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Chapter 551 - 534: Gan Di Speedily Prepares for Onboarding

Chapter 551: Chapter 534: Gan Di Speedily Prepares for Onboarding

This sentence almost made Gan Di’s CPU burn out.

Join Nitiandang? Be responsible for the development of a new game?

Me?

Gan Di actually had a good sense of self-awareness, his skills were indeed strong, but only among mod authors. He didn’t feel that he could truly enter such a major gaming company to take on a software development job.

Of course, some big company’s tech staff were indeed subpar, and their skill levels weren’t necessarily better than those of mod authors.

Otherwise, why would so many players be modding games for optimization?

But Gan Di had a lot of respect for the programmers at Nitiandang.

Not to mention anything else, just the near absence of bugs in their games was nothing short of a miracle.

However, what shocked him even more was that the invitation wasn’t for a programmer’s position, but for a designer’s role.

That surprised Gan Di even more.

Me?

A designer?

And for Nitiandang’s new game at that?

Was it me who’d had one too many, or was it Nitiandang?

If he hadn’t already added Guo Zhao Sheng’s contact information and had some previous collaboration, he might have thought he’d encountered a case of telecom fraud.

For such an important matter, Guo Zhao Sheng would surely come over to have a face-to-face talk.

So, the two agreed to meet at a nearby restaurant that evening to have dinner and discuss the matter.

The viewers in the live stream were all baffled.

They noticed Gan Di seemed distracted and were guessing what could have happened.

"What’s going on? A meeting about what?"

"Did he get a business offer?"

"But business offers don’t require a meeting, right? Besides, given Gan Di’s shocked expression, it seems like it’s something outrageous."

"Could it be a girl is looking to meet up with Gan Di? We don’t want that! I can’t accept it!"

As the speculations in the chat grew wilder, Gan Di could hardly keep it together and hurried to explain.

"Guys, don’t wildly guess, it’s nothing like that.

"It’s just someone from Nitiandang gave me a call.

"They said they’re inviting me to help them develop their next new game."

A bunch of question marks immediately floated across the chat.

"????"

"Got it, something like a special consultant, right?"

Gan Di quickly corrected, "No, no, no, they said they want me as the main planner."

Even more question marks floated across the chat.

"????"

"Okay, okay, seems like Gan Di has been staying up too late, getting delirious, and has started to talk nonsense."

"Has the streamer eaten too many mushrooms?"

"It’s just a girl coming to meet in person, right? You worry about hurting the single dogs in the stream so much you fabricate such a crude lie about Nitiandang asking you to be the main planner. Streamer, you’re so kind, I’m crying!"

"Seriously, I find it more believable that a girl has come to meet you in person."

"Streamer, go ahead and fool the brothers, but don’t deceive yourself."

"Determined to be hallucinating from modding too much."

Seeing the chat in the live stream, Gan Di also felt helpless.

I’m not talking nonsense!

But at this time, he knew no matter how he explained it wouldn’t help, the group of fans in the stream would never believe it.

Especially since not too long ago there was a chat message saying Gan Di could go be a producer at Nitiandang.

That message seemed sincere at the time, and it was unclear whether it was from a real fan or a troll.

Gan Di just went with the flow and put on an act, and many people were present at the time and knew about it.

Now that this incident had happened, it seemed to everyone like a bad script he’d written himself.

Actually, Gan Di was wronged—it was a coincidence, an absolute coincidence!

Regardless, he could only wait to meet Guo Zhao Sheng to talk.

Gan Di didn’t believe he could really go to Nitiandang as a new game’s producer, but his curiosity compelled him to go.

...

Evening.

Gan Di and Guo Zhao Sheng took their seats, ordered a few simple dishes, and chatted while eating.

"So, how have you decided?

"As long as you’re willing, you can pack up and head to Nitiandang immediately! Sign a contract and you’re on board.

"Don’t worry, with President Li and President Gu’s approval, the entire process will be very fast."

Guo Zhao Sheng urged seriously.

Gan Di put his teacup down and said, "Hold on, just stop!

"It’s too rushed, too rushed, I haven’t even mentally prepared myself—no, I mean I haven’t even verified the authenticity of this!

"Nitiandang is filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there’s a whole bunch of talented staff who can be producers. There’s no chance it would be my turn!

"Or is there some connection between me and the new game they’re producing?"

It was natural for Gan Di to have such thoughts.

The only possibility he could think of was that Nitiandang was planning to create a very niche and unique game, and that some trait of this game was related to him, which is why Nitiandang had specifically invited him to join.

But what kind of niche and unique game could it be?

He had no idea.

Having created so many mods, some of which had received rave reviews, how could he know which one had caught Nitiandang’s eye?

However, Guo Zhao Sheng calmly took a bite of his food and said, "To say there’s no connection at all would definitely be incorrect, but to insist there’s a connection would also be a bit of a stretch.

