Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

Since the establishment of Qunxing Company, Xu Xing has basically devoted all his energy to the mid-term production of Fruit Assassin, without paying much attention to Xu Niannian's own status.

After he was recruited by Xu Niannian, he planned the development progress based on the art resources required by Fruit Assassin, divided the progress of the resources to be completed every day, and handed it over to Xu Niannian for review.

After Xu Niannian confirmed that he could complete it on time, Xu Xing felt relieved and focused on integrating resources and improving the game framework.

But what Xu Xing didn't expect was that only about twenty days had passed, and the dark circles under Xu Niannian's eyes would become so heavy, and his face would look a little haggard.

My hair is also a bit messy and doesn't look shiny and smooth, probably because I stayed up too late.

Previously, Xu Xing thought that she would work until ten or eleven o'clock in the evening every day, or even until the early morning in an exaggerated manner. If she slept until seven or eight o'clock in the morning every day, at least her sleep would be basically guaranteed.

But looking at how Xu Niannian is doing now, I'm afraid he won't just stay up until the early hours of the morning.

"What time did you go to bed last night?" Xu Xing held her wrist and asked with a frown.

"Well... eleven o'clock..." Xu Niannian said a little guilty.

"Tell the truth." Xu Xing's tone suddenly became stern, with a hint of self-blame, "What time did you go to bed?"

"Okay..." Xu Niannian had never seen Xu Xing get angry very often, so he could only whisper, "I went to bed at three o'clock yesterday."

"But it's not this late every day."

"Usually we don't get it past three o'clock."

Xu Xing still frowned and asked: "What time is it usually?"

"Uh...two o'clock...like one or two o'clock." Xu Niannian hesitated, not wanting to worry Xu Xing and others because of this matter, "Actually, it's not bad, I often do it in school

Stay up late to catch up on homework.”

"If it's good, there will be ghosts." Xu Xing looked helpless.

Even if you stay up late at school to catch up on homework, it will only take you two or three days at most.

This has been going on for almost a month now.

It's a shame this guy can persevere.

"Are there too many tasks every day? Why didn't you tell the people in the studio clearly?" Xu Xing became a little angry when he said this.

The most annoying colleagues at work include this one.

It is clear that the amount of tasks is too late or incapable of being completed, but due to face or other reasons, one still has to bear it.

This behavior seems very responsible and dedicated, but once the required workload cannot be completed within the task period, it will delay the development progress of the entire project team.

Xu Xing was also careless this time.

Although he worked for a foreign company before, he was also a programmer and was even responsible for some projects.

But at that time, they were all very mature teams, and they all worked in the same office or on the same floor, so communication was very convenient.

As for Xu Niannian, because she was worried that she would reveal to Sun Wanhui that Xu Xing had spent money to open a studio, Xu Xing did not tell Xu Niannian the truth just in case.

Instead, he thought of a way to lure her into the studio to work part-time.

But there's a problem.

Xu Xing usually works with Yan Chijuan in the private room of the Internet cafe, and he knows the development process of code programming very well.

Although Yan Chijue also likes to hide things from him secretly, at least he doesn't stay up late to catch up on progress. If there is a problem, Xu Xing can find it in time.

But Xu Niannian is usually the only one who stays at home and works.

Although Xu Xing had occasionally come over to visit before, and even brought a barbecue before, it was all before the early morning.

Who knows, this guy stayed up late and worked overtime after midnight.

"I didn't know at first..." Seeing that he was a bit fierce, Xu Niannian softened his temper. "My sister in the studio arranged my daily workload and arranged it very carefully until August."

"And the daily workload didn't seem to be a lot, so I just agreed."

"Who knew it would take so long to make...a fruit picture takes me two to three hours, and I wouldn't be able to make it without working overtime."

"I'm embarrassed to say it. Thinking about it, I'm just going to have to endure these two months, and it will be over as soon as I can hold on."

This actually involves a conceptual issue between the two.

Although Xu Xing was reborn, he certainly didn't know every profession well. For example, when he was working as an artist, he felt that the artists in the company were very fast at producing pictures, so he thought that Xu Niannian's efficiency in producing pictures would not be any worse.

too much.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Niannian, who was still in his junior year, had no problem with the application of drawing software, but he had no actual work experience after all. Many of the tricks that professional artists use to save time and speed up efficiency were not applicable to him.

Xu Niannian can master it now.

Especially for people like Xu Niannian who are still in the student stage, it is often difficult to grasp the balance between quality and quantity.

To draw a picture, you must start with the initial composition and lines. The entire picture is completed stroke by stroke by yourself. Sometimes, in order to pick out a little bit of detail, the user will not be able to experience the difference, and a lot of waste will be unreasonable.

time.

But a skilled artist will save a lot of time and effort. Not only are they proficient in various free resource libraries, but they will also have their own personal library of materials. When making many things, you don’t have to start from scratch and directly find the corresponding materials.

Then finish it.

Although high-quality art resources still take a lot of time, it will definitely not be as tiring as Xu Niannian.

Especially for a game like Fruit Assassin that doesn’t care about fine graphics.

However, this requires Xu Niannian to slowly learn in practice, and it is not a problem that can be solved overnight.

The fastest and simplest way to solve the problem right now is of course to recruit people.

Just hire one more artist to share Xu Niannian's workload.

Unfortunately, ideals are very fulfilling, and reality is often more painful.

Although Xu Xing received a total of 60,000 yuan from his grandfather and mother, the salary cost in two months from June to August was 9,000 yuan. If Xu Xing’s own daily food expenses were included, it would not be enough.

You have to be in your forties or fifty.

It may not seem like much in one day, but in two months it will be about 3,000, not to mention other scattered expenses. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend money on private rooms in Internet cafes, saving a lot of water, electricity and venue rent.

In the end, Xu Xing was able to save about 40,000 yuan.

Although there is quite a lot left over, Xu Xing plans to spend all this money on game promotion.

Although Xu Xing is very confident in the game Fruit Assassin, even if it does not rely on marketing and relies solely on the recommendation mechanism of the Pineapple mobile platform itself, it can slowly break out of the encirclement.

But if we can spend some money to speed things up and get funds early to invest in the next step of project development, that would of course be the most ideal situation.

Sigh... It would be great if we could still find a labor force as cheap and useful as Xu Niannian.

Thinking of this, Xu Xing's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Xu Niannian, he patted her shoulder and asked: "How does your professional ability compare to your school classmates? Is there anyone who is better than you, or at the same level?

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