The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

13. new job

Early in the morning, when Taeyeon arrived at her work desk, she looked at the coffee and sandwich on the desk with a puzzled look on her face.

‘Who is it’

There was a note attached to the coffee.

[thank you. Thanks to PD Yoo, I was able to save face to the staff.]

The main character of the note did not reveal who he was. The subject was missing, but the content was not difficult to guess, so Taeyeon laughed.

And that was just the beginning.

“Chief Yu. thank you.”

“Eat this.”

Someone came from time to time, left drinks and snacks, and disappeared as if running away. And most of them were heads of departments in a position to negotiate salaries.

As the situation continued, team leader Lee Young-ae approached and asked.

“P.D. What the hell have you done without our knowledge? Be honest!”

Hong Min-seok AD, who was sitting right next to him, didn’t speak, but was shooting strong eyes. It is an unspoken pressure to tell them to hurry up.

“You can open a convenience store like this. Why is our PD-nim so popular? How the hell did this happen?”

In the end, the program manager comes up and presses with a smile.

He was determined not to leave until he got a proper answer.

Taeyeon let out a sigh.

“Let’s go to the cafeteria.”

‘Aren’t there people from other departments?’

It was a matter of security.

“Listen carefully and keep it in your heart.”

And he threatens with a mean, stern expression.

“Don’t be afraid to go anywhere. Do not post anonymously on intranets or employee apps. If it spreads, you are absolutely responsible!”

“Oh, you talk a lot!”

“Okay, let’s talk about what happened!”

“Don’t you believe us? Wow, you’re suddenly about to get upset!”

After glaring at each employee, he slowly opened his mouth.

“As for what happened… … .”

Taeyeon told stories related to salary negotiations.

Of course, he did not mention the ‘confidential’ that Chairman Yoo Jin-seong asked for.

However, as we talked, it was not intentional, but I am the person who has this much influence! It has become a form of asserting that it is. It was an embarrassing moment to say the least.

“It just happened that way.”

The elasticity bursts out.

“Wow, I saw PD again!”

“Not everyone becomes a star developer! You have to be able to negotiate with the chairman and raise the average annual salary of all employees by a few percentage points in order to obtain such a title!”

“Oh, I can’t even stand it. How could you say that in front of the president? That’s great!”

Taeyeon hated it, but the others agreed, saying that team leader Lee Young-ae was right.

Taeyeon let out a sigh of pressure as the topic of conversation suddenly turned to praise for herself.

‘I wish it would end quietly… … .’

* * *

Shortly thereafter, a large-scale salary negotiation took place.

As always, there were likes and dislikes about the results, and those who did not understand this protested or even prepared to change jobs, but compared to last year, it went over quite quietly.

And at some point, strange rumors began to spread among the employees.

– Originally, the salary negotiations this time were at a level of freezing, but PD Yoo Tae-yeon stepped forward and persuaded the president.

Taeyeon’s concerns turned out to be reality.

Even on the reed tree forest app and the bulletin board dedicated to Nexple employees, posts trying to confirm the truth of the rumors began to appear.

‘It’s like this again.’

Due to the recent upheaval, Taeyeon began to dislike having stories about her dealt with in this way. Taeyeon’s candid feeling was that she wanted to stay as quiet as possible, unless it was to promote the game.

However, a stigma, once applied, is not easily erased.

-If the rumors are true, shouldn’t we be suspicious of the blood relationship between Chairman Yoo Jin-seong and PD Yoo Tae-yeon?

-huh. no.

-What were you doing during the last accusation? Then it turned out that there was no relationship whatsoever. He said he saw it for the first time after joining Nexle.

– Even if you do it, damn it.

– No, it’s strange. Originally, it was frozen, but PD Yoo stepped forward and changed it? What does that person do? What did Nepple do? The game hasn’t even come out yet.

‘okay. I thought it would sound like this.’

They went out of their way to do good for them… … Rather, don’t you have strange suspicions or accidents?

Suspicions were constantly raised.

No matter how long it had been since the aftermath of the accusation had subsided, new suspicions were raising their heads again.

Still, the thing that was definitely different from the past was that the overwhelming majority of people took Taeyeon’s side this time.

– These assholes… … Didn’t PD Yoo do anything? Go and have a look at the Nexle stock price.

– The company’s stock price continues to rise thanks to Nexple Plus and the announcement of Pantheon, which raised expectations.

– These days, all sorts of inquiries are coming in from domestic and overseas companies to the publishing headquarters. Thanks to that, everyone is dying because there is so much work. Not too long ago, I went to a meeting with a large company with a new recruit. -_-;

– PD Yoo joined the company, and the image of the company has improved a lot in less than a year. You are doing a great job in many ways.

-Thanks to your great success, resumes are pouring in these days, so our HR team is dying too.

