Assistant

Based on the current situation, "Soul Knight" should bring in about sixteen million in its first month.

This is after deducting the official game platform's cut and various taxes.

If the bank loan is also taken out, he'll have around fifteen million left in funds.

While that looks like a lot, for Wang Chuan's plans going forward, it's barely enough.

If he were making a VR game or an AAA-level blockbuster, it definitely wouldn't be enough.

But he hasn't gotten cocky, thinking "Soul Knight" can rake in all the money in one go.

After all, capital accumulation is a slow process.

He has enough patience to wait.

For now, "Soul Knight" has fully completed its mission.

And he already has a rough idea for subsequent updates, enough to stabilize "Soul Knight's" profits.

Besides, as long as the Roguelike genre's future updates don't go off track, it's guaranteed that "Soul Knight" can maintain a long period of active engagement.

Finishing the plan in his hand, Wang Chuan stretched comfortably.

Then he opened the Pangu Editor, logged into the backend, and checked "Soul Knight's" data.

In between, he dealt with issues raised by "Soul Knight's" outsourced customer service team.

He also roughly organized and summarized feedback from the students and the four of them.

And so on and so forth.

By the time everything was handled, it was already late at night.

"Tch, another day of being invisible~~~"

Wang Chuan rubbed his forehead, a bit helpless.

Although he wanted to handle everything himself, unfortunately, he wasn't a god—he didn't have the energy or time to manage it all.

For now, it was fine, aside from updating and maintaining "Soul Knight," there wasn't much else.

He could spare the time to deal with the odds and ends.

But what about later???

When he starts developing a new game, will he still have this much free time?

That's impossible!!!

So, "I need to find an assistant~~~"

With a sigh, Wang Chuan gazed at the starry sky outside the window and sank into thought.

The next morning, inside the Villa.

"Huang Shanshan, Zhao Jing, Liu Qiang, Zhou Wei, all of you come over for a moment."

Taking advantage of a break, Wang Chuan called them all over.

"Boss, is there something up?"

Huang Shanshan said casually as she came over.

Today she wore a light yellow long dress, revealing her fair calves, like a spirit among the flowers.

"I called you here to have you write a plan for the subsequent updates."

Wang Chuan couldn't help but glance—this girl was indeed not young anymore.

"Huh???"

They all looked surprised, instinctively voicing their confusion.

"In a while, our company needs to expand. We'll have to hire more people then. You all need to step it up—there might be a chance for a promotion."

"Also, I probably won't have time for 'Soul Knight's' future updates, so I'm handing them over to you."

Wang Chuan thought it over and directly assigned the task to the four, throwing in some motivation.

But still, he needed to find himself an assistant!!!

The thought from yesterday resurfaced in his mind.

Even though this world had the Pangu Editor, a Game Producer's divine tool, relying on it alone to develop a game single-handedly was still a huge hassle.

After all, a game involves every aspect—the big framework is fine, but getting into the details is exhausting.

Someone might say, wasn't Wang Chuan's first game, "The Stanley Parable," made by himself?

Yes, that's right, he did make it alone using the Pangu Editor.

But the situation was different.

Back then, he was a newcomer, making the smallest of small-scale productions.

And now? He's the boss of a company!

The games he'll make in the future definitely won't always be small productions.

Back then, he couldn't do it alone.

So, finding himself an assistant in advance would, on one hand, make things easier for him.

He could hand over the basic but necessary tasks to the assistant.

While he himself could focus on steering the big picture and the key points.

On the other hand, he could also nurture the assistant's skills, eventually promoting them to a core team member.

At first, he planned to directly recruit a talented, experienced professional from the job market.

Having them as his assistant would be simpler.

But people from outside—their loyalty isn't very reliable!!

So he had a change of heart and thought of the four people in the company.

Why not try from within first???

After all, being able to join Huangtu Game Company and pass Wang Chuan's interview

proves that Huang Shanshan, Zhao Jing, and the others have real skill and a love for games.

And after spending some time with them, he also knew their characters were fairly dependable.

Since that's the case, why not put in a little effort and train them???

After all, the assistant he wants now is just someone to help him handle some tasks.

The current Huangtu Game Company doesn't have much to deal with yet, and doesn't need someone who can stand on their own.

So it's enough if they can help him manage some basic affairs.

As for standing on their own—that's just a matter of time after long-term training.

"But, boss, I studied art. Game development? I don't know how~~~"

Huang Shanshan's eyes showed a hint of nervousness as she waved her fair little hands.

She was a bit confused—what was up with the boss???

"That's all a small problem!!!"

Wang Chuan looked at the beauty before him with amusement and shook his head with a smile.

Never studied game development—so that means you can't make games???

Of course not!!!

In the game industry, there are plenty of masters who weren't professional developers from the start.

Whether in his past life or this one.

For example, Richard Garriott, who pioneered the "Ultima" series and the massively popular MMORPG Ultima Online, became the sixth space tourist, and was hailed as the King of Britannia.

For example, Hidetaka Miyazaki, who only got into games in his thirties, worked at Oracle, and ended up creating his first game.

For example, Hideo Kojima, who always wanted to be a director but became a game master instead, making stealth games shine.

And so on, and so on.

None of them studied game development, yet they all became accomplished masters.

So, whether or not you've studied game development isn't the key issue.

The key is whether you have the talent!!!