tkworld #417 - Mr. Lu: I heard that you particularly like involution? (2 in 1 order required)
#417 - Mr. Lu: I heard that you particularly like involution? (2 in 1 order required)
Lu Yu decided that he must continue to lead the project astray and must not allow Wan Xiaotong to create such an excellent open-world exploration gameplay.
However, refusing twice in a row would seem too fake!
So, Lu Yu said with a serious face:
"I think the open-world exploration gameplay you proposed is certainly very good, but I hope you can go a step further on the basis of these gameplay elements!
For example, why can't we combine open-world exploration with the elements of dreams and somatosensory pods?
Xiaotong, after all, you are a genius planner who has created 'Time-Traveling Moe Girls'. I have higher expectations for you!"
Hearing Lu Yu's words, Wan Xiaotong was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes shone even brighter, as if sparks of inspiration burst out instantly, making her whole body reveal a bit of excited tremor.
She took a deep breath, her beautiful eyes gleamed, and she spoke slowly.
Xu Qin quickly translated:
"President Lu, I understand what you mean! Combining the open world with dreams and virtual somatosensory pods is a leap forward for open-world games! We might as well try boldly to bring players a brand-new way of exploration!"
"We might as well divide the entire game's open world into two levels: the 'Dream World' and the 'Real World'.
When the protagonist, Zhong Wuye, is in a dream, he will enter a dream open world full of fantasy colors and self-consistent rules; once he wakes up, he will enter a virtual reality that is highly integrated with the real world."
"In dreams, players can give full play to their imagination, display their unique skills in that magnificent and gorgeous open world, and experience the supreme pleasure of being in a fairy tale romance! For example, flying with swords, casting spells, fighting with immortals and Buddhas, etc., can all be enjoyed in that world. Moreover, the rules of that world do not need to obey the laws of physics, so when players use immortal magic skills, the picture will be extremely gorgeous and fantastic, and hearty!"
"And once players wake up and return to reality, they will come to an ancient Jianghu world that is highly integrated with the real world. Here, pure physical laws will be followed, so the combat and action fluency will be more vigorous and unrestrained, and there will be a hearty feeling of being in a real fight!"
But these two worlds are not completely separated, there will be many connections between them, interlocking.
For example, the equipment and magic weapons obtained in the dream can be brought to virtual reality for use; for example, injuries suffered in the real world may also continue in the dream.
We can also explore various interesting dream entry forms, allowing players to integrate into them in different ways. For example, players can enter a dream demon's forbidden room filled with咒印 (zhòuyìn: incantations/spell seals) in virtual reality, meditate in it, devour dream demons, etc., so as to actively enter the dreamland open world; or find a mirror pool in virtual reality, and see the scenery of the dream world by gazing into it.
"In short, we will create a brand-new experience for players where the two worlds complement each other! The novel and exciting phantom world will give players a feeling of intense illusion and reality, and a sense of realism as if everything is in a dream!"
Wan Xiaotong took a breath here and looked at Lu Yu expectantly.
Lu Yu nodded silently when he heard the words.
Great, this is the kind of brain hole with extremely difficult implementation!
He then smiled slowly:
"Good, good, not bad! It seems that you are serious this time. Such a concept is enough to make our first masterpiece a shocking wave! I look forward to your continued efforts to turn this dream into reality!"
……
After the game development meeting, Lu Yu walked out of the office, feeling quite happy.
Hahaha... Fortunately, he was smart enough to gather three small backstabbing masters together in this round of the cycle. In this way, it is estimated that the difficulty of realizing this Xianxia (仙侠: a Chinese fantasy genre) game called 'Wu Ye' will increase geometrically, right?
Now, the somatosensory pod and the game project, these two major concerns, have been resolved by Lu Yu.
Now, he decided to temporarily free up his hands and continue to clean up those involution toxic tumors in the company!
So, he took out his small notebook and looked at the assassination list recorded on it:
"Zhao Gang, the production line supervisor of Meishayong Technology, compresses the rest time of his team members."
"Li Hui, the safety inspector of Xiaohutuxian Company, took the opportunity to make things difficult for his colleague Wang Meng because of personal grudges, and the conflict between the two escalated."
