over today to arrange work is the first fire!"
Wan Jia is a smart person and quickly reacted:
"Brother Peng, are you saying that the UI doesn't actually need to be changed, but because this is something that the predecessor did, the boss has to think about overturning and redoing it, and leave some of his own work performance."
"A promising child!"
Zhao Peng gave a thumbs up and threw two more peanuts into his mouth,
"So you know how stupid your behavior was today, right?
However, it's not a big problem. Brother Peng will give you an idea. After you finish eating lunch in the afternoon, take the initiative to send an email to the boss, with the proposals you made in the meeting room attached.
You just say that you originally had a learning attitude and wanted to put forward these crude things first to "pave the way" for the boss's plan, but you were too nervous and made a mistake.
Now, after reading the boss's plan, you feel that your plan is a piece of shit, and you also ask the boss to be generous in teaching, in the spirit of guiding the younger generation.
If you flatter the boss, the boss shouldn't give you a hard time in the future."
Wan Jia nodded gratefully, and then thoughtfully.
Zhao Peng finished a large bowl of spicy hot pot and wiped his mouth with a paper towel with satisfaction. He thought of something again and asked:
"Hey, by the way, do you have any classmates or friends you know who have some technical skills and want to join MiLeYou?
Send over your resume, and I'll help you with the internal recommendation, and we'll split the internal recommendation bonus fifty-fifty."
Wan Jia understood in seconds, and then nodded and said: "Brother Peng, don't worry, you will get a share of any good resume."
"Hehe, sensible, it's not in vain for the master to support you."
……
After getting off work and returning home, Wan Jia carried a pile of bought vegetables into the kitchen.
My sister Wan Xiaotong doesn't know why, but she has been coming back very late recently. She said she is busy developing some new game.
But Wan Jia didn't care.
It is estimated that Wan Xiaotong's work place is a small web game workshop that can't be put on the table, doing things that squeeze employees.
But thinking of this, he laughed at himself again.
Even if his sister's company is a small workshop, what qualifications does he have to laugh at?
He recalled that the reason why he joined MiLeYou was because of his dreams and love for anime,
As a result, after entering the workplace for a period of time and experiencing enough beatings, he deeply realized that,
Playing games and making games are two different things.
Work and hobbies are also two different things.
MiLeYou is shown very beautifully in the external promotional videos, but the necessary KPI pressure and overtime are still a lot.
It is said that the structure is flat, but the internal implicit hierarchy is strict, full of office struggles and mountain strongholds.
Even compared with big factories like Tenghui, it is even worse.
After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes,
No matter how well a company is advertised, it cannot escape basic human nature.
……
Thinking of this, Wan Jia didn't have the mood to cook anymore. He walked to the computer and casually clicked on a few resumes he had in his hand, preparing to send them to Zhao Peng.
These resumes are all from some classmates who haven't found a job yet, asking him to help with the internal recommendation.
The so-called "internal recommendation" refers to internal recommendation, which is said to have a much higher admission rate than submitting a resume in person.
Of course, the reason why Zhao Peng hinted to Wan Jia to ask him for a resume is because MiLeYou has an "internal recommendation culture".
If the internally recommended employee is successfully hired, the recommender will receive a considerable internal recommendation bonus, which is tens of thousands of yuan.
Even if the recommended candidate is not successfully hired, as long as the interview enters a certain stage, they will also receive thousands of yuan of internal recommendation bonus in stages.
Precisely because of this, social media platforms like Maimai are flooded with referrals from MileYou employees, disseminating their referral codes to the point of near saturation.
Naturally, team leaders within the company also favor hiring referrals.
The reason is simple:
Because the company is full of top talents, and in a culture that only values achievements, no one is willing to submit to anyone else.
Therefore, to gain an advantage in office power struggles, team leaders will definitely refer their trusted subordinates and acquaintances to join the company.
For example, if a team leader graduated from Jianghai University, they will definitely prioritize incorporating familiar junior students from their school into the project team as their trusted followers.
If a team leader is a seasoned veteran in the workplace, they will definitely incorporate former colleagues with whom they have a good relationship as their trusted followers.
For instance, employees from Tenghui will band together for mutual support, forming their own faction.
Former employees from Youyi, Beautiful World, and Zuyou Network will also band together for mutual support, forming their own faction, expanding their own sphere of influence through referrals.
After all, MileYou's expansion speed is too fast, and the management experience of the higher-ups cannot keep up.
So, in Wan Jia's view, this company already has a faint sense of chaos.
...
While lost in thought, Wan Xiaotong opened the door and returned home.
"Brother, quickly provide this king with imperial cuisine. I have battled the Invisible Boundary Line for a day and am already famished."
Wan Jia expressionlessly flicked his younger sister's small head.
"Speak properly when you get home."
"Ouch..."
Seeing the delicious food on the table, she decided to endure it.
Wan Jia continued to ask, "Why have you been coming home a bit late recently? Are you working overtime at the company?"
"No... I'm playing with cats." Wan Xiaotong told the truth.
Wan Jia was stunned.
Keeping employees at the company to play with cats, what kind of improper and bizarre company is this?
Could his sister have mistakenly entered some black-hearted factory?
He said seriously, "Tell me about it in detail."