Chapter 533 The Future Is in Our Hands

For successful people like Wu Tao and Mo Li, a million dollar bet is really not that big.

But at least to some extent, it proves Molly's unfavorable attitude towards the video game industry.

Wu Tao also expressed his helplessness. He gave her opportunities several times, but they didn't accept it at all.

I firmly believe that the Internet bubble is coming, and all Internet-related companies will suffer disaster.

From the statistical point of view of financial analysts, this is generally true.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

It seems that Soros the crocodile did not teach his precious granddaughter this aspect.

However, in Molly's view, she has won in this matter. A bet of millions of dollars is not a big gain compared to her assets.

But once he wins the bet, at least he can be overshadowed in Bangkok, save some face, and regain some self-confidence.

In addition to winning this villa, it can be regarded as a gift from Wu Tao to himself.

The sense of accomplishment and conquest is simply exciting.

Back to the hotel, it was almost noon. Molly had something to do, so she left in a hurry with a look of determination on her face.

Holding those fresh contracts, Wu Yingying couldn't calm down for a long time, "Boss, I really can't believe that you bought a house with such a large amount of money! Millions of dollars just disappeared..."

In fact, Wu Tao didn't think it was too shabby, after all, he had seen a lot of dwellings worth several million RMB in his previous life.

In comparison, buying a villa worth two million dollars by yourself is not that expensive at all.

What's more, with the sharp increase in the proportion of Chinese in Irvine in the future, the housing prices here will continue to skyrocket.

Generally speaking, this wave is not a loss.

Of course, after Molly cashed out her bet, she made even more money.

So Wu Tao just smiled softly and didn't explain anything.

Unexpectedly, after Wu Yingying finished talking about this, the topic suddenly changed: "Boss, I suggest you keep a distance from Miss Molly. After all, she comes from a family of financial speculators, and she is used to eating people without vomiting in the capital market." Bones. If you accidentally fall into her ways one day, you will be in trouble..."

"You reminded me, I will pay attention." Wu Tao accepted the opinion sincerely.

After all, although these words were a bit alarmist, even with a bit of professional paranoia, Wu Yingying reminded herself that her motives were very simple, and in addition, there was a possibility of this happening in theory.

It is natural to sincerely accept opinions.

Seeing Wu Tao's easy-going attitude, Wu Yingying started talking again.

"Boss, in fact, many colleagues around me have the same opinion as Ms. Molly. They are not optimistic about our Tianxing game company, and some are even waiting to see our jokes."

Wu Tao pondered, "This kind of atmosphere and views will not affect our recruitment?"

"That's not true." Wu Yingying swept away the worry on her face and said: "It is precisely because of this trend of limelight that many experienced IT engineers in Silicon Valley are starved for food and need a job to make ends meet. As for how long our company can last, They don't care."

"That's good!" Wu Tao nodded, and suggested, "Go to the company to have a look."

As soon as the two arrived at Tianxing Game Company, they realized that there was a lot of movement in this small two-story building.

According to the company's recruitment notice, it plans to recruit about 30 people. But looking at it now, the two-story building was crowded.

At least there are nearly one hundred and twenty people.

Among them, IT engineers are in the majority, and often three or four people compete for the same position.

On the contrary, there are office clerks, secretaries, and art, planning, and design specialists, and the competition is average.

Even if there are a little more people, the recruitment here is not so much fancy.

By the time I get off work in the afternoon, the list of recruits has basically been determined.

As soon as the recruitment here was over, Li Ming and his partner Jesse Cliff had already appeared at the gate of Tianxing Game Company.

One person, one computer and one suitcase, this is all their partners.

As a technical nerd, it is so light and simple.

With the addition of these two people, the R&D team of Counter-Strike is fully alive.

Although the entire company, together with the IT personnel to be hired, has less than forty people.

But although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

There are all functional departments and organizations, and more importantly, the members of the game development team, from the early stage to the late stage, can be regarded as everything.

It's just that the team related to market distribution has yet to be formed.

This time, Wu Tao did not recruit relevant personnel for market distribution. Firstly, he was not familiar with the specific market and situation in the United States; secondly, a considerable part of the game’s market distribution was for the domestic market.

These specific things need to be considered again.

However, this does not affect the entire game development team to operate ahead of schedule.

Wu Tao held the title of general planner and general operation, and participated in the specific work for two consecutive days.

With his participation, many design requirements of the Counter-Strike game were quickly clarified.

This at least avoids a lot of repeated design and development workload, and also allows Jesse Li Ming and others to work more smoothly.

After staying in Tianxing Game Company for a week, I saw that the work of the R&D team was on the right track, and the management work was carried out in an orderly manner under the care of Qiu Xiaotian.

In a small development-oriented company that is purely technical, the interpersonal relationship is very simple, and even the management work is much easier.

The boat is small and easy to turn around. Anyway, with a team of more than 30 people, it is easy to manage.

Even so, Wu Tao still set a few hard bars, that is, to formulate a loose and pleasant work regulation, without restricting R&D personnel, hoping that they can maximize their potential in a relaxed R&D environment.

As for benefits, apartment-style dormitories and a rich working meal system are also essential.

As a staff member in his previous life, Wu Tao had a deep understanding of this.

These systems seem to have little impact, to some extent, they can be seen as the face of the company.

And once a company is shameless, it is basically not far from going downhill.

The day before she was about to leave to return home, Wu Yingying found Wu Tao and made a summary report.

Since the establishment of Tianxing Game Company, it has spent a total of 7.2 million U.S. dollars; after normal operation, the monthly new expenditure is about 800,000 U.S. dollars.

In this way, if the company's first game is expected to be launched in the middle of next year, the company will continue to invest nearly 17 million US dollars before that.

That's not a small investment.

At least Wu Yingying, who was in charge of the investment management, felt the real pressure.

Moreover, the one-year development and testing time is actually a very optimistic estimate. Once next year it cannot be listed as scheduled, and if the ticket is skipped, the impact will be greater and the investment will be more...

After Wu Tao listened, he smiled nonchalantly, "It's less than 20 million US dollars, and the cost control is good, far from exceeding my expectations."

"But the boss..." Wu Yingying hesitated to speak.

A strong self-confidence surged up in Wu Tao: "Don't worry, the future is in our hands!"