-Maybe he has a novelty, he has a great eye for people, so these days, I’m only asking him to do the job of the final interviewer. The workload must be enormous, but he smiled and did his best without showing any signs of hardship. So if you don’t know anything, keep your mouth shut.

In addition to the development studio, the suspicion quickly dissipated as he began to tell all departments about the help he received from Taeyeon and the activities he witnessed.

Taeyeon laughed at that too.

Not for any other reason, but because I realized that I was doing a lot of work.

Recently, I have handled a lot of work with a lot of departments such as business, publishing, human resources support, and talent management, as well as the human resources team.

The most daunting task was, of course, being the final interviewer, field trips, and invited lectures, but Taeyeon did not refuse any request and did her best to help as much as possible.

All those efforts were paying off at this moment.

‘As expected, I can’t live alone in this world.’

Still, if possible, I want to avoid having my name mentioned outside of the game!

‘Will the day come when I can only focus on game development?’

Taeyeon sighed and put her smartphone down on the desk.

The commotion subsided within a few days.

* * *

A month later, Taeyeon went on a business trip to the United States. Chairman Yoo Jin-seong was with him, and several other staff members who were in charge of the performance were included.

And finally, Taeyeon heard about the purpose of this business trip.

“You know Gwacheon Superland, right?”

In the past, it was counted as one of the big 3 theme parks in Korea, but it is a place where people almost stopped visiting due to its deterioration.

That was all Taeyeon knew.

“Right now, the K-World Group is leading the takeover.”

“Why?”

“I created a consortium to build a new theme park there. We also participated.”

“Why?”

“Aren’t we also a company that makes and sells IPs? I also do income. It is because of it.”

“It means that we will expand our business area further.”

“Exactly.”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong continued to speak.

“Originally, the story that came out in the early days was about attracting Disneyland. But there are already in Japan, and two in China have already been completed and are in operation. There are also rumors that one more place is being worked on.”

“Then did you change your goal to attract Universal Studios?”

Disneyland and Universal Studios are often called the world’s two largest theme parks. It was because these two places are the largest and have been widely loved for a long time.

If it wasn’t Disney, the only thing left was Universal, so Taeyeon thought so… … .

“That too is being built on a fairly large scale in Beijing. There is one in Osaka too. He doesn’t like it.”

It’s not there either.

Taeyeon let out a deep sigh.

“So what are you going to do?”

“I’m going to talk to Disney first.”

“… … .”

Taeyeon frowned.

“You just said you weren’t doing it with Disney.”

“When did I?”

“For sure… … .”

Taeyeon, who was retracing the conversation, kept her mouth shut.

There was never a time when I simply answered no.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong smiled and continued the story.

“Did you know that Disney acquired Fox?”

“yes.”

“Aside from that, you’re rapidly growing in size by absorbing content companies big and small like crazy.”

Disney operates many theme parks around the world, but has not been able to actively utilize all of its content.

This is because a huge amount of money, time, and manpower must be consumed to tear down the park section that is already in operation and create a new content section.

“It means introducing the latest content to attract existing enthusiasts.”

“yes.”

“It will be a new type of Disney theme park.”

“Don’t you think you have a chance?”

“Seems to be enough. However, we will have to focus on localization and differentiation.”

In addition to the consortium led by New World, the headquarters of Disney and the city of Seoul are also actively participating in this project, aiming to complete a highly competitive tourism complex.

‘I think this business scale will go into at least a trillion units?’

And there was another question that naturally followed.

“What am I going to do?”

“You can do what you are good at and come back. Director Son was convinced. There are few people in the domestic game industry who can do it as well as you.”

Taeyeon could not overcome her impatience and urged her.

“What the hell is that?”

What followed was an answer Taeyeon could not have imagined.

“Events and map planning.”

“… … .”

“Isn’t that the field you are most confident in?”

Taeyeon didn’t say anything.

‘I’m confident, but… … Theme parks are not my territory?’

* * *

‘What is the real reason that brought me here?’

Even passing through the famous Disney headquarters, Taeyeon couldn’t suppress her doubts.

Event and map planning,

At first glance, it seems that there is some connection with theme park planning. However, if he had come to discuss theme park-related work, he would have brought in a theme park planner, not himself.

‘There is another hidden reason.’

The problem is, I don’t know what exactly it is.

Taeyeon, who was trying to gauge President Jinsung Yoo’s thoughts, sighed softly when the car stopped.

‘I don’t know.’

When I got out of the car, many people’s faces came into view.

They were Disney headquarters executives who met Nexle Chairman Eugene Sung.

And ‘Ellen’ CEO

Disney’s first female CEO, and a person who is following in the footsteps of her predecessor, who was credited with completing the ’empire’.

She smiled as brightly as the sun.

“welcome. welcome.”

It was a meeting between two giants representing Korean and American content. Taeyeon’s heart started beating loudly as she watched the scene right beside her.