Chapter 157 Ruan Guangjian's Burning Flame

Lu Mingliang felt his eyes light up. Wasn't this the perfect concept artist he had been searching so hard for?

The high price wasn't a problem at all. President Pei had specifically said that he wanted someone with a high price.

The key was that he was an artist acknowledged by President Pei!

He was the one who created the classic artistic concept design for *Gui Jiang*!

If he chose this guy, President Pei would definitely be satisfied!

Thinking of this, Lu Mingliang immediately sent a message to Ruan Guangjian.

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At this time, Ruan Guangjian was already at home.

As a senior in college, many of his classmates would soon be busy looking for jobs after the New Year.

But Ruan Guangjian was different. He was already being courted by several big companies!

The original art of *Gui Jiang* could be said to have been a hit, and almost the entire domestic original art circle knew of Ruan Guangjian.

The game *Gui Jiang* proved just how popular and potentially huge this epic ink painting style, uniquely created by Ruan Guangjian, was!

Many large companies that produced MMORPG games also extended olive branches to Ruan Guangjian, hoping that he could help them create concept designs for characters and scenes for several new games.

On the resource website, a large number of designers also hoped to cooperate with Ruan Guangjian, letting him be responsible for the original art of their games.

However, Ruan Guangjian basically rejected all these requests.

He had already made plans to start his own art studio directly after graduating from university, calling up a few of his buddies from the dormitory to start his own business.

His starting point was already so perfect, he could completely skip the outsourcing step and move on to the next stage.

On the resource website, Ruan Guangjian's value naturally rose, reaching the ranks of top concept designers with the highest prices. It could be said that he had soared to the sky in one step because of the game *Gui Jiang*!

During this period, Ruan Guangjian only selectively accepted some low-workload jobs, planning to take a good rest in the second half of his senior year, enjoy life, and prepare for opening a studio after graduation.

That day, Ruan Guangjian was casually drawing a game promotional picture for a game company at home.

It was just a promotional picture, but the quoted price reached 100,000 yuan!

Of course, the precision of the promotional picture was extremely high, and it would take a week at the fastest and half a month at the slowest to complete.

But this could also reflect Ruan Guangjian's current worth.

Originally, Ruan Guangjian had nothing to do during the Chinese New Year, so after thinking about it, he took the job. He slowly drew it and finished it after the Spring Festival, earning 100,000 yuan of extra money, relaxed and comfortable.

Opening the resource website, he found a few more messages.

Habitually clicking them one by one, he scanned them and then closed them one by one.

He wasn't interested in most of them and didn't want to accept them.

Suddenly, Ruan Guangjian scanned a special message.

It was from Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.!

Of course, he remembered Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Wasn't that the company that developed *Gui Jiang*?

He still remembered how generous and considerate President Pei was during the development of *Gui Jiang*. Not only did he not interfere at all and let him play freely, but he also added extra money!

He could refuse other jobs, but President Pei's jobs definitely couldn't be refused!

After all, President Pei had shown him such kindness!

Without *Gui Jiang*, Ruan Guangjian might still be struggling to find a job!

What's more, cooperating with President Pei was a win-win situation in itself. If a good game became popular, the original artist would naturally also be honored. Money, on the other hand, was not so important!

Ruan Guangjian immediately replied.

This time, the person contacting Ruan Guangjian was not President Pei, not even the later designer of *Fortress at Sea*, but a newcomer named Lu Mingliang, who had recently been promoted to executive chief planner.

Look at the speed of talent iteration!

After chatting with Lu Mingliang for a while, Ruan Guangjian learned about Tenda's recent situation.

In short, it was thriving!

When *Gui Jiang* was being made, Tenda could only be considered a small company, and Pei Qian was at best an independent game producer.

But now, Tenda had begun to take shape. After the success of *Fortress at Sea*, a new project was launched soon after.

That was the project that Lu Mingliang hoped to cooperate with Ruan Guangjian on this time: *Game Producer*.

Ruan Guangjian considered for a moment and did not immediately agree.

"Can you show me a simple design draft first?"

"No other meaning."

"I will definitely take on President Pei's project unconditionally. I'm not trying to shirk responsibility. I'm just afraid that my ability is insufficient and the effect won't be good enough."

"You can show me the design draft first. If I think I can handle it, I'll do it myself. If I can't, I'll recommend a more powerful and suitable original artist in the industry."

Lu Mingliang quickly sent the design draft over.

Ruan Guangjian quickly browsed through it and couldn't help but applaud.

As expected, it was President Pei!

Such unconstrained and unfettered design!

Although Ruan Guangjian didn't know much about game design, he could feel that this game was full of satire of the game industry and full of a sense of black humor!

This was not a superficial game that would let players mindlessly enjoy themselves.

It seemed to disgust players everywhere, but in fact, it allowed players to enter the hearts of game manufacturers and designers, revealing all kinds of chaos in the game industry!

It was not just a game that satisfied entertainment needs, but a work of art!

And the content in the game that needed to be designed from abstract concepts to concrete images was crucial to expressing this artistry!

This was exactly what Ruan Guangjian was very good at.

Perfect!

After thinking for a moment, Ruan Guangjian made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll take this job!"

"President Pei's job, I will not hesitate!"

"There's no need to give me money according to the market price. President Pei took the initiative to increase the price for me. I remember this kindness. This time, I'll return President Pei a favor and just give me a hard-earned fee!"

Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt as if a ball of fire was burning in his chest!

Creating original art for other companies was work.

But creating original art for President Pei was an artistic pursuit!

Such a good subject could be used to show off his skills!

The two hit it off and agreed to officially start work after the Spring Festival and start producing the most critical concept design drawings!

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February 12th.

The 2010 Spring Festival was just around the corner. All the company's affairs had been arranged, and the seven-day holiday was about to begin.

Pei Qian had also packed his luggage and was ready to go home.

Although Pei Qian was reborn and obtained a system, from all aspects, he was a standard protagonist template, but he did not join the starting point orphanage. (referring to the trope of protagonists in web novels often being orphans)

His parents were safe and sound, and in good health.

It was just that they had always adopted a free-range policy towards their son, so they really didn't have much of a presence.

In the first few days after he traveled back, Pei Qian had called home to confirm his parents' safety, and then he didn't contact them again.

As for the matter of starting a company...

He hadn't told his family about it yet.

There were two reasons.

First, Pei Qian had to explain clearly where the initial 50,000 yuan came from.

The living expenses were only 1,000 yuan a month, and it was difficult to even eat. It was impossible to save 50,000 yuan to start a business and make games.

He couldn't possibly say that he had gotten a naked loan, right?

Second, Pei Qian's father, Old Pei, was a very traditional and even somewhat rigid person.

He had considerable prejudice against games!

Old Pei once said at the dinner table that games were harmful and should be banned!

Seventy percent was drunken talk, and thirty percent was his true thoughts.

Old Pei could represent some parents of this era, and this was a common phenomenon, otherwise there would not have been such a thing as "internet addiction".

Of course, Old Pei only had some prejudice against games, and those experts and professors who made "internet addiction money" had an essential difference in motivation.

It could only be said that this was a generation gap.

But in any case, if Pei Qian told his parents that he had started a game company, made money, and sold 888 Fire Kirins...

He felt that a storm would come to his home.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian had a headache.

Based on the principle that it was better to have less trouble than more, it was better not to make this matter public.

Old Pei had to be gradually influenced and slowly wait for his thinking to change.