"Anyway, you’ve probably played this type of game before."

Gan Di thought to himself that this was a no-brainer, he had played so many games, and aside from very few types of games he hadn’t touched, he could indeed offer sharp criticism on all the others.

"So what exactly is the type of game?"

Guo Zhao Sheng said seriously, "A pay-to-win mobile game."

"Pfft!"

Gan Di nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"How did you know this is one of the few game types I’ve hardly ever played!"

He was almost speechless, does it make any sense to ask me to make a pay-to-win mobile game?

As a well-known mod author, Gan Di had always been a fan of single-player games and had barely touched pay-to-win mobile games.

Of course, it would be impossible to say he had never touched them.

Because pay-to-win mobile games are so prevalent nowadays, it’s not uncommon to be tricked by an advertisement into playing a mobile game if one owns a smartphone.

Gan Di certainly had played a few mobile games, but he quickly dropped them and never had an in-depth experience, let alone investing money into the game.

After all, the difference between pay-to-win mobile games and single-purchase single-player games is too great, and players always have different preferences.

Guo Zhao Sheng was somewhat surprised, "Oh, you haven’t played them? Then that really is beyond my expectations.

"In fact, I’m not quite clear what’s going on either, I’m just fulfilling the tasks given to me by President Li and President Gu.

"To be honest, it was these two bosses who named you specifically, and they set the task: we must make a pay-to-win game.

"Oh, to be precise, it should be a AAA-level pay-to-win mobile game.

"I heard it from the two bosses and thought for sure you must have some unique skills to be called upon.

"Are you sure you don’t?"

Gan Di was very speechless, "I am very sure!

"And what the hell is a AAA-level pay-to-win mobile game?

"I can’t do it, I’m out!

"Please find someone more capable."

Of course, Gan Di didn’t want to go, it sounded unreliable from the start.

If it were just a small-scale independent game, that would be one thing, he could treat it as fun, and using Nitiandang’s money to fulfill his dream of becoming a game producer wouldn’t be a bad thing.

If the game didn’t attract players and lost money, it wouldn’t matter.

After all, the loss wouldn’t be much, Nitiandang was a large company and could afford it. Besides, the success rate of independent games is inherently low, so it wouldn’t harm his reputation.

But a AAA-level pay-to-win mobile game? That was a whole different story!

First of all, such a game would surely require a massive investment, being AAA-level, it was definitely going to burn through money!

Secondly, such a game was bound to be criticized, because in the end, it was a pay-to-win mobile game, inevitably with a free-to-play plus gacha payment model.

Gan Di, as a staunch fan of single-purchase single-player games, was suddenly supposed to switch to making pay-to-win mobile games?

That sounded terrible!

Once his fans found out, they would certainly ridicule him, and there was even a risk of ruining his reputation.

So, Gan Di’s stance was very firm: he wouldn’t do it!

Although he didn’t know what exactly the two bosses of Nitiandang were up to, Gan Di instinctively felt there must be a catch, and his survival instincts took over.

Guo Zhao Sheng coughed lightly, "Actually, before I came, President Gu had already anticipated this point and specifically instructed me.

"He said, if you disagree, then I should relay his message."

Gan Di paused, "Oh, what did President Gu say?"

Gan Di had a lot of respect for President Gu of Nitiandang, especially having heard that President Gu was originally a technical expert, which gave him a sense of camaraderie with a fellow hero.

Guo Zhao Sheng cleared his throat, apparently trying to imitate President Gu’s voice.

"Gan Di!

"I know you are not an ordinary person.

"Do you want to continue to hole up at home making a few broken mods, or are you willing to join me in developing a groundbreaking super game?"

After saying this, Guo Zhao Sheng looked at Gan Di earnestly.

However, the next second, Gan Di did not react as the script would have one believe with tears of emotion, instead, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "I’ll just continue to hole up at home making my broken mods!"

Seeing that the appeal to sentiment was useless, Guo Zhao Sheng started to panic.

At this point, Gan Di had pretty much finished eating like a whirlwind and was starting to think about leaving.

Guo Zhao Sheng quickly pulled out his last trump card.

"At Nitiandang, we always allocate 25% of the net profit from games as company operating funds. Mainly for awarding bonuses to development staff, as well as maintaining the company’s daily operations and benefits.

"From the current situation, the company’s daily operations and benefits are basically squeezed to the limit, and at most they would use 5%.

"So, 20% of the game’s net profit would be allocated as bonuses.

"The whole project team for this game is expected to have about 200 people, and as the lead planner, you could get a bit more of the bonuses, roughly 5% of the total project bonus.

"That translates to about 1% of the game’s net profit."

Gan Di hesitated for a moment, as if his brain was rapidly calculating.

After a moment, he suddenly stood up.

"Let me check, what time is the last high-speed train to Capital City tonight?

"If all goes well, I can start tomorrow and become a member of Nitiandang!"

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