Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 158: Chapter 156: Have You Heard of Gunfighting Technique?

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Speechless, Henry clenched the dismissal notice in his hand.

Looking at Henry’s silence, Hillary couldn’t help but sympathize, but when she thought about the problems he caused in the past month and the immense pressure from Cloud Dream, she felt that the boss’s actions were not unjustified.

On the other hand, Jason received hero-like treatment.

“Starting today, morning meetings are cancelled! Evening meetings are cancelled!” Jason shouted.

The entire office cheered and applauded.

“It’s going to be busy and hard in the following days,” Jason continued.

The cheers quieted down a bit.

“But I guarantee there won’t be any more meaningless repetitive tasks! Overtime pay won’t be a single cent short! We have three months to complete the “Blaze” series for a miraculous comeback and restore NetDragon’s lost reputation!”

“Everyone!” Jason shouted. “We were once proud to work at NetDragon! Let’s work together to reclaim that honor! I hope that we can work with pride, not shame or resentment! If someone must take on the responsibility of turning the tide, it should be us!”

As soon as Jason finished, the office was filled with resounding applause. After suffering from Henry’s torment for so long, people had a high regard for Jason and gave him their full support.

The same was happening in Cloud Dream, with excited employees raising their hands above their heads, clapping hard and cheering incessantly.

Mixed in with the noise were shouts of “Boss is awesome!”, “Boss is generous!”, and “100 golden quotes!”

The reason for their cheering was simple— “Assassins’ Alliance” had sold 7.8 million copies in 24 hours!

With a wave of his hand, Lincoln announced, “Today is payday, so we won’t calculate bonuses separately, just give out 24 times the salary!”

The cheers went louder, almost lifting the office ceiling, and the applause got stronger.

Lincoln continued, “Thank you all for your hard work and dedication—I‘

“It’s not hard!” “Not hard at all!” Employees chimed in one after another.

And this really reflected their thoughts—how could finishing work at 5 PM every day be hard!

“…so everyone gets a week off!” Lincoln finished.

“No way!”

“Think twice, boss!”

All the applause and cheers stopped abruptly. Even Randall couldn’t stand it any longer and rushed to stop Lincoln from his reckless decision.

“Assassins’ Alliance” had just been released, and it was already showing its dominating momentum in the market. How could anyone relax if you let them have a holiday at this time!

Little Chun and several girls responsible for “Light Encounter” couldn’t stand it either. They were seriously working on the game and finally getting the hang of it. Asking for a vacation now would just cause trouble!

In the end, with everyone’s opposition, Lincoln had to reluctantly give up on this idea.

Back when he was an employee, he had always wanted a boss who loved giving holidays, but he never had one in his many years of work.

Now that he was the boss, he wanted to act wilfully and give some impromptu vacations. In a way, it was like fulfilling a wish.

Unfortunately, everyone disagreed, so he had no choice but to put this idea on hold for now and look for another opportunity.

After sending the employees off to find something to do, Lincoln pulled Randall aside.

He needed to discuss the upcoming arrangements with Randall.

“What’s up?” Randall sat down and asked, puzzled.

Lincoln said, “Old Qin, there are two arrangements right now, and I want to ask your opinion.”

“What’s the arrangement?”

Lincoln explained, “Although ‘Assassins’ Alliance’ has been released, you should be able to see that this game is not a one-shot deal. A dedicated team is needed to maintain the game, enriching it with more events, tasks and environments, and even designing the later competition.”

“Yeah.” Randall nodded. After Lincoln provided a good amusement park for casual players, he continued to enrich the virtual city, even adding content in places players wouldn’t go to during the main missions.

Even the day before the game’s release, Lincoln was still designing a lake and fishing spots in the city park in the middle of the metropolis. The whole city park wouldn’t even appear in the main missions.

This shows some of Lincoln’s ambition.

Lincoln continued, “At the same time, we need another production team to be responsible for the development of a new game, which will also be a large-scale gunfight game.”

“Do you want me to be responsible for one of the production teams?

“No! In terms of position, both production teams are under your command.” Lincoln first confirmed that Randall’s position would not be reduced, and then explained, “But managing two big projects at once will consume too much energy. So I hope you can focus on one project, and just give overall direction to the other team, with someone else handling the specific execution.”

Randall subconsciously assured Lincoln, “No problem. I have enough energy to handle it and guarantee there won’t be any mistakes.”

“No, I’m not worried about the work going wrong.” Lincoln shook his head, but didn’t go on to explain what he was really worried about. He just said, “Just listen to my analysis.”

Randall sensed something and nodded silently.

“You need to realize that ‘Assassins’ Alliance’ needs continuous operation, but just adding and fixing things in an already relatively perfect virtual city requires much less energy. You should already know how much energy a new game consumes.”

This is not exaggerated. Employees can follow orders, accept assigned tasks,

But as a leader, it’s impossible to be so relaxed.

He needs to coordinate the entire game development plan, from the overall to the details, even down to how the tasks are divided up among individual employees.

He always has a schedule in his mind, with various things to do, which consumes a lot of energy.

Especially in the case of Cloud Dream’s outrageous game development pace, Lincoln has indeed defined the overall framework and plot of the game. But to fill in all the details and make the game development smooth and natural, so that players can continuously get just-right feedback when playing, it’s very difficult and tests the depth of one’s skills.

It can be said that Randall deserves the credit for accomplishing such a high degree of completion for ‘Assassins’ Alliance’ and launching it so quickly!

However, Lincoln has to consider one issue – Little Chun’s health condition. This is the reason why Lincoln wants Randall to focus on one specific project and free up some energy.

A person’s energy is limited.

At this time, should a man put more energy into his work or should he focus on a lover whose life is already counting down?

Even though the work is so precious and extraordinary, Lincoln still thinks it might take up too much of Randall’s attention.

It’s not just unfair to Little Chun; Lincoln is also worried that if Randall keeps going like this, the day Little Chun’s condition worsens, he might resign and devote himself to taking care of his loved one around the clock.

Randall fell silent, and although Lincoln didn’t say it explicitly, he understood what Lincoln meant. What should he choose?

Should he focus on maintaining a relatively mature project and devote more attention to Little Chun?

Or join the new project and continue to fight for a new world and another glorious chapter in his career? Should he gamble on the two or three months of new game development without Little Chun’s condition getting any worse?

This is not a problem for him at all.

“I’ll take charge of the follow-up maintenance and development of ‘Assassins’ Alliance,”‘ Randall replied to Lincoln, “Fred’s ability is already enough to lead the team, and I can help anytime if there’s a problem.”

Randall’s choice did not surprise Lincoln.

When he resolutely resigned from NetDragon, he proved that his career wasn’t worth a mention compared to Little Chun. Now this is just another example.

Still, Randall couldn’t help his curiosity, “What is the content of the new game?”

Lincoln smiled with teeth, “Have you ever heard of gunfighting techniques?”</p