The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

65. Skirmish (1)

[50 billion won in sales in the first month of the launch of Elcross Re!]

[Game chosen by hundreds of thousands of users!]

[Stylish Action MMORPG Elcross Re. If you don’t know this game these days, you’re bullied at work and school!]

“ha ha ha!”

Laughter erupted from the meeting room.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong said with a more excited face than usual, banging down on the desk.

“What did everyone say when I pushed CEO Yoo? You treated the subscription as a crazy old man, saying that it was a BM that had already been weeded out, and told you to dry it now, right? ok?!”

“… … !”

The executives who had been stabbed avoided their gaze.

“But look at this. 7 billion in daily sales. More than 50 billion monthly sales! Isn’t this enough to prove the result? From my point of view, I think I will have to pay all the development and publicity costs within this year… … .”

His gaze turns to director Lee Tae-young, who is in charge of the business.

“Am I wrong?”

“I think there will be more than enough to pick up within this quarter, not this year.”

Director Lee Tae-young’s eyes were as excited as Chairman Yoo Jin-seong’s.

“Wherever I go now, there is only talk about Elcross Re. It’s not just a hit, it’s a mega hit. And if it’s a flat rate of this quality… … .”

Your voice trembles slightly.

“We have to see that there is a chance of winning in the world market as well.”

“yes! Because there is still a great demand for authentic MMORPGs overseas!”

“That is true, but the big thing is that BM is truly a perfect subscription. Users overseas, especially in North America, tend to hate the partial payment model, calling it Pay To Win.”

“that… … !”

If someone tries to refute, they quickly make up for it.

“I told you that it is a demand group that prefers MMORPGs.”

The mouth of the person who was about to question it was closed.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong asked.

“How is the reaction to our game overseas right now?”

“great. In particular, the reaction in Japan, China, Taiwan, and North America is unusual. In fact, overseas users account for a significant share of the 50 billion won in sales.”

“what? really? You haven’t even translated yet!”

“I do it because I want to.”

Director Lee Tae-young looks at Tae-yeon as if he were seeing his own son.

“It’s not true this time, but this game is well structured so that you can understand the contents even if you don’t know Korean. The interface is also easy and intuitive. Thanks to that, many users are accessing the game without any problems even if they do not know the language.”

“Ohh. okay?”

“That’s right. In particular, there is a world-class game streamer in the United States called Gold Pineapple, and from the early days of OBT, he showed great interest in our game and broadcasted it, and it worked.”

“Gold Pineapple? What name is that?”

“It was built that way because my parents farmed gold pineapples. The number of subscribers is amazing and the number of real-time viewers is huge… … A really big streamer.”

“You mean someone like that is playing our games?”

“yes. You’re probably still streaming live.”

“okay? Hey, turn it on! You know, the beam project!”

After a while, the Gold Pineapple streamer’s broadcast was turned on through the conference room’s beam projector.

He was a handsome white boy with long blond hair, and he was playing a party as a knight.

– I gave up all my existing games because of this game! reason? can’t you see now? Hand taste! That’s it. While this game is very faithful to MMORPG, it succeeded in implementing a combat control feeling comparable to that of a fighting action game! The screenplay is good and the graphics are awesome. Not to mention directing. And it’s a subscription! Any reason not to?

With his mouth talking nonstop, he pours out rave reviews for Elcross Re.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong, Lee Tae-young, and Son Young-sang, directors, watch over them with heartwarming smiles.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong said.

“Is there a sponsor function for live streaming? fire up some money I like that friend.”

“Do you know anything about that?”

“Hey, I’m the president of a famous game company. If you don’t know that, you don’t deserve to be here, right?”

“As expected, Chairman. You are amazing.”

“Stop flattery and give me some support quickly. That friend is a friend who knows what the game is. Do you like it.”

Director Lee Tae-young boldly donated 10,000 dollars.

It must have been a considerable amount of money even for him as a large streamer, but the reaction was… … .

-Yuk! It was an important moment, but what is this?! ah! no! wait for a sec! This is invalid! invalidity… … aaagh!

He screams as he covers the screen.

Play is more important than money.

“You are an interesting friend. Heh heh heh.”

After ending the beam project, CEO Jin-Sung Yoo asked.

“Taeyeon-ah, I think it would be better to proceed quickly with overseas exports. How are you doing?”

“As soon as we conclude a contract with an overseas publisher, we plan to start working on it right away.”

“You haven’t finished your contract yet?”

“Detailed conditions are being coordinated.”

Director Lee Tae-young, who was in charge, received it.

“What major foreign publishers have in common is a strong tendency to manipulate games as they please and mess up services irresponsibly. Moreover, most of the companies that made the proposal first wanted to take over the next work that CEO Yoo directed or was preparing… … .”

“What specifically are you talking about?”

“There are three things: Atlansia, Pantheon, and Pandaemonium.”

“Atlancia, we already have something to show you, so aside from that, Pantheon and Pandaemonium are far from being released.”

“CEO Yoo has shown what he has shown as a director, and it seems that he has gained confidence by putting the emphasis on Elcross Re. I was especially looking forward to the Pantheon.”

“That deserves it. It’s our company’s secret weapon.”

Taeyeon cleared her throat lightly at the burdensome gaze.

“CEO Yu has suffered a lot. You did a great job. The company should definitely compensate for this. You have to tie it up so it can’t run away.”

