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"Hiring people? Is that still our game?" Li Zheng paused for a moment, slightly furrowing his brows.
Chen Rui laughed, "Come on, most senior programmers these days aren't exclusive employees of any Game Company. When a game is in development, it requires a large number of programmers, but the number needed for maintenance and upgrades later on will significantly decrease."
"So most Game Companies hire temporary staff when developing a game? Their own programmers only need to handle the follow-up work?"
Zhuo Rohan looked at Chen Rui in surprise. "If that's the case, those temporary workers must be paid much more than the full-time employees! After all, they are the ones who create the game; the quality of the game is determined by them."
Chen Rui nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Moreover, most of those hired are from well-known teams in the industry, just like how game engines prioritize the best options."
"What about the full-time employees? Wouldn't they have an issue with their salaries being lower than those of temporary workers?" Li Chunbo blurted out, only to realize he had said something foolish.
Li Zheng sighed lightly. "Although temporary workers earn high salaries, their work periods are uncertain. If they don't get contracts for a long time, their income can drop to zero. Full-time employees may earn less, but at least they have stable jobs."
Fan Xiaohu listened to their conversation and suddenly blurted out something shocking that stunned everyone. "Full-time employees exist just to exploit a legal loophole for lower wages..."
Zhuo Rohan chuckled bitterly. "True, but even if they earn less, their jobs are stable."
Unable to hold back a laugh, Fan Xiaohu opened his laptop and entered a folder, showing it to everyone. "What I have is real; look at the salary rates for temporary workers in this industry—they're basically three times higher than those of full-time employees! And as long as you have skills and can form a working group, you won't struggle to find contracts. Generally speaking, contracts come pouring in like snowflakes!"
The screen of his laptop was filled with dense signing contracts. It seemed that Fan Xiaohu was indeed right; as long as a team had some reputation, they wouldn't face issues with finding work.
A team with even a little fame would either gain recognition after struggling for some time or disband altogether.
So Fan Xiaohu's statement had merit—temporary workers were actually earning more than full-time employees! This was indeed a loophole in the current industry.
Chen Rui shifted his gaze back to Fan Xiaohu and reassessed him; it appeared this guy was not just an individual but likely had an entire team of programmers behind him!
"With so many contracts, are you really just one person?"
Everyone turned to look, and in the second row sat the game development team, with the name "anebsp; ard" written above. Below that line was another closely aligned line: "dusksar."
At this point, everyone had a sense of understanding. This game development team might not be well-known among ordinary people, but among professional gamers, programmers, or other personnel in the gaming industry, it would resonate loudly.
After all, this 'unknown' team had managed to collaborate with a group under Activision, which spoke volumes about their significance.
Activision and Blizzard—two giants in the gaming industry that rose to prominence in the twenty-first century—merged in the early 2000s to form Activision Blizzard, boasting countless popular online and single-player games.
However, following the rapid advancements in VR and AR technology, they faced severe market shocks. After an urgent transformation, they maintained their massive scale and structure while also expanding into a new field that allowed for data interoperability between ordinary VR games. This enabled many veteran players to re-embrace their offerings.
Of course, this technology could not be applied to large-scale VR games due to the significant efficiency gap between VR processors and standard computer processors. The latency during operation would lead to a diminished gaming experience.
"I never would have guessed you had such skills!" Zhuo Rohan laughed as he patted Fan Xiaohu on the shoulder. "This team would choose you as their leader; I can only imagine what the others must be like!"
"A bunch of shut-ins!"
Ye Yi quickly chimed in, causing everyone to laugh, but only Fan Xiaohu nodded in agreement. "They are indeed a bit lazy, but that doesn't affect their work efficiency."
"And once again, I'm not their boss! So I can't be sure if I can persuade them."
Chen Rui also patted Fan Xiaohu on the shoulder and pointed at his computer. "How could that be? Since they can delegate tasks like this to you, it’s clear that even if you're not their leader, you must at least be a deputy leader or someone at a managerial level. Otherwise, why would they entrust you with something that concerns the entire team's interests?"
Seeing that Chen Rui had cleverly seen through his position, Fan Xiaohu felt a bit helpless and could only share the facts with everyone.
"Alright, I am indeed the deputy leader of dusksar, but I really can't decide whether they will take on this job or not. I can only try to give them some suggestions. Every time I find work for them, I just throw a pile of contracts at them and let them choose for themselves. If the work doesn't suit their tastes, they'd rather not do it!"
"You’re a deputy leader and you're passing the buck like this?!" Zhuo Rohan shot an unhappy glance at Fan Xiaohu. "I don’t care! No matter what kind of plot is planned out, this game development team must get dusksar involved!"
Fan Xiaohu shot her a glance, but was met with a fierce glare from Zhuo Rohan, forcing him to open his laptop and initiate a video conference.
It was morning, a time when most programmers in the group had just fallen asleep. As a result, aside from the team leader and a few executives who managed to log on in time, the rest of the participants were absent.
Fan Xiaohu looked at those who were online and stood up to address everyone. "Alright, as long as these people agree, this matter will basically be settled!"
Li Zheng looked at Fan Xiaohu and asked, "Why are you getting up?"
Fan Xiaohu sat back down and pushed the laptop towards Li Zheng. "You're the game Producer; you talk to them!"
Before Li Zheng could refuse, someone in the video rubbed their eyes and shouted, "Fan Xiaohu, you idiot! What do you want with a video call so early in the morning?! If there's a project, can't it wait until tonight?"
"Cough, cough." A slightly older man cleared his throat and quietly said, "It's not Fan Xiaohu; it's someone else."
The man who had been rubbing his eyes glanced at the screen and, upon confirming it wasn't Fan Xiaohu, immediately became polite. "May I ask who you are?"
Li Zheng swallowed hard and mustered his courage. "Hello, I am the head of a game Project Team. We are currently lacking high-quality programming personnel; to be blunt, we need more people in both the Programming Department and Art Department. I hope to enlist the help of everyone from dusksar."
"Wow, it's an honor for a game Producer to come talk to us!" said a younger man with a smile.
The man referred to as 'boss' smiled lightly. "You should know that we don't take on just any programming tasks; we need to have some interest in the game first. So tell me the name of this game."
Li Zheng glanced at Ye Yi beside him. Ye Yi rubbed his temples and leaned closer to the computer's camera. "The game's name is 'World'!"
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