"The store manager of Mao Zhi Ming Chain Store No. 3 used his position to deduct and embezzle half of the employee benefits distributed by the head office, causing the remaining half of the employees to involute in order to compete for limited benefits."
"Wu Xin, a new member of the animation team of Taoyuan Dream Painting, stayed up all night for three weeks to do animation because she was competing with another intern colleague for a permanent position."
This series of blacklists made his head hurt just looking at them.
But!
There are priorities.
He decided to start with senior management, starting with Zhao Gang of Meishayong Technology.
……
So, Lu Yu rushed to Meishayong Technology Company.
When Mao Wuyong heard that President Lu had suddenly come in person without saying hello, he quickly came out to greet him.
"President Lu, what wind brought you here? Recently, our somatosensory pod prototypes are in the laboratory..."
Lu Yu waved his hand: "Don't talk about this yet."
Lu Yu didn't waste a word with him and went straight into the production workshop.
On an autumn afternoon, the factory workshop was filled with heat.
Zhao Gang, a middle-aged fat man, paced back and forth on the production line with a grimace. The shirt on his body had long been soaked with sweat, outlining his fat figure even more abruptly.
"You bastards, how are you working? Speed up! If you are any slower, don't even think about getting off work!"
He roared at a row of busy workers with a gloomy face. The workers lowered their heads and worked more nimbly, but they didn't dare to retort.
At this moment, the factory door opened with a bang.
The workers saw a tall and straight young man walking in, directly approaching Zhao Gang.
The man had an unquestionable aura of majesty.
The workers chirped:
"That seems to be our big boss, President Lu. I saw him on the TV news!"
"What is he doing here, this busy man?"
"Shhh, let's not talk nonsense, or we will be scolded by Supervisor Zhao again."
Lu Yu came directly to Zhao Gang, glanced around at the workers working in a mess.
"Supervisor Zhao, I said you are really interesting. Taoyuan Village has spent a lot of effort to formulate welfare policies for employees and protect everyone's rights. You are good, you have trampled all the regulations in order to squeeze the workers."
Lu Yu said, with his hands folded on his chest, his eyes sharply scanning the other party.
Zhao Gang wanted to say something to prevaricate, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that something was wrong.
So he smiled awkwardly:
"President Lu... This, you are right,
I'm doing this for the company's benefit. These workers are mostly from all walks of life. If you don't use some means, you can't control them. If you are soft-hearted, you won't be able to use them."
Zhao Gang nodded in agreement on the surface, but secretly approached Lu Yu with sneaky eyes, and continued to flatter him quietly:
"President Lu, actually, I understand what you mean. The company's welfare system, to put it bluntly, is just a formality, to show to outsiders and shape the company's image.
Don't worry, I will definitely continue to strictly compress the workers' working hours."
Lu Yu's forehead burst with blue veins, and he sneered:
"It seems that you have a deviation in your understanding of the company's welfare system. In this way, you don't understand why I want to promote cost increase and efficiency reduction, so I will let you see what is the result of the ultimate pursuit of efficiency!"
After saying that, Lu Yu heroically put his arm around Zhao Gang and dragged him to the main control console. In front of this core control console, there were densely packed buttons and control levers, and the intricate program design was dazzling.
"Supervisor Zhao, as a supervisor, shouldn't you take the lead?"
"President Lu, I... I can't do it very well..." Zhao Gang waved his hands in fright, sweating all over his body.
"Shut up! Show me your skills!"
Lu Yu shouted violently and immediately started the control system. The entire production line suddenly ran at full power.
Suddenly, thousands of operation signals poured in densely from all directions, surrounding Zhao Gang in the operating table. He was at a loss, his eyes widened, and he couldn't start at all.
"Supervisor Zhao, you have to be careful. If you mess up the order, it will be terrible."
Lu Yu smiled and patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder, then cleared his throat and imitated Zhao Gang's tone of reprimanding the workers just now, and loudly ordered,
"You all have to watch carefully! Remember, production efficiency is a matter of every minute, and I will not allow you to have any hesitation or hesitation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the buttons and control levers flashed a row of infrared rays, and Zhao Gang's face instantly lit up like daylight.
He saw his hands remotely controlling hundreds of devices on the instrument panel, his eyes scanning back and forth between the keys like a storm, sometimes contracting, sometimes pausing. And his movements are getting more and more chaotic.
