After settling the matter of the company address, the next step was handling the registration.
Wang Chuan did not know much about this sort of thing, and he had heard that the queues were a huge hassle.
So he directly hired a fixer and handed everything over to them.
The process was fairly efficient. After spending several tens of thousands of yuan, the company was registered.
Huangtu Game!
That was the company's name.
At the same time, Wang Chuan proactively accepted interviews from several media outlets.
For example, Game New World, which had promoted him from the beginning, as well as some relatively well-known media outlets.
He planned to use these interviews to promote his next game.
While "The Stanley Parable" was at the height of its popularity, he would draw some traffic toward the new game.
By now, players had already uncovered every ending in "The Stanley Parable."
And the game's hidden core about freedom was being discussed more and more.
After Wang Chuan's interview was posted online,
he unexpectedly found himself becoming popular as a game developer.
At the same time, people online began heatedly discussing his interview.
"What does that mean? His next game isn't going to be a Meta Game? Then what about "The Stanley Parable"???"
"Holy shit? Didn't he make his name through Meta Games? And now he's not making Meta Games anymore?"
"Down with Wang Chuan! Give us a sequel! We strongly demand a sequel!"
There were plenty of similar comments on the gaming forums.
Players and developers alike found Wang Chuan's choice strange.
After all, "The Stanley Parable" was still wildly popular.
Yet Wang Chuan had resolutely abandoned it.
It was truly difficult to understand.
"Stop trying to talk him out of it. Wang Chuan's gotten carried away and forgotten who he is. I heard he turned down all the invitations from the Three Factories and wants to start a business on his own."
"Is that so? No wonder the Three Factories suddenly announced they were making Meta Games. Interesting, interesting~~"
It could be said that Wang Chuan had achieved his goal.
Riding the wave of "The Stanley Parable," his decision became the subject of endless discussion online.
If the game had been popular before while its creator was not, then now the creator was popular, and the game was even more popular.
And within gaming circles, developers were equally baffled.
"This Wang Chuan is interesting. The founder of Meta Games isn't making Meta Games, while other companies are desperately copying him?"
"Exactly. There are far too few Meta Games on the market right now. Basically, if you release one, you'll make money."
"What? Isn't that just picking up free money? I'm done talking—I'm copying the trend too."
"Count me in!"
Likewise, this matter was a major talking point for the media.
The father of Meta Games, "Wang Chuan," announced that his next game would abandon Meta Games.
Wang Chuan gives up Meta Games—is he getting carried away, or does he have other plans?
In short, amid everyone's confusion and curiosity, attention on Wang Chuan himself continued to rise.
On social media, the followers on his personal account had soared to nearly four hundred thousand.
Of course, quite a few of them were probably casual followers who would follow him and then forget all about it.
But in this era, more people meant more traffic.
While the internet was arguing itself into a frenzy, Wang Chuan remained calm and unruffled.
He was busy preparing to hire people.
Although he wanted to handle everything himself, he was only human and could get tired too.
He had been exhausted after completing "The Stanley Parable" by himself.
So it was better to leave some of the less important tasks to his subordinates.
He did not want to become Zhuge Liang, nor did he want to work himself to death.
"Right, I need to leave an opening when hiring. I can use it later to build a game platform."
Wang Chuan scribbled in his notebook, recording the positions he planned to recruit for.
Then, suddenly thinking of something, he hurriedly added it.
Put simply, this game platform would be his own distribution channel.
He valued it greatly.
After all, in this era, without a channel, without an outlet through which to deliver information to players,
it was impossible to grow bigger and stronger.
Of course, it was definitely not possible yet. He had no funding, talent, resources, or games, but he could still hope for it in the future.
As for recruitment, Wang Chuan did not go through an agency.
Instead, he chose to recruit from the school, which could also be considered giving back to his alma mater.
The recruitment went quite smoothly.
Thanks to the phenomenal results of "The Stanley Parable," along with his reputation at the school,
many people came to apply.
After carefully selecting candidates, Wang Chuan chose four recent graduates.
Since the company was only just starting out, the team was still rather small.
There were two men and two women.
Liu Qiang and Zhou Wei would be responsible for maintenance and daily operations.
Both were computer science students with solid technical skills, and both had won awards several times.
Zhao Jing would handle the other affairs. She had studied financial management.
Well, "other affairs" meant everything apart from game development and equipment maintenance.
There was no helping it. Since they were just starting out, everyone would have to work a little harder.
Thinking of how pale the girl had looked when she found out, Wang Chuan felt a little sorry for her.
Well, sorry enough to give her a high salary~~
If she had to wear multiple hats without high pay, she would not do the job either!!
The last girl had studied art.
Wang Chuan had noticed that she had won an award in 3D art, so he directly chose her as his assistant.
Although she had not studied game development, anyone who had studied 3D art would have some understanding of game production.
As his assistant, she would be able to help him with certain tasks.
And since she had only studied art, she would not be likely to maliciously jump ship.
Because in his view, someone who had specifically studied game development
would never willingly submit to him and merely become his subordinate.
Such a person was more likely to want to learn his skills.
Once they had learned enough, they would either jump to another company or leave to start their own business.
Just like Wang Chuan—wasn't that why he had refused to join the Three Factories?
So he preferred the honest, conventional sort.
Rather than those who were highly capable.
Of course, it was not as if he would always reject talented people.
If he developed to the scale of the Three Factories in the future, he would recruit talented people too.
Because by then, the relationship between them would be reversed.
If they left him, it would not be his loss—it would be theirs.
Besides, talent could be cultivated.
Though he could not cultivate peerless geniuses,
it was enough to cultivate people with ordinary ability who would listen to him.
"Yuanyuan, thank you so much for this."
Before leaving the school, Wang Chuan specifically sought out Liu Yuanyuan to thank her.
Although the school had helped find the address, Liu Yuanyuan had personally helped with the recruitment.
"It's nothing. After all, you're a famous figure at our school now."
Liu Yuanyuan teased him lightly, then saw Wang Chuan out.
"Run your company well. Maybe I'll come work for you someday."
"Hahaha, don't worry!"
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