Time Travel: 2014

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Of course, Huang Jing was not trying to explain to Lin Hui the game development process of James overcoming difficulties.

What Huang Jing probably wants to express is:

When James first started developing games, it was really out of interest.

But when the person’s interest turns to work and he continues to run into trouble.

Game development that once brought James a lot of happiness may not be a happy thing.

Instead of being a happy thing, it may frequently cause distress.

Then it slowly turned into a burden.

When interest becomes a burden, it probably means that interest changes.

It’s probably very uncomfortable when a happy thing turns into a burden, right?

Huang Jing's explanation does not sound difficult to accept.

At least compared to several possibilities that Lin Hui had silently speculated in his mind before, Huang Jing's analysis sounded more reasonable.

It is often said that people should engage in work that interests them as much as possible in order to have long-term happiness. .

But when something you are interested in becomes a job, things may not always turn out as you want.

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It’s not uncommon for interests to turn into work and then become boring.

Take coding as an example. If you really want to write code every day, just coding a few pieces of code is fun.

But it is really necessary to stipulate that every day must be done as work, and there are special tasks to be completed every day. After each task is completed, a dedicated person will conduct acceptance according to the corresponding node.

Even if you can get money, I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy typing code every day when you feel like it.

People working in related industries can't help but complain from time to time.

What's more, for a crossover player?

It’s annoying when a hobby turns into a job, even if it’s just as a side hustle.

According to some degree, crossover refers to “the operation of moving from a thing of one attribute to another attribute.”

The subject of this change remains unchanged, and the attribute classification of things changes.

The cross-border trend seems not very obvious yet.

But judging from Lin Hui's experience in the next few years, "cross-border" things became very common in the next few years. .

Entering the era of Internet economy, especially the era of mobile Internet.

Due to the intensified penetration among various industry entities, many originally unrelated industries have quickly intersected.

People who originally lived step by step have to master new skills in other industries in order to adapt to new trends.

Even "cross-border" seemed to have become a major trend in the next few years.

Some variety shows even use crossover as a gimmick.

At this stage of time, there are also many people from all walks of life who are unwilling to be lonely and are keen on crossing borders.

Some cross-borders are done out of necessity and are forced to do so. Such cross-borders are passive.

But compared to passive crossover, there is also active crossover.

Many practitioners are keen on crossing borders in order to prove that "I can do whatever I want".

Even these people have found many lofty sayings to explain "cross-border":

——Cross-border is used to establish multi-dimensional competitiveness.

Although the words are beautiful, not everyone who crosses the border can continue to have high hormones due to the advancement along the way.

Not all crossovers are successful.

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Even if you finally achieve success, the road to growth is rarely smooth sailing.

If James Vaughan is really what Huang Jing said.

If James is indeed a person, it is possible that he is tired of the challenges of working in this unfamiliar field of game operations.

Then it is understandable that he would have the idea of ​​selling Plague Inc.