Sooner said than done, only a series of rapid cracking sounds came.
It turned out that Zhao Gang's movements could not keep up with the speed of the system, and he did not press several buttons in time, causing the entire assembly line to be disconnected, and many semi-finished parts were kicked out and scattered all over the place.
Zhao Gang seized the opportunity to re-correct. His hands moved nervously on the console, but just as he was about to return to normal, a small mistake led to a large area of explosion again, and the ground was in a mess.
……
Lu Yu rushed forward furiously and continued to imitate Zhao Gang's previous reprimanding tone, saying:
"You are so stupid! You are embarrassed to say that you want to sit in this position with this little trick?!
How much manpower and material resources have been wasted now, do you know how much money you have to pay out of your own pocket to compensate? Continue, let everyone come and visit and learn from your model example."
A group of workers surrounded him, and Zhao Gang was sweating profusely, his pants had been wet with sweat, and he was shaking all over.
"President Lu... This is such a high-intensity physical work, it is really not something that a manager who has been away from the production line for many years can do. I, I..." Zhao Gang scratched his head with a dry smile, but the machine under his hand had been quietly started by the workers, and the infrared rays landed on the operating table overwhelmingly.
"No, no, President Lu, please spare me!"
Zhao Gang hugged his head and scurried around, and the whole person was already depressed. Seeing that he was about to crash, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the workshop.
The employees continued to ridicule in Zhao Gang's previous tone:
"Manager Zhao, your efficiency is really high!"
"I think if you do the work like this, you don't have to think about overtime pay!"
"Why don't you take two days of sick leave first and calm your mind? Of course, there is no salary during the leave,"
The workers ridiculed Zhao Gang with their tongues, and the scene quickly turned into a big farce. Seeing that Zhao Gang was already embarrassed, Lu Yu nodded in satisfaction, and then slowly opened his mouth:
"Zhao Gang, do you think that improving efficiency is to let employees work overtime and deduct their welfare benefits? Look at everything that happened today, you have truly realized the consequences of a person's long-term high-intensity work, right?"
Zhao Gang was ashamed and slumped on the ground, and could only nod silently.
Lu Yu looked around at the workers in the workshop and said,
"So, from now on, Meishayong Technology will abolish all forms of forced overtime and cancel working hour control!
At the same time, we will also appropriately increase the salary standards and expand the scope of employee benefits, so that everyone can truly feel the company's attention to you."
The workers showed happy expressions when they heard this. Some people couldn't help but burst into tears, while others laughed heartily. Even Zhao Gang, who had been critical of Lu Yu before, was moved by his straightforward words at this moment.
"President Lu said it so well! We will definitely use our practical actions to adhere to the spirit of the right path of Taoyuan Village!"
"Yes, yes, everyone will work together to make the company more and more prosperous!"
"Look, what are you talking about skilled workers! You dare to shout about squeezing us with this little skill?"
"President Lu, this time he is in trouble!"
"Why don't you ask him to go to a training class?"
The workers laughed.
Poor Zhao Gang was completely at a loss, and the entire operating table was in a mess. In the end, Lu Yu ordered his men to drag him off the console and throw him aside.
"Look, efficiency does not require squeezing employees at all, the key lies in systematic management. My purpose today is just to let you understand this point, I hope you remember this lesson!" Lu Yu said earnestly and turned and walked out of the factory.
Faced with the embarrassed Zhao Gang, the workers burst into laughter and applauded enthusiastically. But Zhao Gang was ashamed.
Lu Yu sneered: "Okay, it's good to know, you don't have to come tomorrow, you have been fired by Taoyuan Village. But don't worry, we will pay the dismissal compensation as usual, our temple is small and can't accommodate your big Buddha."
Zhao Gang was stunned and left dejectedly.
At this time, the workers realized that Lu Yu had wanted to fire Zhao Gang a long time ago. The reason why he made this scene just now was to vent his anger for everyone!
At that time, it was the height of summer, and the sun was shining brightly. But in the workshop, it seemed that a fresh breeze was blowing.
The workers regained hope and longing for the future, and resolved the long-term internal friction and anxiety in this light burst of cheers!
But, all of this is just the beginning of Lu Yu's handling!