Chapter 41
With all his requirements gathered, the person Chen Mo was looking for was like so:
Young and had potential.
Well rounded skills and was competent enough to assist.
Had basic knowledge on games.
Dependable and trustworthy.
Chen Mo looked through all the resumes according to his requirements.
Su Jinyu scowled, showing her internal struggle with this decision.
After some thought, Su Jinyu replied, “I don’t think I’ll be able to change your view. To be honest, I really like Plants vs Zombies. I think whoever invents a game like that must be a genius designer. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot by being your assistant.
“I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed. I’ve tried being a videogame designer before, but failed. So I thought that I should start as an assistant and learn from there.
“How about this: I’ll work the front desk, but give me some assistant-level jobs from time to time. If there’s a game I don’t like, I won’t participate.”
Su Jinyu had quite a sincere attitude, not giving up her views or trying to change Chen Mo’s.
If she was the assistant, Su Jinyu would have to follow Chen Mo’s every command. If there was a game she didn’t like, she’d have to do that, too. That was what was expected from a video game designer’s assistant.
Therefore, Su Jinyu wanted to work at the front desk and be a part-time assistant, which was quite a nice compromise.
Chen Mo gave the idea some thought.
Su Jinyu was the best candidate Chen Mo had so far. Her most prominent feature was her passion for video games. Furthermore, she was filled with infectious positive energy. It would be very nice to work alongside someone like her.
However, their ideology wasn’t entirely on the same wavelength, which worried Chen Mo.
It was evident that Su Jinyu was someone who wanted to make her money standing up, whereas Chen Mo didn’t agree.
The competition in the video game industry was fierce. In front of Chen Mo were titans like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment, and countless other smaller companies, all with their eyes on him. In order to win in an environment like this, it wasn’t enough to just rely on recreating good games from his previous life.
Chen Mo wanted to make large games, which would require a lot of money. Therefore, his only goal now was to make money, and giving up parts of his reputation for it wasn’t a problem.
This would create many conflicts between him and Su Jinyu.
Chen Mo gave it some thought and said, “How about this. Before you graduate you can work at the front desk and be my assistant part-time. If there’s anything you aren’t happy with, you can leave whenever you want. If you’re willing to stay after you graduate, we can make it official via a contract. How’s that?”