Chapter 1228: Poaching People

“Yeah, I do know that we need a team and I am not a God almighty. There is a limit to what I can do, especially with the amount of time I have in my hands.” Jin said that he too had contemplated on the issue before.

“Hmm, I should have enough funds to be able to acquire a small indie game studio but it would take time to headhunt talents for it. Not everyone would be capable of creating storylines.” Ke Loong said but it seemed Jin actually had an idea, just something he was not able to do because he was too busy.

“Seeing how this is something similar to dungeon instances, I was thinking if we are able to get the people who worked under King’s Monsters. After all, I do feel a bit bad that I got the company to go under after defeating their boss.” Jin suggested and Ke Loong laughed.

“Please, they never went under. All they did was take a beating from you. From the report of my corporate spi- erm friends, after your thrashing, the triads just placed a new guy up at the top. It has always been this way since no one was irreplaceable in the triads. The only problem was that the mainstream media sugarcoated the entire incident saying that it is going under in order to attract sympathy points but people in the known tried to spread the truth.”

“Soooo, more people boycotted it and, in that period, you managed to not only recover from the incident but turn it to your fortune. With your popularity rising through the roof, the participation of King’s Monster dipped down to the ground. It was purely business.”

“I see. If that’s the case does your spies-“

“Friends.” Ke Loong reinforced and Jin changed his wording.

“So, if what your spies said were true, any chances of getting their development team to us?” Jin posed as an open ended question which the System had stated that there were actually people from King’s Monster appealing for a job in Dungeons and Pandas.

“Of note, they are young applicants with at least two to three years of experience and their resume. A few of them may meet the requirements that User had sought for. The only issue is that those mails were at least a few months old and had not been opened due to User’s consistent distraction to do things that are not in the agenda of improving his store.”

“So harsh. The System never give you any break, eh?” Ke Loong said and requested if the System could send such mails to him. “I would forward this to my HR and see what I can do. If they prove themselves capable, we might be able to start from them and poach teams of considerable talent in the dungeon instance making department and get your Virtual Reality world to be more comprehensive.”

“How are you going to test them? Are you going to give them the Virtual Reality Headset and try it out before the PandaVerse Festival?” Jin asked and Ke Loong shrugged his shoulders.

“YOU are using cheats to create your instance. But they aren’t. There’s a limit to how much they could do but I would definitely disguise the Virtual Reality set as some new tech game engine that we would be using to create it. After that, slap a non disclosure agreement so that any leaks would cause them a fuck ton of debt that they would never recover. However, I will require the System to be on a lookout so that no news would be out in the open before PandaVerse.” Ke Loong replied.

“Well, you do not have to worry too much. My human resource department is kind of an expert in making weird tests to ensure that what we find is always one of the better ones out in the market. So far, my HR director has never disappointed me and she would not be doing so for this particular endeavour especially when there’s quite a fortune riding on it. We just have to remember we are looking for decent storytellers who know how to create dungeon instances.  At the same time, if we are able to recruit the developers, we should be able to weaken our competitors even further. And if luck is on our side, it caused them to be unprofitable to an extent that we might even be able to buy their store in the future too.” Jin could see Ke Loong’s advice and subsequent monologue as ambitious but attainable. It somehow caused him to feel inspired, an emotion which he had not experienced for some time.

“That’s way too optimistic at the moment and let’s not get ahead of ourselves,” Jin warned and Ke Loong grabbed him by the shoulders.

“No harm thinking big, we need to be fierce if we want our fair share of the pie. By devouring King’s Monsters, we would stand a better chance against other major competitors.” Ke Loong commented. “But moving forward, my personal opinion is still to show a mere teaser for the Virtual Reality component for the PandaVerse Festival. We currently have made sufficient Virtual Reality headsets to fill an exhibition hall and that would be enough to get streamers and media attention. It would be more realistic to show the teaser, gauge the masses’ interest and based on several users’ feedback and improve on it.”

“Sounds like a good idea, and that would allow me to temporarily halt the development of the Virtual Reality instance and focus on the Farming World,” Jin commented.

“The System supports this new arrangement. The Farming World Situation had become dangerously volatile and having User’s full attention would be favourable.” The System chipped in and they all laughed. In the meantime, Ke Loong took out his phone and sent an email to Jin.

“While you might not be able to showcase during the National Dungeon Supplier Symposium, it does not mean you are not allowed to attend. I have four extra tickets with me and so, I suggest that you see the capability of your fellow national suppliers.”

“Oh…Thanks! Heh, who knows? Maybe we can recruit a developer or two from the Symposium too!” Jin said as he received the email from Ke Loong but the naivety from Jin caused the latter to chuckle.

“Now who is the one getting ahead of himself?”