In the conference room, Luo Caiwei was opening a PPT to brief Qin Xuan on the development progress.
"Overall, the development has basically entered its formal stage."
"Although we considered multi-platform synchronization and used the Unity3D engine, the effect won't be too bad."
"However, it might take some time, estimated to be over five years..."
Qin Xuan sighed helplessly, "Old Luo, what can I say to you?"
"The reason I delegated authority to you back then was to develop Yuan Shen as quickly and completely as possible."
"You're just being too conservative."
"You know, the development of a AAA game often costs hundreds of millions of US dollars and involves hundreds of people."
"And us?"
"We only have a little over thirty."
"By the time Yuan Shen is out, the gaming industry will have gone through a generation."
"You are now the general manager of Mi You Studio, you need to show some ambition."
"How about this, I'll allocate 800 million Dragon Coins to you as development funds, and 500 million Dragon Coins as talent funds."
"Within a short period, you must expand the team to over 500 people."
"As long as they are talented, their benefits and treatment can be further optimized."
"If it's not enough, come to me again."
"Our goal is not just to make Yuan Shen a competitor to the neighboring 'Ben Plan 3', but to become the best game in China, understand?"
At first, when Luo Caiwei heard Qin Xuan was giving him so much funding, his heart was pounding wildly.
After all, it was in the hundreds of millions!
Converted to US dollars, that would be over 180 million!
But when he heard Qin Xuan's subsequent goals, he felt immensely ashamed.
This Yuan Shen was his original dream.
He thought that after being acquired by Qin Xuan, he could rest easy, but he had forgotten his vow to send it to its peak.
"Mr. Qin, it was my fault before."
"Don't worry, from now on, I will reflect and plan carefully, and dedicate myself to creating Yuan Shen."
Seeing the other party's fighting spirit ignite, Qin Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
This Luo Caiwei was not incapable; it was just that his experiences had limited his vision.
As a result, he dared not go all out with the development.
After today, he should no longer have such concerns.
After seeing Luo Caiwei out, Qin Xuan called Zhu Sheng.
As the company's only two development projects, Douyin was the one he worried about the least.
After all, the overall framework was already in place; it was just a matter of adding new features and modifications.
"Old Zhu, sit down."
"How is your progress?"
Zhu Sheng slowly sat down in his chair and then said with confidence, "Mr. Qin, the overall code has been mostly handled."
"Now it's just the final testing and UI integration."
"Li Hao and the others are working overtime; it shouldn't take much longer."
"Oh really?" Qin Xuan was pleased.
This progress was a bit faster than he had expected.
After all, there were currently three mainstream operating systems, and they had to cover all of them.
Zhu Sheng nodded, "We've hired some new employees recently, so the progress has been very fast."
"I see."
"Let's go, take me to see the finished product."
The two of them went to the Douyin studio's work area. Li Yunlong was holding a teacup, leisurely watching Li Hao and the others work on the graphics.
"You old Li, slacking off at work, huh?"
"I'll deduct your salary!"
"Heh heh! Old Qin, you're back~"
Seeing Qin Xuan walk in with a smile, Li Yunlong calmly stood up and walked over, throwing an arm around Qin Xuan's shoulder.
Among the many people fired from Hu Lai, he was definitely the closest to Qin Xuan and the least concerned about Qin Xuan's wealth.
"I wasn't slacking off, I just finished fixing a bug?"
"You brat, not only can't you deduct mine, but you have to give me a bonus~"
"Get out of here, I only saw you staring at Li Hao here."
"And you want a raise?"
"Talk about it when you get married!"
Li Yunlong's crush on Li Hao was an open secret.
However, neither of them had ever admitted it, and Qin Xuan and the others didn't pry.
After bantering with Li Yunlong for a while, Qin Xuan went to Li Yunlong and Zhu Sheng's workstations.
"Here, install the software on my phone, I want to try it out."
Li Yunlong nodded, connected Qin Xuan's phone to the computer, and installed the recently completed Douyin.
Qin Xuan browsed through it casually.
The framework was still the Kuai Xia framework.
The various functions were already relatively complete, including basic video uploading, editing, and sharing, as well as a dedicated music integration option.
After watching a few videos edited by Li Hao and the others, Qin Xuan nodded.
"This is quite good for a week's work."
"But I have a few more requirements, please record them."
"Okay, Old Qin, tell us." Li Yunlong opened his notepad.
"First, add a bullet comment function to further increase interaction between video creators and viewers."
"This will enhance the sense of accomplishment for video creators and increase the stickiness of all users."
"Second, optimize the video editing function, add video templates, so that everyone can easily edit and upload."
"Kuai Xia's original editing function was very simple, but also too crude."
"What we want to do is enable everyone to share, and for everyone to be able to create cool videos."
"Therefore, corresponding editing templates are essential."
"Third, add an exclusive music material library."
"Since we are focusing on music, the corresponding elements are essential."
"Whether it's instrumental music or popular songs, they should all be included."
"Don't worry about copyright issues; I'll have Manager Cao and the others handle it."
"Understood."
Li Yunlong nodded and recorded Qin Xuan's specific requirements.
Qin Xuan then went to the design workstation and looked at the main graphic Li Hao was designing.
Unlike Kuai Xia's camera icon, the icon Li Hao designed for Douyin was a symbol resembling a musical note.
This coincided with Qin Xuan's idea.
Although it was also a short video app, their unique feature was the combination of music and video.
Therefore, making the icon a musical note to highlight the music feature was quite appropriate.
"How is it, boss?"
"Black background, white symbol, with some neon light elements."
"It emphasizes art~"
"If this one doesn't work, I have other ideas."
"Look at this one, a dancing figure."
"This one, leaping musical notes."
"And this one..."
Knowing Qin Xuan was behind her, Li Hao turned around and began to show him her various ideas.
Qin Xuan looked around and still thought the first version looked the best.
"Let's go with the first one, design it carefully."
"I want to use it for promotion."
"Also, the video editing is good."
"I'll have them find a few people to shoot commercials later, and you can edit them."
"Not doing it."
"After finishing the design, I still have to oversee the UI."
"You have no idea how brain-draining that stuff is!"
"There's a bonus."
"Still not doing it, my salary is enough!"
"50,000 Dragon Coins."
"Dad!"
"Just you watch!"
"I'll definitely make the video look beautiful!"