217: Chapter 217 Please have Nick Cheung endorse this.

After walking around, Chen Fan turned and walked towards the second department.

Just as he reached the workstation area of the second department, he saw Technical Lead.

He was standing in front of an employee's workstation, one hand propped on the desk, the other pointing at the computer screen, yelling angrily at an employee in his twenties:

"What kind of loading logic is this? The first screen takes 5.8 seconds to load, have you tested it yourself? For a web game, if a user clicks in and there's no response after three seconds, they'll close it immediately. Who has the patience to wait for you?"

The programmer hunched in his chair, staring at the screen without daring to make a sound, his fingers resting on the keyboard, not knowing whether to move or stay still.

Chen Fan stood not far away, without stepping forward.

There was no need to be a "good guy" in this situation.

Technical Lead was the Technical Lead; he was conducting a code review for his subordinate, which was within his scope of duty.

Although he was the boss, he couldn't just intervene over people's heads at every turn; that would make it impossible for middle management to do their jobs.

And to be honest, Technical Lead was right to scold him. A 5.8-second first-screen load time was indeed a fatal issue for a web game.

When a user opens a webpage and doesn't see anything after three seconds, they will most likely close it and leave immediately, too lazy to even complain.

If this kind of problem wasn't pointed out on the spot and scolded with a slammed table, that programmer might never realize the severity of it.

When it comes to technical matters, one must be strict.

Fortunately, Technical Lead only scolded him for a few moments before waving his hand, dropping a stiffly worded instruction: "Go back and redo it. Break up the resources and load them on demand. I want to see the new version at this time next week." After saying this, he turned and returned to his own workstation.

The programmer, as if pardoned, nodded heavily, whispered "Okay," and then hurriedly pulled up the code on his screen and began to bury himself in revisions.

Seeing that it was about time, Chen Fan stepped inside.

Technical Lead turned his head, and seeing it was him, his tense expression relaxed slightly: "Boss Chen."

"Let's go to the rest area over there." Chen Fan pointed to the sofa not far away and walked over first.

Technical Lead gave a few low instructions to the person next to him, then stepped up to follow.

The two sat down on the sofa in the rest area.

Chen Fan leaned back against the sofa and asked casually: "What's the current progress on 'archangels sword'?"

At the mention of this, Technical Lead's expression brightened noticeably.

"The progress is good. Since you said to increase investment last time, we've hired three more front-end and two back-end developers. Now the team has enough manpower, and the division of labor has been sorted out. At the current pace, it's highly likely we can finish ahead of the original schedule."

"How much ahead?"

"It was originally scheduled for launch in mid-to-late May," Technical Lead paused, the corners of his mouth curving slightly, "Looking at it now, it should be ready by the end of April."

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow. The end of April, nearly a month ahead of expectations. This progress surprised Chen Fan a little.

"Can the quality be guaranteed?" Chen Fan asked.

"Yes." Technical Lead answered crisply and clearly, without any hesitation, "The core gameplay is already running, and the numerical framework has been adjusted twice. Now we are mainly filling in content and developing some peripheral systems. I will not sacrifice quality to rush the schedule, you can rest assured about that."

Chen Fan nodded and didn't ask further.

After chatting with Technical Lead for a few moments, Chen Fan went to Wang Jing's workstation.

The marketing department was located on the other side of the office area, near the window, where the light was better than on the R&D side.

"Boss Chen, you're here." Seeing Chen Fan walk over, Wang Jing stood up from her chair and tidied up the documents on her desk.

Chen Fan motioned for her to sit, then pulled up a chair and sat opposite her, getting straight to the point: "You go contact B Station. Try running ads for 'defend the carrot' and 'happy elimination' there."

"B Station?" A look of confusion appeared on Wang Jing's face, and she tilted her head in thought, "What kind of channel is this? How come I haven't heard of it?"

Chen Fan was not at all surprised by Wang Jing's reaction. Although B Station already had 300,000 users, in the environment of 2011, it was still an obscure little website.

Wang Jing had been doing marketing for many years, and the channels she came into contact with were all major app stores and game channels on portal websites; it was normal that she hadn't heard of a vertical, niche ACG community like B Station.

"It's an ACG website. Their boss is a friend of mine. Let's try running ads for a month or two first."

Hearing Chen Fan say this, Wang Jing understood. Since it was the boss's friend, it wasn't just a simple business cooperation; it involved a layer of personal favors. She looked up and asked: "Then, Boss Chen, what range should the budget be controlled within?"

"You contact them first, see the price, and then send it to me to take a look."

"Alright, I'll contact them now."

"No rush." Chen Fan waved his hand, "There's one more thing. 'archangels sword' might launch at the end of April, so you need to start working on the marketing plan."

Hearing this, Wang Jing nodded, her expression shifting from relaxed to serious: "Rest assured, Boss Chen, I will come up with a plan as soon as possible."

Chen Fan nodded.

Over such a long time, Wang Jing had been responsible for the promotion of two consecutive games, and Chen Fan was quite confident in her abilities.

Following the methods used for the previous two games, Wang Jing was already well-versed in the process.

However, what Chen Fan wanted this time was more than just ordinary promotion.

He wanted to do something big this time.

"Wang Jing, for the marketing of 'archangels sword' this time, I intend to hire a celebrity."

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise appearing on her face: "Hire a celebrity?"

"Yes, this time I plan to hire a celebrity to shoot an advertisement for promotion."

"Then which celebrity do you want to hire, Boss Chen?" Wang Jing asked tentatively, her tone carrying a hint of caution, "If it's an A-lister, the price will probably be very expensive."

"There's someone in Hong Kong named Zhang Jiahui, do you know him?"

Wang Jing blinked, searching her mind for the name: "Zhang Jiahui... the one who acts in movies? 'The Beast Stalker'? Seems like he even won a Best Actor award?"

"Yes, that's him."

Why hire Zhang Jiahui? Of course, it was because of that catchy, addictive advertising slogan from Zhang Jiahui's endorsement of Tanwan Lan Yue in his previous life — "Hello everyone, I'm Zha Zha Hui. If you're brothers, come and slash me."

At that time, the cost of hiring Zha Zha Hui to shoot the ad was only a few million, but the promotional effect it brought was comparable to an investment of hundreds of millions. That phrase "Zha Zha Hui" directly became a meme, exploding out of the gaming circle and becoming popular across the entire internet.