Chapter 40: Joining the Video Platforms

At first, Yang Dong thought this idea was quite unreliable.

Where have you ever seen a game studio recruit people by posting in player chat groups?

But when he found that Chen Ba forwarded the studio’s recruitment announcement to the chat group and a few players actually inquired about the salary, he was stunned.

"They can’t be joking, right?"

"I don’t know! Wait, let me ask in private..."

Chen Ba was also very surprised.

He just tried it casually and didn’t expect anyone to actually apply.

Worried that these players were just joking, he specifically emphasized the work location and professional requirements.

"Ba, I’m serious!"

"Graduated from Jinling University, verifiable on the educational website, worked at Juhua Network for three years, and interested in the position of game planner."

"Ba, look at me, although I just graduated last year, I can really eat. This is a small game I previously made..."

Originally thought everyone was just joking around, but unexpectedly, each one was more serious than the last, and they all sent in their resumes.

Chen Ba was overjoyed.

The mobile game planner who worked at Juhua Network for three years was the first person he contacted.

After a simple understanding of the situation through a video call and discussing the intended salary and benefits, the other party immediately expressed the desire to resign and join Ba.

There was also the newcomer who had just graduated half a year ago, which also caught Chen Ba’s attention, but this guy’s self-introduction made him a bit hesitant.

Really good at eating? How good?

What kind of specialty is this?

When he was suspecting that this guy might either be joking maliciously or planning to "eat Tianba out of business," the other party replied.

"Just realized I missed a word, I’m really good at enduring hardship, not just good at eating!"

Can he really eat?

If you can endure hardship, then you’re hired!

But if it’s just being good at eating, then we suggest a career in livestock farming...

Whether they were good at eating or enduring hardship, Chen Ba, who was severely understaffed, didn’t mind and decided to coax them to Jiangning first.

Unable to recruit anyone from the talent market, but instead recruited two players from the group, this made Chen Ba a bit curious.

Why do they want to come to Tianba Studio?

After asking, he found out that these two were long-time players of "Cold Window Study Simulator" and were very optimistic about the prospects of Tianba Studio.

One was idle at home, and the other was a frustrated planner in a lousy mobile game project team, both already planning to find another job.

Since they were looking for jobs, why not try Tianba Studio? They were quite interested in making single-player games.

"With Ba, you’ll starve nine out of ten days!"

"Ba, I’m coming~!"

Once it was confirmed that two newcomers would be joining the studio before the Spring Festival, everyone was very happy.

Since they were happy, they had to celebrate!

With a big wave of his hand, Chen Ba immediately decided to gather tonight at Tan Family Private Kitchen, both to welcome the newcomer Zhong and to celebrate the studio’s achievement of "one million sales."

"Good, good, good!"

Lu was the first to agree: "Ba, if you say so, then I won’t eat lunch, waiting for your treat tonight."

"You’ll starve to death then."

After cursing Lu once, Chen Ba turned to the only girl in the studio and asked, "What does Juan say?"

"Sure, I happen to be free tonight."

"Alright! Then I’ll go book a spot first, after work we’ll head straight over..."

Because it was close and they often went there to eat, Chen Ba already had Tan Family Private Kitchen’s contact information, and it could be settled with just one phone call.

He could even order dishes in advance!

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ba found Zhang Xiaojun and assigned her a special task.

"Verified account?"

"Yes!"

Chen Ba nodded: "Accounts on platforms like Weibo, Thunderbolt, WeChat public account, short video platforms... get an official verified account for all of them."

"Once verified, you will be responsible for operating this section. Mainly Weibo, official public accounts, short videos, and Thunderbolt, to release news or update announcements about our games."

Saying this, it seemed Chen Ba thought of something and hurriedly called Lu over.

"If I’m not mistaken, you know how to edit videos, right? You two team up, you’re responsible for shooting and editing videos, she’s responsible for full-platform releases!"

"Alright!" Lu nodded first, then frowned and said, "But what kind of videos should I make?"

"Videos with high views!"

Chen Ba looked nonchalant.

With such official accounts, any kind of video is fine.

Who says the official account of a game studio must post game videos? Can’t a parody be made?

Of course, considering Lu’s video-making skills, it might be more practical to do some studio daily Vlogs or quirky game videos.

High-tech videos would be a bit difficult for him.

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

Lu basically understood what Ba meant, in simple terms, whatever video gets high views, make that, riding the trend, without being constrained by the official account’s verification.

"Do we need to follow the convention and post an entry video when entering Thunderbolt?"

"Sure!"

Hearing this proposal, Chen Ba’s eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands to signal everyone to pause their work.

"Everyone, look at me! I have something to announce! Our studio is about to join Thunderbolt, and later we’ll record an entry video, everyone please cooperate!"

"Huh? Entry video?"

Yang Dong looked a bit confused, a bit unclear about what Chen Ba meant.

Beside him, Zhong Shengwei, a seasoned Thunderbolt user, quietly explained: "It’s the kind where you face the camera and wave, saying hello I am XXX, and today I’m joining Thunderbolt."

"Got it, just playing around awkwardly..."

Yang Dong was quite speechless.

If Tianba Studio were famous and influential online, making an entry video to attract fans would make sense.

But they have zero fame!

Without any added fame to themselves, few people know them on the Internet, isn’t this purely awkward?

Forget it, as long as Ba is happy.

No one naturally opposed Chen Ba’s proposal, and soon they stood side by side to record the so-called entry video.

"Hello, friends of Thunderbolt, we are Tian~ba~ Game Studio! From today on, we are officially joining Thunderbolt, interested friends, don’t forget to follow us!"

"Love you all, mwah mwah..."

At the end of the video, the screen froze at the moment when all five members of Tianba Studio made a "heart" with their hands.

"Honestly, awkward to the core!"

After watching, Lu was quite dumbfounded and proposed a profound question to Ba: "Seriously, will anyone really follow our official account?"

"There should... be, right?"

Chen Ba wasn’t very sure either.

After all, the studio’s two games combined had sold more than a million copies, and related game videos were quite popular on Thunderbolt.

It shouldn’t be possible not to have even ten thousand followers, right?