Director Lee Tae-young’s remarks and eyes towards Taeyeon were unusual. Sensing this, Chairman Yoo Jin-seong’s eyes narrowed.

“What, did something happen without me knowing?”

“Nothing happened.”

Taeyeon didn’t change her expression and denied it… … .

“This director is not the kind of person who would flutter for no reason, and even in a vacancy like this. What’s going on?”

“Nothing really happened.”

“Hmm… … .”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong, who was looking suspiciously, nodded.

“Let’s end the meeting here. everyone go out Son, come follow me.”

Directors Son Young-sang and Lee Tae-young gathered in the personal office of Chairman Yoo Jin-seong.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong gave strength to his voice.

“Now, tell me. What was that story about?”

“What the companies I contacted this time have in common is that Taeyeon wants all the games directly directed by our company. Including the next one that hasn’t been made yet. What do you mean by that?”

“It must mean that you rate Taeyeon that highly.”

“Many of those overseas publishers are much bigger than ours… … They are dinosaur companies in the true sense of the word.”

“Skip the introduction and tell the main story. where are you? What kind of guy has his eyes on Taeyeon?”

“Mercury Games offered Taeyeon the CTO position. With a blank check.”

“… … !”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong and director Son Young-sang, who were there, looked at Taeyeon in amazement.

“Mercury Games?”

“Um… … !”

A facial expression that changes unexpectedly.

Director Lee Tae-young’s voice became serious.

“Do you know what Mercury.com is doing?”

“This makes me stupid. It is the world’s number one internet platform company by market capitalization.”

From nob le mt l dot com

Mercury dot com.

Starting with an online shopping mall, sending the strong players in the offline retail market around the world to hell one after another, comprehensive logistics, games, software, cloud, drones, self-driving vehicles, etc. It has grown into a dinosaur company that does not touch anything.

It is also the overwhelming number one in the server rental sector, and distributes and operates numerous games around the world.

“The vice president of Mercury Games personally led a working group to Korea.”

“Is it? So, did you choose Mercury Games as the publisher?”

“We are negotiating, but infrastructure, terms of presentation… … It seems that the contract will proceed because it has presented overwhelming conditions in all respects. Anyway, that’s not important… … The vice president there suggested scouting in the field.”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong bursts into anger.

“Why do you covet other people’s talent when you are big, have a lot of money, and have already secured a lot of talented people? what’s lacking? Compared to Mercury Games, our company is practically a hole-in-the-wall shop… … .”

“Ah, no matter how much, our company is not that good. What is a hole-in-the-wall shop?”

“Noisy! Anyway, so how did it go? Did Taeyeon accept the offer? Would you think otherwise?”

“no. I declined.”

“what… … did you?”

“yes. Taeyeon said this guy was very determined. It was because everyone at the scene, including me, was taken aback.”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong, who was ready to devour the opponent at any moment, is relieved.

“Then isn’t it over?”

“They handed out a blank check. He said he would split the stake if he wanted… … .”

“what? A blank check? share?!”

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong jumps up again.

Shouting loudly with a flushed face.

“Why do you even do that?! It hasn’t been long since you came to our side… … !”

“Because the performance we showed in that short amount of time was so overwhelming.”

“what?”

“And speaking of the annual salary we receive from our company, isn’t it 600 million, including 200 million from Nexple Entertainment?”

“Isn’t it impossible to give more than 1 billion from the beginning? First of all, I have to start with the CEO industry average so there is no gossip, so I set it that way.”

Currently, Taeyeon’s status in the domestic game industry is more than a star developer. There were a lot of concerns at first, but at this point, it was a key talent that should never be missed.

Chairman Yoo Jin-seong believed that this would happen and wanted to treat him well from the beginning, but isn’t there an order in the world?

“Since we performed so well that no one can say anything about it this time, I tried to treat it appropriately during the negotiations next year.”

However, industry dinosaurs who had been watching from afar suddenly flocked.

To make Taeyeon, a star developer who is rare in the industry, and a talent with management skills, on her side.

“No, but I have a question… … Why did Taeyeon’s status suddenly rise so high?”

“Isn’t that something you can tell just by looking at Nexle’s share price? Right after Taeyeon took office as CEO, the stock price has been soaring with a steep upward curve. In particular, we are jumping like crazy with the sales of this Elcross Re.”

Taeyoung Lee said.

“It means that a CEO with an annual salary of 600 million is doing a really amazing job.”

“Hey… … If you say that, it’s like I’ve become the vice president!”

“Anyway, the market situation speaks for itself. Not only as a game producer, but also as a manager. In the short time that Taeyeon was in charge of the company, the evaluation of the employees was completely reversed. These days, everyone in the industry wants to work for our company.”

“Um… … .”

“Especially from the perspective of Mercury Games, which has been heavily criticized for its poor management these days, it must have been seen as a talent to be recruited somehow.”

“Apart from Mercury Games, what about the other companies? I heard that Taeyeon covets not the only thing there.”

“Empires, Europe’s largest game company based in Sweden, didn’t say it openly when I was with me, but they asked to meet separately, so maybe… … .”

“hey! What if I let it go? How greedy they are, they know what to do… … !”

“Then what do I do? He asks to meet separately for a drink.”

“Still, man… … !”

“Perhaps you have been in contact with me in many places without me knowing. Maybe even in a place beyond imagination beyond Mercury Games… … .”

“… … .”