Chapter 34: The First Batch of Employees
The hardware is ready; next is the software—employees.
Oriole possessed the system, an invincible cyber-worker. He alone could handle the majority of code refactoring, art rendering, plot writing, and musical scoring.
Therefore, he had absolutely no need to recruit any programmers, concept artists, or animation directors.
"If I actually hired dozens of R&D staff, wouldn't my secret of conjuring games out of thin air be exposed?"
Oriole rubbed his chin. What he needed now were just a few tools who could help him handle trivial matters and deal with external troubles in the real world.
For example: a seasoned legal expert to deal with those jealous major companies wanting to plagiarize, a few good-tempered customer service representatives to soothe players, and a flexible operations manager to coordinate with the promotional channels of various major platforms.
Once the recruitment notice for [Chaldea Studio] was released online, although only a few people were being hired, tens of thousands of resumes flew into Oriole's inbox like snowflakes.
Among them were not only countless fanatical college graduates and gamers, but also veteran industry experts who had indignantly resigned from top-tier companies like Tianpeng Interactive Entertainment, just to come to Chaldea for a "pilgrimage."
In the pure white holographic interview room, Oriole sat in the boss's chair, looking at the middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes who appeared somewhat nervous in front of him.
"Supervisor Zhang, I've reviewed your resume. You previously served as the Director of Public Relations and Player Operations at Tianpeng Interactive Entertainment for five years. Your resume is very impressive."
Oriole flipped through the documents on his tablet and spoke calmly.
"Yes, President Gu. But I really couldn't stand the disgusting atmosphere at Tianpeng, which only cares about numbers and scamming players for money. It was your 'FGO' that helped me rediscover my original passion for making games!"
Supervisor Zhang stated with extreme sincerity.
Oriole nodded, then suddenly threw out an extremely sharp question:
"If—and I mean if—during the large-scale event starting tomorrow, the server crashes due to an overwhelming influx of paying players, as the Operations Director, what would your PR contingency plan be?"
Supervisor Zhang took a deep breath, displaying the professional competence of a major company director:
"First, I would immediately post a cold-treatment announcement on the official website to soothe player emotions. Second, I would order the technical department to fix it within two hours. Finally, to compensate the players, I would apply to distribute 5 bottles of basic healing potions server-wide, and launch a double experience event as compensation. As long as the attitude is firm, the drama will naturally subside after two days."
This was the most standard, and also the most arrogant, approach of major companies in the Blue Star gaming circle.
However, after hearing this, Oriole smiled and shook his head.
"No, Old Zhang. In our Chaldea, this approach of yours would get you fired."
Supervisor Zhang was stunned: "Then what do you mean…"
"If the server crashes," Oriole leaned forward, crossing his hands under his chin, his eyes flashing with a devilish light:
"Our announcement must be extremely humble, even going so far as to tell the players that we are kowtowing to the server while rushing to fix it."
"As for compensation? What are those worthless potions worth? I want you to directly distribute 30 saint quartz, worth over a hundred yuan, to every single player on the server! Give them a full ten-pull for free!"
"What?!" Supervisor Zhang was so shocked that he stood up straight from his chair, his eyes nearly popping out.
"Pre… President Gu, have you gone mad?! Giving a free ten-pull to the entire server—do you know how much revenue that would lose?! This completely violates business logic!"
"No, you don't understand ACG players, and you don't understand what 'getting rich depends on maintenance' means."
Oriole chuckled, leaning back into the spacious chair, looking down at the bustling Tianhai City:
"When you use an extremely humble attitude to shove the currency of the highest value into their hands, not only will they not curse you, but they will actually develop Stockholm Syndrome."
"In the days to come, they will pray for you to pull the network cable every day, begging for the server to crash."
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