This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 251 - 171: The Competitor’s Three Moves (Part 2)

Chapter 251: Chapter 171: The Competitor’s Three Moves (Part 2)

No choice, we need money!

Creating buyout games, especially single-player ones, is very costly, and it’s hard to recover the investment. The return cycle is long and the future uncertain, so accepting external investment is one way to survive.

Tianba Studio is quite special.

Chen Ba receives several letters of intent for investment and acquisition every month, but this is the first time he’s experienced core employees being poached.

"Alright, if they want to leave, let them leave!"

"I’m not a stingy boss. If someone truly feels unhappy at Tianba Studio and wants to look for a future in a big company, then let them go."

Chen Ba said this, rather helplessly: "Dong, the same goes for you. If you get a chance for a higher salary and want to leave, just go, I won’t hold you back..."

A good breakup can also be a beautiful tale.

Tianba Studio, limited by the team size, certainly can’t compete with big companies in terms of benefits and treatment. Its only advantage might be the relatively high bonuses and dividends!

If a big company truly offers an irresistible amount, he wouldn’t mind letting Dong or Lu and others leave.

People seek higher ground, just as water flows to lower places.

If others have a better future elsewhere, why morally coerce them to stay? After working together, when it’s time to part ways, Chen Ba won’t be indecisive.

"Don’t worry, I’m not leaving."

"Do you think I’m stupid? They’re poaching me with a high salary, just so I can help them develop a game like ’Divine Grace Continent’..."

Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "I don’t have that capability; the money wouldn’t last long. I wouldn’t make a mark in a big company, so it’s better to stick with you!"

Yang Dong saw it clearly.

They aren’t poaching slackers with high salaries. If the poached person can’t deliver results, they might soon be sidelined or even exiled.

If he truly had that ability, it wouldn’t matter where he goes as he could mix well anywhere.

Does Yang Dong have such a great ability?

Don’t joke around! Even he would blush saying that; a few years ago, he was still troubled about finding a job!

"What about Lu and the others?"

"Lu knows his own limitations, just like me. But Zhong Shengwei seems to be hesitating whether to join a big company..."

Zhong Shengwei’s situation is rather special.

He’s been dating his girlfriend for a while but hasn’t married yet, mainly because her family is better off and looks down on him a bit.

Switching jobs could earn him a higher salary, and working at a big company is more respectable than at Tianba Studio, hence more face-saving to say.

That’s why he’s still hesitating.

"Actually, he’s not clear about one thing: salary is different from the money in hand."

Yang Dong said helplessly: "Our studio’s basic salary may not be high and doesn’t compare to what big companies offer, but the bonuses are high!"

This brings us to a concept.

The benefits enjoyed by the development teams of popular games vs. those of unpopular games can vary greatly.

Take Tencent for example.

The TiMi Studio that developed ’Honor of Kings’ earns dividends and bonuses in one year more than others earn in four or five years’ salary. The year-end bonus easily exceeds a million.

Getting into such a studio is definitely better than joining one associated with an unpopular game.

Tianba Studio’s basic salary is certainly not high and is outshone by big companies, but the bonuses and dividends match the team of ’Honor of Kings’.

"Zhong Shengwei definitely understands what you’re saying. But he’s thinking that bonuses and dividends aren’t stable enough; if the game’s revenue is good this year, what if it’s bad next year?"

Chen Ba guessed a few things.

High bonuses, high dividends, high year-end bonuses, though they sound good, are too unstable. The variance in different years between good and bad performance might be hundreds of thousands.

Salaries are stable!

They’re solid and in hand. If you say the annual salary is a million, it’s really a million, no deductions due to poor project revenue.

Additionally...

Big companies have greater promotion opportunities. Becoming a project leader or a team manager is quite hopeful given there are many positions.

Staying at Tianba Studio is different.

The studio has limited people; you want to be a project leader? Have you asked Ba’s opinion?

"Maybe!"

Yang Dong shook his head: "Forget it, let’s not talk about this troublesome topic, let’s talk about the game ’Don’t Leave After School.’

"What’s wrong with this game?"

When Chen Ba heard this while brewing tea, he became confused and asked: "Didn’t it just update with cross-server PK?"

"Yes! Cross-server PK..."

"This mode really hit the National Service badly! Even though there are many people, it’s still no match for the unified environment of Zone Four."

Yang Dong sighed and said: "They are united against foreign enemies, but the National Service zones, instead of banding together, are still infighting even when enemies have reached their doorstep."

"Haha, old tradition."

Chen Ba recalled the records of ancient dynasties in history books and laughed out loud: "You first secure the insiders before expelling the outsiders. The phrase ’to rule a country, one must first manage one’s household’—guess where it came from?"

Doesn’t matter!

After all, it’s just a game, losing won’t cost an arm or a leg. At worst, just like Durant, if you can’t beat them, join them and directly switch to follow the tycoon beneath Zone Four’s banner.

Never fight against the tide!

"Speaking of which, isn’t there any tycoon player in the National Service buying Permission Beads and taking over the zones?" Chen Ba asked curiously.

This shouldn’t be! There should be no lack of tycoons in the National Service, so why wasn’t anyone buying Permission Beads to take the lead?

"Actually, there is..."

Yang Dong explained: "In Zone Three, the one with the most players, a player posted in the community offering to spend money to buy Permission Beads."

But this thing can’t just be bought if you want; for one, the price is hard to settle. Spending so much money in a buyout game, many people are still hesitant.

Besides, there are only one or two, at most three, in a zone. Even if you wanted to buy, there’s nothing you can do if others won’t sell!

Anyway, the Empress didn’t sell.

The player named "Cherry Pie Filling" probably doesn’t lack money.

As of now.

This Empress has already served as the principal of Tianba Third Primary School for 20 days, becoming the longest-reigning ruler in Zone Three’s history.

It’s all thanks to the powerful black silk photo!

With the support of devoted followers and mini fans, "Cherry Pie Filling" is close to unifying Zone Three, as fewer and fewer players oppose her, with hardly any forces persisting in rebellion.

"It’s truly magical!"

When Chen Ba learned about the situation in Zone Three, he couldn’t help but remark: "So many aspiring leaders in Zone Three were all seduced by a black silk photo?"

You guys should rebel!

A man between heaven and earth can’t possibly remain in obscurity for long. A black silk photo quelled the rebellion, are you this ridiculous?

"Don’t sarcastically blacken!"

"A single black silk photo can’t quell the rebellion, but what if she posts one every day, without repeats?" Yang Dong countered.

"Really? Then I might just become ’Cherry Pie Filling’s’ servant under her skirt!"

Chen Ba laughed heartily.

No wonder the internal chaos in Zone Three calmed down so quickly, all aspiring leaders lost people’s support, turns out "Cherry Pie Filling" was so formidable?

Enough said!

Just the fact she posts a photo daily, without repeats, benefiting all players on the server, Chen Ba would support her reign, no matter who comes.

Aspiring leaders?

Why support these aspiring leaders? Besides drawing big promises, what benefits can they offer? Can they also send everyone black silk photos?

Bah!

Zone Three players are sensible, they know who is the good ruler over them. A ruler who posts black silk photos is a good emperor, they support her unconditionally.

This position is secure!

Chen Ba doesn’t doubt that if things continue this way, tens of thousands of players in Zone Three will all become loyal fans of "Cherry Pie Filling."

Definitely a huge internet celebrity...